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Peter Fletcher (RAF officer)

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in 1958. He went on to be Deputy Director of the Joint Planning Staff in 1960, Director of Operational Requirements in 1961 and Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy) in 1964. His last appointments were as Air Officer Commanding
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Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Fletcher
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in 1939 and then transferred to the Royal Air Force. He served in the
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before joining the Directing Staff RAF Staff College (Overseas) in
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Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
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and then a Member of the Airbus Industry Supervisory Board.
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and then became a member of the Joint Planning Staff at the
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In 1940 he married Marjorie Kotze; they had two daughters.
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Obituary: Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Carteret Fletcher
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Index

Durban
London
Royal Air Force
Air Chief Marshal
Controller Aircraft
Vice-Chief of the Air Staff
No. 38 Group
RAF Abingdon
RAF Belvedere
No. 258 Squadron
Second World War
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Force Cross
Air Chief Marshal
KCB
OBE
DFC
AFC
FRAeS
Royal Air Force
Vice-Chief of the Air Staff
Rhodes University
Royal Rhodesian Air Force
Second World War
No. 258 Squadron
Southern Rhodesia
Haifa
Joint Services Staff College

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