David, Bruce Arnold (Flying Officer)

Took off from Grimsby at 21:45 in Lancaster Mark III (Sqn code: HW-W Bomber Command) on an operation to Brunswick Germany.

Completed bombing run. Out-bound the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed near Bergentheim, Holland,

Killed: Flight Lieutenant Christopher Holland RAF 115325 Pilot KIA Hardenberg Protestant Cemetery, Holland. Flying Officer Gerald Hood RAF 178869 KIA Almelo General Cemetery, Holland. Pilot Officer Benjamin Ramsden RAF 55792 KIA Hardenberg Protestant Cemetery, Hollands. Flight Sergeant Laurence Roy Watts RAF 1316752 KIA Hardenberg Protestant Cemetery, Holland. Flight Sergeant Robert Stanley Williams RAF 1502966 KIA Hardenberg Protestant Cemetery, Holland.

POWs: Flying Officer Bruce Arnold David RCAF J/26845 POW Stalag Luft L1, POW# 5280.

Evaders: Flt Lt Harold Paston-Williams RAF 83930 Evader. Sergeant J A Downie RAF 1367061 Evader.