Took off from Waddington (time not recorded) in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code KM-D Bomber Command) on an operation to Kassel, Hessen, Germany.
Aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Haltern, Horstmar, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany.
Killed includes Christie: Flying Officer Russell Henry Suckling RNZAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 24. C. 11. Sergeant Edward Charles Allen RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 24. C. 12-18. Sergeant Thomas Bickers RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 24. D. 1. Sergeant Albert Edward Johnson RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 24. C. 12-18. Sergeant Miles Rowbottom RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 24. C. 9. Sergeant Herbert Vincent Winch RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 24. C. 12-18.
