Peter named his aircraft "Lady Shirley" after his wife. Four of his Hurricanes were written off and he ended with "Lady Shirley mk V". "Lady Shirley" was again painted on his new Spitfire a few weeks before his fatal flight.
"Lady Shirley" : Hurricane II b BD888 crash landed 26/6/1942
"Lady Shirley mk II" : Hurricane II b 703 Shot down 13/07/1942 (flown by Tom Rhodes)
"Lady Shirley mk III" : Hurricane II b P227 Shot up cat.2 06/08/1942 (flown by Ray Connell)
"Lady Shirley mk IV" : Hurricane II b 283 Shot up in dog fight cat.2, 01/09/1942, Peter wounded
"Lady Shirley mk V" : Hurricane II b 968 Exchanged for Spitfire
"Lady Shirley" : Spitfire V c ER168 Shot down and lost over med, Peter killed 13/12/1942
"Lady Shirley" Christened 7 April 1942. (Log book: BD888, Hurricane IIb)
Log book 27 June 1942:" "Lady Shirley" completely U/S. Albacore landed on top of her. Her end too -. Burnt that morning with Albacore when we left in a hurry from LG."
