Targeting Köln, as part of a 653 aircraft raid, DX-G of 57 Squadron took off from RAF Scampton at 2216 on 8 July 1943. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the aircraft was shot down by a pilot of the Luftwaffe’s 12/NJG4 and it crashed at Evergem.
Moments before the crash, the crew baled out having managed to jettison the bomb load which fell on the village of Oosteeklo at around 0038 hours. All of the crew were taken POW by the Germans.
It could be the only crew fallen in Belgium whose all the members survived of the accident
