A ditched Horsa glider 30 miles off Clacton, with its crew in a dinghy which had just been dropped by Mac, CO of 280 Sqn, flying an ASR Warwick on patrol with another ASR Warwick flown by Fg Off Ayres. A High Speed Launch was called up to complete the rescue. This was the only glider to come down in the sea while bound for Arnhem on September 17, 1944. The photograph was taken from a 280 Sqn ASR Warwick.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Airspeed Horsa / AS.51 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

“When a distress call came, a Warwick flew close to the ditching aircraft and immediately after it hit the water the airborne lifeboat would be dropped”

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Warwick - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939

On D-Day minus 3, June 3, 1944, 280 Sqn formed up in a hollow square in front of one of their ASR Warwicks, freshly painted with black-and-white invasion stripes, awaiting a special briefing from the AOC of No 16 Group, Air Cdre Frank Hopps. Mac, CO of the squadron, is standing on the far left and the Adjutant, Flt Lt David Speeks, is next to the table.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Warwick - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939

On August 2, 1952, Mac won the Daily Express Air Race, flying Charles Hughesdon’s Percival Proctor 3, G-AHGA, Racing No 72.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Percival Proctor / P.28 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939

Mac, second from right, with his passengers and crew in 1948 in front of an Airwork Viking. He wrote on the back of this photograph “Just arrived at Cape Town on Airwork’s first Polytechnic Travel tour of East, Central and South Africa”.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Viking / Valetta - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1945