Brian,
thanks for that. The likely answer is that the Middleton bit was never changed after they moved back to Breighton. As I mentioned 'base' is the default entry. But he would have been on 78 at the same time as the chap in sidevalve's wonderful story. The difference being that he was never shot down. The log book makes no mention of being shot at ! And he did survive to become OC 10 Sqn with the Halifax and then out to India with the Dakota. I have always thought that a tadge unfair that those in 4 Group who survived ops over the continent should then have been sent out to India. But then 4 Group with the Halifax was perhaps a bit of a 'Cinderella' group.