Took off from Oulton at 22:36 in Liberator Mk VI Sqn code: 6G-J Bomber Command on a Radio Counter Measures mission (dropping chaff) in the direction of Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.
Shot down by a night fighter and crashed SE of Dortmund, Germany.
Killed:Flight Sergeant Desmond Bryant RAF KIA Venray War Cemetery Ref : VII. E. 6., Holland.Flight Sergeant John Henry Kendall RAF KIA Venray War Cemetery Ref : VII. E. 5.Flying Officer John Willard Thompson RCAF J/38084 KIA Pilot Venray War Cemetery Ref : VII. E. 1.Sergeant Edwin Eric Whittaker RAF KIA Venray War Cemetery Ref : VII. E. 3.Flight Sergeant Ronald Mark Wood RCAF R/176382 KIA Venray War Cemetery Ref : VII. E. 4.Flight Sergeant Ronald Wynn RAF KIA Venray War Cemetery Ref : VII. E. 2.
POWs (includes Maxwell) all were kept in hospital until liberation in May, 1945:W/O William Francis Baker RAF POW camp not listed.W/O Ronald Albert Victor Palmer RAF POW camp not listed.Flight Sergeant George Robert Graham RAF POW camp not listed.Flying Officer Ronald Walter Johnson RAF POW camp not listed.