22 October 1943
Many friends in Stornoway learned with regret the news that Sergt Kenneth Mackenzie RAF, son of Murdo Mackenzie and the late Mrs Mackenzie, 5 Ropework Road, Stornoway, has lost his life while serving with the RAF. Kenneth, who was aged 21, was a very popular lad, with his contemporaries. On leaving the Nicolson Institute, he worked for a time in an aircraft factory in the south and then entered the RAF. He had been in the RAF for just 12 months and was expected home on leave at the time of his death. His elder brother, Roderick, is a prisoner of war in Germany. One sister, Mary Anne, lives at home with her father.
The Commanding Officer at his station has written of Kenneth that: "He was considered a capable air gunner and was very popular with his crew. Please accept my deepest sympathy in your bereavement." He adds: "and I also wish to convey the sympathy of the many friends he made while at this station".
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