Bethell, Peter Edwin
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Peter Edwin |
Surname | Bethell |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-03-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of George Edwin and Violet Clydonia Bethell, of Honor Oak Park, London. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW426 |
Markings | PT-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 4. H. 13-16. |
Epitaph | FOR EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS. MUM, DAD AND MARIE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 130 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1336195 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 420 (Snowy Owl) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 420 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, inscribed Metal Plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in English & French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 (RCAF) Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 Sqn |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1826/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1826/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-03-1944 |
End Date | 16-03-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (69% moon) |
Operation | Stuttgart. 863 aircraft, 37 losses (4.3%). The bomber stream made its approach through France, crossing the German border as late as possible, delaying the point at which the German fighters were able to enter the stream. PFF marking was well short of the target, possibly due to the strong winds as the conditions were clear. Although some of the early bombing fell in the city, much of the later bombing fell outside. Damage was light- 88 deaths and 203 injuries. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near to Echterdingen airfield, Germany |