Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35864/supplements/329. Flight Sergeant Rawdon Hume Middleton, Royal Australian Air Force, serving with 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force. On 28th/29th November 1942 during a raid on Turin, Italy, Flight Sergeant Middleton was captain of a Stirling bomber which was damaged by Anti-Aircraft fire over the target. One shell burst in the cockpit, destroying the captain's right eye and also wounding the second pilot and the wireless operator. Although there was heavy flak and the aircraft was hit many times, the bombs were released and then the aircraft, badly damaged and with insufficient fuel, made its difficult return journey over the Alps. Near the English coast Flight Sergeant Middleton ordered his crew to bale out, then turned and crashed into the sea to avoid causing civilian casualties.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35864/supplements/329. Flight Sergeant Rawdon Hume Middleton, Royal Australian Air Force, serving with 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force. On 28th/29th November 1942 during a raid on Turin, Italy, Flight Sergeant Middleton was captain of a Stirling bomber which was damaged by Anti-Aircraft fire over the target. One shell burst in the cockpit, destroying the captain's right eye and also wounding the second pilot and the wireless operator. Although there was heavy flak and the aircraft was hit many times, the bombs were released and then the aircraft, badly damaged and with insufficient fuel, made its difficult return journey over the Alps. Near the English coast Flight Sergeant Middleton ordered his crew to bale out, then turned and crashed into the sea to avoid causing civilian casualties.