Took off from Graveley at 00:18 in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code: TL-H Bomber Command).
Believed crashed NW of St-Vith, Belgium
Of the six man crew, four survived (POW) and two were Killed: Flight Sergeant Donald Arthur Alfred Swain RAF KIA Hotton War Cem. IV. C. 3. Flight Sergeant Albert James Wickersham RAF KIA Hotton War Cemetery VI. G. 18. Flying Officer George Frederick Colloer RAF POW Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang Pilot Officer Desmond Ewart Abel Lander RAF POW Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang Pilot Officer Norman Sidney Francis Palmer RAF POWStalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang Warrant Officer Class 1 James Gordon Steele RCAF POW Dulag DL Wetzlar
