Took off from Langar at 19:00 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code EM-U Bomber Command) on an operation to Hamburg Germany.
Shot down by flak and crashed at Wedel 16 km W of Hamburg. There were no survivors.
Killed includes Cain: Warrant Officer Class 2 William Victor Wallace RCAF R/92287 KIA Hamburg Cemetery, Plot 5A..Row A. Grave 2. Flight Sergeant Melville George Delatorre RAAF KIA Hamburg Cemetery, Plot 5A. Row D. Grave 2. Sergeant Peter Evison RAF pilot KIA Hamburg Cemetery, Plot 5A. Row D. Grave 3. Sergeant Raymond Walter Ernest Holley RAF KIA Hamburg Cemetery, Plot 5A. Row A Grave 1. Flying Officer Bernard Johnson RAF KIA Hamburg Cemetery, Plot 5A. Row D. Grave 6. Sergeant Lewis Reginald Thompson RAF KIA Hamburg Cemetery, Plot 5A. Row D. Grave 5.
