LEST WE FORGET
Flight Lieutenant Peter Ernest RIVETT
Service No: 414084
Born: Toowoomba QLD, 7 April 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 July 1941
Unit: No. 71 Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 71 Operational Training Unit Spitfire aircraft EP511), Egypt, 18 May 1944, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Moascar War Cemetery, Egypt
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Ronald Rupert and Doris Nina Rivett, of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
Roll of Honour: Toowoomba QLD
Remembered: Panel 129, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0800 hours on the 18 May 1944, Spitfire EP511 crashed approximately seven miles north east of Ismailia, Egypt, and Flight Lieutenant Rivett was killed. EP511 collided in mid-air with Spitfire ES227. Flight Lieutenant Rivett as instructor and leader had arranged and briefed a section of four Spitfires to carry out an attack on three Marauders. After making an attack, M2 in the formation flown by Bailey broke away downwards to starboard and collided with Rivett’s aircraft knocking off its tail. Rivett’s aircraft then spun down and crashed in flames and he was killed. Bailey landed uninjured but with a damaged propeller.
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 Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/35/228
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