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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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412 Squadron Crest
04.03.1944 No 412 Squadron Spitfire IX MJ306 VZ-K Fl/Lt. Andrew B. Ketterson

Operation: Ramrod 623

Date: 4th March 1944 (Saturday)

Unit: 412 Squadron RCAF

Type: Spitfire IX

Serial: MJ306 ("Hot Box")

Code: VZ-K

Location: East of Ypres

Pilot: Fl/Lt. Andrew Boyd Ketterson J/16990 RCAF Age 22. Killed.

REASON FOR LOSS:

While escorting American bombers on Ramrod 623, PM, Fl/Lt. Ketterson thought to have been hit by anti aircraft fire encountered difficulty with his engine, and sadly was killed in the ensuing crash, 15 miles east of Ypres.

(With thanks to Franky Mahieu for taking photographs at the Wevelgem Communal Cemetery in August 2016)

BURIAL DETAILS:


Fl/Lt. Andrew Boyd Ketterson. Wevelgem Communal Cemetery. Grave E. 451. Son of Maj. Andrew Robert Ketterson. DSO. and Fenella M W Ketterson, of 3052 Northcliffe Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

KTY 15.08.2016 Grave photo added

Acknowledgements: Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives and Fred Paradie - Paradie Archive (both on this site), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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