Took off from Scampton at 21:25 in Lancaster Mark I (Sqn code: P4-D Bomber Command) on an operation to Dortmund Germany.
Shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Hasslinghausen Germany
Killed: Flight Sergeant Harold James Burton RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 4. F. 1. Sergeant Arthur Martin RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 4. E. 15. Pilot Officer Edric Stephen Neil RCAF J/95455 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 4. E. 16. Pilot Officer Peter Thorne RAF pilot KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 4. E. 14.
POWs: F/Lt W H Holman RCAF pilot J/29890 POW camp not listed. Flight Sergeant A D Kall RCAF R/number POW camp not listed. Flying Officer V S Reynolds RCAF J/number POW camp not listed. Flying Officer R C Taylor RAF POW camp not listed.
