Unit: 156 Squadron
Aircraft: Wellington
Code: X3798-GT
Base: Alconbury
Mission: Mainz
Crew officer: F/Sgt Harper
Incident: Shot down by German fighter
Location: (Prov. Vlaams Brabant)
Facts
Coming back from a mission of bombing over Mainz, the Wellington was attacked by a German night fighter near Leuven and crashed to Tildonck (Brabant).
Sgt Harker and P/O Lenover were killed in the crash. The rest of the crew was done PoW.