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Underway at last: Sprue shot: A modest start, but a start nonetheless.. The Subject of my build: Mosquito HX912 took off from RAF Sculthorpe at 1116 hours on the 9 October 1943 to attack the aero engine works at Woippy near Metz, France. Twelve aircraft from the Squadron took part in the raid and two of these including HX912 failed to return. The ORB recorded: "The weather was hopeless over the sea, coast and target, with very poor visibility and ten- tenths cloud at 500 feet. One aircraft (FO Crofts) bombed the target through clouds while others attacked minor targets. An ME110 was claimed damaged. There was considerable flak in the coastal area and several of our aircraft were hit. HX912 was last seen in a shallow dive towards the target having taken over as lead aircraft from the CO. It was characteristic of this crew to be certain of their position when asked to take over by Wg Cdr Meakin. In them we lose one of out best crews. Flt Lt Kerr had been with the Squadron since August 1942. Everybody feels the loss very keenly." Crew: Fl/Lt. Philip Charles Copeland Kerr (Pilot) Schoonselhof Cemetery. Grave IVa.B.13. Born on the 26th August 1918 at Nanango, the son of Joseph Copeland Kerr and Emily Francis Kerr, of Harrisville, Queensland. Australia. F/O. Bernard John Ewart Hannah(Navigator) Schoonselhof Cemetery. Grave IVa.B.14. Born on the 19th April 1912 at Napier, the son of John Gordon Hannah and of Agnes Hannah (née Malone), of Wellington City, New Zealand. A total of 536 flying hours logged and on his 23rd operational sortie. Both the crew were killed and they are buried in the Antwerp (Schoonselhof) Cemetery, Belgium. Antwerp is 57kms north of Brussels and 59kms north east of Gent on the E17 motorway. The Cemetery is located in Wilijk a suburb of Antwerp, Belgium. sources: Storr, Alan: RAAF FATALITIES WW2,464 Squadron www.aircrewremembered.com www.aviationsafetynnetwork.org www.Rafcommands.com www.cwgc.org
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