[Larry]

Many of you who have watched a 'Carry On' film from the UK will know Peter Butterworth by sight if not by name. He was a Fleet Air Arm pilot in WW2

Peter William Shorrocks Butterworth was born 4th February 1919 and died tragically just short of his 60th birthday on 16th January 1979).

He was a Fleet Air Arm pilot who was shot down by Bf109s and made POW in a Fairey Albacore L7089 of 826 NAS on a mission from Bircham Newton to attack De Kooy airfield and Den Helder naval base. His Observer S/L VJ Dyke was killed and his Air Gunner, LA RJ Jackson was wounded. Both survivors became POWs but sadly Leading Airman Jackson died as a POW on 18th January 1945. I understand that occurred on the POW march away from the advancing Soviet Army but have no confirmation of that.

According to Fleet Air Arm Aircraft 1939-45 by Ray Sturtivant occurred on 21-22nd June1940. The CWGC have Victor Dyke's date of death as 21st June 1940

Can anyone provide more details of his FAA service and who might have shot him down?