Took off from Little Staughton at 10:29 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: 6O-P Bomber Command) on raid to Germany.
Hit by Flak and then shot up by Me109s before crashing at Rodenkirchen approximately 7 km SE from the city centre.
Killed: Pilot Officer Kenneth Harry Austin RCAF J/90857 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Ref : Coll. grave 7. C. 22-25. Flight Sergeant George Owen RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Ref : Coll. grave 7. C. 22-25. Sergeant John Paterson RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Ref : Coll. grave 7. C. 22-25. F/Lt Arndt Walther Reif RCAF J/86455 Pilot Rheinberg War Cemetery Ref : Coll. grave 7. C. 22-25. Pilot Officer Peter Uzelman RCAF J/93105 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Ref : Coll. grave 7. C. 22-25.
POWs: Flight Sergeant J MacLennan RCAF R/223070 POW camp not identified. Flight Sergeant R E Pearce RCAF R/number POW camp not identified.
