page_title: Peter Wykeham
hierarchical_section_title: Peter Wykeham
caption_attribution_description: English: Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. Group Captain P G Wykeham-Barnes, while Officer Commanding No. 140 Wing at Hunsdon, Hertfordshire. during a long and varied career as a fighter pilot, Wykeham-Barnes shot down at least 15 enemy aircraft in the Middle East, North Africa and the United Kingdom between 1940 and 1943. He commanded Nos. 73, 257 and 23 Squadrons RAF in 1941-1942 and also became Wing Commander Fighters of the Desert Air Force. Back in the United Kingdom, he was appointed Sector Commander at RAF Kenley in June 1943, and then served on the Air Staff at the Air Ministry. He assumed command of 140 Wing in March 1944, to be followed by his final wartime appointment on the Air Staff of No. 2 Group of 2 TAF in December.
context_page_description: Air Marshal Sir Peter Guy Wykeham, KCB, DSO & Bar, OBE, DFC & Bar, AFC was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot and squadron commander, and a flying ace of the Second World War. He was credited with 14 and 3 shared aerial victories.
context_section_description: Air Marshal Sir Peter Guy Wykeham, KCB, DSO & Bar, OBE, DFC & Bar, AFC (born Wykeham-Barnes; 13 September 1915 – 23 February 1995) was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot and squadron commander, and a flying ace of the Second World War. He was credited with 14 and 3 shared aerial victories.
caption: Group Captain P. G. Wykeham-Barnes c.1944
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