Rawdon hume middleton biography of alberta

Images: 4 Victoria Cross. Rawdon Middleton VC medal set. Rawdon Middleton VC Australian postage stamp. Another Victoria Cross recipient honoured. May 19, Comments: 1 [hide] [show]. Login to post a comment. At this point he turned the aircraft parallel to the coast and ordered his crew to bail out. Five of his crew did so and landed safely, but his front gunner and flight engineer remained with him to try to talk him into a forced landing on the coast, something he must have known would have risked extensive civilian casualties.

He steered the aircraft out over the sea, off Dymchurchand ordered the last two crew to bail out. They then too bailed out, but did not survive the night in the English Channel. Middleton stayed with the aircraft, which crashed into the Channel. His body was washed ashore on 1 February The last line of his Victoria Cross citation reads: "His devotion to duty in the face of overwhelming odds is unsurpassed in the annals of the Royal Air Force".

Middleton was posthumously promoted to pilot officerand is buried at Beck Row, [Mildenhall], Suffolk. Gough rear gunner each received the Distinguished Flying Medal. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. Mackie's courageous decision to help Middleton fly the Stirling back to England it is doubtful that any would have survived.

I believe James Jeffrey, the other crew member who went into the sea with Middleton, should also have been honoured with a medal. I now live in Sydney, Australia, but I would be happy to participate in any effort to have them more significantly honoured. The bodies of Sgt Mackie and Sgt. Jeffery were washed ashore on the 29th shortly after the crash.

Middleton was also washed ashore, but not until 1st February at Shakespeare Beach, Dover. Mackie and Sgt. The pilot Sgt. John S. Wilson was killed along with 4 of his fellow crew members, with the only survivor Sgt. Lawrence B. Hope being accidentally killed on the 19th April by allied aircraft when they strafed a Prisoner of War column in which he was marching.

Middleton at Beck Row. Row D. Grave 1. Employed as a Jackaroo care of livestock - male worker, Jillaroo - female worker at Leewang, Yarrabandi, Australia. Educated at Dubbo Hugh School. Arrived in Britain Septemberjoint Squadron February, Posted to No. James Ernest Jeffery. Poole Cemetery Sec. Grave He was born in at Poole, Dorset the son of Charles J.

Jeffery and Elsie Jeffery nee Maidment. He had three siblings, James bornGladys born and Joan born John William Mackie. Do you have more information about this person?

Rawdon hume middleton biography of alberta

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