Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T5682
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
2 Mar 45 Dive Bombing -
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Supermarine Spitfire LF.XVI SM389 DN- 416 Sqdn RAF 0711 Brussels-Evere (B.56)
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0835 Fuel shortage Crash landed at Eindhoven Airfield (B.78) Cat. B/E Noord-Brabant
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/O. W.G.D. Roddie J/86972 RCAF SAFE -
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Shores & Thomas, ‘2nd Tactical Air Force January-May 1945’, page 441

Version June, 2022