Boyter, Peter Vincent
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Peter Vincent |
Surname | Boyter |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert Boyter and of Violet Boyter (Nee Vincent), of Pittenweem, Fife. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ524 |
Markings | MP-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Courcelles-les-Giscors Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 4. |
Epitaph | IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF PETER, OUR DEAR SON AND BROTHER. DAD, MUM AND SISTERS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 134 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1874522 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 76 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Behind old Main Guardroom, former Holme On Spalding Moor Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In Remembrance of the aircrew members from the UK,Australia,New Zealand,Canada and Norway,who gave their lives in the cause of freedom in operational sorties against the enemy from 76 Sqn 1941-1945 and to the ground personal who lost their lives by enemy |
Location | All Saints Church, Holme On Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour within Wooden Box with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | S G Window In memory of 76 Sqn R.A.F / Roll of honour In memory of those members of 76 Sqn R.A.F who were killed on active service 1939-1954 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/652/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/652/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-07-1944 |
End Date | 16-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Holme-on-Spalding-Moor |
Day/Night Raid | Night (18% moon) |
Operation | Nucourt- to attack a flying bomb storage facility. Part of a 234 aircraft force to attack both the V-bomb storage facility at Nucourt and the Bois des Jardins launch site. Both attacks were accurate. 1 aircraft Lost |
Reason for Loss | Crashed just west of Courcelles-les-Gisors, France |