Unit: 77 Squadron
Aircraft: Halifax
Code: JD213-KN-V
Base: Elvington
Mission: Mulheim
Crew officer: Fl/Sgt E A Sims
Incident: shot down by German fighter
Location: (Prov. West-Vlanderen)
Facts
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Viktor Sorko of the 4./NJG 3 (detached to 1./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
3 bodies were washed ashore, one to Wenduine coast, the two others to Holland. Four airmen were missing.