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Air Vice-Marshal P Turner (197407)


Peter    b:   29 Dec 1924                     r:   29 Dec 1979                      d: xx xxx 2012

RAFVR: AC2: xx xxx 1943 LAC: xx xxx xxxx, Sgt: xx xxx xxxx, Flt Sgt: xx xxx xxxx, Plt Off (P): 30 Apr 1945, Plt Off:  30 Oct 1945, Fg Off (WS): 30 Oct 1945

RAF: Fg Off:  1 Apr 1948 [20 Apr 1947], Flt Lt: 7 Jun 1951, Sqn Ldr: 1 Oct 1957, Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1964, Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1969, Act A/Cdre: 18 Dec 1972, A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1973, Act AVM: 4 Dec 1975, AVM: 1 Jul 1976

xx xxx 1943:               U/T Wireless Operator, No ? ITW

xx xxx xxxx:                Attended No ? Radio School

xx xxx xxxx:                Attended, No ? OTU

12 Dec 1944:             Wireless Operator, No 640 Sqn

30 Apr 1945:             Appointed to an Emergency Commission in the RAFVR

1 Apr 1948:               Appointed to a Short Service Commission (5 years) and transferred to the Secretarial Branch in the rank of Fg Off

1 Apr 1952:               Appointed to a Permanent Commission in the Secretarial Branch in the rank of Flt Lt

xx xxx xxxx:               Officer Commanding RAF Uxbridge

18 Dec 1972:             Director of Personnel (Ground) (RAF)

 4 Dec 1975:              AOA, Support Command

He was born in Chesterfield and after attending Tapton House School, he worked in the office of Brampton Brewery. He completed 19 operational missions over Europe with No 640 Squadron.

Following retirement he became Fellow Bursar at Wolfson College, Cambridge, and was awarded a Cambridge MA, retiring from Wolfson College in December 1989.

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