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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Peter Donald b: 3 Jun 1923 r: 3 Jun 1978 d: 5 Apr 2014
OBE – 1 Jan 1961, AFC – 1 Jan 1947, Bar – 7 Jun 1951, Bar – 2 Jan 1956, MRAeS.
Plt Off: 7 Jul 1942, Fg Off (WS): 3 Jan 1941, Flt Lt (WS): 3 Jul 1944, Flt Lt: 16 Aug 1947 [3 Jan 1946], Sqn Ldr: 1 Jan 1953, Wg Cdr: 1 Jan 1959, Act Gp Capt: 26 Mar 1965, Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1966, Act A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1966?, A/Cdre: 1 Jul 1974.
xx xxx 1940: U/T Pilot
xx xxx 1942: Pilot, No 193 Sqn (Typhoons – Harrowbeer)
xx Sep 1943: Pilot, No ? Sqn (Mustangs)
xx xxx 1944: Instructor, No ? OTU
xx xxx 1945: Attended Pilot Attack Instructors' Course, Central Gunnery School
xx xxx 1945: Pilot Attack Instructor, Central Gunnery School
xx Aug 1948: Chief Instructor, APC RAF Nicosia
xx xxx 1951: Attended Empire Test Pilots' School
xx xxx 1951: Test Pilot, Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment.
10 Oct 1955: Staff Officer, Directorate of Operational Requirements (A)
xx xxx 1957: Wing Commander – Operations, RAF Oldenburg.
1 Jan 1961: 'B' Syndicate Leader, Air Warfare Course, RAF Flying College.
8 Jul 1963: Staff, Directorate of Intelligence (A).
26 Mar 1965: Officer Commanding, RAF Unit (MoA), Farnborough
15 Mar 1968: Staff, Dept of CAS.
8 Jun 1970: Air Attaché, Kabul and Tehran.
29 Nov 1974: Air Attaché, Moscow.
In 1954 he was appointed the chief service test pilot for the Supermarine Swift, which was ultimately found unsuitable as a fighter but following further work by Thorne and his colleagues eventually proved successful as a low level fighter reconnaissance type.
After retiring from the RAF he became an air defence systems consultant with Hunting Engineering.
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