Sergeant Peter Clinch Hind

Navigator/Bomber

* 20 April 1919 Epsom and Ewell

† 21 December 1942 Elst UT

Son of Hugh William and Nora Hind of Epsom, Surrrey

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Service nr. 657626

Peter Clinch Hind was born in 1919 in Epsom and Ewell. Peter wanted to be a farmer and was learning in Norfolk. In 1939 he volunteered for the Army, the Royal Artillery, and was sent to Belgium and France in 1940.

He was evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940.

Back in England without any equipment and weapons he volunteered for the Royal Air Force.

The Hind Family, October 1942.

John was in the Army, Anne was a nurse.

On the left Rosemary, we met in 2016 and she gave us a lot of information.

 

Peter's father, Captain Hugh William Hind was a brave man as can be seen in the photo on the left. In the Great War he was in Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine. And even in India.

He was awarded a DSO.

 

(Thanks to Paul Eggleton for this information)

Below are extracts from the Operations Record Books with the operational flights of Peter Hind

The feared telegram, dated December 22, 1942.

During and after the Second World War, it took a long time before the family got information, see letters dated December 1944 and April 1947.

In September 2016 we visited Rosemary and Diana. They provided us with a lot of information.

Many thanks for that!!

Peter Hind is buried at the Rusthof Cemetery, Leusden, and is commemorated at the memorial in Elst UT.