Took off from Downham Market at 16:56 in Stirling Mark I (Sqn code: HA-Y Bomber Command) took off to lay mines in the estuary of the River Gironde.
Crashed at St-Brieuc, France
Killed: Flight Sergeant Alister Godfrey Cumming RCAF R/87313 KIA St. Brieuc Western Communal Cemetery Plot H. Row A. Grave 12. France. Sergeant Edward Carl Kehl RCAF R/106392 KIA St. Brieuc Western Communal Cemetery Plot H. Row A. Grave 11.
POWs includes Sheridan: Sergeant Deryk Lionel Ashmead Bartlett RAF POW Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang. Sergeant Edward Eric Harrison RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Sergeant Galbraith Michael Bullen Hyde RAF POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. Sergeant Donald Leslie Spriggs RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug.
