Took off from Wyton at 19:55 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code OL-R Bomber Command) on an operation to Essen Germany.
Shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Willinkbosweg road, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Holland.
Killed: WO Clarence Malcolm Mcgregor Coghill RCAF R/142054 KIA Winterswijk Cemetery Holland Coll. grave 10-14. Flight Sergeant Leslie Fieldhouse RAF KIA Winterswijk Cemetery Coll. grave 10-14. S/Ldr Frank Thompson Flower RAF KIA Winterswijk Cemetery Grave 16. Sergeant Douglas McEwen RAF KIA Winterswijk Cemetery Coll. grave 10-14. Flight Sergeant Frank William Thomas Routledge RAF KIA Winterswijk Cemetery Coll. grave 10-14. Flight Sergeant Eric L'estrange Lightfoot Shandley RAF KIA Winterswijk Cemetery Coll. grave 10-14. Flying Officer Frederick Albert Southon RAF KIA Winterswijk Cemetery Grave 15.
