Air Vice Marshal
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Alan David "Peter" Gillmore, (17 October 1905 – 27 May 1996) was a
Royal Air Force
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officer who served as Commandant of the
RAF Staff College, Bracknell
The RAF Staff College at Bracknell was a Royal Air Force staff college active for most of the second half of the 20th century. Its role was the training of staff officers in the administrative, staff and policy aspects of air force matters. I ...
.
RAF career
Gillmore graduated from the
RAF College Cranwell
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in 1925.
He became a flight commander first with
No. 201 Squadron in early 1935 and then with
No. 202 Squadron later in the year.
[ He served in the ]Second World War
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on the staff in the Directorate of Plans at the Air Ministry
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before becoming Station Commander at RAF Wick
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* Capillary action ("wicking")
** Candle wick, the cord used in a candle or oil lamp
** Solder wick, a copper-braided wire used to desolder electronic contacts
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in 1943, Director of Operations (Maritime) in 1944 and Air Officer Commanding at Air Headquarters West Africa in 1945.[ After the war he became Director of Postings at the Air Ministry in 1946, Air Officer Commanding No. 64 Group in 1948 and Commandant of the ]RAF Staff College, Bracknell
The RAF Staff College at Bracknell was a Royal Air Force staff college active for most of the second half of the 20th century. Its role was the training of staff officers in the administrative, staff and policy aspects of air force matters. I ...
in 1951. His last postings were as Senior Air Staff Officer, Far East Air Force in 1953 and then as Senior Air Staff Officer, Home Command in 1956 before retiring in 1959.[
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Family
In 1931 Gillmore married Kathleen Morris; they had three sons.[
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References
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1905 births
1996 deaths
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Companions of the Order of the Bath
Royal Air Force air marshals
Royal Air Force personnel of World War II