Unit: 106 Squadron
Aircraft: Hampden
Code: AD862-ZN
Base: Coningsby
Mission: Duisburg
Crew officer: P/O B D Campbell
Incident: Shot down by German fighter
Location: (Prov. Liege)
Facts
Takeoff at 23:10 hrs for an operation to marshalling yards at Duisburg, Germany.
Coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.