Killed in action, Stirling W7613, on way back to base was attacked by a German night fighter piloted by Major Gunther Radusch of Stab. II./NJG 3 at 0104 hours and is believed to have crashed into Juvre Dyb to the north west of the island of Rømø with the loss of the entire crew. Pilot F/Lt Johannes C. F. du Toit and Pilot Wing Cdr. Montagu F. B. Read were both found drifted ashore near Hvidding on 17/10 and laid to rest in Fovrfelt cemetery in Esbjerg on 20/10