Took off from Metheringham at 14:05 on a bombing operation to Homberg Germany.
Aircraft failed to return, means of loss not found. Crashed at Kijkuitseweg road, Lepelstraat, Noord-Brabant, Holland.
Killed: Flying Officer George Jeffrey Symes RCAF J/28570 pilot KIA Flight Sergeant Clifford Eugene Leroy Cook RCAF R/251484 KIA Sergeant Alfred Harris RAF KIA Flight Sergeant Cyril Ernest Bayliss RAF KIA Flying Officer John Arthur Smith RAF KIA Flying Officer Leslie W Perry RAF KIA Sergeant John Anthony Crisp RAF KIA.
