Wing Commander Evan "Rosie" Mackie, DSO, DFC & Bar, was a New Zealand fighter pilot and ace of the Second World War. Many New Zealand pilots who served overseas enlisted in the RAF; Mackie chose to join the RNZAF and as such he was the highest scoring member of that service. He then joined 274 Squadron flying the Hawker Tempest in December 1944 at Volkel in Holland. On 24 December 1944,he shot down an FW 190 over the Malmedy area ( the Fw 190 A-9 “White 6” of 28-kill ace Hpt. Wolfgang Kosse, 13./JG 3, who was killed).