Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T5505
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
5 Apr 45 Armed Recce -
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Supermarine Spitfire LF.XVI TB593 4D- 74 Sqdn RAF 0750 Schijndel (B.85)
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0845 Engine cut out after losing droptank Crash landed near Ruinerweide Drenthe
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/Sgt. R.F. Racy 1456535 RAF EVD -
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Shores & Thomas, ‘2nd Tactical Air Force January-May 1945’, page 477

Version June, 2022