bentley priory - Spink

September 6, 2012 - LONDON
Talking it over at Hawkinge, 1940
“Spits” In Burma
Pegge was appointed to the command of No. 131 Squadron
(Spitfires), Friston, 14.10.1944; he took his Squadron to
India, arriving at Bombay, 12.1.1945, and was stationed at
Amarda Road, Bengal, from February 1945; led the squadron
until its disbandment in June, and then was posted to
command No. 607 Squadron, Rangoon, Burma; he mainly
flew on recces and straffing, 29.6.1945, ‘Recce + Straffing.
Sittang R. Several Boats & Trucks + 1 Bullock’ and
20.7.1945, ‘Bombing & Straffing. Trying To Flatten The
Japs’ (ibid); he commanded the Squadron until the Japanese
surrender, and its disbandment at Mingaladon, 19.8.1945;
returned to the UK at the start of 1946 and was posted to
No. 631 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Squadron, Llanbedr;
posted HQ No. 12 Group, March 1948; completed a Pilot
Flying Refresher Course in March 1950, before being posted
to the Day Fighter Leader School later the same month;
while based at the latter he flew Meteors and Vampires; flying
a Meteor 4, as number 2 in formation, he crashed into The
Wash, 9.5.1950; the weather conditions were bad and
visibility poor; he did not pull up in time and was tragically
killed upon impact; Pegge is buried in East Raynham
Churchyard, Norfolk.
Pegge in his Spitfire ‘Bettykins’, named after his wife
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