Peter Fletcher (RAF officer)

Educated at St George's College and Rhodes University in South Africa, Fletcher joined the Royal Rhodesian Air Force in 1939 and then transferred to the Royal Air Force.^[2] He served in the Second World War as officer commanding No. 258 Squadron and as station commander at RAF Belvedere in Southern Rhodesia before joining the Directing Staff RAF Staff College (Overseas) in Haifa.^[2] After the war he joined the Directing Staff at the Joint Services Staff College and then became a member of the Joint Planning Staff at the Air Ministry.^[2] He was appointed air attaché in Oslo in 1953, a member of the Directing Staff at the Imperial Defence College in 1956 and station commander at RAF Abingdon in 1958.^[2] 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.^[2] His last appointments were as air officer commanding No. 38 Group in 1966, vice-chief of the air staff in 1967 and controller of aircraft in 1970 before retiring in 1973.^[2]

In retirement he was a director of Hawker Siddeley, director of corporate strategy and planning at British Aerospace and then a member of the Airbus Industry Supervisory Board.^[3]

In 1940 he married Marjorie Kotze; they had two daughters.^[3]