Peel, Robert Charles
Personal Information
Rank | AC2 |
Forename(s) | Robert Charles |
Surname | Peel |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 07-04-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Reginald and Alice Ellen Peel, of Chatham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IA |
Serial Number | P2524 |
Markings | KO-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 27. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 224 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 629076 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
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 |
Miscellaneous Information
115 and 9 Squadrons were on detachment with Coastal Command from their home bases at Marham and Honington for this operation. Two aircraft were lost |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/887/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/887/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 07-04-1940 |
End Date | 07-04-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Lossiemouth |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | On detachment to Coastal Command ordered to search for enemy ships off Danish coast |
Reason for Loss | Attacked and shot down by Me110s |