Mackenzie, Robert Ian Leonard
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Robert Ian Leonard |
Surname | Mackenzie |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-04-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alexander and May Isobel Mackenzie. Husband of Isabella Mackenzie, of Greenlaw, Berwickshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | P1319 |
Markings | EA-E |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kiel War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 3. E. 1. |
Epitaph | SADLY MISSED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 66 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 580459 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 49 |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Fiskerton Airfield (Disused) Reepham Rd, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stones with inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | RAF Fiskerton. This stone and tree are sited on the airfield in memory of those who served here during World War II |
Location | The National Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served on 49 Squadron 1916-1965 |
Miscellaneous Information
Initially buried in Westerland (Sylt). Reinterred in Kiel War Cemetery 3 July 1947. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/480/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/480/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 25-04-1940 |
End Date | 26-04-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Scampton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (82% moon) |
Operation | Minelaying in Kiel Bay |
Reason for Loss | Shot down at 0110hrs in the area of Hörnum/Sylt by Ofw Hermann Förster of 11(N)./JG2 flying a Me 109. Crashed between Hallig Suderoog and Suderoog Sands, off the Schleswig coast, Germany. |