Peacock, Morris Henry
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Morris Henry |
Surname | Peacock |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-11-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Henry and Henrietta Annie Peacock, of Petworth, Sussex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | DT511 |
Markings | MP-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hamburg Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 9A. B. 14. |
Epitaph | YEARS GO BY, DARLING MORRIS BUT MEMORIES STAY. LOVED BY MUM, BILL AND NANCY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 224 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1337343 |
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 |
Miscellaneous Information
There is some confusion over this loss since both W R Chorley and Oliver Clutton-Brock in Footprints on the Sands of Time list him as K O Peacock and have him as a PoW. He is not listed in WR Chorley's Roll of Honour at all. |
Please contact IBCC should you have definitive information |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/650/36 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/650/35 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 09-11-1942 |
End Date | 10-11-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Linton-on-Ouse |
Day/Night Raid | Night (3% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | From 'To See The Dawn Breaking' by W R Chorley: Two nights later (9/10-11-42), the emphasis of attack switched to Hamburg.. Flying Officer Anderson strayed into the Bremen area where his aircraft was heavily engaged by flak. Control was lost for a moment or two as the Halifax lost height. Anderson shouted to his crew to leave the aircraft, Sergeants Killner and Peacock quickly responded to their pilot's urgent call, but within seconds of their hurried departure Anderson regained control. The rest of the crew were called back from the escape positions and a safe return was effected. |