Takeoff at 19:35 hrs local time for an operation to Frankfurt am Main in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Ludwig Bietmann & Unteroffizier Wolfgang Reinicke of the 5./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
Those who did not survive rest in the Heverlee War Cemetery. Of the four survivors, two were taken prisoner of war. The other two managed to evade capture.