At 01:45 on the morning of 3rd February, Keith “Snowy” Watson (Pilot) and his Navigator Ernest Edwards, flying Mosquito HK363, were killed in a tragic accident whilst taking part in a searchlight exercise. It was recorded in the ORB that Watson most was most likely blinded temporarily by the searchlight and lost control. The ORB goes on to say:
“This was a most promising crew and a great loss to “B” Flight and the Squadron”
Just hours after these 2 young men were photographed side by side, they took to the air and died together. They were buried side by side in the New Zealand Section of Brookwood Military Cemetery.
F/Sgt Ernest Edwards and F/Sgt Keith “Snowy” Watson
2nd February 1944, just hours before they were killed during a searchlight exercise
The graves of F/Sgt Edwards and F/Sgt Watson at Brookwood Military Cemetery
(Plots 2.K.1 and 2.K.1A)
Their names are duly recorded in the Roll of Honour
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