Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: R1269
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
3 Dec 44 Armed Recce -
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Hawker Typhoon Ib MN251 I8-F 440 Sqdn RAF 1400 Eindhoven (B.78)
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
1430 Overshot runway Crash landed into Beatrixkanaal near Eindhoven Airfield (B.78) Cat. B Noord-Brabant
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot P/O. A.W.E. Sugden 25 J/90713 RCAF KIA Groesbeek RCAF 15 D 14 Drowned in aircraft
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Shores & Thomas, ‘2nd Tactical Air Force July 1944-January 1945’, page 349

Version June, 2022