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WADE, Peter

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax III
Serial Number MZ622
Markings MP-L
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Netherlands
Burial/Memorial Place Goirle RC Cemetery
Grave Reference Row 1. Grave 8..
Epitaph HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. EVER REMEMBERED
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 258
Enlistment information
Service Number 426719
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Group 4
Squadron 76
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different Australia
Last Operation information
Start Date 24-05-1944
End Date 25-05-1944
Takeoff Station Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Aachen- to attack two railway yards. 442 aircraft, 25 Lost (5.7%). Because this raid was on German railway infrastructure rather than French of Belgian, the bomber force was considerably larger. The inevitable result was that the bombing was not as concentrated, with many bombs falling in Aachen itself. 207 people were killed, 121 seriously injured and 14800 bombed out of their homes. Nevertheless, much damage was caused to the railway yards, particularly those to the east of the town. The local report states that 288 bombs were duds, this being approximately 10% of the total dropped for the night.
Reason for Loss Crashed at Goirle, south of Tilburg, Holland