Took off from Tempsford on OPERATION OSRIC 78 setting course for the DZ in Belgium.
Shot down by a night fighter and crashed in southern Holland at Tholen-Lepelstraat.
Killed: Flying Officer Herbert Barker RCAF J/37212 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 245. Flying Officer Herbert John Patrick Brennan RCAF J/36018 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 245. Flying Officer Thomas Carnegie RCAF J/28217 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 245. Flying Officer Joseph Patrick Gallagher RCAF J/25456 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 246. Flying Officer John Zywina RCAF J/28684 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 249. Flight Sergeant Wilbur Joseph Jeffrey RCAF R/164179 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 255. Flying Officer Gordon William Hemsley RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 206. Sergeant Cyril Jones RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 232.
