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J.D. MACKIE.
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the end of September he was posted to No. 158 (Bomber) Squadron, Driffield, Yorkshire. With this squadorn, as a membre of the crew of a Halifax bomber aircraft, he took part in 11 operational flights, the targets including Mannheim, Duisberg, Essen and Kiel, in Germany; Genoa (2), in Italy and Lorient and St. Nazaire, in Occupied France. In addition he took part in minelaying operations off the Frisian Islands in the Kattegat.

F/Sgt. Mackie was a member of the crew of a Halifax bomber which took off on air operations on the 28th April, 1943, and failed to return to its base, the result, it is presumed, of enemy action. F/Sgt Mackie and all the members of the crew were classified as missing. In due course his death was officially presumed to have occurred on the 28th April, 1943.

5/3/13682 AS2
219 hrs. as aircrew.

Mr. D.D. Mackie (F) (right aligned)
148 Washington Avenue, (right aligned)
WELLINGTON. (right aligned & underlined)