Toms, Peter Alfred
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Peter Alfred |
Surname | Toms |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 15-06-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alfred and Dorothy Marion Toms, of Sandygate, Devon. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED434 |
Markings | EA-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Uden War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 5. G. 12. |
Epitaph | THERE'S SOME CORNER OF A FOREIGN FIELD THAT IS FOR EVER ENGLAND (From the poem "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 107 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1317569 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 49 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Clement of Rome Church, Fiskerton, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet & 49 Sqn Roll of Honour |
Memorial Text | In memory of all who served at RAF Fiskerton 1943-1945 |
Location | St. Clement of Rome Church, Fiskerton, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of all who served at RAF Fiskerton 1943 - 1945 Per Erdua Ad Astra |
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 27/481/36 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/481/35 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 14-06-1943 |
End Date | 15-06-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Fiskerton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (86% moon) |
Operation | Oberhausen |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off at 2232hrs. Shot down by night fighter flown by Hptm Hans-Dieter Frank of 2./NJG1, his 31st victory and his third of the night. Aircraft crashed on the north bank of the Waal 16km NW of Nijmegen at 0113hrs. |