Salmond, Peter Miller Hamilton (Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1943-August-16
Birth Date: 1922
Born:
Parents: Son of Joseph and Ellen Hunter Ballingal Salmond, of Glasgow; nephew of Mr T Hamilton, of East Kilbride, Lanarkshire.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
61 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Purum Tonantes Thundering through the clear air
Base
RAF Syerston
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
1550383
Target
Milan Italy
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Lancaster DV186
Mission
Lancaster Mk.I/III DV186
Bombing Milan Italy 1943-August-15 to 1943-August-16
61 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Syerston
61 Squadron RAF (Per Puram Tunantes) RAF Syerston. Lancaster BIII aircraft DV 186 QR-R was shot down by a Focke-Wulf FW190 night fighter piloted by Leutnant Detlef Grossfuss of 2/NJG2, returning from an operation against targets in Milan, Italy. The Lancaster crashed at a farm near Le Bosc Robert, La Vespiere, Calvados, France with the loss of the entire crew and three French civilians on the ground
Flight Sergeant R A L Scott (RCAF), Flight Sergeant J D Pigeau (RCAF), Flying Officer F Clough (RAFVR), Sergeant A Hulmes (RAFVR), Sergeant P M H Salmond (RAFVR), Flight Lieutenant R Steer (RAFVR) and Sergeant H F Webster (RAFVR) were all killed in action
The civilians killed were: Mr. Almyre Girard, deputy mayor of La Vespiere (aged 78) Mr. Jean Houguet (aged 23) and the young Pierre Dupendant (aged 10)
Royal Air force Serial and Image Database
Lancaster DV186 (Bosc-Robert) - La Vespiere-Friardel on 16 August 194...
Lancaster DV186 Mk.I/III - Bombing Milan Italy - 1943-08-15 to 1943-08-16
Squadron: 61 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1943-08-15
Completion Date: 1943-08-16
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Milan Italy
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Syerston
Take Off Time: 20:37:00
Squadron Code: QR-R
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: France
Crash Specifics: a farm near Le Bosc Robert, La Vespiere, Calvados
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Leutnant Detlef Grossfuss of 2/NJG2
War Diary Unavailable
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61 Squadron RAF (Per Puram Tunantes) RAF Syerston. Lancaster BIII aircraft DV 186 QR-R was shot down by a Focke-Wulf FW190 night fighter piloted by Leutnant Detlef Grossfuss of 2/NJG2, returning from an operation against targets in Milan, Italy. The Lancaster crashed at a farm near Le Bosc Robert, La Vespiere, Calvados, France with the loss of the entire crew and three French civilians on the ground
Flight Sergeant R A L Scott (RCAF), Flight Sergeant J D Pigeau (RCAF), Flying Officer F Clough (RAFVR), Sergeant A Hulmes (RAFVR), Sergeant P M H Salmond (RAFVR), Flight Lieutenant R Steer (RAFVR) and Sergeant H F Webster (RAFVR) were all killed in action
The civilians killed were: Mr. Almyre Girard, deputy mayor of La Vespiere (aged 78) Mr. Jean Houguet (aged 23) and the young Pierre Dupendant (aged 10)
Royal Air force Serial and Image Database
Lancaster DV186 (Bosc-Robert) - La Vespiere-Friardel on 16 August 194...