Peter Raw, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Peter Raw

Royal Australian Air Force pilot and officer

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1922

Place of Birth: Carnegie, Victoria, Australia

Date of Death: 14-Jul-1988

Profession: aircraft pilot

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Air Commodore Peter Frank Raw, DSO, DFC, AFC (5 June 1922 – 14 July 1988) was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) pilot and officer.
He joined the RAAF in 1941, and served as a flight instructor, bomber pilot and the commander of a communications unit during World War II.
After the war he became a specialist navigator.
Raw was appointed the commander of No.
2 Squadron in January 1953, but temporarily left this position for part of the year to participate in the 1953 London to Christchurch air race, in which he placed second.
He returned to lead No.
2 Squadron at the end of 1953 and held this position until 1955. Raw subsequently served in staff and diplomatic roles until 1965, when he took command of No.
82 Wing.
Between May 1966 and April 1967, he served as the air support co-ordinator for the Australian forces in South Vietnam; his initial refusal to commit RAAF helicopters to assist the Australian Army force that was in danger of being defeated during the Battle of Long Tan in August 1966 generated lasting controversy.
Raw served in various staff and training positions until 1972, when he was appointed the commander of RAAF Base Butterworth.
He returned to Australia in 1976 and retired from the RAAF two years later.