Butler, Peter Saumarez
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Peter Saumarez |
Surname | Butler |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-05-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Rear-Admiral Vernon Saumarez Butler, D.S.O., and Helen Nancy Montgomerie Butler, of Ston Easton, Somerset. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | P1318 |
Markings | EA- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 5. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 16 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 33182 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 49 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Fiskerton Airfield (Disused) Reepham Rd, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stones with inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | RAF Fiskerton. This stone and tree are sited on the airfield in memory of those who served here during World War II |
Location | The National Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served on 49 Squadron 1916-1965 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/480/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/480/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 25-05-1940 |
End Date | 26-05-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Scampton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (78% moon) |
Operation | Communications - To attack rail targets between Aachen and Krefeld, Germany |
Reason for Loss | Presumed crashed in the sea of the Belgium coast |