Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T5421
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
22 Mar 45 Interdiction -
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Hawker Typhoon Ib PD451 5V-A 439 Sqdn RAF 1525 Eindhoven (B.78)
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
1635 Tyre burst and swung of runway and overturned Eindhoven Airfield (B.78) Noord-Brabant
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/O. A.W. Saunders J/37015 RCAF SAFE -
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Shores & Thomas, ‘2nd Tactical Air Force January-May 1945’, page 457

Version June, 2022