Takeoff at 23:44 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Siegfried Wandam of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands; crashed Molenbeersel (Limburg), 10 km ENE of Bree.
Those who did not survive rest at Heverlee War Cemetery