Took off from Skellingthorpe at 21:46 in Manchester Mk I (Sqn code: VN- Bomber Command) on an operation to Denmark.
Crashed South-West of Stege, Denmark
Killed:Sergeant Maurice Gruber RAF KIA Svino Churchyard Grave 1.
POWs includes Avery:Sergeant Donald Broadhead RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus.Sergeant Sydney Garbutt RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.Sergeant Kenneth George Richard Johnson RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus.Sergeant John Pearce RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus.Sergeant Richard Solomon RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus.