Unit: 106 Squadron
Aircraft: Hampden
Code: AD756-ZN
Base: Coningsby
Mission: Düsseldorf
Crew officer: P/O WATTS, GORDON GEOFFREY
Incident: Shot down by German fighter
Location: (Prov. Namur)
Facts
Takeoff at 22:05 hrs for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans-Joachim Redlich of the 1./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.