Flight of Typhoon Ib MP136 and Flying Officer R V Smith on 1944-10-22

At the date of 22-10-1944, time: 11h45, Hawker Typhoon serial MP136 was lost.  The mission was an attack on an enemy headquarters.  Aircraft was hit by flak and abandoned by pilot.   The location of the crash was found at: Den Bosch (Graafseweg). The unit of crew and plane is: 439 Sqdn. First flyer rank: Flying Officer, name: R.V. Smith, service number J/27992. The plane belonged to the Allied forces.  Smith parachuted and landed in a lake near Hertogenbosch.  He swam to shore and was captured by a Wehrmacht officer.  He fell out of the sraff car bringing him into captivity injuring himslef.  The German officer took him to the Dutch hospital where he was liberated on the 25th during a British advance.