Unit: 57 Squadron
Aircraft: Wellington
Code: R1624-DX
Base: Feltwell
Mission: Duisburg
Crew officer: Incident: Shot down by German fighter
Location: (Prov. Limburg)
Facts
Takeoff at 23:00 hrs for an operation to Duisburg, Germany.
Coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Wolfgang Thimmig of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.