Nash, Peter Albert
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Peter Albert |
Surname | Nash |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 15-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Albert and Muriel Nash. Husband of Winifred Nash, of Stansted, Kent. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro |
Serial Number | |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cambridge City Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 14308. |
Epitaph | HE PASSED THE WAY OF HEROES WE MISS HIM EVERY DAY WE ARE ALWAYS REMEMBERING THE THINGS HE USED TO SAY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 78 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 172182 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 630 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to former Main Guardroom, LAHC, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone, Memorial Plaques & Metal Sculpture |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who gave their lives with 57 Sqn & 630 Sqns 1939 - 1945 |
Location | The Chapel, Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden RoH |
Memorial Text | In proud memory of the men of No 630 Sqn who lost their lives operating from RAF East Kirkby 1943 to 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
Takeoff Station | East Kirkby |
Day/Night Raid | Night |
Operation | |
Reason for Loss | On Saturday 6 May 1944 twenty-two year old Peter Nash was severely injured when travelling along the perimeter track out to dispersal he fell from the running board of the small car into which his entire crew was crammed and landed badly, despite treatment in the SSQ and a prompt transfer to Lincoln Military Hospital sadly he died as the result of his injuries on 15 May leaving his crew without a captain. They were split up and became “spare bods” . No operation was detailed for 6 May. |