Took off from Chedburgh on an operational flight to Lorient France in Stirling Mk I (Sqn code BU-W Bomber Command).
It failed to return from this night operation and was lost without a trace.
Killed includes Carlyon: Squadron Leader Paul Winstanley Manners Carlyon DFC RAF Canadian Pilot Officer John Nelson Peck RCAF J/16748 Canadian Pilot Officer Peter Francis Pinder RCAF J/16143 Canadian Flying Officer David Keith O'Donnell RNZAF Sergeant Charles Edgar Clarke Ransom RAF Sergeant John Laurence Kemp RAF Sergeant Lawrence Carr RAF. They have no known graves and are all commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial.
