Took off from Middleton St George at 22:35 in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code: MP-L Bomber Command).
Aircraft shot down and crashed at Marche, Belgium during an operational flight to Mannheim, Germany.
POWs: Sergeant Frank Willis Anderson RAF Stalag III-A Luckenwalde. Warrant Officer Class 2 Rodney Haslam Baird RCAF R/60568 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Sergeant Gerard Bert Gowers RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Sergeant Cyril Ilian RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Flight Sergeant Ray Arsene La Franchise RCAF R/60719 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Sergeant Antony Edward Redding RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Sergeant Edward Kerr Southward RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus.
