Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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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 |
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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 |
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Pilot | F/O. | R.D. | Austen-Smith | 164845 | RAF | SAFE | - |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Shores & Thomas, ‘2nd Tactical Air Force January-May 1945’, page 476 |
Version June, 2022