Wyatt, Peter Clifford Wilfred
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Peter Clifford Wilfred |
Surname | Wyatt |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Date of Death | 07-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harold Thomas Wyatt and Dorothy Jane Wyatt, of Ealing, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | W4133 |
Markings | WS-S Z-Zola |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Lincoln (Newport) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. H. Grave 318 South. |
Epitaph | LOVED IN LIFE TREASURED IN DEATH A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF HIM IS LEFT. MOTHER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 120 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1332914 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 9 (IX) |
Squadron Motto | Per noctem volamus (Through out the night we fly) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Bardney, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, Propeller and Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the killed or missing of IX Sqd. 1939 - 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
Aircraft originally had callsign -Z but was damaged in February 1943. When it returned in April 1943 it was assigned callsign -S since W5011 had in the meantime been assigned -Z. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/127/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/127/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-08-1943 |
End Date | 07-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Bardney |
Day/Night Raid | Night (29% moon) |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | On its return from a night cross-country exercise the Lancaster crashed and caught fire in the Bardney circuit |