One report says that Peters was asked to provide two ships for special operations and judged the assignment likely to be suicidal. He chose his own command and sought a second volunteer rather than passing the danger to subordinates. After surviving Oran, he died when a Sunderland flying boat crashed in thick fog near Plymouth Sound, despite the pilot holding him in the water for ninety minutes. Peters has no known grave, and Mount Peters in British Columbia bears his name.
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Peters volunteers when asked to nominate ships for danger
A reported origin story for Operation Reservist has Peters nominate himself after judging the assignment likely to be suicidal.