What is Peter Harding (RAF officer, born 1933)?
{{Infobox military person |name= Sir Peter Harding |image= Les Aspin with Air Marshal Sir Peter Harding (cropped).jpg |image_size= |alt= |caption= Harding in 1993 |birth_date= {{birth date|df=yes|1933|12|2}} |death_date= {{death date and age|df=y|2021|8|19|1933|12|2}} |birth_place= [[Lambeth]], London, England |death_place= |placeofburial= |nickname= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= [[Royal Air Force]] |serviceyears= 1952–94 |rank= [[Marshal of the Royal Air Force]] |servicenumber= |unit= |commands= [[Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the Defence Staff]] (1992–94)<br/>[[Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the Air Staff]] (1988–92)<br/>[[RAF Strike Command]] (1985–88)<br/>[[No. 11 Group RAF|No.&nbsp;11 Group]] (1981–82)<br/>[[RAF Bruggen]] (1974–76)<br/>[[No. 18 Squadron RAF|No.&nbsp;18 Squadron]] (1966–69) |battles= [[Gulf War]] |awards= [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]] |relations= |laterwork= }} [[Marshal of the Royal Air Force]] '''Sir Peter Robin Harding''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCB}} (2 December 1933 – 19 August 2021) was a [[Royal Air Force]] officer. He was a bomber pilot in the 1950s. He became [[Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the Air Staff]] in 1988. He became [[Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the Defence Staff]] in December 1992. Harding died on 19 August 2021, aged 87.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/08/22/marshal-raf-sir-peter-harding-charismatic-imposing-chief-defence/|title=Obituary: Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Peter Harding|newspaper= The Daily Telegraph|date=22 August 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Harding, Peter}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:British aviators]] [[Category:British military people]] [[Category:People from the London Borough of Lambeth]] {{bio-stub}}