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Operation: Training
Date: 28th August 1940 (Wednesday)
Unit: No. 7 Operational Training Unit (10 Group)
Type: Spitfire I
Serial: L1060
Code: 275
Base: RAF Hawarden, Flintshire
Location: Hoylake, Liverpool
Pilot: P/O. Michael Ernest Brian Macassey 42136 RAF Age 23. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
During a training exercise the Spitfire stalled after going into a dive from around 2 - 3,000 ft and crashed into the water or onto the beach at Hoylake at 20:10 hrs.
Burial and personal details:
P/O. Michael Ernest Brian Macassey. Hawarden Churchyard (St. Deiniol).Born on the 25th January 1917 at Dunedin. Worked on his fathers farm prior to service. Selected for short service commission on the 15th November 1938. Had already accrued 20 flying hours and held an 'A' flying licence. Awarded his pilots badge on the 06th November 1939. Commenced conversion trains on the 21st August 1940. Son of James Ernest and Henriette Maren Tuchen Macassey (nee West), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. A total of 371 flying hours logged and had completed 2 operational sorties flying a Lysander with 13 Squadron.Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this pilot with thanks to the research by Errol Martyn and his publications: “For Your Tomorrow Vols. 1-3”, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Weekly News of New Zealand, other sources as quoted below:KTY 24.07.2018
KTY 16-03-2021 Details added
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