Took off from Woolfox Lodge at 20:20 in Manchester Mk I L-7454.
Aircraft was carrying 4 x 1,500 lb. mines when it went missing while engaged in a mine-laying operation (Gardening) off the Terschelling Islands, Holland.
Aircraft was shot down by a night fighter using the new Lichtenstein A/I radar to locate the Manchester.
Killed includes Chevalier: Pilot Officer Ian Mckenzie Cassavetti RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 68. Pilot Officer Cecil Stephen Churchill RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 68. Sergeant Raymond Dawson RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 81. Sergeant Hugh Dracass RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 82. Sergeant Donald Alastair Barham Hume RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 86. Sergeant John Mitchell RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 89.