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McLean, P.J., Sgt., 1941
In Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium, is the Commonwealth War Grave of 988136 Sergeant Peter John McLean, serving with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died 10/07/1941.

Simon Glancey has submitted the following:

Sgt. McLean was the pilot of Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley V Z6743 of 77 Squadron, which was lost with all four crew members on a mission to Aachen. The Whitley crashed at Snaaskerke, West Flanders, the victim of flak.Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1941; W.R. Chorley; 1993; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 87 3, page 89

He is remembered in Billingham on B139.05 and B139.09


The CWGC entry for Sergeant McLean

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk