Took off from Snaith at 00:12 in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code: MH-A Bomber Command) on an operation to Leipzig Germany.
Outbound from Target, aircraft was shot down by flak and crashed near Weiler Germany.
Killed: Flight Sergeant Stanley Ainsworth RAF KIA pilot Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 17. D. 20. Sergeant Stanley George Tarrant RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 17. D. 19.
POWs: Sergeant Aubrey Hartley Ashley RAF POW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). Sergeant Howard John Bondett RCAF R/188380 POW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). Sergeant Ralph Daniel Brown RAF POW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). Sergeant Marcus Cohen RAF POW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). Sergeant Kenneth David Wheeler RAF POW Dulag DL Wetzlar.
