ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226351
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| Date: | Saturday 11 May 1940 |
| Time: | 18:55 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia |
| Owner/operator: | 54 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3187 |
| MSN: | 428 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 5 miles off Margate, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex |
Supermarine Spitfire N3187: First Flown 22-11-39. To RAF at 24MU 25-11-39. Issued to 54 Squadron, RAF Hornchurch, Essex 16-12-39 as KL-E. Written off (presumed destroyed) when Failed To Return from a Patrol off Margate, Kent, 15-5-40; pilot missing presumed killed. (Officially described as "Pilot Officer J D B McKenzie: report of death; Spitfire N3187 failed to return from an operational flight, 11 May 1940)".
Took off from RAF Hornchurch, Essex at 18:25 hrs with one other 54 Squadron Spitfire to patrol over the English Channel/North Sea approaches. Last reported position was five miles north of Margate, Kent. Shortly afterwards, the Section Leader realised that his No.2 (Spitfire N3187) was missing. A search and rescue effort was made, but no trace of the Spitfire or its pilot was found.
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Douglas Brourton McKenzie, aged 26, Service Number 40726). Son of Thomas and Ada Ann McKenzie, of Riccarton, Canterbury, New Zealand. As no trace of the aircraft or pilot was ever found, he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/252: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142077
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1079506/mckenzie,-john-douglas-bruorton/
4. http://aircrewremembered.com/mckenzie-john-douglas-bruorton.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/10529.php
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p003.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2019 22:41 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 21-Jun-2019 14:30 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Jan-2020 19:37 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 08-Jul-2023 03:57 | angels one five | Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator]] |
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