40 Sqn RAF Gardabia East, Tunisia, Wellington aircraft HX-494 failed to return from an operational flight to Catania Aerodrome, Sicily. Crew was missing in the Mediterranean and presumed dead. Allare listed on the Alamein War Memorial in Egypt
Killed: Pilot Officer R B Carlson RCAF pilot Sergeant J H P Evans RAF Sergeant C S Carroll RAF Sergeant T Patterson RAF Sergeant R B Smith RAF Sergeant R Stansfield RAF