Unit: 207 Squadron
Aircraft: Manchester
Code: L7373-EM-T
Base: Waddington
Mission: Koln
Crew officer: P/O L Paskell
Incident: Shot down by German fighter
Location: (Prov. Limburg)
Facts
The aircraft was coned by searchlights for 6 minutes before it was shot down by night fighter pilot Gefreiter Erhard Bruhnke of the 7./NJG 1 (detached to I./NJG 1), who was flying a Messerschmitt Bf 110.