Peter Latham (RAF officer)

{{Short description|Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal (1925-2016)}}

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|name= Peter Latham

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|birth_date= {{birth date|1925|06|18|df=yes}}

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|death_date= {{death date and age|2016|12|04|1925|06|18|df=yes}}

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|allegiance= United Kingdom

|branch= Royal Air Force

|serviceyears= 1944–1981

|rank= Air Vice Marshal

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|commands= No. 11 Group (1977–81)
Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre (1973–74)
RAF Tengah (1969–71)
No. 11 Squadron (1958–62)

|battles= Second World War

|awards= Companion of the Order of the Bath
Air Force Cross
Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air (2)

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Air Vice Marshal Peter Anthony Latham, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|AFC}} (18 June 1925 – 4 December 2016) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. From 1977 to 1981, he served as Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group.{{cite web|title=LATHAM, Air Vice-Marshal Peter Anthony|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U23858|website=Who's Who 2017|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate=9 December 2016|date=November 2016}}{{cite news|title=Air Vice-Marshal Peter Latham, leader of the Black Arrows – obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/12/08/air-vice-marshal-peter-latham-leader-black-arrows-obituary/|accessdate=9 December 2016|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=8 December 2016}} Earlier in his career, from 1958 to 1960, he was leader of the Black Arrows (predecessor of the current RAF aerobatic team, the Red Arrows). In 1999, he was made an Honorary President of the Royal International Air Tattoo.{{cite web|title=Trustees|url=http://www.griffon.clara.net/rafh/rafht_trustees.htm|website=Royal Air Force Heraldry Trust|accessdate=9 December 2016}}