Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Memorial – Flying Officer Samuel Albert MacKenzie is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Flying Officer Samuel Albert MacKenzie is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Identification – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of Samuel Albert MacKenzie – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of Samuel Albert MacKenzie – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Document – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Correspondence – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Correspondence – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Correspondence – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Cemetery – Photo and excerpt of story used with permission of Soren Flensted at www.flensted.eu.com Airwar Over Denmark. Lancaster III LM 479 of 101 (RAF) Sqn took off 21:30 from their base Ludford Magna on an bombing raid to Stettin, Germany. There were 8 crew members on board: 4 RCAF and 4 RAF, and two of them were Air Bombers. On the return flight LM479 was attacked by a German night fighter and crashed at Dejbjerg. Apparently it exploded in the air and crashed in the fields belonging to Kjærgaard farm at 03:58 hours. A search for the crew remains was first conducted by the Wehrmacht and then a search was organized under the command of Captain Kisbye of C.B.U. in Herning and the remains collected were placed in four coffins and taken to the Dejbjerg cemetery where members of the resistance movement had dug a grave. On 14/9 1944 at 19:30 a ceremony was held by Vicar Hans Pedersen and the crew were laid to rest. They were: F/O (P) Thomas Foster RCAF F/S (N) Alfred R. Chalmers RCAF F/O (AB) Samuel A. Mackenzie RCAF P/O (AG/WO) Hubert J. Linn RCAF Sgt (FE) George F. Gibson, RAF P/O (AB) Cyril Cousin, RAF Sgt. (AG) Andrew Stewart, RAF W/O (AG) William Owen, RAF

Funeral – Photo courtesy of Søren C. Flensted, Airwar Over Denmark //flensted.eu.com The graves were dug by members of the resistance and on 14/9 1944 at 19:30 a ceremony was held by Vicar Hans Pedersen and the crew were laid to rest.