Unit: 149 Squadron
Aircraft: Stirling
Code: N6068-OT-J
Base: Lakenheath
Mission: Dortmund
Crew officer: P/O FIELD, MAX LIGHTFOOT
Incident: Hit by German Flak
Location: (Prov. West-Vlanderen)
Facts
he aircraft took off from Lakenheath at 0020 hrs on a raid to Dortmund.
Hit by flak from Stene airfield near Ostende. The aircraft crashed 3km S of Ostende , between Snaaskerke and Zandvoorde.