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414:; its crew made a forced landing in a field after MacKenzie shot up its port engine. Although he received sole credit for the He 111, MacKenzie believed that it had already been damaged in an earlier encounter with RAF fighters. He shared in the destruction of another bomber, a Do 17, on 15 September. A week later, while he and a colleague escorted an
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Japanese fighters and bombing raids on Kallang soon reduced the squadron to only a few aircraft by the end of the month by which time MacKenzie was its commander. He had taken over the role when Clouston was posted to RAF Headquarters in Singapore. Despite reinforcement with some Hawker
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Spitfire. For the early part of the war, it carried out covering operations for convoys and patrols along the East coast of England. In late May 1940, it began operating from
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bombers near the Durham coast. Mackenzie claimed a Ju 88 as probably destroyed, seeing smoke coming from the starboard engine after his attack but being unable to verify it as definitely destroyed. In early
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bomber but return fire from its rear gunner damaged his aircraft and he made another forced landing. The squadron operated from Hornchurch until mid-August before it returned to Catterick.
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Hurricanes, the Japanese bombing of the squadron's airfield hampered operations. In fact, as a result of the bombing, he lost his hearing for a time. The squadron was shortly evacuated to
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73:(1993-03-28)
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1269:1914 births
1050:Morris 2000
862:"No. 34993"
794:Morris 2000
779:Morris 2000
767:Morris 2000
740:3 September
584:F4U Corsair
106:(1944–1945)
88:New Zealand
1238:Categories
1087:References
590:Later life
436:Folkestone
416:Avro Anson
370:Don Finlay
349:Hornchurch
271:Early life
190:flying ace
85:Allegiance
59:Goodwood,
53:1914-08-11
1208:270919916
1185:912824475
1077:Wynn 1981
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1021:Cull 2003
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907:Wynn 1981
892:31 August
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709:Wynn 1981
688:Wynn 1981
668:30 August
635:Balcultha
616:Hong Kong
612:Old Sarum
537:Fremantle
531:, in the
479:Singapore
382:Luftwaffe
328:Catterick
265:Balclutha
219:and then
78:Balclutha
456:—
304:Uxbridge
203:Born in
121:Commands
93:Service/
1279:The Few
602:at the
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428:Redhill
300:Desford
291:in the
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225:Dunkirk
192:of the
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448:read:
420:Calais
168:Awards
95:branch
641:Notes
418:near
205:Otago
61:Otago
1221:ISBN
1204:OCLC
1181:OCLC
1156:ISBN
1137:ISBN
1118:ISBN
1099:ISBN
894:2020
742:2020
670:2020
387:Deal
111:Rank
68:Died
47:Born
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