Peter Latham (RAF officer)

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Template:Infobox military person Air Vice Marshal Peter Anthony Latham, Template:Post-nominals (18 June 1925 – 4 December 2016) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. From 1977 to 1981, he served as Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group.[1][2] Earlier in his career, from 1958 to 1960, he was leader of the Black Arrows (predecessor of the current RAF aerobatic team, the Red Arrows).[1] In 1999, he was made an Honorary President of the Royal International Air Tattoo.[3]

Honours

In the 1954 New Year Honours, Latham was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air.[4] In the 1960 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was awarded the Air Force Cross (AFC).[5] In the 1961 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service for a second time.[6] In the 1980 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).[7]

References


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Preceded by Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group
1977–1981 		Succeeded by


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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 LATHAM, Air Vice-Marshal Peter Anthony.  (November 2016)  Oxford University Press.  Retrieved from Who's Who 2017
  2. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"Air Vice-Marshal Peter Latham, leader of the Black Arrows – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Trustees.  Retrieved from Royal Air Force Heraldry Trust
  4. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"No. 40053". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1953. pp. 34–35.
  5. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"No. 42051". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1960. p. 4007.
  6. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"No. 42370". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1961. p. 4177.
  7. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"No. 48041". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1979. p. 2.
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