John Peters (RAF)

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Flight Lieutenant John Peters is a former pilot of the British Royal Air Force.

On his first mission during Operation Desert Storm, an ultra-low level daylight mission on Ar Rumaylah airfield, while acting as number two to Squadron Leader Paul "Pablo" Mason, his Panavia Tornado was hit, and he was captured by the military of Iraq.^[1] After capture he was shown, bruised and apparently beaten, on television.

On repatriation by the Red Cross, Peters co-authored a book, Tornado Down, with John Nicol his navigator. As of 2007 he works as a motivational speaker.

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• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/war/4.html
• http://www.cityspeakersinternational.co.uk/speakers/speaker_john_peters.php
• http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000024991,00.html