Date:	Wednesday 21 March 1945
Time:	03:18
Type:	Lockheed Hudson Mk IIIa
Owner/operator:	161 Sqn RAF
Registration:	FK803
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Bischent, hill about 1km west of Maulusmühle station. -   Luxembourg
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Hudson FK803/N: Took off at 18:48 hrs for on Operation BENEDICT, EXPRESS, LEADER. 20/03/1945
The Hudson was returning to England with the agents, who were not dropped owing to bad weather, when it was shot down. During flight at 00:45 hrs was attacked and set on fire by a night-fighter over the northern tip of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Blown out with his parachute pack on fire when the aircraft exploded, the pilot was the sole survivor, although badly burned about the hands and face. The remaining three crew and three Belgian agents killed. It was thought later FK803 might have been attacked in error by an Allied night-fighter (USAAF P-61 Black Widow).
Crew:
F/Lt (127.041) Terence HELFER DFC (pilot) RAFVR - bale out /injured
F/Lt (143.469) Raymond Frankish ESCREET (WOp) RAFVR - killed
F/O (168.807) Henry Scurr JOHNSON (Nav.) RAFVR - killed
F/O (NZ412766) Forrest Harold THOMPSON DFM (AG) RNZAF - killed
+ three Belgian agents /passengers killed:
Lt Guy Corbisier "Benedict"
Lt Léon De Winter "Leader"
Jean-Jacques Morel "Express"
Benedict, Express and Leader were the code names of the Belgian agents on board.

1.Hudson production list
2.ORB 161 Sqdn RAF
3.https://www.hangarflying.eu/erfgoedsites/monument-voor-en-graven-van-de-bemanning-en-soe-agenten-van-hudson-fk803-ma-n-161-sqn/ (dutch)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Oct-2022 09:46	Nepa	Added [Operator, ]
02-May-2025 16:29	MMR	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]