Nixey, Peter Died

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Personal Information

Rank S/L
Forename(s) Peter
Surname Nixey
Gender M
Age 22
Decorations DSO
Date of Death 20-06-1942
Next of Kin Son of Frederick Henry and Marjorie Nixey. Husband of Margaret Nixey, of Farningham, Kent.
NIXEY P

Aircraft Information

Aircraft Short Stirling I
Serial Number N3762
Markings BU-C

Memorial Information

Burial/Memorial Country Netherlands
Burial/Memorial Place Ommen General Cemetery
Grave Reference Grave 7.
Epitaph SIC ITUR AD ASTRA (Latin - SO WE GO TO THE STARS)

IBCC Memorial Information

Map
Directions to panel 219
NIXEY P

Location

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Directions From the Chadwick Centre, take the central path towards The Spire.

Phase 2
Panel Number 219

Enlistment Information

Service Number 42257
Service Royal Air Force
Group 3
Squadron 214 (Federated Malay States)
Squadron Motto Ultor in umbris (Avenging in the shadows)
Trade Pilot
Country of Origin United Kingdom

Other Memorials

Location Outside former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Tablets
Memorial Text To commemorate 32 years of service by the men and women of R.A.F. Stradishall 1938 - 1970
Location All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case
Memorial Text Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946

Miscellaneous Information

A flight commander with 214, he was awarded his DSO in April 1942. His DSO Citation, from the London Gazette of 8 May 1942, reads: "Flight Lieutenant Peter NIXEY (42257), No. 214 Squadron. One night in April, 1942, this officer was the captain of an aircraft detailed to attack a target in the Ruhr. During the operation his aircraft was subjected to heavy anti-aircraft fire whilst held in the glare of numerous searchlights. The starboard engine, the mainplane and aileron, the bomb doors and the tail plane were damaged. The navigator was dangerously wounded in the abdomen and thigh, the front gunner was injured about the eye and Flight Lieutenant Nixey himself was hit in the right arm by a shell-splinter. In the face of harassing circumstances, although deprived of the assistance of his navigator, Flight Lieutenant Nixey coolly and skilfully flew the damaged aircraft back to this country where he made a safe landing with the undercarriage retracted. This officer has completed numerous sorties and he has always displayed outstanding courage, leadership and skill".

The National Archives

Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/12
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/12

Fellow Servicemen

Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.

Name Outcome
Buckley A (Sgt) Died
Melville D A (Sgt) Died
Pearson W E (Sgt) Died

Last Operation Information

Start Date 19-06-1942
End Date 20-06-1942
Takeoff Station Stradishall
Day/Night Raid Night (31% moon)
Operation Emden. Most crews reported hitting target but actually many hit Osnabruck due to incorrect flare targeting. Emden reported no damage or casualties
Reason for Aircraft Loss Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed NE of Ommen, Holland
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Casualty Pack

IBCC is delighted to introduce a unique facility to link the Losses Database to the relevant RAF Casualty Pack on the National Archives website. This project is the result of on-going collaboration between IBCC, the MOD Records Office and National Archives, Kew. This document describes what Casualty Packs are, when they were created, the process of making them available to the public and then goes on to describe the process by which you can view the contents of the packs. Casualty Packs (CPs) were created by the RAF whenever there was serious injury or loss of life associated with operational activity within the RAF. This includes operational flying losses, enemy action due to air raids, road accidents either on station or even off-station if they involved RAF vehicles. Deaths due to natural causes in service or accidents that did not involve RAF vehicles did not generally give rise to a CP.

CPs were originally given a unique reference number by the RAF. Each begins with the letter ‘P’ and is followed by six digits, then an oblique (forward slash) and the finally the year in which the incident took place- for example P396154/42.

The CPs are in the process of being made available to the general public as they are passed from the MOD Records Office, Portsmouth to National Archives, Kew. This process requires some rework to the files which is very time consuming, so the process of making them all available to National Archives will take several years. They are being made available in increasing date order.

Once CPs arrive at National Archives they are assigned a unique AIR81 number, so each CP has both a P-number and an AIR81 number. Both are searchable on the National Archives website under ‘Search the catalogue’ and both are included on the IBCC website.

The AIR81 reference on the IBCC website is a link to the file on the National Archives website. When you click on it, the relevant page will open in a new tab on your browser.

There is currently no plan to digitise AIR81 files, partly because they are fragile and partly because the information they contain can at times be sensitive, even harrowing, since they may contain exhumation reports and even photographs of corpses. Family members wishing to read the AIR81 files relating to their ancestors are advised to exercise caution and be guided by National Archives warnings where appropriate.

There are two means for accessing AIR81 files- to attend in person or to order a copy by post.

To attend in person, the attendee should first create a Reader’s Ticket. This can be done online by following this link: https://secure.nationalarchives.gov.uk/login/yourdetails. Then click on the AIR81 reference on the IBCC website and click Order in Advance. Enter your Reader’s Ticket number and state the date on which you intend to visit. National Archives will have the file ready for you when you arrive, saving you time. When you visit Kew, you must quote the Reader’s Ticket number and take along two forms of ID- one bearing your signature and one bearing your address. When you view the files, you are permitted to take photographs of each page, should you wish.

Alternatively, if you wish to order a copy by post, please be aware that there is a charge for this service based on the number of pages in the file. Click on the AIR81 reference on the IBCC website and then click Request a Copy. There is an £8.40 charge for National Archives staff to access the file and give you a quotation for the copying service. The process takes around 24 days to complete and can be expensive.

IBCC wishes to thank the staff at the MOD Records Office and National Archives for their engagement and assistance in making this facility available to our website users.