Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
Sgt. Middleton died when Vickers Wellington I X2990 OL-Z of 83 Squadron was lost on a mine-laying operation. The Wellington and its four crew members were lost without trace after taking off from R.A.F. Scampton to mine the Gironde.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1939-1940; W.R. Chorley; 1992; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 85 7, page 123
