| 词条 | Peter Furniss |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Peter Furniss | honorific_suffix = DFC | birth_date = {{birth date|1919|7|16|df=y}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|12|11|1919|7|16|df=y}} | birth_place = West Kirby, Merseyside, England | death_place = | nickname = | birth_name = | allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch = {{army|United Kingdom}} {{air force|United Kingdom}} | serviceyears = 1938 - 1946 1950 - 1982 | rank = Air Vice-Marshal | servicenumber = 47829 | unit = | commands = | battles = World War II *Battle of Tunisia *Allied invasion of Sicily *Allied invasion of Italy | battles_label = | awards = Distinguished Flying Cross (1944) | memorials = | spouse = | relations = | laterwork = | signature = | website = | module = }}Air Vice-Marshal Peter Furniss, DFC (16 July 1919{{spaced ndash}}11 December 2005) was a British solicitor and senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as Director of Legal Services (RAF) and head of the RAF Legal Branch from 1978 to 1982.[1][2] Early lifeFurniss was born on 16 July 1919 in West Kirby, Merseyside, England.[1] He was the youngest of nine children born to a solicitor.[1][2] He was educated at Sedbergh School, a public boarding school in Cumbria.[2] At school, he excelled at sport,[1] and became a cadet corporal in the Junior Division of the Officers' Training Corps.[8] Early career and war serviceAfter leaving school, Furniss became an articled clerk at a solicitors firm in Liverpool.[2] In 1938, he joined the Liverpool Scottish, a Territorial Army regiment affiliated to the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, as a soldier.[1] With World War II looking likely, he left the solicitors firm without completing his training contract to commence officer training.[1] He was commissioned into the British Army as a second lieutenant on 3 May 1939.[3] On 31 January 1942, he was granted the rank of pilot officer (temporary) while serving with the Royal Air Force.[4] He was promoted to flying officer (war substantive) on 1 October 1942.[5] Having transferred to the RAF, he underwent training as a tactical reconnaissance pilot.[1] In March 1943, he joined No. 241 Squadron RAF in Tunisia. With them he flew a Hurricane as part of reconnaissance support for the First Army during the Battle of Tunisia.[1] After victory occurred in North Africa in May 1943, he transferred to No. 154 Squadron RAF based in Malta to fly Spitfires.[1] From the island, he undertook patrols during the Allied invasion of Sicily from July to August 1943.[1] He was wounded when his Spitfire was attacked by a German fighter plane during a landing onto an allied airstrip in Malta.[2] He flew patrols during the Allied invasion of Italy and on 9 September he shot down a German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 over Salerno.[1] He also shared in the destruction of a Dornier Do 217 bomber.[1] He was promoted to flight lieutenant (war substantive) on 31 January 1944.[6] Honours and decorationsOn 29 December 1944, Furniss was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC).[7] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 {{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1506826/Air-Vice-Marshal-Peter-Furniss.html|title=Air Vice-Marshal Peter Furniss|last=|first=|date=3 January 2006|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=7 March 2014|issn=0307-1235}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Furniss, Peter}}2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Peter+Furniss.-a0140505390|title=Peter Furniss|last=Ross|first=Harry|date=5 January 2006|newspaper=Liverpool Daily Post|accessdate=7 March 2014|issn=0962-7553}} 3. ^1 {{London Gazette| issue = 34621| date = 2 May 1939| page = 2922}} {{ISSN|0374-3721}} 4. ^{{London Gazette| issue = 35476| date = 3 March 1942| page = 1016}} {{ISSN|0374-3721}} 5. ^{{London Gazette| issue = 35791| date = 17 November 1942| page = 5035| supp = y}} {{ISSN|0374-3721}} 6. ^{{London Gazette| issue = 36361| date = 1 February 1944| page = 629| supp = y}} {{ISSN|0374-3721}} 7. ^{{London Gazette| issue = 36863| date = 26 December 1944| page = 5954| supp = y}} {{ISSN|0374-3721}} 9 : British solicitors|Royal Air Force officers|1919 births|2005 deaths|People from West Kirby|People educated at Sedbergh School|British Army soldiers|Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders officers|Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) |
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