Evan Mackie
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Evan Dall "Rosie" Mackie, was a New Zealand fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War. Credited with at least 23 aerial victories, he was the highest scoring flying ace to serve with the Ro
Evan Mackie, 1943
Mackie stands far right among a group of No. 485 Squadron pilots, 1942. He is next to fellow flying ace Bill Crawford-Compton while another New Zealand flying ace, Jack Rae, stands first left
Mackie at Canne, in Italy, while commander of No. 92 Squadron
Spitfires of No. 243 Squadron, parked ready for take off at Tusciano from which it provided air cover for the landings at Salerno
Keith Thiele
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Keith Frederick Thiele, was an officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force during the Second World War. He was one of only four New Zealand-born airmen to receive two medal Bars to his Distinguished Fl
Evan Mackie
…Wolfgang Kosse. Three days later, he damaged a Bf 109 over Aachen. Mackie stands on first left alongside fellow squadron commanders of No. 122 Wing; Keith Thiele (second left), commander of No. 3 Squadron, and A.E. 'Spike' Umbers (first right), commander of No. 486 Squadron; the wing commander, Patrick Jameson…
Keith Frederick Thiele c. 1941
Thiele, on the right, with Squadron Leader Sinclair of No. 467 Squadron, June 1943
Thiele stands second left with fellow squadron commanders of No. 122 Wing, Evan Mackie (first left), of No. 80 Squadron, and Arthur Umbers (first right), of No. 486 Squadron; Patrick Jameson, commander of the wing, stands third left