Edited sentence: "Spitfire Leader - The Story of Wing CDR Evan "Rosie" Mackie, DSO, DFC and Bar, DFC (US), Top Scoring RNZAF Fighter Ace".Avery, Max.Following the war Mackie declined roles in the military, preferring to return home to New Zealand and continue his career as an electrician, eventually becoming Chief Inspector for the Tauranga Power Board.Grub Street Publishing, London, England, 1999.ISBN 1898697582, 9781898697589.Shortly before he passed away in 1986 he was interviewed extensively by Max Avery who subsequently, with the assistance of Christopher Shores, published a biography "Spitfire Leader" focusing mostly on his military service.and Shores, Christopher