NN696 DX-H, was one of six 57 Squadron Lancasters lost on this operation. Airborne 2300 21Jun44 from East Kirkby. shot down by a night- fighter and crashed W of Gelsenkirchen. Five are buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery, while Panels 216 and 214 respectively commemorate the names of F/S Clark and W/O Hurley. F/L R.A.W.Beaumont DFC KIA F/s M.A.Clark KIA P/O D.J.McCrudden KIA WO2 T.H.Mayne RCAF KIA W/O C.H.T.Hurley KIA F/S G.R.Ansdell KIA F/S E.H.Goehring RCAF KIA.
It may have been shot down by Uffz Johann Werthner of 7./NJG2 for his 6th victory. He was shot down and wounded on the night 1/2 Jan 1945 at Dolphia 3 kms East of Enschede by 604 Sqn Mosquito HK526 F/L Foster & F/L Newton.
