Took off from Lissett at 18:50 in Halifax Mk III (Sqn code: NP-S Bomber Command) on a raid to Berlin.
Homebound shot down by a night fighter from 23000 feet crashing at Pausin some 28 km NW of Berlin.
Killed: Flight Sergeant Kenneth David Mardon-Mowbray RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Ref: 5. C. 2. Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke RCAF J/85605 Pilot KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Ref: 5. C. 3. Sergeant Robert Whitelaw RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Ref: Panel 240.
POWs: Sergeant Harry Ball RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Sergeant William Alexander Grant RAF KIA Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Flight Sergeant John Norman Albert McDomagh RCAF R/139235 POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Flying Officer Allan Robert McGillivray RCAF J/20232 POW Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang.
