Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T5192
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Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
3 Feb 45 Armed Recce -
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Supermarine Spitfire LF.IX PT549 GE-T 349 Sqdn RAF 1125 Gilze-Rijen (B.77)
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
1230 Presumably collided with trees Crashed near Hessum 2 km e of Dalfsen Overijssel
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/Sgt. L.A. Van de Werve de Vorsselaar 1424895 RAF KIA Brussels Town Cem (Evere)
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Shores & Thomas, ‘2nd Tactical Air Force January-May 1945’, page 413

Version June, 2022