Took off from Coningsby at 22:44 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: OL-H Bomber Command) on an operation to Drenthe Holland.
Shot down (means not found) and crashed near Nieuw Dordrecht, Gelderland Holland.
Killed: Flight Sergeant Ernest Arthur Davies RAF KIA Emmen (Nieuw Dordrecht) General Cemetery Plot 9. Row B. Grave 26. Flight Sergeant Stanley John Hall RAF KIA Emmen (Nieuw Dordrecht) General Cemetery Plot 9. Row B. Grave 28. Flight Sergeant John Anthony Jones RAF KIA Emmen (Nieuw Dordrecht) General Cemetery Plot 9. Row B. Grave 27.
POWs: includes Aspinal Flight Sergeant Donald Ernest Cope RCAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia. Pilot Officer Kenneth Albert Lane RAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia. Flight Sergeant Richard Francis Raymond RAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia.
