LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Charles Manning PEEDOM
Service No: 421620
Born: Taree NSW, 17 August 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 28 February 1942
Unit: No. 14 Squadron (RAF), Blida, Algeria
Died: Air Operations: (No. 14 Squadron Marauder aircraft B117780), off the Spanish Coast, 29 March 1944, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Mataro Roman Catholic Cemetery, Spain
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Carl James Peedom and Florence Elizabeth Peedom; husband of Margaret Jean Peedom, of Taree, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Taree NSW
Remembered: Panel 128, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Taree World War II and Post War Memorials, Taree NSW
Marauder B117780 of No. 14 Squadron took off at 0750 hours on 29 March 1944 to carry out
a low level reconnaissance of shipping in the north west Mediterranean area along the Spanish and
French coasts between Barcelona and Marseilles. The British Consul at Barcelona later advised that at 1030 hours on 29 March 1944, the aircraft crashed in the sea about 3 miles off Mataro, Barcelona district, a Spanish Mediterranean port.
The crew members of B117780 were:
Flight Sergeant Frank Raymond Lamond (410349) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Ronald Lanham (421990) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flying Officer John Walsh Lewis (417089) (Second Pilot)
Flying Officer William Cameron McDonald (4505) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Charles Manning Peedom (421620) (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant Michael Thomas Woods (421840) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
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, 166/32/345
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line
Bibliography:
Napier, Michael Winged Crusaders: the exploits of 14 Squadron RFC & RAF 1915-1945, Pen & Sword Books, Barnsley UK, 2012