Unit: 576 Squadron
Aircraft: Lancaster
Code: LM122-UL-X2
Base: Fickerston
Mission: Düsseldorf
Crew officer: P/O HEPBURN, WILLIAM HENDRY
Incident: Shot down by German fighter
Location: (Prov. Luxembourg)
Facts
Took off 16:12 hrs, RAF Fiskerton. It is believed that a bomb hit the Lancaster while over the target, though it is likely the crash occurred W of Rhine.
Those who perished are buried in Belgium at Hotton War Cemetery.