Unit:166 Squadron
Aircraft: Wellington
Code: HF594-AS-Q
Base: Kirmington
Mission: Wuppertal
Crew officer: Incident: Shot down by German fighter
Location: (Prov. Antwerpen)
Facts
Takeoff at 23:14 for an operation to Wuppertal, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Werner Hoffmann of the 4./NJG 5 (detached to 4./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.