LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Peter Bryan Tyers QUINT
Service No: 407250
Born: Brighton, England, 15 July 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 17 August 1940 (at Adelaide SA)
Unit: No. 52 Operational Training Unit (RAF), RAF Station Ashton Down, Gloucestershire
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 52 Operational Training Unit Hurricane aircraft W9175), Gloucestershire, 6 October 1941, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Minchinhampton (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, Gloucestershire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Sidney Tyers Quint and Gertrude Rebecca Quint.
Roll of Honour: Adelaide SA
Remembered: Panel 129, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 6 October 1941, Hurricane W9175 flown by Sergeant Quint was detailed to carry out a training intercept and practice attack on another section of three aircraft led by Pilot Officer Neale (an Instructor) and two students. Hurricane W9175 crashed as a result of over correction by the Sergeant Quint at low altitude after being caught in the slip stream of the other aircraft and he was killed.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/154/22
Bibliography:
Ilbery, P.L.T. (Peter Leslie Thomas) (422957) Hatching an Air Force: 2SFTS, 5SFTS, 1BFTS Uranquinty and Wagga Wagga, Banner Books Maryborough QLD 4650, 2002