415 Squadron's Handley Page Hampden I (#P5301) night bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of four, had taken off from RAF Thorney Island on an air operation. It crashed near Fécamp, France, taking the lives of the four members of the crew.
The airmen who perished when the aircraft crashed were-
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Robert GRAINGER,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Thomas Alfred IVEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Allan MILLICAN and
RCAF Sergeant Ronald Blair MacKENZIE.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: R/99126
Age: 25
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 415 ('Swordfish') Squadron; RAF Thorney Island, Sussex
(Motto: Ad metam [' To the mark'])
A menswear salesman by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 18 April 1941 in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
He had previously served in the 2nd Battalion, Saint John Fusiliers before joining the RCAF.
Son of Ethel Margaret (née Clark) MacKenzie Chase of Providence, Rhode Island, USA, and the late Samuel Leslie MacKenzie; grandson of Alice E. MacKenzie of Saint John, New Brunswick.
Sergeant Ronald Blair MacKenzie is commemorated on Page 185 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
The airmen who perished when the aircraft crashed were-
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Robert GRAINGER,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Thomas Alfred IVEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Allan MILLICAN and
RCAF Sergeant Ronald Blair MacKENZIE.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: R/99126
Age: 25
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 415 ('Swordfish') Squadron; RAF Thorney Island, Sussex
(Motto: Ad metam [' To the mark'])
A menswear salesman by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 18 April 1941 in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
He had previously served in the 2nd Battalion, Saint John Fusiliers before joining the RCAF.
Son of Ethel Margaret (née Clark) MacKenzie Chase of Providence, Rhode Island, USA, and the late Samuel Leslie MacKenzie; grandson of Alice E. MacKenzie of Saint John, New Brunswick.
Sergeant Ronald Blair MacKenzie is commemorated on Page 185 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
415 Squadron's Handley Page Hampden I (#P5301) night bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of four, had taken off from RAF Thorney Island on an air operation. It crashed near Fécamp, France, taking the lives of the four members of the crew.
The airmen who perished when the aircraft crashed were-
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Robert GRAINGER,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Thomas Alfred IVEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Allan MILLICAN and
RCAF Sergeant Ronald Blair MacKENZIE.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: R/99126
Age: 25
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 415 ('Swordfish') Squadron; RAF Thorney Island, Sussex
(Motto: Ad metam [' To the mark'])
A menswear salesman by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 18 April 1941 in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
He had previously served in the 2nd Battalion, Saint John Fusiliers before joining the RCAF.
Son of Ethel Margaret (née Clark) MacKenzie Chase of Providence, Rhode Island, USA, and the late Samuel Leslie MacKenzie; grandson of Alice E. MacKenzie of Saint John, New Brunswick.
Sergeant Ronald Blair MacKenzie is commemorated on Page 185 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
The airmen who perished when the aircraft crashed were-
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Robert GRAINGER,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Thomas Alfred IVEY,
RAFVR Sergeant Allan MILLICAN and
RCAF Sergeant Ronald Blair MacKENZIE.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: R/99126
Age: 25
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF 415 ('Swordfish') Squadron; RAF Thorney Island, Sussex
(Motto: Ad metam [' To the mark'])
A menswear salesman by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 18 April 1941 in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
He had previously served in the 2nd Battalion, Saint John Fusiliers before joining the RCAF.
Son of Ethel Margaret (née Clark) MacKenzie Chase of Providence, Rhode Island, USA, and the late Samuel Leslie MacKenzie; grandson of Alice E. MacKenzie of Saint John, New Brunswick.
Sergeant Ronald Blair MacKenzie is commemorated on Page 185 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HE WAS CALLED
BY KING AND COUNTRY
AND NOW
IS IN A HIGHER SERVICE
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