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'''Capt. Duncan Ronald Gordon Mackay. D.F.C'''. was a Royal Air Force pilot in the First World War.
Capt. Duncan Ronald Gordon Mackay was the pilot of DH4 F5725 of No 55 Sqn Independent Force RAF, with 2Lt H T C Gompertz as his observer when shot down and fatally wounded whilst providing photography escort over the Thionville - Metz area during a bombing raid on Cologne on 10 November 1918. Both airmen were taken prisoner but Capt MacKay died of wounds the next day, Armistice Day<ref></ref>.
He was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded a posthumous DFC.
The son of Duncan Lachlan Mackay of the Indian Civil Service and Marion Gordon Campbell Mackay (née Wimberley). of Gate House Midhurst Sussex, he was born at Inverness. His older sister was the consultant paediatrician [[Helen Mackay|Dr Helen MacKay]], FRCP (the first woman to be elected to this distinction)<ref> Dr Helen Mackay (1891-1965) Alumni From Fever to Consumption - The Story of Healthcare in Hackney|last=Sites (www.communitysites.co.uk)|first=Community|website=health.hackneysociety.org|access-date=2019-04-18}}</ref>.
He enlisted in 1914 into the 19th Bn. Royal Fusiliers (2nd Public Schools Battalion) and was subsequently commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders<ref name=":0"></ref>, serving in the 13th Battalion. He then transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, being promoted to Temporary Lieutenant on 1st July 1917<ref></ref>
He is buried in the Joef Communal Cemetery, Meurthe-en-Moselle, the only Empire serviceman buried there<ref name=":0" />.
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Capt. Duncan Ronald Gordon Mackay was the pilot of DH4 F5725 of No 55 Sqn Independent Force RAF, with 2Lt H T C Gompertz as his observer when shot down and fatally wounded whilst providing photography escort over the Thionville - Metz area during a bombing raid on Cologne on 10 November 1918. Both airmen were taken prisoner but Capt MacKay died of wounds the next day, Armistice Day<ref></ref>.
He was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded a posthumous DFC.
The son of Duncan Lachlan Mackay of the Indian Civil Service and Marion Gordon Campbell Mackay (née Wimberley). of Gate House Midhurst Sussex, he was born at Inverness. His older sister was the consultant paediatrician [[Helen Mackay|Dr Helen MacKay]], FRCP (the first woman to be elected to this distinction)<ref> Dr Helen Mackay (1891-1965) Alumni From Fever to Consumption - The Story of Healthcare in Hackney|last=Sites (www.communitysites.co.uk)|first=Community|website=health.hackneysociety.org|access-date=2019-04-18}}</ref>.
He enlisted in 1914 into the 19th Bn. Royal Fusiliers (2nd Public Schools Battalion) and was subsequently commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders<ref name=":0"></ref>, serving in the 13th Battalion. He then transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, being promoted to Temporary Lieutenant on 1st July 1917<ref></ref>
He is buried in the Joef Communal Cemetery, Meurthe-en-Moselle, the only Empire serviceman buried there<ref name=":0" />.
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