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# | Name* | First Names | Title | Rank | RAF Equivalent Rank | Service No. | Born | Nationality | Role | Awards | Air Force | Command | Unit | DateofIncident *See Note | Aircraft | Type | Serial | Code | Victories (Fighters) | Base | Time | Mission | Incident | Fate | Commemorated | Photo (Click to Expand) | Referring Database | Notes | Links/Archive Reports |
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1 | Gardner | Peter Melvill | Pilot Officer | British | Pilot | RAF | Fighter | 3Sqn | 1940-05-18 | Hurricane | I | N2464 | Patrol | Force landed S of Douai | Safe | Battle of Britain Database | |||||||||||||
2 | Gardner | Peter Melvill | Flight Lieutenant | British | Pilot | DFC | RAFVR | Fighter | 32Sqn 3Sqn 54Sqn | 1941-07-11 | Spitfire | Vb | P8754 | 9 | Circus | Shot down air combat over Gravelines | PoW | Flight Lieutenant Peter Melville Gardner, Ace, veteran of the Battle of Britain, 9 certified aerial victories including 1 in collaboration and 2 enemy aircraft damaged within 3, 32 and 54 Sqns of the RAF, is shot down in air combat above Gravelines, in the Nord department, aboard Spitfire Mk.Vb registration number P8754, by Messerschmitt Bf-109s. He evacuates by parachute and is captured on the ground. He will end the war as a prisoner in Stalag Luft lll despite several escape attempts. | Battle of Britain Database |
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