Took off from Holme on Spalding Moor at 16:51 in Halifax Mk V (Sqn code: MP-F Bomber Command) to Stuttgart, Germany.
Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Malborn
Killed: Flight Sergeant Evan James Berndt RCAF R/182015 KIA Cologne Southern Cemetery Ref : Plot 4. Row AA. Grave 15.
POWs: Flt Sgt Edward Louis Capreol RCAF R/150348 POW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). Sergeant Peter Drummond RAF POW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). Sergeant Alan Cedric Fuller RAF POW Stalag 4C Wistritz bei Teplitz. Sergeant John Hodgson RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Flying Officer Norman Wilan Mann RCAF J/21442 POW Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang. Sergeant Frank Jackson Winterbottom RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.
