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Flight Sergeant [Navigator]

Peter Gerald Dobson

MiD (WW2)

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Henry Bruce Dobson and of Emily Daisy Houghton Dobson (nee Cawte), of Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Martyn (1999)
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Peter Dobson was helping out a local farm, while on leave from RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire. On the evening of the 8th September, he ran to the assistance of a Stirling bomber that crashed on take-off for a raid on Boulogne, and was killed alongside a WAAF and 2 civilians, when the bombs exploded on the stricken aircraft. The Captain was Ian Menzies, RNZAF, also buried in this cemetery. 

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol2 p.140]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
439022
Name:
Peter Gerald Dobson
Rank: 
Flight Sergeant
Additional Rank:
Navigator
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 75 (RAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Accidental death
Date of Death:
08 September 1943
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
28
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Cambridge City Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: 
Grave 13740.
Cemetery Location: 
United Kingdom
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