Took off from Breighton at 23:40 in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code: EY-S Bomber Command) on an operation to Gelsenkirchen Germany.
Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed along the Bergerweg Road Alkmaar, Noord-Holland
Killed: Flying Officer Major Hugh Oddie RAF pilot KIA Bergen General Cemetery Plot 2. Row C. Grave 5.
POWs includes Roberts: Pilot Officer Philip Daulby RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Alexander David Gillespie RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Sergeant Arthur James Hutchinson RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Pilot Officer Dalby William Lusty RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.
