Roy Donald Peters Sergeant R/143149 57 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force September 5, 1922 (on enlistment record) September 5, 1925 (actual) Herbert, Saskatchewan November 21, 1941 No. 1 RCAF Recruiting Centre, Vancouver, BC Vancouver, British Columbia 15 5 feet, 11 ¼ inches Fair Fair Hazel Single Clerk and Ledger Work Presbyterian Frank Aron Peters (Father) July 24, 1942 16 Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England Panel 107

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Canadian Virtual War Memorial findagrave: Memorial marker at the Herbert Cemetery records year of birth as 1924

Roy Donald Peters was the son of Frank Aron Peters and Elizabeth (Rempel) Peters (1898-1997), and the brother of Alvin Franklin Peters (1919-2000), Richard James Peters (1930-2007), Meryl Alice Peters (1926-1988). Roy’s brother Alvin also served in the Royal Canadian Air Force in WWII. Roy’s enlistment record indicated he was born in 1922, but the form signed by his father for the Dept. of Defence’s Estate Branch records his year of birth as 1925. The census also confirms he was born in 1925 (6 yrs. old in 1931), even though his mother made a declaration (at the No. 1 RCAF Recruiting Centre in Vancouver, BC) that his year of birth was 1922. It may be that with a brother 6 years the elder and already in the Air Force, Roy was eager to enlist. Roy enjoyed hockey, baseball, and hunting. At enlistment it was noted he was keen to fly, alert, and that he was fond of hunting and should be a good air gunner. Roy completed his training in Canada, including assignment to the No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School in Lethbridge, Alberta from January 18th to February 17, 1942, before transferring overseas to the UK. He departed Canada from Halifax on March 13th and arrived in England on March 23, 1942. On June 28, 1942, he joined 57 Squadron stationed at RAF Feltwell in Norfolk, East Anglia, England. On July 24th, the Vickers Wellington III aircraft BJ 673 (DX-R) failed to return from an operational flight over Duisburg, Germany. All five members of the crew were killed including Roy. It was later determined that their Wellington was shot down by flak off the Dutch Coast. The other 4 crew were Sergeant S F O Blackmore, Sergeant A H Davies, Pilot Officer T W Kenyon, and Flight Sergeant D T Popple. Sergeant Roy Donald Peters was never found therefore he is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, England. He is also remembered on a memorial marker at the Herbert Cemetery in Herbert, Saskatchewan.