Fg Off. Niels Erik Westergaard

(1922–1944)


Date and time	23.11.1943 17:21 - 24.11.1943 00:23 (7 h 2 min)
Aircraft	Lancaster B III (ED655 'LE-')
Unit	630 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Duty	Navigator
Aircrew	Fg Off. Niels Erik Westergaard
Details	<u>Night Bombing attack on BERLIN</u><p>Target condition - one fire below cloud. 1 x 4,000 HC, 1170 x 4 Inc., 72 x 80 Inc. from 16,500 ft. (icong). 6/10 cloud [...] 12, 000 ft. Visibility above cloud good. One bid fire burning round Green T.I.S. & one large explosion seen. Marking of target good, attack west - concentrated [...] route markings dropped before reaching HAMBURG since a/c were being fired on from [...]. Special equipment - MANDREL, MONICA. Sortie completed.</p><ol><li>F/O D.A. MACDONALD, PILOT</li> <li>SGT SMALE R.F., F/ENG.</li><li>F/O N E. WESTERGAARD, NAV.</li><li>J P HEADLAM, AIR/BOMB.</li><li>SGT STOPP M A, W.O.P/A.G.</li><li>SGT CORNISH-UNDERWOOD H W, M.U.G.</li><li>SGT FORRESTER R.T., R.A.G.</li></ol>
Source	AIR 27/2152