Donald Charles MCKENZIE

MCKENZIE, Donald Charles

Service Number: 36216
Enlisted: 22 April 1941
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: Aircrew Training Units
Born: Prospect, SA, 30 November 1922
Home Town: Carlingford, Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Mossbank, Saskatchewan, Canada , 13 March 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Mossbank Cemetery, Canada
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

22 Apr 1941: Involvement 36216
22 Apr 1941: Enlisted Sydney, NSW
22 Apr 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 36216, Aircrew Training Units
22 Apr 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 36216

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

LAC McPherson 430391 and LAC McKenzie 36216 were killed in the loss of Bolingbroke Mk 4 Training aircraft of Number 2 Bomb Aiming and Gunnery School RCAF near Mossbank, Saskatchewan, Canada during a routine gunnery exercise. The duty Pilot saw the aircraft spinning at approximately 1000 feet and it spun all the way down hitting the ground.