Peter John Voye

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-14150.jpeg UPL 14150 Notice inside Linstead Parva church, mentioning Sgt. J Voye of California

St Margaret of Antioch, Linstead Parva, archives

Object Number - UPL 14150 - Notice inside Linstead Parva church, mentioning Sgt. J Voye of California

Killed on 4 March 1945, when Metfield Airfield was strafed by a Junkers JU-88 of the Luftwaffe. Peter was in the control tower, and was the only casualty. The aircraft was shot down and crashed just south of the base, killing 4 of the German crew.

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Units served with

131st Army Air Communications Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron

Places

Personnel of the 491st Bomb Group with ground support vehicles, including trucks, ambulances and a Cletrac wait in front of the control tower at Metfield for returning B-24 Liberators. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Waiting for mission return, probably Metfield, Nov.'

Metfield

Site type: Airfield

St Margaret of Antioch, Linstead Parva

Site type: Memorial

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Enlisted	San Francisco, CA, USA	25 April 1941	Not yet a citizen
Other Naturalized	San Francisco, CA, USA	27 June 1942	Ref number 5262760
Died	Metfield, Harleston, Suffolk IP20, UK	4 March 1945
Born	Norway
Buried			Plot B Row 1 Grave 43

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American Battle Monuments Commission
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Archives of St Margaret of Antioch, Linstead Parva, Suffolk

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