1944-10-03: embarked on a Rover patrol from 502Sqn aerodrome into the Kattegat region of Sea off Denmark.
They were shot down by an armed steamer and made a safe ditching in the sea sufficient for all crew to de-plane. Their dingy was destroyed in the action so they were left in the very cold sea. About five or six hours after the crash they were picked up by the ship that shot them down. By that time Flying Officer Conlon, W/O McLaughlin and Sergeant Allen were missing. Flying Officer La Palme's body washed up on the shore of Norway and was buried there.
The dead: Flight Sergeant Reginald Godfrey Allen RAF 1397157 KIA Runnymede Memorial : Panel 215. Flying Officer Hugh Thomas Conlin RCAF J/86034 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 245. Flying Officer Joseph Armand Roger Lucien La Palme RCAF J/18647 KIA Mandal Churchyard grave I. 2. 12., Norway. W/O Charles McLaughlin RAF 643195 KIA Runnymede Memorial.
Three POWs: W/C Charles Aubrey Maton RAF 76222 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria Flying Officer Ian Edwin Osbourne RAF 142463 POW Stalag 3D Berlin-Steglitz F/Lt Sidney Arthur Winchester RCAF J/10019 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)