Middleton St George AFB

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 2109LT on April 14 on an operation to Stuttgart. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Rocquigny, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O Paul Joseph Cozens, pilot,
W/O William Gerald Blight, navigator,
F/Sgt Stephen Graham Giffin, bomb aimer,
W/O John Paplowski, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Leonard Dutton, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 2112LT on April 14 on an operation to Stuttgart. Homebound the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Mesnil-Saint-Laurent. Two crew members were killed, two evaded and one became PoW.
Crew:
S/L F. V. Taylor, pilot,
F/O Sydney Brown, bomb aimer, †
P/O John Alexander Simpson, †
F/O G. C. Crowther,
Sgt Hugh Neil McKinnon.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at2305LT on April 10 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it strayed from track and with the automatic pilot system selected, it was abandoned by the crew and crashed near Tenby. Four crew members parachuted to safety while the pilot was killed after he fell into the sea and drowned.
Crew:
F/O Charles Warner Jackson, pilot, †
Sgt H. B. Elhorn, navigator,
Sgt Alexander Hugh MacDonald, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Thomson Kydd, wireless operator,
Sgt K. T. Allan, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 2147LT on an operation to Duisburg. Over Krefeld, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Six crew members were killed and the flight engineer became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Hubert Morris, pilot, †
Sgt Lavern Elmer Turner, flight engineer,
Sgt Kenneth Herbert Godbold, navigator, †
F/O Arthur Reginald Hickey, navigator, †
Sgt Reginald John Amos, wireless operator, †
Sgt Percy John Ireland, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Delmar Cyril Way, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 2115LT on an operation to Duisburg. Approaching Essen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Borbeck, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O William Alexander Walkinshaw, pilot,
W/O David Finlay Evans, observer,
P/O Kenneth Watson MacDonald, navigator,
W/O Frederick Bemi, wireless operator,
W/O Ronald George Rispin, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1952LT on an operation to Essen. In the late evening, while returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed one km north of Olst. All seven crew members were killed.
crew:
F/O Peter Delamere Boyd, pilot,
Sgt Serbert Norman Hall, flight engineer,
F/O Gordon Williams Lawry, navigator,
Sgt John Birkett Langley, bomb aimer,
Sgt Laurence Henry Ransome, wireless operator,
P/O Hamish Turner MacDonald, air gunner,
F/Sgt Beverley William Agar, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 2131LT on March 29 on an operation to Berlin. The crew encountered very severe icing conditions between 8,000 and 10,000 feet and after bomb were jettisoned, returned to base. The airplane overshot in gusting conditions and crashed while trying to go around again. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
P/O L. P. Ainsworth, pilot,
Sgt H. Ebbers,
Sgt A. Simpson,
Sgt J. K. Oldman,
Sgt S. A. Lagdon,
Sgt W. Climie,
Sgt B. Blount, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1933LT on March 29 on an operation to Bochum. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Metzkausen, 13 northeast of Düsseldorf. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Roy Leonard Brandow, pilot,
Sgt Cecil William Cockaday, navigator,
F/Sgt Howard Cephus Sleep, navigator,
Sgt Leonard Gordon Jones, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James Miller Greer, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1933LT on an operation to Bochum. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wantoij. Four crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Bruce Angus Grant, pilot, †
F/Sgt Percival Edward Barron, navigator, †
F/Sgt Sidney Victor Bradshaw, navigator, †
Sgt Ronald Dyson, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Alfred George Skiggs, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1940LT on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Robert Francis Beckett, pilot,
F/Sgt Charles St. Clair Foster, flight engineer,
Sgt Dennis Ansley, navigator,
Sgt William James Stonard Boyd, navigator,
F/Sgt Roderic Murray McLeod, bomb aimer,
Sgt Joseph John Goldspink, air gunner,
F/Sgt Gerald McGrath, air gunner.