Took off from Grimsby at 23:42 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: HW-N Bomber Command) .
Shot down near Stendal by a night-fighter and sent down out of control.
All crew made POW: Sergeant Sydney Ambrose RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Flight Sergeant Ronald Horace Dray RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Flying Officer Jack Mclean Mason RCAF J/24482 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Victor Richard Mendelski RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Pilot Officer David Griffith Parry RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Cyril George Reid Pope RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Flying Officer George Roy Sidebotham RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.
