Peter Woolridge Townsend with several men. - 8x10 photo "Group Captain PeterWoolridge Townsend, CVO, DSO, DFC and Bar, RAF was Equerry to King George VI 1944–1952 and heldthe same position for Queen Elizabeth II 1952–1953. Group Captain Townsend is best known forhis romance with Princess Margaret. Peter Townsend was born 1914 in Rangoon, Burma, and wasHe served in Training Command, and as a flying instructor at RAF Montrose. He was stationedat RAF Tangmere in 1937 and was a member of No. 43 Squadron RAF. The first enemy aircraft tocrash on English soil during World War II fell victim to fighters from Acklington on 3 February1940 when three Hurricanes of ‘B’ flight, 43 Squadron, shot down a Heinkel 111 of 4./KG 26 nearWhitby. The pilots were F/L Townsend, F/O ‘Tiger’ Folkes and Sgt. James Hallowes. He was awardedand a sixth share on 22 April. Enemy aircraft had been shot down in 1939 by the RAF from overScotland's Scapa Flow shipyards during the Luftwaffe's first raid on Britain. On 17 July 1941Peter Townsend married (Cecil) Rosemary Pawle (1921–2004) with whom he had two sons, Giles (b.1942) and Hugo (b. 1945). They divorced in 1952 and Rosemary later married John de László (sonof the painter Philip de László) and became the third wife of the 5th Marquess Camden in 1978. This is a high quality REPRODUCTION print. Where necessary, the image hasbeen cleaned, digitally enhanced and restored by a proffessional to further enhance the qualityand enjoyment of the image. The photos is printed onto a high quality glossy photo paper.
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