Takeoff at 20:26 hrs local time for an operation to Nürnberg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Ehle & Oberfeldwebel Leidenbach of the Stab II./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+AC from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
The five crew members rest in the Heverlee War Cemetery at Leuven.