ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163112
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| Date: | Sunday 29 September 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 79 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P5177 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Irish Sea off Grange, Co Wicklow -
 Ireland
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pembrey, Carmarthenshire |
Shot down 29.9.40 by return fire from the Luftwaffe flight of Heinkel 111s attacked by 79 Squadron RAF during air-to-air combat that day over the Irish Sea. Aircraft seen to crash dive into the sea. Pilot - F/O George Charles Boyce PETERS - later washed up at Grange, Co Wicklow, and was buried Rathnew cemetery.
Sources:
1. http://members.tripod.com/athlone_graves/athlonecasualtiescornamaghburials/id6.html
2. http://www.ww2irishaviation.com
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RAF_aircrew_in_the_Battle_of_Britain_(O%E2%80%93R)#P
4. http://bbm.org.uk/Peters.htm_
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jan-2014 20:39 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Feb-2014 15:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 04-Jan-2019 07:28 | dp_burke | Updated [Source] |
| 16-Nov-2022 07:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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