Took off from Elsham Wolds at 16:51 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: PM-Y Bomber Command) on an operation to Chemnitz Germany..
Aircraft failed to return. Place and cause of loss are unknown.
Killed: Pilot Flying Officer Gordon Wynne Excel RCAF J/36627 Runnymede Memorial Panel 279. Bomber Flying Officer Francis Michael Griffin RCAF J/38819 Runnymede Memorial Panel 279.
POWs: Flying Officer J H McKenna RCAF J/40404 POW camp not listed. Flight Sergeant J L Cooke RCAF R/number POW campo not listed. Sergeant G H Wilson RAF 103 Sqn POW camp not listed. Flight Sergeant F P Monaghan RAF 103 Sqn POW camp not listed. W/O D King RAF 103 Sqn camp not listed.
