Difference between revisions of "Leitch Douglas Mackenzie 2/Lt 117995"
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|Rank=2/Lt | |Rank=2/Lt | ||
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| − | |Unit=Posted 168 OCTU, Durham Light Infantry - | + | |Unit=Posted 168 OCTU, Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned as 2/Lt 10/2/1940. Posted No 4 ITC 24/2/1940. Attached 10th Bn DLI 24/2/1940. On attachment to 1 TS until 9/4/40. Trf Black Watch as Lt 20/4/1940. Attached to 2nd Bn DLI in B.E.F. Left 2nd Bn DLI 16/8/1940 on being Posted to 1 TS. Served Iceland. Transferred to the Royal Air Force 15/11/1941. Gazetted as Pilot Officer as No. 47831 3/3/1942. Employed in Air Ministry in 1943. KILLED in ACTION 6/3/1945. |
|Company/Battery=C Coy | |Company/Battery=C Coy | ||
|Joined Brigade=04-Sep-39 | |Joined Brigade=04-Sep-39 | ||
| − | |Promotions= | + | |Promotions=W/S Lt 10/8/1941. P/Offr. 3/3/1942. W/S Flying Officer 1/10/1943. Flt Lt 31/1/1944. |
|Died/Killed in action=06-Mar-45 | |Died/Killed in action=06-Mar-45 | ||
|Home address=Born Aberdeen, Son of James Boyes Leitch and Mary Nicholson Leitch of Aberdeen, Buried Grave I.G.24 Ravenna War Cemetery, after his Spitfire was recovered by Italian aviation archaeologists. | |Home address=Born Aberdeen, Son of James Boyes Leitch and Mary Nicholson Leitch of Aberdeen, Buried Grave I.G.24 Ravenna War Cemetery, after his Spitfire was recovered by Italian aviation archaeologists. | ||
Revision as of 16:06, 28 December 2014
Personnel Entry
Name Leitch Douglas Mackenzie
Army number 117995
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth
Age 27
Unit Posted 168 OCTU, Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned as 2/Lt 10/2/1940. Posted No 4 ITC 24/2/1940. Attached 10th Bn DLI 24/2/1940. On attachment to 1 TS until 9/4/40. Trf Black Watch as Lt 20/4/1940. Attached to 2nd Bn DLI in B.E.F. Left 2nd Bn DLI 16/8/1940 on being Posted to 1 TS. Served Iceland. Transferred to the Royal Air Force 15/11/1941. Gazetted as Pilot Officer as No. 47831 3/3/1942. Employed in Air Ministry in 1943. KILLED in ACTION 6/3/1945.
Company/Battery C Coy
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 04-Sep-39
Promotions W/S Lt 10/8/1941. P/Offr. 3/3/1942. W/S Flying Officer 1/10/1943. Flt Lt 31/1/1944.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 06-Mar-45
Home address Born Aberdeen, Son of James Boyes Leitch and Mary Nicholson Leitch of Aberdeen, Buried Grave I.G.24 Ravenna War Cemetery, after his Spitfire was recovered by Italian aviation archaeologists.
Source table 1TS
For Flt Lt Leitch's CWGC commemorative record please click here
