
F/O Bob Kirkpatrick
and Sgt. R. Hearne at Rackheath
On the afternoon of 21st March 45 a
battle-damaged Mosquito of the RAF 21 Squadron landed at Rackheath with the
above two airmen aboard. This Mosquito Mark IV from the RAF Film Production
Unit was one of 20 Mosquito aircraft that had just featured as part of
"Operation Carthage" in the audacious low level raid on the
Gestapo HQ in Copenhagen, Denmark. Read F/O Bob Kirkpatrick's gripping account
of the Raid and how he came to return to Rackheath.