Took off from Coningsby at 21:27 in Lancaster Mark III (Sqn code: OL-Q Bomber Command) on an operation to Schweinfurt Germany.
Crashed at Dahn 14 km East-South-East of Pirmasens, Germany.
Killed: Pilot Officer Esmond Russell Caldwell RCAF Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave Plot 21. Row A. Graves 9-14. Warrant Officer Class 1 Reuben Alexander Storbakken RCAF Rheinberg War Cemetery, Plot 21. Row A. Graves 9-14. Sergeant William Leslie Holford RAF Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave Plot 21. Row A. Graves 9-14. Flight Sergeant James George McGarva RAF Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave Plot 21. Row A. Graves 9-14. Flight Sergeant Walter Alexander Napier RAF Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave Plot 21. Row A. Graves 9-14. F/Lt Allen Pennington RAF Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave Plot 21. Row A. Grave 9-14.
