Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T2954
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
9 Oct 43 Bombing Woippy (F)
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
De Havilland Mosquito FB.VI HP850 SB-Q 464 Sqdn RAF 1105-1116 Sculthorpe
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
1200 Shot down by Flak Crashed 2 km s of IJzendijke near Mollekot (Belgium) Zeeland
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/Lt. R.W. Smith 23 42902 RAF KIA IJzendijke 2
Navigator F/O. C.G. McDonald 27 J/13787 RCAF KIA IJzendijke 1
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Shores & Thomas, ‘2nd Tactical Air Force June 1943-June 1944’, page 40

Version March, 2022