Peter Fitzgerald Webster
Wing Commander · 37776 · United Kingdom
- Died
- 1 March 1944, aged 29
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Durrington Cemetery, United Kingdom
Operations on this date. 2 raids in this archive were flown on the night of 1 March 1944: Stuttgart · Berlin. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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24 June 1941
Gazetted: DFC
Distinguished Flying Cross -
1 March 1944
Died
aged 29
Awards
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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) — gazetted 24 June 1941
In May, 1941, this officer was the leader of a squadron which attacked an enemy convoy of five large cargo vessels protected by three armed ships. Wing Commander Webster pressed home his attack in a most determined manner scoring direct hits on one of the larger ships which was left enveloped in clouds of smoke and was almost certainly sunk. As a result of the attack three ships.
Source: CWGC casualty record: WEBSTER, PETER FITZGERALD → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission