Pilot Officer Trevor Anthony Peeler
Pilot Officer Trevor Anthony Peeler
Trevor Peeler was born to Philip Herbert and Ruby Peeler of West Wimbledon, Surrey in 1914.
Pilot Officer Peeler was a member of the 90 Squadron Royal Air Force. On the 6th October 1939, he is mentioned in the London Gazette (31/10/1939) that with effect from 6th October 1939 he would be promoted from a probation Acting Pilot Officer to a Pilot Officer. Unfortunately he only served as a Pilot Officer for a period of 10 days, when on the 16th October 1939, he took off in the aircraft L4876, Bristol Blenheim Mk IV on a training exercise from RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire.
Pilot Officer Peeler’s Headstone at Priory Road Cemetery
The aircraft crashed on take off, killing Pilot Officer Peeler and injuring his crew member Sergeant Douglas.
Pilot Officer Peeler is commemorated in a Commonwealth War Grave within this cemetery. The grave reference number is RRRR42.
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