Middleton St George AFB

The airplane was engaged in a local training exercise at RAF Middleton St George. It crashed on approach while avoiding a Hurricane which flew across the path of the bomber. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Leonard Richard Blackwell, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Napier Hudgell, pilot,
Sgt John William Rolfe Boggis, observer,
Sgt Alfred James Grenyer, flight engineer,
Sgt Albert John Howes, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2257LT on July 8 on an operation to Hamm. While returning to base the following morning, it suffered an engine failure. The crew diverted to RAF Bircham Newton and the airplane crashed on approach. All five crew members were rescued and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
P/O Wright,
Sgt Jones,
F/S R. Jopling,
Sgt R. Boucher,
Sgt A. D. Wills.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2303LT on July 8 on an operation to Hamm. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the North Sea some 60 km off Vlieland Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Louis Byrne,
Sgt Clifford Mackenzie Martin,
P/O Herbert Hutin Mountain,
Sgt Oliver Wiley McLean,
Sgt Kenneth Noddle, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2300LT on July 8 on an operation to Hamm. After being badly damaged by the German Flak, the airplane was returning to base when it crashed in the North Sea off the east coast of England. Four crew members were killed and a fifth swam nine miles to shore and survived.
Crew:
Sgt David John Clow, †
Sgt William Forster, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Morrison McQuitty, †
P/O Edward Alan Scxotgt, pilot, †
Sgt J. F. Haffenden.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2324LT on July 2 on an operation to Cologne. While passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Itteren, north of Maastricht. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Albert Jepson, pilot,
P/O Gerald Moore Kennedy, observer,
Sgt George Alfred Avory, wireless operator,
Sgt John French Hollingworth, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2243LT on June 29 on an operation to Bremen. Flying along the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Do.215 and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/S L. Hird,
Sgt Archibald William Adams,
Sgt Ronald Stanley Green,
Sgt Edward Robert Ingram,
Sgt Kenneth Ivor Jones.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2309LT on June 23 on an operation to Kiel. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Eilendorf, one km south of Buxtehude. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Walter Kell Stobbs, pilot, †
Sgt Jack Leonard Cullum, observer, †
Sgt Alan Turner, flight engineer, †
Sgt Robert Simpson Adair, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt George Henry Barnard, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Stuart Lipton.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2303LT on June 18 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the North Sea some 90 km off Great Yarmouth. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Hubert Harris,
Sgt William Peter Herman,
F/Sgt Victor Howes Marks,
Sgt John Gordon Woolley.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2300LT on June 18 on an operation to Bremen. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Lorup, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Clarkson Richards, pilot,
F/Sgt Henry Richards George, observer,
F/Sgt Robert Charles Berwick, wireless operator,
Sgt Clifford Fletcher Cook, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2232LT on June 16 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 50 km off Ostend. All four crew members were killed.
crew:
Sgt Harry Bailey,
Sgt Herbert Thomas Ivory,
P/O Dennys Savage Walton Lake,
Sgt Robert Campbell Rae.