Unit: 630 Squadron
Aircraft: Lancaster
Code: LL966-LE-P
Base: East Kirby
Mission: Rositz
Crew officer: Incident: Presumed shot down by German Flak
Location: Unknown
Facts
One of two or, possibly, three aircraft shot down by anti-aircraft fire, 2 km E of Rositz, at Zschernitzsch (Altenburg), approximately 40 km S of Leipzig.
Aircraft exploded on impact and wreckage was burnt and scattered over a wide area.