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John Michael ARMSTRONG, John Michael
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- Lieutenant (O), John Michael ARMSTRONG, killed in a mid air collision between two Fairey Gannet's AEW3 over the English channel and crashed in the sea near the Lizard, Cornwall, on the 9th April 1962. aged 30. He and the other 5 men were all stationed at Royal Naval Air Station, Culdros also known as H.M.S Seahawk.
The other men are as follows
BARRON, Michael, Lieutenant (O), Born 14th July 1933 and was aged 28 at death.
HOFMANN, Graham Peter, Sub Lieutenant (P). Born 17th October 1939 in Johannesburg, South Africa, he was aged 22 at the time of his death.
MCCONKEY, Michael Allen, Midshipman, Born 18th January 1943 and was 19 at the time of his death
PRICE, Norman Edward, Sub Lieutenant. Born 1st June 1940 and was aged 21 at the time of his death
PROYER, Peter A, Lieutenant Commander (P). Born 27th December 1927 and was aged 34 at the time of his death. His body was never recovered
Lieutenant-Commander P. A. Proyer, Royal Navy, who as a Pilot of a Fairey Gannet, was killed in a mid-air collision off the Lizard, Cornwall on 9 April 1962. War Medal 1939-45; U.N. Korea Medal, these unnamed; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Lieut. (P), R.N.) some contact marks to last, very fine and better
Peter Arthur Proyer joined the Royal Navy -Fleet Air Arm in January 1943 as an Apprentice Air Artificer. He served one year at H.M.S. Caledonia (Rosyth) -the R.N. Artificer Training Establishment and two years at H.M.S. Daedelus II (Clayton Hall, Newcastle-under-Lyne). As a Petty Officer he was discharged c.1948.
His commissioned service started with his being appointed an Acting Sub-Lieutenant on 1 September 1950. Proyer qualified as a Pilot, and was promoted to Lieutenant in July 1952 and Lieutenant-Commander in July 1960. In 1962 he was based at H.M.S. Seahawk -R.N.A.S. Culdrose with 849 Squadron. On 9 April 1962 when on an exercise, Lieutenant-Commander Proyer was the pilot of one of two Fairey Gannets that collided in mid-air over the sea off the Lizard. All six officers on the two aircraft were killed in the accident.
