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The aircraft (KC-S), piloted by Flight Lieutenant W Reid VC, left Woodhall Spa {{linkgooglemap,53.137,-0.187,}} at 17:15 to attack a V1 storage depot at Rilly-la-Montagne, France {{linkgooglemap,49.164,4.039,}}. It had just released its Tallboy when it was hit by bombs dropped by an aircraft above them. These tore out one engine and severely damaged the the control lines in the fuselage. The aircraft broke up in the air and crashed about 1000 metres East of Germaine, France {{linkgooglemap,49.123,4.072,}}, 16 km South of Reims. Five of the crew died and two were taken prisoner.
There was one Canadian in the crew, Flying Officer JO Peltier, who was killed. All of the remaining crew members were in the RAF. Flight Lieutenant Reid VC and Flying Officer D Luker were taken prisoner. Pilot Officer LG Rolton DFC,Warrant Officer JW Hutton DFC, and Flight Sergeants DGW Stewart and AA Holt were killed.
