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Very Senior Member Peter Clare

Discussion in 'The Lounge Bar' started by Roxy, May 9, 2025.

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  1. Roxy

    Roxy Senior Member

    All,

    I’ve just been informed via the CXX Sqn Association that Peter Clare passed away today, peacefully and with his family around him. Peter was a Lifetime Honorary Member of the Sqn Association and, only last year, received the Fellowship Award.

    Peter was the proud son of the father he never knew, Sgt Billy Clare, a CXX Squadron Liberator Flight Engineer who was KIA after attacking U-256 in August 1942. A keen historian and with a lifetime dedicated to CXX Sqn history, Peter finished his book in January.

    My thoughts, and those of the CXX Sqn Association, are with his wife Fay, Grandson Matt and the extended Clare family tonight.


    Endurance.
     
    Roxy, May 9, 2025
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  2. OpanaPointer

    OpanaPointer Pearl Harbor Myth Buster

    To absent friends.
     
    OpanaPointer, May 9, 2025
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  3. Rich Payne

    Rich Payne Rivet Counter Patron 1940 Obsessive

    Rest in peace, Peter. I feel privileged to have followed you to some extent as you put together the story of your father's service. A job well done.
     
    Rich Payne, May 9, 2025
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  4. Owen

    Owen Member

    Oh bugger.

    Rest in Peace Peter.
    Condolences to his family & friends.
     
    Owen, May 9, 2025
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  5. ltdan

    ltdan Nietenzähler

    Ehre seinem Andenken!
     
    ltdan, May 9, 2025
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  6. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Peter was a great man who always helped all who came along.
    He will be greatly missed.
    Condolences to his family & friends.
     
    CL1, May 9, 2025
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  7. Tony56

    Tony56 Member Patron

    Sorry to hear, RIP.
     
    Tony56, May 9, 2025
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  8. Deacs

    Deacs Well i am from Cumbria.

    So sad Peter helped me and like so many who came asking for answers he was a true gentleman and will be sadly missed.
    My condolences to Peters family and friends.
    RIP Peter.

    Mike.
     
    Deacs, May 9, 2025
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  9. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA Patron

    Very sorry to hear that.

    I didn't know him but I enjoyed his posts. Always polite and very knowledgeable
     
    Dave55, May 9, 2025
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  10. dbf

    dbf Member

    Very sorry indeed to hear that, such a decent, helpful person. My condolences to his family.

    He was so pleased to have finished off compiling his father's record.

    Completed service records
     
    dbf, May 9, 2025
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  11. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Thanks for telling us, Roxy.
    Also: bugger.

    One of the chaps that made this place with his detailed devotion to the dad he never met.
    Across direct address at the Runnymede Memorial, to the wider internet.
    Solid work left behind in tribute to those Coastal Command chaps.

    Screenshot 2025-05-09 at 21-07-55 Peter Clare WW2Talk.png

    WW2Talk - Thursday 13 August 1942 the loss of Liberator IIIA LV341 Z/120.

    Whether you knew him or not, but enjoy this place; raise a glass, chaps.

    ~A
     
    von Poop, May 9, 2025
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  12. jonheyworth

    jonheyworth Senior Member

    A sad loss
     
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  13. Mr Jinks

    Mr Jinks Bit of a Cad

    I was deeply saddened to hear about Peter. Please accept my sincere condolences during this difficult time . Sad news.
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    Kyle
     
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  14. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian

    A very sad loss.
     
    Chris C, May 10, 2025
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  15. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member Patron

    RIP Peter
     
    Recce_Mitch, May 10, 2025
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  16. 51highland

    51highland Very Senior Member

    A sad loss . Thankyou for all your shared knowledge, R.I.P.
     
    51highland, May 10, 2025
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  17. Oldman

    Oldman Very Senior Member

    A sad loss.
    Your help and sharing of knowledge given freely will be missed.
    Rip Peter
    Condolences to your family and friends
     
    Oldman, May 10, 2025
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  18. Hugh MacLean

    Hugh MacLean Senior Member

    Very sorry to hear this sad news, Peter was a long-standing member of this site and we will miss him. My condolences to his family and friends. RIP.
     
    Hugh MacLean, May 10, 2025
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  19. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    That is very sad news.
     
    bamboo43, May 10, 2025
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  20. JohnG505

    JohnG505 Getting there......

    RIP Peter.

    God bless you.

    Per ardua ad astra.
     
    JohnG505, May 10, 2025
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