In Memory Of

PEACHEY, CECIL PETER

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 180275V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 15 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1944-02-23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, missing Candia, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA471. T/o 0615, LG 07/\'Z\' LG/Matruh West, Egypt. One of two Baltimores on a long range shipping reconnaissance of Iraklion (Candia) Bay, Crete, Greece. Attacked at 0812 hrs, by five Me 109 fighters off Dhia Island, Crete. This aircraft was last seen heading 040 and flying into low cloud. Failed to return to base, almost certainly shot down by these fighters.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Column 282.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Peter and Harriet Peachey, of Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa; husband of Doreen L. Peachey, of Grahamstown.