Took off from Lissett at 19:19 in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code: NP-C Bomber Command) on an operation to Germany.
Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near Soltau Germany (south of and equidistant between Bremen and Hamburg Germany.
Killed: Sergeant Harry Booth RAF KIA Becklingen War Cemetery grave 18. F. 2. Sergeant John Henry Jenkins RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery grave 3. H. 1.
POWs includes Allen: Pilot Officer Denis Ronald Paul De Laurier RAF POW Stalag 9C Muhlhausen. Pilot Officer Haydon Bronte Frisby RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Gordon Gregory Heyes RAF POW Dulag DL Wetzlar. F/Lt Albert Victor Kyle RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Sergeant Harry Selman RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug.
