Took off from North Luffenham in Hampden Mk I (Sqn code: PL- Bomber Command) on an operation to Brest France.
Aircraft was shot down and crashed at Ploudalmezeau near the target.
Killed:Pilot Officer Peter Gordon Anderson RAF KIA Ploudalmezeau Communal Cemetery Row 14. Collective grave 179-180.Sergeant Albert Bertram Cooper RAF KIA Ploudalmezeau Communal Cemetery Row 14. Coll. grave 179-180.Sergeant Donald Parkin RAF KIA Ploudalmezeau Communal Cemetery Row 14. Coll. grave 179-180.
POWs includes Barr:Sergeant James Ernest Wiggall RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus.