Took off from Downham Market at 18:50 in Stirling Mk III (Sqn code HA-L Bomber Command) on an operation to Hanover Germany.
Aircraft was coned by searchlights, hit by flak and crashed at Neustadt am Rübenberge, Niedersachsen Germany.
Killed includes Colquhoun: Sergeant William Arthur Hart RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery grave 12. B. 12. Flight Sergeant Kenneth Hewitson RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery grave 6. H. 18. Sergeant James Berkley Malcolm RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery Joint grave 12. B. 15-16. Sergeant Edward William David Parry RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery grave 12. B. 18. Sergeant Philip Smythe Raddall RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery Joint grave 12. B. 15-16. Sergeant James Yule RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery grave 12. D. 3.
