RAF
DOSSIER No 40320
P/O F. C. B. St. John
Full Name
Peter Cape Beauchamp St.John
DOB
Nationality
British
Rank
Pilot Officer
 
Year
 Postings
Rank
1937
 Joined RAF in September
Acting Pilot Officer
1937
 Posted to 3 FTS on 11th December
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1938
 Posted to 87 Squadron on 9th July
Pilot Officer
1940
 Posted to 5 OTU on 23rd March
Pilot Officer
1940
 Posted to 501 Squadron
Pilot Officer
1940
 Joined 74 Squadron on 7th May
Pilot Officer
Portrait

P/O St.John joined the RAF on a Short Service Commission in September 1937, being appointed Acting Pilot Officer on 28th November 1937.
He was posted to 3 FTS South Cerney on 11th December and then joined 87 Squadron at Debden on 9th July 1938, becoming a Pilot Officer on 27th September.

Peter arrived at 5 OTU Aston Down on 23rd March 1940 and after converting to Spitfires he was posted to his only squadron; the Tigers, at Hornchurch on 20th April. joined No 74 Squadron on 7th May, 1940, from No 501 Squadron.

Peter was killed on 22nd October, 1940. His Spitfire II (P7431) was shot down by a Bf 109. His aircraft crashed at South Nuttfield, Surrey at 15:30hrs.
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