207 Squadron's Avro Lancaster Mark 1, serial ED758 with code EM-V, aircraft, with an aircrew of eight, took off from RAF Spilsby on an air operation over Berlin, Germany. The Lancaster failed to return to base following the operation; it is thought that the aircraft was shot down, crashing into the Baltic Sea, and taking the lives of the entire crew.

 

Sergeant Albert John Owen Archer (1211168) Age 23, East Dereham, Norfolk

Sergeant Roy Burrell (1583288) Age 21, Spalding, Lincolnshire

Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler (J/25842) Canada

Sergeant William Ronald Kelman (1568466) Age 20, Aberdeen, Scotland

Flying Officer Arthur Moore (155794) Pilot, Age 29, Wilmslow, Cheshire

Flying Officer William Thomas Tranmer (J/22429) Age 23, Stouffville, Ontario, Canada

Sergeant John Symons Wilson (1553317) Age 22, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Sergeant Denis Wood (995101) Age 23, Huddersfield, England