Tamiya 1/72 Mosquito VI 464 Sqdn HX912 ‘SB-F’

[Rafwaffe]

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

Edited April 28 by Rafwaffe
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[Johnson]

4 hours ago, Rafwaffe said:

Underway at last:

Excellent! Looking forward to seeing it come together.

 

Charlie

[Rabbit Leader]

Great choice @Rafwaffe, a Mossie from No 464 ‘The Gestapo Hunters’ Squadron, we’ll be watching on for sure. Have you decided on a serial as yet? 
Cheers and all the best.. Dave 

[Rafwaffe]

3 hours ago, Rabbit Leader said:

Great choice @Rafwaffe, a Mossie from No 464 ‘The Gestapo Hunters’ Squadron, we’ll be watching on for sure. Have you decided on a serial as yet? 
Cheers and all the best.. Dave 

Thanks Dave. This is my second attempt to build Mosquito HX912 (SB-F). I promised it to a gent in NZ (@stevehnz) a few years back during the first ANZAC GB, as the navigator on its final flight was his Uncle. Unfortunately work and kids meant I never got underway.  Second time lucky I’m hoping!

[Rabbit Leader]

7 hours ago, Rafwaffe said:

I promised it to a gent in NZ (@stevehnz)

I know @stevehnz well too and it would make for a lovely gesture to honour his Uncle and Aussie pilot that way. Good luck this time around. 
Cheers.. Dave 

[Rafwaffe]

Some more progress this evening:

 

 

[The wooksta V2.0]

Looking good.  Only thing I can add is to sand off the little blisters on the u/c doors as they were too late for this aircraft.  Indeed, if you look closely at the photo, there's no sign of them on the u/c doors.  Needle blade props too.

 

One of the aircraft from this squadron is also on my list of Mosquitoes to do.  Sure I have the decals for at least one.

 

Edit:  Turns out I have quite a few, although three copies of MM403 SB-V.  There's a superb DK Decals sheet with plenty of Australian options, three of which being 464 Sqn and one of those is Op. Jericho.  Mmm, I've long wanted to do a mini theme with aircraft that attacked various SS and Gestapo facilities.

Edited April 28 by The wooksta V2.0

[Rafwaffe]

Not a lot to show for tonight’s efforts. Sand, putty, sand, check, repeat…

 

 

[Rafwaffe]

A bit more progress over the weekend:

 

 

 

Edited Sunday at 02:32 PM by Rafwaffe
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