Took off from East Kirkby at 23:06 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code: DX-M Bomber Command) on a mission against the synthetic oil plant at Wesseling Germany.
Homebound shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Oud Turnhout, Antwerpen
Killed: Flying Officer Alan Frederick Bayley RAF KIA Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerpen. W/O Thomas Francis Beecher RAAF KIA Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerpen. Sergeant John Henry Donovan RAF KIA Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerpen.
POW: Sergeant Ray Heasman RAF POW Stalag Luft ? Bankau Kreuzburg. Flight Sergeant 'Archie' D. Naismith RAF Evader then POW Stalag Luft ? Bankau Kreuzburg. Sergeant Vivian Lloyd Marshall RCAF R/183838 POW Stalag Luft ? Bankau Kreutzburg.
