Took off from Burn at 23:31 in Halifax Mk III (Sqn code LK-B Bomber Command) to bomb rail communications in France.
Home-bound shot down by a night fighter and crashed at 02:00 to the NE of Thieux (Oise) 11 km SSE of Breteuil France.
Killed: Flight Sergeant Sydney Evan Wallace Cass RAF KIA Thieux Communal Cemetery Grave 2. Sergeant Geoffrey Raymond Deeley RAF KIA Thieux Communal Cemetery Grave 4. Pilot Officer George Caithness Lawrence RAF KIA Thieux Communal Cemetery Grave 5. Pilot Officer Clifford Newton RAF pilot KIA Thieux Communal Cemetery Grave 1. Pilot Officer William Renton RAF KIA Thieux Communal Cemetery Grave 3.
Evaders: Sergeant R A Hollocks RAF Evader. Sergeant J B Reid RAF Evader.
