Took off from Mildenhall at 00:14 in Stirling Mk III (Sqn code: LS-Z Bomber Command) on a bombing operation to Germany.
Shot down (Meams of loss not in record) and crashed NNE of Bocholt
Killed: Squadron Leader Clifford Charles John Bowyer RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 21. B. 15.
POWs including Olivier: Sergeant Harry Cyril Cooper RAF POWs Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Sergeant John Brian Craggs RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Sergeant Thomas Patrick Hanrahan RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Sergeant Charles Edward Keik RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Sergeant Earl Eugene Warner RCAF R/133151 POW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). Sergeant Charles Edward Keik RAF POW camp not listed.
