Alex E Mackie, Harwell Cemetery 1941

	Sandy Mackie's headstone at Harwell Cemetery The inscription reads Pilot Officer A E Mackie Pilot Royal Air Force 25th October 1941 Age 26 Thy purpose Lord We cannot see But all is well That's done by thee
Four Union Flag draped coffins on a trailer at RAF Harwell	Pilot Officer Alexander E Mackie, F/Sgt Carl A Bergsten, Sgt Lawrance C Rowe and Sgt Kenneth S Turner were given joint Full Military Funerals. They were buried together in the Cemetery in the nearby village of Harwell from which the air station, RAF Harwell, takes it's name. Sgt Harry H Taylor is buried at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and following his death on 19th November Sgt Douglas G Anderson was buried at Walberton, Sussex. Click to view Harwell Cemetery 60 years later. Re-photographed July 2001.
The crew are carried from St Mathews Church to their final rest in the nearby Harwell Cemetery. Six sergeants act as their pall bearers.	RAF buglers sound Last Post
A volley is fired over the graves in salute to the dead. Click to view Harwell Cemetery 60 years later. Re-photographed July 2001.	Sandy's grave following the burial. The other three crew members are buried to the left in the row behind him. The original grave markers seen here were later replaced by the standard Portland headstones.