In Memory Of
YORKE, PETER
Service Details
Age:
34
Date of Birth:
1910-11-11
Service No:
160033
Rank:
Flying Officer
Unit:
44 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1944-12-04
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Lancaster PD373, bomb a target in Heilbronn. Mid-air collision with LM259, both aircraft crashing NW of Kleiningersheim, 18 km SSW of Heilbronn
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
4. D. 23.
Cemetery:
DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Localitly:
Bad Tolz, Bayern
Country:
Germany
Additional Information
Entered Preparatory School in January 1919. Before the war he was farming on the Charter Estate. He attested in August 1942, received preliminary training in Rhodesia, and went overseas in May 1943. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour
