Science Hill, Ontario (parents)Lanc badly shot about by a night fighter while homebound . Pilot told crew to prepare to bale out. Without waiting for the order three crew members baled - Nairn, Abbs and Brown.
The pilot got the aircraft under control and managed to return to base.
Killed: Pilot Officer Ross Bell Nairn RCAF J/89037 KIA parachute failed to deploy and body not found Runnymede Memorial Panel 252.
POWs: Flight Sergeant Kenneth Arthur Abbs RAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia. F/Lt Henry Donald Brown RCAF J/12102 POW Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang.
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)