Middleton St George AFB

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 1841LT on an operation to Cologne. Approaching Düsseldorf from the north, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Schaephuysen, 19 km west of Duisburg. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Harry Alwin Hansen, pilot,
F/Sgt Roydon Martin Jupe, navigator,
F/Sgt Burnet Monteith Chamney, bomb aimer,
W/O Philip Hubert Mitchell, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Lorne Edward Kellaway, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1751LT to lay mines off the Frisian Islands. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Benoit Albert Levasseur, pilot,
Sgt Griffith Arthur Lloyd,
W/O Harold Thomas Jacobsen,
Sgt John William Grant,
F/Sgt Robert Potter Wilson,
Sgt William Albert Robinson,
W/O William Reid Gray, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1819LT on an operation to Lorient. Approaching the target area, it crashed for unknown reasons in Penquer, northeast of Morlaix. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Leo Garth Gibson, pilot,
F/O Frederick Russell Chapman, navigator,
Sgt Thomas Vesteinn Hughes, radio operator,
Sgt Bernard Welby Somerford, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Donald Andrew McDonald, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1834LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Odoornerveen, northwest of Emmen. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Jack Douglas Mackenzie, pilot, †
Sgt William Peter Duthie, flight engineer, †
Sgt William Nelson Garnet, navigator,
Sgt Eric Raymond Marquand, bomb aimer,
W/O Raymond Hepton Hill, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Alexander Henry Milton, air gunner,
W/O Lennox Alwin Gonnett, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1654LT on January 29 on an operation to Lorient. While returning to base the following night, shortly after midnight, it crash landed, wheels retracted. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
F/Lt A. P. Cranswick, pilot,
Sgt F. E. Johnston,
W/O W. McRobbie,
F/Sgt J. M. B. O'Connor,
F/Sgt D. McKenzie,
P/O J. C. Garton,
F/Sgt I. L. J. Howard, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1632LT on an operation to Lorient. While returning to base in the late evening, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to jettison the bomb load. Shortly later, the airplane crashed in Exeter. Four crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Delmer Ray Sanderson, pilot, †
F/Sgt Charles Murray Downton, †
F/Sgt Harold Hogarth Sealy, †
F/Sgt John Drake Bittner, †
Sgt P. G. E. Beauchamp,
Sgt H. R. Ernst, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1626LT on an operation to Lorient. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Eugene Joseph Stanton, pilot,
P/O Frank Noon,
F/O Walter Douglas Marks,
Sgt Wilfred George Goode,
F/Sgt Joseph Claude Desrosiers, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1710LT to lay mines in the Nectarines region. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea, possibly north of the Dutch coast. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Steve John Gergley, pilot,
W/O Charles William Hollingshead,
F/O Ewald George Kendel,
Sgt Alvin Gustav Olsen,
F/Sgt Ronald Hanson Welsh,
Sgt Clifford Alexander Dunphy, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 1632LT to lay mines off the Frisian Islands. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt F. H. Barker, pilot,
Sgt R. E. Sackville-Golden,
F/Sgt H. A. Dunn,
F/Sgt V. A. Hugli,
Sgt D. A. Watson,
Sgt W. D. Cameron,
F/Sgt W. G. Murphy, air gunner.

Overshot while landing at RAF Middleton Saint George and came to rest on a railway line. All six crew members escaped uninjured but a train struck the plane and as a result one civilian, railwayman A. Glover was killed and another, fireman G. F. Barber, was injured.
Crew:
Sgt W. E. Harwood, pilot +5.