Service Details
Name:
 LIDDLE
Given Name:
 PETER HAROLD
Initials:
 P H
Service No:
 129581
Trade:
 Nav.
Rank:
 Flying Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 214 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-05-24
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Stirling MZ261 coded BU-T lifted off from Chedburgh at 23.15, in Suffolk on the nights operations. The target for the night was a bombing raid on Dortmond which included several other 214 squadron aircraft. This was destined to be their last flight. It is unknown exactly what happened, possibly flak or a nightfighter, but Stirling MZ261 crashed at Unna about 15km ENE of Dortmund
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Liddle, of Cape Town, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Germany
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Locality:
 Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen
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Cemetery:
 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 3. D. 17.

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