Middleton St George AFB

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2256LT on August 16 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Velddriel. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Lambert Asprey, †
Sgt Alan David Wills, wireless operator, †
F/Lt John Arthur Cant,
Sgt John Geary,
Sgt William Edwin Kerr.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2305LT on August 16 on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Buggenum, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt John Hamish Malet-Warden, pilot,
Sgt John Clifford Beardmore, pilot,
Sgt Anthony John Rylands Millard-Tucker, observer,
F/Sgt Arthur Brown, wireless operator,
Sgt George Henderson Pepper Buchanan, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2252LT on August 16 on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Ohé en Laak. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Gordon Leonard Olsen, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Anthony Sherman, pilot,
F/Sgt Robert Jopling, observer,
Sgt Douglas Anderson Wilson, wireless operator,
Sgt Denis Farmbrough Hawkes, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2129LT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning and passing over the North Sea, it was attacked and severely damaged by a Me.109. Nevertheless, the crew was able to continue but on approach to RAF Middleton St George, the airplane stalled and crashed, bursting into flames. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Reginald James McInnes, pilot,
F/Sgt John McHale, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Charles Mayes, observer,
Sgt Cecil Austin, flight engineer,
Sgt Lorne Edwin Brown, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Peter Hogan, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James Gardner Simpson West, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2134LT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Witterstedt. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW. They bailed out but fell in a swamp and drowned.
Crew:
Sgt John James Berry, pilot, †
Sgt Clarence Emerson Whitfield, pilot, †
P/O Victor Digby Durham, observer, †
Sgt Norman Frederick Brotherton, wireless operator, †
Sgt Alfred Critchlow, wireless operator, †
W/O William Andrew Irving Bone,
Sgt Kenneth Riley Firth Kenworthy.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2135LT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Buxtehude. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander Thompson Niven, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt William Woods, air gunner, †
F/Lt Christopher Chevalier Cheshire,
Sgt Edward Charles Gurmin,
Sgt Paul Henry Theodore Horrox,
Sgt G. J. Smalley,
Sgt Reginald Charles Wash.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2219LT on August 8 on an operation to Kiel. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak and severely damaged. Unable to make the English coast, the crew ditched the airplane some 78 miles northeast of Blyth. All five crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt J. W. Bell,
Sgt Pindon,
Sgt Buttell,
Sgt R. Boucher,
Sgt Porter.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George in the evening of August 6 on an operation to Frankfurt. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea some 12 km off Dunkirk. All five crew members were rescued by HSL145 from Dover.
Crew:
Sgt J. Bell,
P/O I. A. N. Atchinson,
Sgt R. J. Harwood,
Sgt C. B. McMullan,
Sgt H. E. G. Elliott.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George in the evening of August 5 on an operation to Karlsruhe. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Glabbeek. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Thomas Barker Leigh, air gunner, †
Sgt Robert Brown, wireless operator, †
Sgt Thomas Augustine Byrne,
Sgt John Henry Pitt,
Sgt George William Scardifield Taylor,
Sgt Leonard Arthur Thomson,
Sgt Cyril Bruce Flockhart.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George on a local training exercise. Almost immediately after takeoff, the airplane went out of control and crashed just beyond the airfield. All crew members escaped injuries.
Crew:
Sgt Turnbull +3.