Took off from Tuddenham at 18:29 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code WP-A Bomber Command) on an operation to Frankfurt Germany.
Shot down (means not found) and crashed near Gmund am Tegernsee, Landkreis Miesbach, Bavaria, Germany.
Killed includes Columbus: Flight Sergeant Basil Edgar Columbus RCAF R/217581 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 8. E. 10. Flight Sergeant Nathan Merrill Hurlbut RCAF R/197216 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 8. E. 11. F/Lt Abraham Lionel Kirsch RCAF J/25463 pilot KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 8. E. 12. Flying Officer Richard Edwardes MacLaren RCAF J/29267 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 8. E. 9. Sergeant Herbert William Hazell RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. E. 5-8. Flight Sergeant Victor Lawrence Wilkinson RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave Coll. grave 8. E. 5-8. Pilot Officer Ronald John Winchester RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. E. 5-8.
