In Memory Of

LIDDLE, PETER HAROLD

Service Details
Age:
 21
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 129581
Rank:
 Flying Officer
Unit:
 214 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1943-05-24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Stirling MZ261 coded BU-T lifted off from Chedburgh at 23.15, in Suffolk on the nights operations. The target for the night was a bombing raid on Dortmond which included several other 214 squadron aircraft. This was destined to be their last flight. It is unknown exactly what happened, possibly flak or a nightfighter, but Stirling MZ261 crashed at Unna about 15km ENE of Dortmund
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 3. D. 17.
Cemetery:
 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Country:
 Germany
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Liddle, of Cape Town, South Africa.