Took off from Mildenhall at 21:50 in Lancaster Mark III (Sqn code: GI-R Bomber Command) on a raid to Friedrichshafen.
At least four night fighters converged on the Lancaster which was flying at 17000 feet. It crashed St-Hippolyte, Haut-Rhin
Killed: FLt James Andrew Watson RCAF J/20076 Pilot KIA Choloy War Cemetery Ref : 1A. B. 23.
POWs: Sergeant Roy Eames RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Sergeant Ronald Joseph Hayes RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Flight Sergeant Murdock Daniel MacKinnon RCAF R/176583 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Flight Sergeant William Samuel James McKee RCAF R/139478 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Flying Officer William Vivian Ransom RCAF J/22438 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Pilot Officer Wilson Henry Russell RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria
