Took off from Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 17:01 in Halifax Mk V (Sqn code: MP-P Bomber Command) on an operation to Stuttgart Germany.
Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Retzbach Germany
Killed: Sergeant Findlay MacPherson RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 1. G. 20. Pilot Officer Horace Raymond William Whittle RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave: 1. G. 21.
POWs: Sergeant William Coates RAF POW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). Pilot Officer William John Morgan RAF POW Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang. Pilot Officer Jack Raymond Rogers RAF POW camp not listed. Flying Officer Raymond Charles Saunders RAF POW Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang.
