CREW MEMBER PROFILE

Surname:

SATTLER

First Name/s:

Peter Felix

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Service No/s:

428077

Service:

RAAF

Branch:

Pilot

Awards:

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SERVICE RECORDS

Date

Event

Aircraft Flown

25 Nov 1943

Joined 576 Sqn at Elsham Wolds, Linconshire

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08 Mar 1945

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11 Mar 1945

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12 Mar 1945

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15 Mar 1945

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16 Mar 1945

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576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS

Date

Aircraft

Code

Flight Details

T/O

Land

Flt Time

Crew

08 Mar 1945

LM227

UL-I2

KASSEL

1700

0035

7h35

P1    D.E. Till
P2   Flt Sgt P.F. Sattler RAAF
FE   Sgt D.B. Holland
AB   Plt Off S.R. Strand
NAV  Fg Off C.R. Bray
WOp  Fg Off G.W. Griggs RAAF
MUG  Sgt K. Oliver
RG   Sgt R. Hamilton

NOTES:

Built-Up Area Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 1470x 4lb incendiaries.

11 Mar 1945

LM227

UL-I2

ESSEN

1145

1705

5h20

P1   Flt Sgt P.F. Sattler RAAF
P2   
FE   Sgt W.E.A. Jeffery
AB   Fg Off N. Whiteley
NAV  Sgt P.F. Garner
WOp  Sgt W. Walker
MUG  Sgt K.G. Durston
RG   Sgt D.F. Wood

NOTES:

Built-up area - Flown in support of advancing Allied ground forces RUHR Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs

12 Mar 1945

RA562

UL-B2

DORTMUND

1305

1840

5h35

P1   Flt Sgt P.F. Sattler RAAF
P2   
FE   Sgt W.E.A. Jeffery
AB   Fg Off N. Whiteley
NAV  Sgt P.F. Garner
WOp  Sgt W. Walker
MUG  Sgt K.G. Durston
RG   Sgt D.F. Wood

NOTES:

Built-Up Area - Flown in support of advancing Allied ground forces. RUHR Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 16x 500lb bombs. FIDO (fog dispersion) in use at Fiskerton.

15 Mar 1945

ME317

UL-C2

MISBURG

1720

0105

7h45

P1   Flt Sgt P.F. Sattler RAAF
P2   
FE   Sgt W.E.A. Jeffery
AB   Fg Off N. Whiteley
NAV  Sgt P.F. Garner
WOp  Sgt W. Walker
MUG  Sgt K.G. Durston
RG   Sgt D.F. Wood

NOTES:

Deurag oil refinery Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 1320x 4lb incendiaries.

16 Mar 1945

ME317

UL-C2

NUREMBURG

1720

FTR

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P1   Flt Sgt P.F. Sattler RAAF
P2   
FE   Sgt W.E.A. Jeffery
AB   Fg Off N. Whiteley
NAV  Sgt P.F. Garner
WOp  Sgt W. Walker
MUG  Sgt K.G. Durston
RG   Sgt D.F. Wood

NOTES:

Built-up area Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 1470x 4lb incendiaries. Failed to return. Possibly shot down by Maj Herbert Lutje of Stab NJG-6 at 2133 and 4,500m some 30km SW Nuremburg. Flt Sgt P F Sattler RAAF PoW Sgt W E A Jeffery killed Fg Off N Whiteley PoW Sgt P F Garner PoW Sgt W Walker killed Sgt K G Durston killed Sgt D F Wood killed

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