Zoephel, Peter Charles

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-01-17

Birth Date: 1921-September-08

Born:

Son of Ernest Charles and Dorothy Frances Zoephel, of Little Common, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England.

Home: Little Common, Bexhill-on-Sea, Susex, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

ATC- Air Transport Command (USAAF)

Base

RAF Ferry Command Accra North Africa

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

J/11212

Home
Google MapLittle Common, Bexhill-on-Sea, Susex, England
First Burial
Google MapOttawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario
RAF Ferry Command aircrew flying United States Army Air Force Air Transport Command Consolidated Liberator C-87 Express aircraft 41-11708 missing over the South Atlantic Ocean between Accra, Gold Coast and Natal, Brazil. (Nav) Flying Officer PC Zoephel (RCAF), (Pilot) Flight Lieutenant HJ Martin (RCAF), (Nav) Sergeant JH Warman (RCAF), (RO) FS NP Drury (RCAF), (Pilot) Flying Officer GA Clegg (RAF), (Nav) Sergeant JL Bell (RAF), (Nav) Pilot Officer WTW Smithson (RAAF), (RO) Sergeant HV Lamb (RAAF), (Cdn Civilian RO) CB Berry, (Cdn Civilian Pilot) WR Nixon, (Cdn Civilian RO) OC McCombie and (US Civilian Pilot) PB Makepeace missing. Available information indicates that there were 6 crew members and 20 passengers aboard this aircraft at the time it crashed. A more detailed list of names of all of those lost has not been found but indications suggest they could have been US service personnelAddendum: The passage "crew members where all" should read "crew members were all". Correction provided by A. E. Barnard, Burlington, On.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

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Liberator Express 4111708

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Sergeant Bell, John Lowery (RAF)
passenger (Nav)
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Civilian Berry, Clinton Blackwell (RAF)
Passenger (WOp)
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Flying Officer Clegg, Geoffrey Addison (RAF)
passenger (pilot)
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flight Sergeant Drury, Norman Patrick (RCAF)
passenger (WOp)
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Sergeant Lamb, Harold Victor (RAAF)
Radio Operator
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Captain Makepeace, Paul Bleecker (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flight Lieutenant Martin, Herbert James (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Civilian McCombie, Otway Cecil (RAF)
Radio Operator
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Captain Nixon, William Richard (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Flying Officer Smithson, William Thomas Wright (RAAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flight Sergeant Warman, John Henry (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Flying Officer Zoephel, Peter Charles (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-17
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Consolidated Liberator Express C-87

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3643737)
(Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
Consolidated Liberator C Mk. VIT, RCAF (Serial No. 570), No. 168 (Heavy Transport) Squadron, based at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, 14 Nov 1944.
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The Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express was a transport derivative of the B-24 Liberator heavy bomber built during World War II for the United States Army Air Forces. A total of 287 C-87s were built alongside the B-24 at the Consolidated Aircraft plant in Fort Worth, Texas. The plant also developed and delivered a USAAF flight engineer trainer designated as the AT-22, a United States Navy VIP transport designated as the RY, and a Royal Air Force VIP transport designated as the Liberator C.IX. The last development was a Navy contracted, single tail version with an extended fuselage. Built in San Diego, its USN designation was RY-3.

RCAF Consolidated Liberator C Mk. VI, Mk. VIT (B-24H/C-87), converted to transport aircraft. (10), (Serial Nos. 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579).Harold Skaarup web page and Wikipedia



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