Unit: Squadron 429
Aircraft: Wellington
Code: HZ521-AL
Base: East Moor
Mission: Wuppertal
Crew officer: Fl Sergeant Hick H.
Incident: Shot down by German fighter
Location: (Prov. Walloon Brabant)
Facts
Takeoff at 23:06 for an operation to Wuppertal, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab II./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.