Takeoff at 22:47 hrs for a “Special duty flight to Karlsruhe”.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who had left St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Bf 110 G-4 G9+DF at 00:12 hrs.
All eight crew members were killed and rest at Schoonselhof Cemetery in Antwerpen.