Salmon, Peter Gordon Hedley
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Peter Gordon Hedley |
Surname | Salmon |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Date of Death | 29-12-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Gordon Hedley Salmon and Mary Salmon, of Leicester. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | T2465 |
Markings | KO-O |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 28. A. 1-6. |
Epitaph | GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 237 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 41071 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Squadron Motto | Despite the elements |
Trade | Pilot |
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 |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/4727 (P356761/40) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/887/28 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/887/27 |
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.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-12-1940 |
End Date | 30-12-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Marham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (2% moon) |
Operation | Marshalling yards at Hamm |
Reason for Loss | Lost over Germany |