Harry Robert Kerr
Military ROLL OF HONOURPilot Spitfire Vb BM511 crashed 2 miles north-west of Creswell, Staffordshire. Suspected failure of oxygen system, blacked out and dived straight in, no attempt by pilot to recover. 16-Jul-42. Killed Non Battle (DNB).
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 31st Fighter Group 309th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center, 546 Jack Gibbs Blvd, Columbus, OH 43215, USA | 22 November 1940 | Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio. |
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Died |
Creswell, Stafford, Stafford ST18, UK | 16 July 1942 | Died Non Battle (DNB) when Spitfire Vb BM511 crashed 2 miles north-west of Creswell, Staffordshire. Suspected failure of oxygen system, blacked and dived straight in, no attempt by pilot to recover. |
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Buried |
17 July 1942 | Cambridge American Cemetery, Coton, Cambs, UK Plot D Row 7 Grave 30 | |
| Noble County, OH, USA | Noble County, Ohio, USA. | ||
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Born |
Ottawa County, OH, USA | Ottawa County, Ohio, USA. | |
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Other Assigned |
High Ercall, Telford, Telford and Wrekin TF6, UK | Assigned to 309th FS, 31st FG, 8th AF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorCreswellPC
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Correction to (village name of) the location of the Crash - CRESWELL, with just the one "s".
ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losees of the 8th and 9th AF by Bishop and Hey p. 21