Took off from Lakenheath at 20:42 in Stirling Mk II (Sqn code OJ-P Bomber Command) to lay mines in the Baltic along the Denmark coast.
Shot down by a night fighter and crashed at 00:40 at Oster Skerninge a small community just to the W of Ollerup Denmark.
Killed includes Cameron: Pilot Officer John Menzies Ronahan RCAF J/95100 KIA Svendborg General Cemetery Coll. grave K. 1. F/Lt Reginald John Freeman RAF KIASvendborg General Cemetery Coll. grave K. 1. Pilot Officer David Hughes RAF KIA Svendborg General Cemetery Coll. grave K. 1. Sergeant Alan Richardson Redfearn RAF KIA Svendborg General Cemetery Coll. grave K. 1. Sergeant Jack Leslie Stean RAF KIA Svendborg General Cemetery Coll. grave K. 1. Flight Sergeant Raymond Thomas Walker RAAF KIA Svendborg General Cemetery Coll. grave K. 1.
