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Gillmore graduated from the Royal Air Force College Cranwell in 1925.
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Peter Gillmore
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He became a flight commander first with Number. 201 Squadron in early 1935 and then with Number. 202 Squadron later in the year.
He served in the Second World War on the staff in the Directorate of Plans at the Air Ministry before becoming Station Commander at Royal Air Force Wick in 1943, Director of Operations (Maritime) in 1944 and Air Officer Commanding at Air Headquarters West Africa in 1945.
After the War he became Director of Postings at the Air Ministry in 1946, Air Officer Commanding Number. 64 Group Royal Air Force in 1948 and Commandant of the Royal Air Force Staff College, Bracknell in 1951.
His last postings were as Senior Air Staff Officer, Far East Air Force in 1953 and then as Senior Air Staff Officer, Royal Air Force Home Command in 1956 before retiring in 1959. In 1931 Gillmore married Kathleen Morris.
They had three sons.
