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Peter Hairs

Flight Lieutenant Peter Hairs Name : Peter Hairs Died : 2014 Air Victories : 1.50

Peter Hairs joined the RAFVR in 1937, and was called up at the outbreak of war in September 1939 to complete his training. After being commissioned he converted to Hurricanes, joining 501 Squadron at Tangmere in January 1940. He went to France with the squadron in May, claiming a share in a Dornier Do17 a few days after arriving. 501 covered the evacuation of the BEF from Cherbourg before re-assembling in England. On the 3 June he was shot down, but fortunately not seriously hurt and two days later he rejoined the squadron at Le Mans. On September 5th he downed an Me109, Peter Hairs was posted to 15 FTS, Kidlington on October 13th 1940 as an instructor. He went to 2 CFS, Cranwell for an instructors course on February 23rd of 1941. after which he taught at 11 FTS, Shawbury and 10 EFTS, Weston-Super-Mare before being posted to Canada in June as a EFTS flying instructor and then assistant CFI (EFTS). In December 1943 he was posted to join 276 Squadron to 19 OTU. He concluded the war in India, receiving a mention in dispatches.

Known Service Details :
Squadron	Rank	Start of Service	End of Service	Known Dates	Aircraft	Airframes	Notes
No.276 Sqn RAF		unknown	unknown
No.501 Sqn RAF	Pilot Officer	January 1940	unknown	03rd June 1940 05th September 1940	Hurricane	P2867

Artwork signed by this Pilot or Aircrew

Those Valiant Few by Robert Taylor.

Glorious Summer by Robert Taylor. (B)

Vital Force by Richard Taylor.

Bitter Engagement by Robert Taylor. (AP)

Battle Attack by David Pritchard

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Flight Lieutenant Peter Hairs

Known Individual Aircraft :
Type	Serial	Codes	First Flew	Squadron History	Aircrew History	History Notes	Engine	Factory
Hurricane I	P2867		-	details	details	details

Aircraft for : Peter Hairs
A list of all aircraft associated with Peter Hairs. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name.
Aircraft	Info
Hurricane Click the name above to see prints featuring Hurricane aircraft. Manufacturer : Hawker Production Began : 1936 Number Built : 14533	Hurricane Royal Air Force Fighter, the Hawker Hurricane had a top speed of 320mph, at 18,200 feet and 340mph at 17,500, ceiling of 34,200 and a range of 935 miles. The Hurricane was armed with eight fixed wing mounted .303 browning machine guns in the Mark I and twelve .303 browning's in the MKIIB in the Hurricane MKIIC it had four 20mm cannon. All time classic fighter the Hurricane was designed in 1933-1934, the first prototype flew in June 1936 and a contract for 600 for the Royal Air Force was placed. The first production model flew ion the 12th October 1937 and 111 squadron of the Royal Air Force received the first Hurricanes in January 1938. By the outbreak of World war two the Royal Air Force had 18 operational squadrons of Hurricanes. During the Battle of Britain a total of 1715 Hurricanes took part, (which was more than the rest of the aircraft of the Royal air force put together) and almost 75% of the Victories during the Battle of Britain went to hurricane pilots. The Hawker Hurricane was used in all theatres during World war two, and in many roles. in total 14,533 Hurricanes were built.

Squadrons for : Peter Hairs
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Peter Hairs. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
Squadron	Info
No.276 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 21st October 1941 Fate : Disbanded 14th September 1945 Retrieve Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.276 Sqn RAF	No.276 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.501 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 14th June 1929 Fate : Disbanded 10th March 1957 County of Gloucester, City of Bristol (Auxiliary) Nil time - Fear nothing Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.501 Sqn RAF	No.501 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.

Last edited : 11:37, June 28, 2017
Last editor : kc

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