This memorial page is dedicated to Peter John Hoad, one of more than 725 war victims connected to the municipality of Deurne documented by Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers. The municipality of Deurne and the surrounding villages of Liessel, Vlierden, Helenaveen, Neerkant and Zeilberg were liberated in the autumn of 1944 during heavy fighting. Victims fell on all sides: Allied soldiers from countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and New Zealand, and German soldiers.

But the archive covers more than just the combat victims on Deurne soil. Residents of Deurne who lost their lives elsewhere are also commemorated: civilians who were murdered in concentration camps, forced labourers who died in Germany, people who were executed or succumbed to the effects of persecution and oppression. In addition, residents of Deurne who entered German military service and were killed elsewhere are also included.

Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers has been documenting the story of all these people since 1995, without distinction of nationality, side or background. The goal is to give every person a name and a face, and to keep their memory alive.

 

Peter John Hoad

Name: Hoad
First names: Peter John
Nickname: –
Date of birth: –
Place of birth: –
Residence: in Esher
Rank / Occupation: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Identity tag: –
Unit: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 78 Squadron
Date of death: 27 March 1941
Place of death: Helenaveen
Cause of death: Whitley V crash
Cemetery: Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen
Memorial site: –

Additional information

Grave location: 20. F. 9.

Aged 22. Awarded the Mentioned in Despatches. Peter John Hoad was a member of the Royal Navy (H.M.S. Daedalus), on secondment to the Royal Air Force. Son of John and Florence Elizabeth Hoad, of Esher, Surrey.

On 27 March 1941 at approximately 23:05, the Whitley V (EY-G) with serial number Z6470 crashed in flames in the Peel at Helenaveen, heading towards Sevenum. The aircraft, which had taken off from Dishforth and was bound for Düsseldorf, was caught in the searchlights over the Peel, after which it was shot down by Oberfeldwebel Gerhard Herzog of the 2nd Night Fighter Wing. Peter John Hoad, Alan Kingsley Mills, Kenneth Frank Seager, Jack Mitchell and Ernest Alfred Francis Grunsel were killed in the crash. The crew were buried in Venlo on 10 April 1941 and reburied at Jonkerbos War Cemetery in 1947.

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