Hi Mikebee,
the following is from Vol 3 of the trilogy,
"For Your Tomorrow - A record of New Zealanders who have Died while serving with the RNZAF and Allied Air Services since 1945", by Errol W. Martyn (ISBN 978-0-473-12829-6, 2008, Volplane Press, Christchurch, NZ):
MacKENZIE, Flight Lieutenant Kenneth James.
NZ413442; b Auckland 4 Sep 18; Mt Albert Grammer; warehouseman - Motor Traders Ltd, Auckland.
RNZAF Levin/ITW as Airman Pilot u/t 15 Jun 41, 4EFTS 28 Jul 41, 3FTS 6 Sep 41, Pilots Badge [wef 18.10.41] & Sgt 29 Nov 41,
att RAF & emb for UK 18 Dec 41, 3PRC 10 Feb 42, 3(P)AFU 24 Mar 42 (att 1523BATF for c. 1 wk late Apr.), 2FIS 17 Jun 42, 11(P)AFU (Oxford) as FI 12 Aug 42 [att 1BAS (Oxford) 26 Oct-c.2 Nov 42, att 1524BATF (Oxford) 9-c.16 Jun 44], Comm 30 Nov 42, 16OTU (Wellington) 11 Jul 44, 51 Base [redesignated 75 Base 3.11.44] for 1660HCU (Stirling) 30 Aug 44, 5LFS (Lancaster) e.Nov 44, 218 Sqn (Lancaster - 20 ops) 26 Nov 44 to
kao 8 Mar 45. Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery - 14.B.11, Germany. Son of Duncan John & Amelia MacKenzie (nee Waite), Onehunga. [phot. TWN 9.5.45]
From this you will see that his parents lived in Onehunga, a suburb of Auckland city in the North Island of New Zealand and that he went to Mount Albert Grammer school. The school still exists so I would suggest contacting them:
http://www.mags.school.nz/MainMenu (note - see the page
http://www.mags.school.nz/Section?Ac...&Story_id=4668 concerning that school's project to restore the photographic portraits of their war dead)
You could try the onerous route of contacting all the Mackenzies listed as living in Onehunga, see
www.whitepages.co.nz
'TWN' is an abbreviation for 'The Weekly News', which was a weekly photographic supplement to a major Auckland newspaper that was published through out the war years. Among other things, it published a section during the war that contained passport-sized portraits of NZers, killed, wounded, reported missing, or decorated. Mackenzie appears in the issue dated 9 May 1945.
Cheers
Rod