LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Peter PANOS
Service No: 425208
Born: Townsville QLD, 6 April 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 31 January 1942
Unit: No. 10 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Melbourne
Died: Air Operations: (No. 10 Squadron Halifax aircraft HX159), Germany, 27 September 1943, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Hanover War Cemetery, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Andrew and Papadia Panos, of Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Cardwell QLD
Remembered: Panel 128, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1921 hours on the night of the 27 September 1943, Halifax HX159 took off from Melbourne detailed to bomb Hanover, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and five of the crew members were killed and two taken prisoner.
The crew members of HX159 were:
Pilot Officer R F G Barker (156042) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Sergeant P D Craven (1458865) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber) PoW
Pilot Officer Harry William George Cockrem (414001) (Pilot)
Pilot Officer Eric George James Marsh (162788) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Sergeant H W Nash (1576551) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner) PoW
Flight Sergeant Peter Panos (425208) (Rear Gunner)
Sergeant Henry Arthur Stanworth (1542987) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
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, 166/32/197