Took off from Kelstern at 08:24 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code CF-A Bomber Command) on an operation to Wanne-Eickel Germany.
Aircraft shot down by flak at Herten Scherlebeck, two miles north of Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
.Killed includes Holton:Flying Officer Edward John Brown RCAF J/37886 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Plot 20. Row B. Grave 4.Flying Officer Allan Bruce RCAF J/27531 pilot KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Plot 17. Row G. Grave 4.Pilot Officer Vincent Daniel Campbell RCAF J/95217 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 20. Row B. Grave 9.Flying Officer Lindsay Leonard Guthrie RCAF J/29986 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 20. Row B. Grave 6.Pilot Officer Norman Gordon Marler RCAF J/95392 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 20. Row B. Grave 14.Pilot Officer Earl Duncan Wilmot RCAF J/95499 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 20. Row B. Grave 5.