Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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18 Oct 44 | Close Air Support | - | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Hawker | Typhoon | Ib | MN212 | EL- | 181 Sqdn | RAF | 1250 | Eindhoven (B.78) |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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1355 | Undercarriage could not be lowered and collided with lorry at end runway | Crash landed at Eindhoven Airfield (B.78) | Cat. B | Noord-Brabant |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | W/O. | R.E. | Gardiner | 22 | AUS410652 | RAAF | SAFE | - |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Shores & Thomas, ‘2nd Tactical Air Force July 1944-January 1945’, page 328 |
Version September, 2022