Summary Guide

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3.1 IDENTITY STATEMENT

3.1.1 Reference code: GB99 KCLMA Allwood

3.1.2 Title: ALLWOOD, Sqn Ldr D Peter (1918-1998)

3.1.3 Dates of creation of material: 1945, 1950

3.1.4 Level of description: collection level

3.1.5 Extent: 1 file

3.2 CONTEXT

3.2.2 Biographical history: Born 1918; joined RAF as Apprentice Clerk, Ruislip, Middlesex, 1935; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; trained as Pilot, Florida, USA, 1941; commissioned as Pilot Officer, 1942; Flying Instructor, Florida, USA, 1942; service with Bomber Command and piloted Avro Lancasters on bombing raids over Germany, 1943-1944; awarded DFC [1943]; service in RAF Tebrau, Malaya, 1945; Flight Lt, 1946; served in Australia and Singapore; retired as Sqn Ldr, 1952; died 1998.

3.2.5 Provenance/source of acquisition: Placed in the Centre by the family in 1999.

3.3 CONTENT AND STRUCTURE

3.3.1 Scope and content: Thirty one captioned photographs of RAF Tebrau, Malaya, 1945; two typescript essays, written by Allwood in 1950, on improving bombing accuracy, and the advantages and disadvantages of the New Trade Structure from the airman's point of view.

3.3.4 Arrangement: 1 file

3.4 CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE

3.4.2 Access: Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of a letter of introduction.

3.4.3 Copyright: Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

3.4.4 Language: English

3.4.6 Finding aids: Summary guide entry available on-line and in hard copy in the reading room.

3.6 NOTE AREA

3.6.1 Date of compilation: Aug 1999

3.6.2 Decorations: DFC

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