Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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1 Jan 45 | Armed Recce | - | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Hawker | Typhoon | Ib | PD503 | F3-R | 438 Sqdn | RAF | 0910 | Eindhoven (B.78) |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0920 | Shot down by Maj. H. Bär of Stab/JG 3 while taking off | Crash landed near 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.W. | Keller | 23 | J/37649 | RCAF | DOW | Groesbeek RCAF | 15 D 5 | Initially buried Woensel |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Shores & Thomas, ‘2nd Tactical Air Force July 1944-January 1945’, page 381; Manrho & Pütz, 'Bodenplatte' |
Version June, 2022