Mannheim GermanyTook off from Oakington at 23:15 in Stirling Mk I (Sqn code: MG-A Bomber Command).
Due to enemy action the crew abandoned the aircraft which cashed at Oostakker, Belgium. All crewmen were made POWs: Sergeant Edward Joseph Bliss RAF 1376598 POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus Sergeant Alfred Charles Bloomfield RAF 1289556 POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus Sergeant Charles Reginald Hague RAF 1378695 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug Sergeant Stanley Sellers RAF 941074 POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf Sergeant Philip George Trappett RAF 404696 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug Sergeant Frederick William Whittaker RAF 1183012 POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus Sergeant William Wiseman RCAF R/77393 POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus