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Malcolm Mcgregor

Personal details

Full Name:

Malcolm Charles McGregor

Lifetime:

4 Mar 1896 – 19 Feb 1936

Biography

Malcolm McGregor
Malcolm McGregor, known to colleagues as ‘Mad Mac’, achieved fame as a First World War air ace and later helped to establish civil aviation in New Zealand.

Articles

The War in the air

The War in the Air

More than 800 New Zealanders served as air or ground crew in the war between 1914 and 1918, the vast majority of them in Europe. A handful saw action in Gallipoli and the Middle East. Read the full article

Page 4 - New Zealand's air war 1914-1918

With no military flying corps in New Zealand, hundreds of adventurous young Kiwis joined British and Australian air services during the First World

Studio portrait of pilot Malcolm McGregor, circa 1918.