Spence, Peter MacDougall
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Peter MacDougall |
Surname | Spence |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 07-08-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of William and Susan Macdougall Spence, of Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | Z8585 |
Markings | PH-W |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Uden War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 4. H. 11. |
Epitaph | UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 100 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1310195 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-08-1942 |
End Date | 07-08-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Binbrook |
Day/Night Raid | Night (23% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night fighter over Holland, crashing at Rosmalen |