Unit: 97 Squadron
Aircraft: Manchester
Code: L7384-OF
Base: Coningsby
Mission: Düsseldorf
Crew officer: Incident: Shot down by German fighter
Location: (Prov. Oost Vlanderen)
Facts
Attacked by a night fighter and badly damaged. The rear gunner was killed attempting to bale out and, because Sgt Currie had been injured in the attack, the pilot opted to crash land, the aircraft coming down just inside the Belgian border