Dunham, Peter Francis
Personal Information
Rank | W/C |
Forename(s) | Peter Francis |
Surname | Dunham |
Gender | M |
Age | 32 |
Decorations | DFC |
Date of Death | 19-02-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Captain Walter Ralph Dunham and Gertie Dunham. Husband of Edna Mary Dunham, of St. Albans, Hertfordshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | PD336 |
Markings | WP-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 1. A. 17. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 158 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 42957 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 90 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Roadside location, Tilbury Juxta Clare, Essex |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Memorial |
Memorial Text | In memory of the Airmen of XC Sqn, No 3 Bomb Group flying operations from here with the Mk 1 Stirling Bomber December 1943 until May 1943 |
Location | St. Mary & All the Saints Church, Little Walsingham, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In loving memory of Henry Philip Lee Warner AFC DFC. Only Son of Philip Henry & Mary King Lee Warner. Actg S/L RAFVR killed in action over Germany Aug 26th 1944 in his 32nd year |
Location | Village Green, Tuddenham, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial atopped with Inscribed Silver Sun-Dial |
Memorial Text | For all those who served their country as part of XC Sqn RAF |
Location | St. Mary's Church, Tuddenham, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Framed Sqn Roll of Honour |
Memorial Text | They grow not old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the Sun and in the morning, we will remember them |
Miscellaneous Information
Took over as Sqn Commander from W/C Bannister who was killed just two weeks earlier |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/733/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/733/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 19-02-1945 |
End Date | 19-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Tuddenham |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Wesel. 298 aircraft, 3 losses. The target was cloud-covered and the Master Bomber cancelled further bombing after only 8 aircraft had dropped their bomb-load. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed in the Rhine near Xanten, Germany |