192 Squadron (Dare to discover) RAF Feltwell. Wellington Mk X aircraft HE 228 DT-C was lost returning from an operation against targets in Dusseldorf Germany. On the return leg, the Wellington was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Struning of 2/NJG1 and crashed about 02: 35 near Loosduinen (Zuid-Holland) in the south-west outskirts of The Hague, Holland
Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Bell (RAFVR) was missing, presumed killed in action. Flight Sergeant Bell has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 135
Warrant Officer 1st Class Douglas Gordon Bergey (RCAF), Sergeant Arthur William Heywood (RAFVR), Sergeant James Thomson (RAFVR), Pilot Officer Thomas William Spencer Wilson (RAFVR) all survived to be taken as Prisoners of War. Pilot Officer George Barrett (RAFVR) was wounded and hospitalized due to injuries suffered in the crash. After recovering, he to sent to a POW camp
span class="citation">Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part 1 1 January - 22 June by Theo Boiten, page 103