In Memory Of

WYCHE, PETER CYRILL

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 1925-12-23
Service No:
 59481
Rank:
 Flight Lieutenant
Unit:
 RAF Bassingbourn
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
 1954-06-24
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, EE Canberra B.2 WD981, as the aircraft returned to RAF Bassingbourn at approximately 1,000 feet, the aircraft canopy blew off near the village of Melbourne, but the aircraft continued straight ahead. Having climbed to about 4,500 feet the tail was seen to rise sharply and the nose drop with the aircraft diving into the ground 1/2 mile West of Six Mile Bottom, Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, killing all three crew
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Grave 11 JJ
Cemetery:
 BASSINGBOURN-CUM-KNEESWORTH CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Cambridgeshire
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Of Queenstown, Cape, South Africa