| 词条 | Peter Harding (RAF officer, born 1940) |
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|name= Peter John Harding |image= |image_size= |alt= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date|1940|06|01|df=yes}} |birth_place= |death_date= {{death date and age|2013|12|27|1940|06|01|df=yes}} |death_place= |placeofburial= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= Royal Air Force |serviceyears= 1960–1998 |rank= Air Vice Marshal |servicenumber= |unit= |commands= RAF Honington (1982–84) No. 12 Squadron RAF (1977–80) |battles= |awards= Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Commander of the Order of the British Empire Air Force Cross |relations= |laterwork= }} Air Vice Marshal Peter John Harding, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|CB|CVO|CBE|AFC}} (1 June 1940 – 27 December 2013) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Defence Services Secretary from 1994 to 1998. RAF careerEducated at Solihull School, Harding joined the RAF in 1960.[1] His initial assignment after completing Initial Officer Training was on the Canberra bomber which he flew from Akrotiri in Cyprus with No. 249 Squadron as part of the Near East Air Force.[2] He then became an instructor, completing a tour at the RAF College, Cranwell[2] during which time he was promoted to flight lieutenant.[3] Following this he was part of the staff at HQ Air Support Command working on Project Trenchard.[2] Harding returned to operational flying on the Vulcan bomber, completing the conversion course and then a short tour back on Cyprus at part of No. 9 Squadron. Promoted to squadron leader[4] at the beginning of 1972 he was posted to No. 44 Squadron at Waddington as a flight commander before attending the Royal Naval Staff College ahead of being appointed as personal staff officer to the Commander-in-Chief, RAF Germany at RAF Rheindahlen.[2] In 1976 Harding was promoted to wing commander[5] and converted to the Buccaneer with No. 237 OCU at Honington. Following this he was appointed as Officer Commanding No. 12 Squadron, also at Honington, in December 1977, with his time in command including overseeing the squadron’s move north to Lossiemouth. Completing this, he then spent a year on the staff of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell.[2] Promoted to group captain on 1 January 1982,[6] Harding then trained on a fourth front-line type, the new Panavia Tornado, at the Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment at Cottesmore. After this he returned to Honington, this time as the station commander.[2] After leaving Honington, Harding attended the Royal College of Defence Studies, and after promotion to air commodore,[7] became the Director of Defence Nuclear Systems at the Ministry of Defence.[1] Promoted to air vice-marshal in 1989[8] he became Deputy Commander-in-Chief, RAF Germany in 1989, Deputy Chief of Staff (Operations) at Headquarters Allied Air Forces Central Europe in 1991, and lastly Defence Services Secretary and Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel) in 1994 before his retirement in 1998.[1][2] Later lifeAfter retirement Harding moved to the Quantocks in Somerset where he became heavily involved in both the local church and school communities, amongst them Deputy Chairman of the Board of Governors of Taunton School.[9] Harding suffered a spinal stroke in 2007 that left him severely disabled and confined to a wheelchair.[2] He died on 27 December 2013.[10] FamilyIn 1966 Harding married Morwenna Jacquiline St John Grey; they had two sons, Jonathan and Philip.[1] In 1997 he was the reviewing officer of No 22 Rotary Wing Advanced Flying Course at RAF Shawbury where he was able to present Philip with his pilot wings as one of the graduates from the course.[2] References1. ^1 2 3 Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-408-11414-8}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Brian Pennicott}}{{s-ttl|title={{nowrap|Defence Services Secretary}}|years=1994–1998}}{{s-aft|after=Rodney Lees}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Harding, Peter}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{Cite web|url=http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Harding_PJ.htm|title=Air Marshal Peter Harding|publisher=Air of Authority|accessdate=29 January 2019}} 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=43769|page=8895|supp=y|date=17 September 1965}} 4. ^{{London Gazette|issue=45564|page=93|supp=y|date=3 January 1972}} 5. ^{{London Gazette|issue=46953|page=9290|supp=y|date=5 July 1976}} 6. ^{{London Gazette|issue=48858|page=488|supp=y|date=11 January 1982}} 7. ^{{London Gazette|issue=50398|page=562|supp=y|date=13 January 1986}} 8. ^{{London Gazette|issue=51603|page=79|supp=y|date=30 December 1988}} 9. ^Taunton School Educational Charity Charity Commission 10. ^Air Vice-Marshal Peter Harding – obituary The Telegraph 8 : 1940 births|2013 deaths|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order|Companions of the Order of the Bath|People educated at Solihull School|Recipients of the Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)|Royal Air Force air marshals |
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