Took off from Bourn at 23:00 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: OF-S Bomber Command) on an operation to Germany.
Explosion over target area blew off the nose and the outer part of the port wing. Nicoll was the only survivor.
Killed:Flying Officer Ralph Edmund Baht RCAF J/22534 KIA Hanover War Cemetery grave 2. E. 14.Sergeant Joseph Henry Brown RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 144.Sergeant Patrick Cassidy RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 144.Sergeant Henry Thomas Finch RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 149.Sergeant Albert Edwin Gadsby RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 150.Sergeant Herbert James Lewis RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 156.