Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: R1264
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
5 Apr 45 Armed Recce -
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Supermarine Spitfire XIV RM759 EB-S 41 Sqdn RAF 0800 Eindhoven (B.78)
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0945 Ran out of fuel Crash landed in bomb crater short of Eindhoven Airfield (B.78) Noord-Brabant
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/O. R.D. Austen-Smith 164845 RAF SAFE -
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Shores & Thomas, ‘2nd Tactical Air Force January-May 1945’, page 476

Version June, 2022