Took off from RAF Syerston at 23:00 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code ZN-J Bomber Command) on an operation to Hamburg Germany.
Outbound from the target the aircraft disappeared without trace.
Killed includes JacobFlying Officer Donald Allister Campbell RCAF J/22215 KIA Runnymede Memorial, Panel173.Flight Sergeant Ellis George McLeod RCAF R/119526 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 184.Sergeant Frank Robertson RAF 653317 KIA Runnymede Memorial, Panel163.Sergeant Ian George Armet RAF 1561872 KIA Runnymede Memorial, Panel140. Sergeant Francis Langhorne Backhouse RAF 1393720 KIA Runnymede Memorial, Panel141.Sergeant Douglas Allen Barnfather RAF 1432057 Runnymede Memorial, Panel141.