Peter Verrall Read
Service number
1152158
Military unit
150 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
114 Fairfield Drive, Dorking, Surrey.
Date of birth
07 Aug 1920
Date of death
08 May 1941 (20 years old)
Place of birth
Epsom, Surrey.
Employment, education or hobbies
Corn Merchants Clerk.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
Son of Charles and Alice Mary Read, of Shirley, Southampton.
Military history
Wellington R1347 150 Sqn. Take off 22.30 from RAF Newton to bomb U boat pens at St Nazaire. 5 Wellingtons from 103 Sqn and 10 from 150 Sqn at RAF Newton took part. R1347
believed hit by Flak on return crashing near Nantes, with the loss of all crew. An experienced crew that had taken part in raids on Rotterdam, Brest, Keil and Berlin in April 1941 and Koln and Mannheim in May.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Photo of Peter Verrall Read