Date: 27/28th April 1942.
Unit: No. 76 Squadron R.A.F.
Type: Halifax II.
Serial: W1017.
Coded: MP-T
Location: Target area.
Pilot: Sgt. Peter Cant Morris. 1058833. R.A.F.V.R. Age 27. Killed.
Pilot (2) Sgt. Gerald Anthony Simpson. 655086. R.A.F. Age 23. Killed.
P/O William Alexander Trickett 400071 R.A.A.F. Age 24 P.O.W (Interned in camp L3, PoW No: 213)
Wop/AG: Sgt. John Potts. 1054128. R.A.F.V.R. Age 22. Killed.
F/O W A Shiells. R.A.F. P.O.W (Interred in Camp L3, PoW No: 210)
Sgt. J W Brown. (Rhodesia) R.A.F. P.O.W (Interned in Camps L3/L6/357. PoW No: 224)
Air/Gnr: F/S George Sanderson. 627929. R.A.F. Age 21. Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
Took-off at 2205 hrs from Middleton St. George. Engaged by heavy flak over the target area and while taking evasive action, the aircraft stalled, spun and crashed.
W1017 MP-T over the target.
Pilot, Sgt. Peter Cant Morris with his father at his birthplace Harraton Hall, Birtley, County Durham (Courtesy of Alex Morris, nephew of Peter)
Sgt. Peter Cant Morris with his wife Audrey (Courtesy of Alex Morris, nephew of Peter)
Two of the POWs P/O Trickett (Left) and Sgt. Brown at the time of their capture.
BURIAL DETAILS:
Sgt. Peter Cant Morris. 1058833. R.A.F.V.R. Dunkirk Town Cemetery. Plot 2. Row 3. Joint grave 6.
Son of Alexander and Louisa Darley Morris; husband of Audrey Gibson Morris, of Seaburn, Sunderland, Co. Durham.
Sgt. Gerald Anthony Simpson. 655086. R.A.F. Dunkirk Town Cemetery Plot 2. Row 3. Joint grave 6.
Son of Thomas Hessel Simpson and Alice Mary Simpson, of Osgodby, Selby, Yorkshire.
Sgt. John Potts. 1054128. R.A.F.V.R. Dunkirk Town Cemetery. Plot 2. Row 3. Joint grave 7.
Son of John and Elizabeth Ann Potts, of Seaham, Co. Durham.
F/S George Sanderson. 627929. R.A.F. Dunkirk Town Cemetery. Plot 2. Row 3. Joint grave 6.
Son of William Edward and Eliza Annie Sanderson, of Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Research by David King (A.R.S.) The Aircrew Remembrance Society wish to thank Mike Harrison for his updated research into this loss.
