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Air Marshal Sir Peter Guy Wykeham, (born Wykeham-Barnes; 13 September 1915 – 23 February 1995) was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot and squadron commander, and a flying ace of the Second World War. He was credited with 14 and 3 shared aerial victories.
Remaining in the RAF after the War, Wykeham-Barnes was employed as a test pilot before serving with the USAF Fifth Air Force in the Korean War. On his return to Great Britain, Wykeham-Barnes served as station commander at RAF North Weald and then RAF Wattisham before becoming Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations) at Headquarters Allied Air Forces Central Europe in 1953. He went on to join the Air Staff (Operations) at Headquarters RAF Fighter Command in 1956 and became Director of Fighter & Theatre Air Force Operations in 1958. He served as Air Officer Commanding No. 38 Group from 1960, the Director of the Joint Warfare Staff from 1962, the Commander of the Far East Air Force from 1964 and the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff from 1967 before retiring in 1969.
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Published works
Wykeham is the author of a history of Fighter Command ( Fighter Command. A Study of Air Defence 1914–1960) published in 1960 and a biography of Alberto Santos-Dumont, published in 1962.
Family
In 1949 Wykeham married Barbara Priestley; they had two sons and one daughter.
Categories: 1915 Births, 1995 Deaths, British World War Ii Flying Aces, Companions Of The Distinguished Service Order, Knights Commander Of The Order Of The Bath, Officers Of The Order Of The British Empire, People Educated At Hampton School, Recipients Of The Air Force Cross, Recipients Of The Air Medal, Recipients Of The Distinguished Flying Cross, Royal Air Force Air Marshals, Royal Air Force Personnel Of The Korean War, Royal Air Force Personnel Of World War Ii
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