Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Biography -
- Peter L Clayton -

Name

Peter Levinge Clayton, son of Charles Levinge and Esta Edith Clayton, of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
 
Commemorated on the Wootton War Memorial

Service details

Pilot Officer (Pilot) 121334 Peter L Clayton, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

CWGC record ...

Date of Death :	6 June 1942 aged 20
Where buried or commemorated :	Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Belgium
Squadron :	119 Sqn
Aircraft :	Consolidated PBY Catalina
Crew :	not known

119 Sqn were based at Loch Erne engaged on shipping and antisubmarine reconnaissance. It is presumed that the aircraft was lost over the North Sea, as P/O Clayton's body was washed ashore on the Belgian Coast.

P/O Clayton's connection with Wootton is unknown.

Information provided by : John Bloodworth