Lancaster III LM691 CF-O (Sqn 625)
T/o 1631 Kelstern. While returning to base was involved in a midair collision with the Halifax III LL599 Z5-E (Sqn 462) and crashed some 2 km SE of Aachen.
S/L Hamilton parachuted safely and returned to Kelstern within a few days.
Of his crew, 4 were taken to Henri-Chapelle, since when they have been transferred to Hotton War Cemetery, while F/O Laing and F/S Martin, whose DFM was Gazetted on 12 December 1944, now rest in Rheinberg War Cemetery.
At 38, Sgt Murdoch was above the average age of operational airmen.