The Mosquito was shot
down at 13.20 by Ofw. Theo Stebner from 10./JG5 He took off
from Lade airfield and attacked the Mosquito twice. First over the fjord,
second time over Skatval.The
aircraft crashed and burned on a field. There is probably nothing left at
the site today. kilde:
Hans Olav Løkken
The
Mosquito was on a PRU mission when it was shot down at Skatval. Flight Lieutenant
Norman Denys Sinclair, parachuted and became POW. The navigator:
Flying Offiser Wilfred Nelson(31) from Heaton Chapel, Stockport,
Cheshire, went down with the aircraft. He is buried at Stavne Cemetery in Trondheim.
F/L Sinclair
Flyet gikk fullstendig
i oppløsning etter det andre angrepet og Sinclair hoppet ut i fallskjerm
fra lav høyde. Han havnet etter hvert i Stalag Luft III. Der ble han
med i the "Greate Escape", men ble tatt. Han overlevde krigen, men
endte sitt liv i Australia, like etter at begge sønnene hans med kort
mellomrom hadde tatt sitt eget liv.