Information about a plane crash on March 28th 1945 an english ( or canadian) plane crashed near Schoonrewoerd in the Netherlands

[Alex Smart]

Hello Peter,
This may help ?

CWGC website have lists for this day, So to start with I came up with F/O.McKenzie Reeves,403 (Canadian) Sqdn (Spitfire SM302) MIA. He is at rest at Nederweert War Cemetery.

Another loss was a 56 Sqdn (Tempest NV973 "B") MIA. Sgt. S.A. Shepherd (+).

A third was from 274 Sqdn (Tempest EJ887) MIA. F/O. D.L.Boyd (safe).

Another was from 264 Sqdn, (Mosquito MM493 "PS-T" ) F/O. Alex Recina (+). At rest Lesquin Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. The second crewman was recorded as injured /safe but remains un-named as yet.

RAF Mustang losses:
126 Sqdn ( F/Lt. B.W. Sharpe (+) KH489 "O")
154 Sqdn ?
I found a 154 Sqdn Mustang loss for the 29th but nothing for the 28th. The 29th loss was KH697, W/O. Arthur STANDRIN (+), at rest at Hanover War Cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany.

USAAF 9th AAF losses were 5 P-47 MIA's, they were:
44-20272 - 367 FG - 1Lt. Silas P. BECK - MACR 13623 (+).
42-29126 - 368 FG - 2Lt. Thomas T. LAYDEN - MACR 13621 (+).
44-33205 - 368 FG - 1Lt. George L. BAUER - MACR 13622 (+).
42-28289 - 373 FG - 1Lt. James D. ALLAN - MACR 13525 (POW).
42-28887 - 406 FG - 2Lt. Vern Jerome HENDERSHOTT - MACR 13526 (POW).


Ref for the above details is "Fighter CommandWar Diaries - July 44 to May 45" by John Forman, 9th AAF losses lists P47 Lists on line and Air Britain's RAF serial numbers

Alex