Took off from Hemswell at 15:19 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: TC-J Bomber Command)on an operation to Pforzheim Germany
Shot down 10 km north-east of the target by a night fighter.
Killed: F/Lt William Mackie Constable RCAF J/29214 pilot KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Collective grave 7. F. 23-25., Germany. Flight Sergeant Ross John Hugh Johnstone RCAF R/221221 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 7. F. 23-25. Flight Sergeant Donald Elmer Le Liever RCAF R/203283 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 7. F. 23-25.
