Dooley, Peter Lawrence
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Peter Lawrence |
Surname | Dooley |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Albert and Frances Sybil Wass Dooley, of Stoneleigh, Epsom, Surrey. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | LM693 |
Markings | KO-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Strijen Protestant Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 8. |
Epitaph | NO DAY DAWNS NO NIGHT RETURNS BUT WE REMEMBER HIM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 156 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 189628 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/892/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/892/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-09-1944 |
End Date | 17-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Witchford |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Moerdijk- in support of Operation Market Garden. 59 aircraft, none of which achieved a direct hit on the flak batteries. The approach road was, however, severed. |
Reason for Loss | Thought to have collided with a 90 Sqn Lancaster (LM169 WP-R2). Crashed near Strijen, SW of Dordrecht, Holland |