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Personal info

Full name
MAC KENZIE, John D
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Great Britain
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39687667
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
733rd Bombardment Squadron,
453rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 March 1944
Place of death
Near Bruinehaar, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 21 13

Immediate family

Members
Virginia L. Mac Kenzie (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-52277
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Shack Rabbit II
Destination: Handorf, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the airfield
MACR 3553

More information

S/Sgt John D. Mac Kenzie attended college fand worked in a metal factory.

He enlisted in Fresno, California on 13 November 1942. At the moment he wasn't an American citizen yet.

The target was the airfield at Handorf, near Munster. 21 planes were dispatched but the marshalling yards at Münster were bombed as the secondary target due to adverse weather conditions over the Primary.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.453rd.com/books/Liberator_Men_Of_Old_Buc.pdf, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, Roland Kleppin / ArmyAirfoces.com Forum