Spitfire PR Mk XI PL883 is seen taxiing toward the runway at a rain-soaked Eindhoven (B78) airfield.
The squadron had relocated here from Blankenberg (B66) on October 3, 1944. Given the relatively static nature of the frontlines, it continued to operate from this airfield until March 7, 1945. PL883 was among the five PR XIs that No. 400 Squadron lost during the Luftwaffe’s assault on B78 on New Year’s Day in 1945- Operation Bodenplatte.