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Military service
Service number:
J/12470
Age:
19
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
44 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Death:
May 30, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
7. H. 1.
Additional information
Son of William Robert G. and M. Lucille Holt, of Montreal, Province of Quebec,
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Peter Grattan Holt
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Grave marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands. -
Photo of PETER GRATTAN HOLT
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Memorial
Flying Officer Peter Grattan Holt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Peter Grattan Holt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of PETER GRATTAN HOLT
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Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Photo of PETER GRATTAN HOLT
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Document
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Attestation paper
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Attestation Paper
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Correspondence
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Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Crash Site - photo 3
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Memorial Ceremony - photo 4
In memory of our Liberators. <br> In the night of 30 May 1943 an English Lancaster Bomber was returning from Germany to the homebase at Weddington, Lincolnshire, England. This Bomber was shot down in the surroundings of Castenray by a German fighter. The airplane crashed in flames.<p> Six crew members lost their lives: <br> Sgt. Raymond Stoddart - Air Gunner -England -Age 22 <br> Sgt. Harry Robinson - Air Gunner -England -Age 21 <br> Sgt. Walter Young - Air Gunner -England -Age 25 <br> Sgt. Ivor Tucker - Flight Engineer- Wales -Age 19 <br> Off. Peter Holt - Pilot -Canada -Age 19 <br> Sgt. Donald Mc CoIl -Observer -England <p> They gave their lives for our freedom. -
Memorial Ceremony
At the Oosterbos-road a panel is to be revealed in honour of the six killed crewmembers of The "Lancaster" which crashed near this place on 30-05-1943. Several of Castenray's schoolchildren present the English, Dutch and Canadian flags in honour of the English and Canadian crew members. -
Memorial Ceremony - photo 5
Jolanda Classens plays "The Last Post" to honour the six crew members who were killed when their "Lancaster" crashed. In the background, some choir members. -
Crash Site - photo 2
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Memorial Ceremony - photo 2
Alderman Lei Heldens, speaks on behalf of the municipality Venray. On the left; Jan Strijbos, chairman of Heemkundig Genootschap Castenray. -
Memorial Ceremony - photo 3
Jan Peeters and Jeroen Geerets reveal the panel by removing the parachute. -
Crash Site
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Letter from Jan Stribos
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Peter Grattan Holt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Peter Grattan Holt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Peter Grattan Holt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Peter Grattan Holt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Peter Grattan Holt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Peter Grattan Holt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Peter Grattan Holt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Peter Grattan Holt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Peter Grattan Holt
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 171 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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