9 Squadron (Per Noctem Volamus). Lancaster aircraft ME704 missing during night operation against Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Outbound intercepted over Holland by a night-fighter at 20000 feet and shot down near Gelderland Holland.
Killed: Sergeant Philip Bowen-Chennell RAF KIA Ede General Cemetery Row H. Grave 18. Flying Officer Alfred Kidd RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 21. F. 18. Flying Officer Lorne Sinclair McMurchy RCAF J/25893 pilot KIA Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery grave XIV. H. 16. Sergeant Donald Andrew Harvey Redshaw RCAF R/222193 KIA Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery Plot 13. Row 12. Grave 195.
POWs: Flying Officer Adam Barr Berry RCAF J/27466 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Cyril Aubrey Glew RAF POW camp not listed. Sergeant Robert Saltoun Hardie RAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia. Flying Officer William Raymond Sheppard RCAF J/26349 Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang.
