Lancaster NF984 50 Sqn RAF Skellingthorpe Take Off... 1st January 1945 at 1651hrs Target...Gravenhorst

Hit by flak after bombing and the crew were ordered to bail out. F/S Cruickshank complied and then control of the aircraft improved. A forced landing was made at Juvincourt. The crew were ferried home next day to be joined by F/S Cruickshank. F/O H H Skilling RNZAF Sgt F C Clark F/O L H E Redford F/S D J Cruickshank RNZAF F/S J W Booth Sgt J A Meadows Sgt E A McDonald

Record No: 43