Fort Saskatchewan, AlbertaAircraft was hit by incendiaries dropped by another aircraft, causing loss of control. The pilot called to abandon aircraft, but then regained partial control and countermanded the order. However, WOs Keon and Woonton had already left the aircraft and were captured.
35 Operations Record Book 1943-04-20
Ultimately the aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter.
In the following crash five crew members were killed. All are buried in Krooswick General Cemetery, Rotterdam: Sergeant Ronald Henry Boone RAF 1331310 KIA Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cem. Plot LL. Row 1. Joint grave 41-42. Flight Sergeant Ernest Cassingham RAF 1335447 KIA Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Plot LL. Row 1. Grave 43. Flight Sergeant Francis Joseph Greenwood RAF 1059993 KIA Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cem. Plot LL. Row 1. Joint grave 41-42. Pilot Officer George Racine Herbert RAF 142149 Pilot KIA Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Plot LL. Row 2. Grave 44. Flight Sergeant Frank Stewart RAF 566943 KIA Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery.
Four were made POWs: Flight Sergeant Mathias Stanley Keon RCAF R/90710 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug Sergeant Robert Hubert Makin RAF 1453320 POW Stalag Luft L4 Sagan and Belaria Pilot Officer Archibald Victor Wallace RAF 49831 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria Flight Sergeant Henry Thomas Woonton RCAF R/60901 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug