Flying Officer Arthur Peter Pease
Service Number: 72447
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 603 Sqdn.
Died 15 September 1940
Age 22 years old
Son of Sir Richard Arthur Pease, J.P., D.L., M.A., 2nd Bart., and of Lady Pease (nee Kissel), of Richmond.
He was killed in action on 15 September 1940, during the Battle of Britain, when his Spitfire was shot down near Kingswood, in Kent.
Reports claim that after being hit, the engine of his Spitfire was heard to rev, taking it clear of the houses in the village of Kingswood for which it was headed, and Pease was still in the cockpit when his blazing fighter dived into fields nearby at 3.05pm. It is thought that Pease may have committed this final act of bravery to spare civilian life. Flying Officer Pease was found dead at the site of the crash.
He was buried in the family plot at St Michael and All Angels Church, Middleton Tyas, in a full military funeral.
On Battle of Britain Day 2020 a short graveside service was held on the 80th anniversary of his death.
Service Number: 72447
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 603 Sqdn.
Died 15 September 1940
Age 22 years old
Son of Sir Richard Arthur Pease, J.P., D.L., M.A., 2nd Bart., and of Lady Pease (nee Kissel), of Richmond.
He was killed in action on 15 September 1940, during the Battle of Britain, when his Spitfire was shot down near Kingswood, in Kent.
Reports claim that after being hit, the engine of his Spitfire was heard to rev, taking it clear of the houses in the village of Kingswood for which it was headed, and Pease was still in the cockpit when his blazing fighter dived into fields nearby at 3.05pm. It is thought that Pease may have committed this final act of bravery to spare civilian life. Flying Officer Pease was found dead at the site of the crash.
He was buried in the family plot at St Michael and All Angels Church, Middleton Tyas, in a full military funeral.
On Battle of Britain Day 2020 a short graveside service was held on the 80th anniversary of his death.
Flying Officer Arthur Peter Pease
Service Number: 72447
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 603 Sqdn.
Died 15 September 1940
Age 22 years old
Son of Sir Richard Arthur Pease, J.P., D.L., M.A., 2nd Bart., and of Lady Pease (nee Kissel), of Richmond.
He was killed in action on 15 September 1940, during the Battle of Britain, when his Spitfire was shot down near Kingswood, in Kent.
Reports claim that after being hit, the engine of his Spitfire was heard to rev, taking it clear of the houses in the village of Kingswood for which it was headed, and Pease was still in the cockpit when his blazing fighter dived into fields nearby at 3.05pm. It is thought that Pease may have committed this final act of bravery to spare civilian life. Flying Officer Pease was found dead at the site of the crash.
He was buried in the family plot at St Michael and All Angels Church, Middleton Tyas, in a full military funeral.
On Battle of Britain Day 2020 a short graveside service was held on the 80th anniversary of his death.
Service Number: 72447
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 603 Sqdn.
Died 15 September 1940
Age 22 years old
Son of Sir Richard Arthur Pease, J.P., D.L., M.A., 2nd Bart., and of Lady Pease (nee Kissel), of Richmond.
He was killed in action on 15 September 1940, during the Battle of Britain, when his Spitfire was shot down near Kingswood, in Kent.
Reports claim that after being hit, the engine of his Spitfire was heard to rev, taking it clear of the houses in the village of Kingswood for which it was headed, and Pease was still in the cockpit when his blazing fighter dived into fields nearby at 3.05pm. It is thought that Pease may have committed this final act of bravery to spare civilian life. Flying Officer Pease was found dead at the site of the crash.
He was buried in the family plot at St Michael and All Angels Church, Middleton Tyas, in a full military funeral.
On Battle of Britain Day 2020 a short graveside service was held on the 80th anniversary of his death.
Inscription
ARTHUR PETER PEASE,
BORN FEBRUARY 15TH 1918,
KILLED IN ACTION
SEPTEMBER 15TH 1940.
ELDEST SON OF RICHARD AND JEANNETTE PEASE,
A FLYING OFFICER OF THE R.A.F.V.R., HE WAS KILLED WHEN PILOTING A SPITFIRE IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN.
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