Mitchell, Peter Roy (Flying Officer)
Killed in Action 1944-February-24
Birth Date: 1921
Born:
Parents: Alfred and Eva Gwendoline Mitchell
Spouse: Florence Josephine Mitchell
Home: Darwen, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
487 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RNZAF)
Ki Te Mutunga Through to the end
Base
RAF Hunsdon
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Navigator / Wireless Operator
Service Numbers
152847
Darwen, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Mosquito HX949
Mission
Mosquito FB.Mk VI HX949
Bombing 1944-February-24 to 1944-February-24
487 (B) Sqn (RNZAF) RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga). Mosquito aircraft HX 949 did not return from a night intruder patrol to the airfield St. Trond in Belgium. Crashed at Mopustier-sur-Sambre.Mosquito HX949 FB.Mk VI - Bombing - 1944-02-24 to 1944-02-24
Squadron: 487 (B) Sqn (RNZAF)
Start Date: 1944-02-24
Completion Date: 1944-02-24
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City:
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England
Take Off Time:
Squadron Code: EG A
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: St. Trond, Belgium
Crash Specifics: Mopustier-sur-Sambre, Belgium
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason:
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga). Mosquito aircraft HX 949 did not return from a night intruder patrol to the airfield St. Trond in Belgium. Crashed at Mopustier-sur-Sambre.
6 Group Unavailable
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga). Mosquito aircraft HX 949 did not return from a night intruder patrol to the airfield St. Trond in Belgium. Crashed at Mopustier-sur-Sambre.
