Leitch Douglas Mackenzie 2/Lt 117995

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Name Leitch Douglas Mackenzie
Army number 117995
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth
Age 27
Unit Posted 168 OCTU, Durham Light Infantry - Comm as 2/Lt 10/2/1940, Posted No 4 ITC 24/2/1940, Attached 10th Bn DLI 24/2/1940, On attachment 1 TS until 9/4/40, Trf Black Watch as Lt 20/4/1940, With 2nd Bn DLI in B.E.F., Left 2nd Bn DLI 16/8/1940 on being Posted to 1 TS, Iceland, Trf to RAF 15/11/1941, Gazetted P/Offr as 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 2/Lt, W/S Lt 10/8/1941, P/Offr, 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

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