Kenneth William Mackenzie

1. Oflag VI-B
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2. Stalag Luft III
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Kenneth Mackenzie (8 June 1916 – 4 June 2009) was a flying ace of the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He is credited with the destruction of thirteen aircraft. Born in Belfast, Mackenzie learnt to fly as a civilian and later joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Called up for service in the RAF after the outbreak of the Second World War, he was posted to No. 501 Squadron and flew Hawker Hurricane fighters in the later stages of the Battle of Britain. He claimed several aerial victories, including one where he deliberately collided with a German fighter. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in October 1940. Further aerial victories were achieved the following year, when he was assigned to No. 247 Squadron. He was shot down off the French coast in September 1941, becoming a prisoner of war. He was repatriated to the United Kingdom three years later having pretended to be insane for several months. Mackenzie remained in the RAF in the postwar period and served in a number of instructing posts from 1946 to 1953. He was awarded the Air Force Cross in the 1953 New Year Honours. He then served in a number of staff roles with various RAF Commands and the Air Ministry in the United Kingdom, Middle East and Africa. He retired from the RAF in 1967 to take up a post as deputy commander of the Zambian Air Force for three years. Afterwards he worked in civil aviation in Kenya before retiring to Cyprus and writing his autobiography. His final years were spent in Leicestershire, where he died in 2009 at the age of 92.