Peter Roy Maxwell Drummond
| Sir Peter Roy Maxwell Drummond | |
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Air Commodore Peter Drummond, 1940
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| Born | 2 June 1894 Perth, Western Australia |
| Died | 27 March 1945 (aged 50) Azores |
| Allegiance | Australia United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1914–45 |
| Rank | Air Marshal |
| Unit | No. 1 Squadron AFC (1917) |
| Commands held |
No. 145 Squadron RAF (1918–19) No. 111 Squadron RAF (1919) RAF Tangmere (1931–33) RAF Northolt (1936–37) Air Member for Training (1943–45) |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order & Bar Officer of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross Mentioned in Despatches (4) Commander of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece) |
World War I
World War II
Air Marshal Sir Peter Roy Maxwell Drummond, KCB, DSO & Bar, OBE, MC (2 June 1894 – 27 March 1945) was an Australian-born senior commander in the Royal Air Force (RAF). He rose from private soldier in World War I to air marshal in World War II. Drummond enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1914 and saw action during the Gallipoli Campaign the following year. He joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1916 and became a fighter ace in the Middle Eastern theatre. Transferring to the RAF on its formation in 1918, he remained in the British armed forces for the rest of his life.
Between the wars, Drummond served for two years in the Sudan and for four years in Australia on secondment to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), including a tour as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff. Based in Cairo at the outbreak of World War II, he was Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder's Deputy Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Middle East from 1941 to 1943. Drummond was twice offered command of the RAAF during the war but did not take up the position on either occasion. Britain's Air Member for Training from 1943, he was lost in a plane crash at sea in 1945.
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