Took off from Skellingthorpe at 16:18 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code: QR-E Bomber Command).
Intent to cut the junction of the Dortmund-Ems and Mittelland Canal systems near Gravenhorst.
Killed: Flight Sergeant Cyril Brignell RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Ref : Panel 216. Flight Sergeant John Ryan RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Ref : 1. H. 18. Flight Sergeant John Edward Talbot RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Ref : Panel 222.
POW: Sergeant George Fraser RAF POW camp not identified. Flying Officer Alan Reid Goodbrand RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria Sergeant Malcolm Walter Willey RAF POW camp not identified.