Peter Yanai

Flight Sergeant Peter Yoshihide Yanai was an English airman of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died during the Second World War.
He was born in 1924, at Marylebone, the son of Japanese-born Yoshihide, who was naturalized in 1949 at which time he was employed as a warehouse assistant,The London Gazette (38763), p. 5485), 18 November 1949. Retrieved 11 August 2013. and Eveline M. Yanai (née Harvey).
Yanai, serving as a wireless operator in 424 (RCAF) Squadron, died on 7 March 1945 when his Avro Lancaster (serial number NG346) was lost during a raid on the German city of Dessau. The Lancaster's pilot, Flying Officer D.W. Lighthall, RCAF, survived and was taken prisoner.Chorley, W.R. (1992), Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: Aircraft and crew losses: 1945, p. 120.
The six crew are buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery.
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*Yanai, Peter Yoshihide, cwgc.org. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
Category:1924 births
Category:1945 deaths
Category:British military personnel
Category:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Category:British people of Japanese descent
Category:Royal Canadian Air Force
Category:Buried in Germany
Category:Flight Sergeants