Missing (op.Metz/Wolppy) 9.10.1943. T/o between 11:05 hrs and 11:16 hrs piloted by Flt Lt Kerr, with 11 others, being one of two which failed to return. Poor weather encountered shortly after take-off resulted in aircraft becoming scattered and landing away from base on return to England.
Mosquito HX912 was last seen by the others in a shallow dive heading towards the cloud-covered target area. Later found to have crashed at Schoten, on the NE outskirts of Antwerp. Apparently the pilot accidentally dropped their
bomb load while flying at very low level & the ensuing exposion destroyed the aircraft killing both crew members. Both very likely succumbed to the close proximity of bomb release to intercom button.