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Peter Gatley | |||
| Rank: | Warrant Officer | ||
| Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | 242 Sqn | ||
| Name of Rgt or Ship: | R.A.F.V.R. | ||
| Died: | 09/09/1943 | Age: | 20 |
| How Died: | Killed in Action | ||
| Country of burial: | Italy | Grave Photo: | Yes |
| Cemetery or Memorial: | Catania Cemetery | ||
| Town Memorial: | Not Listed | ||
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Born during the December quarter 1922 in the Leigh R.D. - ref: 8c/396, the son of George & Nellie Gatley (nee Holding). Commemorated on the private family gravestone in St. Catherine's, Dumplington. Ref: 3a28 & A6. This states that he was a Pilot Officer. M.I. - "Greater love hath no man". Italian M.I. - "He slipped the Bonds of Earth and Danced the Skies on Laughter's Wings" 242 Squadron flew Hawker Hurricane a/c January 1940 to February 1942, thereafter - Supermarine Spitfire a/c. In October 1942, the Sqn was deployed to North Africa, defending Algiers. It moved to take part in the invasion of Sicily. | |||
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