Took off from Alness Scotland at 21:05. Last radio contact placed it 70 miles off Sumburg Head in the Shetlands at 22:53. A fishermen reported an explosion on the horizon shortly after 23:00. Aircraft presumed lost.
Killed includes Campbell:Flight Sergeant Eric Dwyer RCAF R/264718 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 281.Warrant Officer Class 1 Walter Gill RCAF R/142701 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 281.Warrant Officer Class 1 Ernest William McCready RCAF R/108312 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 281.Flying Officer Arthur Bowker Smith McElroy RCAF J/25428 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 279.F/Lt Joseph Marcel Jacques Powell RCAF J/21587 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 278.F/Lt Arthur Gordon Rawland RCAF C/1841 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 278.Flight Sergeant William Merser Richmond RCAF R/225463 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 282.Flight Sergeant Edgar Walter Sivell RCAF R/271248 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 282.WO Donald Eric Hunt RAAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 283.F.O Peter Warren Berry RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 266.