Took off from Spilsby at 16:44 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: EM-R Bomber Command) on an operation to Brunswick Germany.
Aircraft shot down close to Hannover Germany.
Killed: Flight Sergeant Gordon Joseph Ferguson RCAF R/112953 KIA Hanover War Cemetery Collective grave 11. A. 1-6. Pilot Officer Patrick Noel Kingston RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. A. 1-6. Sergeant John Anthony Morrish RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. A. 1-6. Sergeant Stanley Herbert Rattray RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. A. 1-6. Sergeant Ronald Ezra Swann RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. A. 1-6. Sergeant Geoffrey Alan Walton RAF KIA Hanover War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. A. 1-6.
