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Peter Drummond (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 the following year saw service as a medical orderly during the Gallipoli Campaign. He joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1916 and became a fighter ace in the Middle Eastern theatre, where he was awarded the Military Cross and the Distinguished Service Order and Bar. Transferring to the RAF on its formation in 1918, he saw action in the Sudan, was posted to Australia on secondment, and commanded RAF stations Tangmere and Northolt. Ranked air commodore at the outbreak of World War II, he was Deputy Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Middle East from 1941 to 1943. Drummond was knighted in 1943 for his services in the Middle East. Britain's Air Member for Training from 1943, he was killed in a plane crash at sea in 1945. (Full article...)
Pinging Ian Rose; as I mentioned, we're doing blurbs for articles promoted at FAC in June, July and August 2018. Thoughts and edits are welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 00:40, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
- Tks Dan, nothing leaps out, it seems to read well and cover salient points -- I assume the infobox image will be in there...? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 03:47, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks, and added. John says hi. - Dank (push to talk) 04:02, 3 December 2019 (UTC)