Edwards, Peter Leslie
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Peter Leslie |
Surname | Edwards |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-06-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of James Leslie and Ellen Edwards, of King's Norton, Birmingham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | AT154 |
Markings | EQ-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 66. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 32 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 106565 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 408 (Goose) |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Centre, Linton on Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial and inscribed slate tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 408 (Goose) and 426 (Thunderbird) Squadrons of R.C.A.F |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1796/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1796/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-06-1942 |
End Date | 03-06-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Balderton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (80% moon) |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter (Hptm Helmut Lent II./NJG2) and crashed 0106 in the Ijsselmeer Eof Medemblik |