Alex E Mackie, Harwell Cemetery

Sandy Mackie's headstone at Harwell Cemetery.	The headstone 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

The War Graves section of Harwell Cemetery

The CWGC section of Harwell Cemetery with the Cross of Sacrifice in the background.

The grave of Flt Sgt Carl Bergsten, RCAF

CARL ALEXIS BERGSTEN
Flight Sergeant
R/74011
Pilot
Royal Canadian Air Force,
of Far Hills, New Jersey, USA

The grave of Sgt Kenneth Turner, RAF

KENNETH STANLEY TURNER
Sergeant
1177246
W.Op./Air Gnr.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
of West Bridgford, Nottingham

The grave of Sgt Lawrance Rowe, RCAF

LAWRENCE CRAYDON ROWE
Sergeant
R/70455
Pilot
Royal Canadian Air Force,
of Ontario, Canada

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HARRY HASTINGS TAYLOR
Sergeant
1052154
W.Op./Air Gnr.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
of Newcastle upon Tyne
Buried at Newcastle upon Tyne (West Road) Cemetery

St Mathews Church, Harwell

St Mathews Church, Harwell. The funeral service of Sandy Mackie and three of his crew was conducted here. Their coffins were carried through the gate below en route to Harwell Cemetery.

Click to view original funeral photographs forwarded to his family by the RAF.

The side gate at Harwell Church

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The graves of the crew members buried at Harwell

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DOUGLAS GORDON ANDERSON
Sergeant
R/70453
Royal Canadian Air Force
Died of his injuries 19th Nov 1941
Buried at Walberton (St Mary) Churchyard, Sussex

RAF Harwell opened as a bomber station in 1937 and transferred to the Atomic Energy Research Establishment in 1946. It is today the site of Harwell Business Park & Innovation Centre.

The War Graves section of Harwell Cemetery contains the graves of 59 air men and a member of The Royal Engineers from the WW2 period. There are 4 Canadians, 4 Australians and 2 New Zealanders, the remainder are Royal Air Force personel. It is believed that all of them died while stationed at RAF Harwell.

Harwell Cemetery

Harwell Cemetery with the War Graves section in the foreground.

The cemetery is in beautiful condition due to the dedicated care of local CWGC gardener Geoff Richardson.
Harwell Cemetery photographed July 2001. Click to view original funeral photographs forwarded to his family by the RAF.
A letter from the RAF Air Historical Branch of June 2001 giving details of the accident and the Crew List of Wellington X-9989. Vickers Wellington Medium Bomber Designed by Sir Barnes Wallis the Wellington was first flown by the RAF in 1938. The Mk IC was crewed by 6, a pilot, radio operator, navigator/bomb aimer, observer/nose gunner, tail gunner and waist gunner. It was powered by two 1050hp Bristol Pegasus XVIII engines that pulled it to 235 mph. It had a ceiling of 19,000 ft and a range of 1,805 miles. It came armed with eight 0.303 machine guns and could carry 4,500 lbs of bombs.