Took off from Lissett at 21:59 in Halifax Mk III (Sqn code NP-S Bomber Command) on an operation to Kiel Germany.
On return to base crashed at 02:14 at Oak Tree Farm, Foston-on-the-Wolds some 8 miles SSW of Bridlington Yorkshire.
Killed: Pilot Officer Edwin George Beard RCAF J/89967 KIA Stonefall Cemetery, Harrowgate, Yorkshire Sec. E. Row B. Grave 5. Pilot Officer Keith Thomas Bielby RCAF J/89968 KIA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. E. Row B. Grave 6. Pilot Officer Frederick William Crawley RCAF J/89905 KIA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. E. Row B. Grave 7. Pilot Officer John Joseph Grant RCAF J/89906 KIA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. E. Row B. Grave 4. Flying Officer Walter Bigelow T. Rosen RCAF J/28758 pilot KIA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. E. Row B. Grave 8. Sergeant George William Blanckley RAF KIA St. Mary Church, Farnham Royal. Sergeant Allen Henry Woolfrey RAF KIA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. E. Row B. Grave 9.
