Took off from Stradishall Mark I (Sqn code: BU-C Bomber Command) on an operation to Emden Germant.
Shot down and crashed near De Driehoek, Holland
Killed: Sergeant Arthur Buckley RAF KIA Ommen General Cemetery Grave 6. Sergeant Douglas Archer Melville RAF KIA Ommen General Cemetery Grave 5. S/Ldr Peter Nixey RAF KIA Ommen General Cemetery Grave 7. Sergeant Wilfred Ernest Pearson RAF KIA Ommen General Cemetery Grave 4.
POWs: Sergeant James Harold Bailey RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. W/O Lewis Ross Burgin RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Flying Officer Robert Mcdonald Mitchell RCAF J/7330 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Flying Officer Carman Douglas Noble RCAF J/15080 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria
