Duncan, George Robert Peebles
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | George Robert Peebles |
Surname | Duncan |
Gender | M |
Age | 31 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-01-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of James Fisher Duncan and Isabella Bell Peebles Duncan, of Edinburgh. Husband of Frances Blair Duncan, of Edinburgh. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito IX |
Serial Number | ML923 |
Markings | GB-Z |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Choloy War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 2. C. 7. |
Epitaph | UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS" |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 158 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 157337 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 105 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | All Saints Church, Swanton Morley, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Window |
Memorial Text | A memorial to all those who served at RAF Swanton Morley during WW2, including 105 Sqn from October 1940 to December 1941 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/828/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/828/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-01-1945 |
End Date | 29-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Bourn |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Stuttgart. 602 aircraft, 11 losses (1.8%). A two-part raid with 3 hours between each. The first wave of 226 aircraft attacked railways yards at Kornwestheim. The second wave attacked Zuffenhausen which contained the Hirth engine factory. Sky-markers were used due to complete cloud cover and bombing was somewhat scattered. The Bosch factory was hit as a result of the Kornwestheim attack and it is said that the local people felt they had been bombed by mistake. Interestingly, dummy sky-makers were used in the defence of the city- small ground launched rockets. This was the last of 53 major raids on the city, which had endured a 63% destruction of its building stock and the loss of 4562 lives which was much lower than might have been the case had the air-raid defences been built into the sides of the hills. |
Reason for Loss |