Took off from Skellingthorpe at 17:40 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code QR-Y Bomber Command) on an operation to Berlin, Germany.
Aircraft was shot down by flak and crashed northwest of the railway station of Northeim, Niedersachsen Germany.
Killed includes Cumming: Flying Officer Alan Victor Beetch RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. A. 1-10. Flight Sergeant Anthony Phillip Brander RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. A. 1-10. Sergeant Bernard Clark RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. A. 1-10. Pilot Officer Frank Landley RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. A. 1-10. Sergeant William Warburton RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. A. 1-10. Flying Officer Robert Alexander West RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. A. 1-10.
