akeoff at 23:00 hrs local time for an operation to Saarbrücken in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Herget of the 9./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 in GCI-box 7B.
Six crew members were taken prisoner of war: Sgt D.W.R. Coverly, Sgt C.H.M. Smith, Sgt E.J. Kingston, Sgt H. Fowler, Sgt L.N.P. Park, and Sgt H.R. Turvey.
P/O Humphrey Sherwood, the pilot, did not survive and rests at Adegem, Maldegem, Oost-Vlaanderen.
