Took off from Spilsby at 22:14 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code EM-S Bomber Command) on an operation to bomb the railway junction at Nevers France.
Two RAF aircraft collided in mid-air over Mornay.
Killed includes Cantwell: Pilot Officer Frederick George Graham RCAF J/88399 KIA Lignieres-De-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row A. Grave 5. Flying Officer Edward Dalgleish RAF KIA Lignieres-De-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row B. Grave 5. Sergeant Joseph Harold Fellows RAF KIA Lignieres-De-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row B. Joint grave 2. Sergeant Richard Arthur Gaut RAF KIA Lignieres-De-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row A. Grave 2. F/Lt George Leeson Jones RAF KIA Lignieres-De-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row B. Grave 1. Flying Officer Frank Reginald Tickle RAF KIA Lignieres-De-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row A. Grave 6. Pilot Officer Barrington St. John Woollard RAF KIA Lignieres-De-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row B. Joint grave 2.
and Lancaster Mk I ME-851 PO-B 467Sqn: Flying Officer W B J Murphy RAF Sergeant E C W Goode RAF Flying Officer J A Ewen RAAF Flight Sergeant W H E Wright RAAF Flight Sergeant W Paul RAAF Flight Sergeant D A Paterson RAAF Flight Sergeant A M Jenkins RAAF.
