http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/3111618.stm Among the pilots to die was Georges Doutrepont, the Belgian whose plane crashed onto Staplehurst station. Georges Doutrepont was one of several Belgian Air Force pilots who escaped to Great Britain in the summer of 1940 to join the RAF. After a short refresher course, he was assigned to No. 229 Squadron in early August. Doutrepont was killed during the Battle of Britain when his Hawker Hurricane collided with an enemy aircraft. His aircraft eventually crashed into the Staplehurst railway station, sadly also killing a ticket clerk. CPT Georges Louis Joseph Doutrepont (1913-1940) -... CIVILIAN CHARLES ALFRED ASHDOWN Regiment & Unit/Ship Civilian War Dead Date of Death Died 15 September 1940 Age 18 years old Buried or commemorated at MAIDSTONE, RURAL DISTRICT Civilian War Dead Country of ServiceUnited Kingdom Additional InfoSon of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ashdown, of Oxley Cottage, Fir Toll, Pluckley, Ashford. Died at Station approach, Staplehurst. Charles Alfred Ashdown (unknown-1940) - Find A...