| Entry Text: | MACKENZIE, Hector. Observations. 307p., illus. Edinburgh: Pentland, 1997. ISBN: 1858215021.
He joined the FAA in 1940 and after training as an Observer joined 827 Squadron, flying Albacores. Almost at once they joined Indomitable serving in the Far East and Mediterranean. After she was damaged in the Pedestal convoy and returned to the UK, he was attached to 114 Squadron RAF as a naval liaison officer. He went to Algeria with them as part of the Torch landings. He then joined Archer flying A/S patrols in the Atlantic. He then volunteered to be an air gunnery officer and after training at Whale Island served at Inskip and Donibristle. In 1945 he returned to Whale Island as an instructor. |
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