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Halifax NA545 took off at 11:15 p.m. on the night of 16-June 17, 1944 from RAF Full Sutton to bomb Sterkrade in Germany.
After takeoff, nothing was heard from the aircraft and it failed to return to base.
NA545 was one of seven aircraft from the Squadron that did not return from the mission.
It was later determined that the aircraft crashed into the sea off the coast of Holland, killing all crew members.

De crew members van NA545 were:
Pilot Officer Harold William Bird
Sergeant Reginald Alfred Castle-Hall (grave 122)
Sergeant Alfred Basil Freemantle (1603837) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Sergeant John Adam Lauder (1570546) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
Flying Officer Stuart Walter Mackay (414809) (Air Bomber)
Flight Sergeant Frederick Arthur Meeghan (900604) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Robert James Warren (429838) (Wireless Air Gunner)

Seven aircraft of the Squadron did not return from the mission.
Other RAAF members perished on June 17, 1944 in the Halifax NA 508 (Pilot Officer Robert Alexander Walton Blair (415498)) and the Halifax MZ 715 (Pilot Officer Alan Irvine Crain (415308))