Took off from Coningsby at 23:10 in Hampden Mark I (Sqn code: ZN- Bomber Command) on an operation to Dusiburg Germany.
Aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by a night fighter. It crashed at Eben-Emael, Belgium
Killed:Sergeant John Diggory RAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery, Plot 5. Row D. Grave 16.
POWs includes Campbell:Flight Sergeant John Henderson RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus.Pilot Officer Ronald Andrew Walker RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.