225264 P/O A. C Middleton Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 427 Squadron from:Dublin, Ireland (d.25th Feb 1944) P/O A C Middleton was born in Dublin Eire. He was a menber of 427 Squadron flying a Halifax's out of RAF Leeming.
On the night of 25th Feburary 1944 he was a air gunner as part of he crew of Halifax LK759 the crew comprised of -
F/L J R G Milton,
- Sgt F C Barker,
- F/O A W Shirley RCAF,
- P/O K K Hignett
- F/O F J Thompson,
- Sgt M R Singer
and
- F/O F J Thompson
They got airborne at 2130 on the night of 25th February 1944 for a bombing raid over Augsburg. The bomber was attacked and shot down by a ME110 flown by Hptm Hans-Karl Kamp NJG4, crashing at Beuren, 18kn ESE of Trier.
F/O Thompson was thrown clear as the Halifax exploded and spent several weeks in hospital and on release was interned in Camp L3, POW No 3711. The remainder of the crew were all killed.
P/O A C Middleton is buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery Plat 4 Row AA Grave 14. I am the nephew of P/O A C Middleon.
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