Unit: 419 Squadron
Aircraft: Lancaster
Code: KB713-VR-X
Base: Middleton St George
Mission: Leuven
Crew officer: P/O Burdel F. Edwards
Incident: Hit by German Flak
Location: (Prov. West-Vlanderen)
Facts
Takeoff at 22:00 hrs for an operation against the railway yards at Leuven.
The aircraft was intercepted by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Martin Siegel of the 2./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88.