Second Lieutenant Thomas Scott Mackie, Army serial number O-694922, was bombardier on the crew of Lt Arthur D. Erwin in the 838th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group at Army Air Forces Station 137 near the village of Lavenham, Suffolk, England. Lt Mackie and seven of his crew mates were killed in action on June 20, 1944, when their aircraft, B-24H 42-95217, was shot down by flak on the mission to bomb an oil refinery at Misburg near Hannover, Germany. (Photo provided by Alan R. Mackie, his nephew)