Took off from Oulton at 23:40 in Fortress Mk II (Sqn code: BU-A Bomber Command) .
Shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Oosterschekelde near Yerseke, Zeeland, Holland.
Killed: Pilot Officer Allan James Neville Hockley RAF KIA Yerseke General Cemetery Ref: Grave 171. Sergeant Raymond George Victor Simpson RAF KIA Yerseke General Cemetery Ref: Grave 172.
POWs: Flight Sergeant Thomas Duke Glenn RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. No rank given Robet Yewen Gundy RNZF POW camp not listed. Sergeant Walter William Hallett RAF POW camp not listed. Sergeant Robert Francis Lloyd RAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia. Sergeant Enoch Lovatt RAF POW camp not listed. Flight Sergeant Raoul Trichon Lyall RAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia. Pilot Officer James Edward McCutchan RCAF R/178606 POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia.
