Quayle, Peter Geoffrey
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Peter Geoffrey |
Surname | Quayle |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-09-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Herbert Ernest and Myra May Quayle, of Cleveleys, Lancashire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | EH931 |
Markings | QS-O |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Altdorf Protestant Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 1. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 229 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 156633 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 620 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | 1st Bispham Scout HQ, Bispham, Blackpool, Lancashire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stenciled Wooden Board |
Memorial Text | A building to the memory of Plt Off P G Quayle, killed in action in Stirling EH931 on 6th September 1943 |
Location | Village Green, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Monument with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | In memory and honour of the Royal Air Force and Polish Air Force Squadrons who were based at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Location | Village Green, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Pillar, inscribed concrete slab and metal plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the men and women who served at RAF Chedburgh between 1942 and 1946, including 620 Sqn |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH & Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | 620 Sqn Roll of Honour and 620 Sqn Badge |
Miscellaneous Information
One of a very small number of airmen not buried in a concentration cemetery in Germany |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2138/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2134/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-09-1943 |
End Date | 06-09-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Chedburgh |
Day/Night Raid | Night (34% moon) |
Operation | Mannheim/ Ludwigshafen. 605 aircraft, 34 losses (5.6%). Clear conditions- PFF marking plan worked perfectly. The main force approached from the west so that they could bomb Mannheim first and then move on to Ludwigshafen. Little creepback took place and much damage was caused to both targets. The normally detailed report from Mannheim was much less so, suggesting that the raid was so severe that the normal information gathering procedures has broken down amidst the destruction. Ludwigshafen described the raid simply as 'a catastrophe'. In the latter, 1080 dwellings, 6 military buildings and 4 industrial buildings were destroyed. The death toll was relatively low for such a large raid- 127- perhaps indicating that much of the city's population had been evacuated in the wake of the firestorm incident in Hamburg. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter, setting fire to the fuselage and damaging some equipment. The aircraft went into a steep dive, preventing the crew from opening the escape hatch. Exploded and crashed at Altdorf, Germany |