Took off from Gibraltar at 22:20 on a night anti-submarine patrol over the Mediterranean.
Aircraft failed to return and was assumed to have been shot down during an attack on a submarine.
Killed: Flying Officer (Capt.) Terence Harry Gordon-Glassford RAAF KIA Malta Memorial. CAN Flying Officer Brian Withers Carmichael RCAF J/9641 KIA Malta Memorial. Sergeant George Edward Harvey RAF KIA Malta Memorial. Flying Officer John Saynor Hustler RAF KIA Malta Memorial. Sergeant John Henry Brown RAF KIA Malta memorial. Pilot Officer Herbert Eldon Beale RAAF KIA body washed ashore 3 weeks later (1943-02-12) at Port des Ruines Saintes, 25km east of Philippville, Algeria. He was buried in the Bone War Cemetery, Anaba, Algeria.
