Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T4229
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
21 Sep 44 Re-Supply Market Garden
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Douglas Dakota III KG586 5T- 233 Sqdn RAF 1312 Blakehill Farm
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
1715 Crash landed near Turnhout (Belgium) Belgium
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot W/O. P.R. Russell 187555 RAF POW - Captured 21 Sep 44 Dutch-Belgium border
Second Pilot F/Sgt. F.H. Jones 1395269 RAF POW -
Navigator W/O. D.C. Schofield 1500434 RAF POW -
Wireless Operator W/O. A.S. Burgess R/134254 RCAF POW -
Air Despatcher Drv. W.A. Jones T/14435505 RASC POW -
Air Despatcher Cpl. L.R. Ennever T/10672707 RASC POW -
Air Despatcher Drv. J.H. Welsh T/11251580 RASC POW -
Air Despatcher Cpl. W.R. Saddleton T/219294 RASC POW -
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book TNA WO361/701 for details crew; WO344/274/2 for details Russell; Archive H. Welting for location

Version July, 2022