Took off from Bottesford at 17:09 in Manchester Mk I (Sqn code: EM-O Bomber Command) on an operation to Hamburg Germany.
Shot down by a night fighter and crashed in the target area
Killed:Sergeant James Wilfred Cadman RAF KIA Sage War Cemetery grave 8. B. 2.
POWs:Sergeant Geoffrey Ernest Allen RAF POW Stalag 383 Hohen Fels.Sergeant Emmanuel George Robert Bestel RCAF R/70458 POW Stalag 383 Hohen Fels.Flying Officer Gerald Bryan Dawkins RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.F/Lt Patrick James Edwards RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.Sergeant John Mercer RAF POW Stalag 383 Hohen Fels.