Mackie, John Wallace Allan (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-July-29

Pilot Officer John Wallace Allan Mackie RCAF

Birth Date: 1924

Born:

Parents: Son of Robert and Margaret Ellen Mackie, of Kenora, Ontario, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Kenora, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

61 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Purum Tonantes Thundering through the clear air

Base

RAF Skellingthorpe

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/90349
Prev: R/215883

Temporary Burial
Google MapNiederseebach Communal Cemetery, France

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapCholoy War Cemetery
3 F Joint grave 9-10

Mission

Lancaster Mk.I/III LM452

Bombing Stuttgart Germany 1944-July-29 to 1944-July-29

61 (B) Sqn (RAF) Skellingthorpe

STUTTGART 494 Lancasters and 2 Mosquitoes of 1, 3, 5 and 8 Groups in the last raid of the current series on this target. German fighters intercepted the bomber stream while over France on the outward flight; there was a bright moon and 39 Lancasters were shot down, 7·9 per cent of the force.source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt