Tony Hibberd has provided the following:
Lancaster JA701 OL-E had departed Wyton at 1747 for Ops Leipzig.
There are two claims for this loss:
It was either intercepted at 6200M, 15-20km SE of Vleiland by a Night-Fighter captained by Lt Heinz Rollard (XII/NJG1) and shot down at 2250 for his 2nd Abschuss,
Or
It was intercepted at 7000M over the Sea, 15km N of Vleiland by a Night-Fighter captained by Nacht Jagd “Experten” Ofw Karl-Heinz Scherfling (XII/NJG1) and shot down at 2252 for his 22nd Abschuss.
Nacht Jagd Combat Archive 1943 Part 3 Dr Theo Boiten
Henry James Bird is remembered in Wallsend on W7.06 page 19
