
Orville Wilbert McKenzie
Service number
R/80200
Military unit
408 Sqdn 434 Sqdn
Address
560 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg, Canada.
Date of birth
18 Nov 1916
Date of death
03 Jun 1942 (25 years old)
Place of birth
St. Paul, Minnisota, U.S.A.
Employment, education or hobbies
Warehouseman, Midwest Storage.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
Son of Edward Sass (deceased) and Wanda Brown nee McKenzie
Military history
2/3 June 1942 Hampden AT154 408 Sqn Took off from RAF Balderton 23.26 mission to the Krupp factories at Essen 23:26. Shot down by Hauptmann Helmut Lent & Feldwebel Walter Kubisch of the Stab II./NJG 2, who were flying Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 R4+AC from Leeuwarden airfield, crashed in to the Ijsselmeer a mile off Medemblik at 01.06 outbound with the loss of the crew.
P/O Kenneth Taylor RCAF - Washed up near Medemblik 14 Jun 1942.
Sgt Orville McKenzie RCAF - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery.
Sgt Ewart Ronson - Washed up near Oudemirdum 17 Jul 1942.
F/O Peter Edwards - MIA.
Extra information
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