Lot Essay
D.F.C. London Gazette 23.2.1945. Recommendation states 'Flight Lieutenant Lovell has almost completed his second tour of operations. He commenced his first tour in England carrying out offensive sweeps over France. In May 1942 he operated from Malta in defence of the Island until September of that year, completing his tour on defensive patrols over shipping in the Eastern Mediterranean. Flight Lieutenant Lovell returned to operations in June 1944 serving with a Fighter-Bomber Squadron in Italy as a Flight Leader and Flight Commander. During his present tour he has led many attacks against enemy forward positions, communications and shipping. In bombing and straffing attacks Flight Lieutenant Lovell has personally destroyed many enemy locomotives, railway trucks and road transport and his excellent leadership has been responsible for the locating and subsequent destruction of many important targets. Flight Lieutenant Lovell has carried out more than 200 sorties against the enemy and his example in pressing home attacks has contributed much to the successes of the Squadron'.
A.F.C. London Gazette 8.6.1950.
Wing Commander Peter Wilson Lovell, D.F.C., A.F.C., was born in London in July 1921 and educated at the Royal Masonic School in Bushey, Hertfordshire. Joining the Royal Air Force with a Direct Entry Commission in May 1939, he commenced his operational career in Spitfires of No. 234 Squadron on cross-Channel sorties in May 1942. Posted to No. 603 Squadron at Takali on Malta that June, and to No. 229 Squadron at Luqa in August, he flew many sorties in the defence of the 'George Cross Island'. Next employed as a Ferry Pilot in North Africa, he gained his first experience in Kittyhawks and Hurricanes, and joined No. 74 Squadron as O.C. of 'A' Flight in the desert at the end of the year. He flew operationally with 74 until July 1943, when he was transferred to No. 127 Squadron, and subsequently employed as a Liaison Officer. Returning to active service in Mustangs of No. 112 Squadron in June of the latter year, Lovell went on to complete his second tour of duty and win a well-merited D.F.C. As a Regular Officer after the War, he served as a Squadron Leader in Vampires and Venoms of No. 60 Squadron in Malaya between May 1955 and April 1956, attended the Staff College at Andover and gained advancement to Wing Commander in Fighter Command at Bentley Priory. Tragically his promising career was cut short by a fatal car crash in Germany in March 1966, while he was attached to N.A.T.O.
A.F.C. London Gazette 8.6.1950.
Wing Commander Peter Wilson Lovell, D.F.C., A.F.C., was born in London in July 1921 and educated at the Royal Masonic School in Bushey, Hertfordshire. Joining the Royal Air Force with a Direct Entry Commission in May 1939, he commenced his operational career in Spitfires of No. 234 Squadron on cross-Channel sorties in May 1942. Posted to No. 603 Squadron at Takali on Malta that June, and to No. 229 Squadron at Luqa in August, he flew many sorties in the defence of the 'George Cross Island'. Next employed as a Ferry Pilot in North Africa, he gained his first experience in Kittyhawks and Hurricanes, and joined No. 74 Squadron as O.C. of 'A' Flight in the desert at the end of the year. He flew operationally with 74 until July 1943, when he was transferred to No. 127 Squadron, and subsequently employed as a Liaison Officer. Returning to active service in Mustangs of No. 112 Squadron in June of the latter year, Lovell went on to complete his second tour of duty and win a well-merited D.F.C. As a Regular Officer after the War, he served as a Squadron Leader in Vampires and Venoms of No. 60 Squadron in Malaya between May 1955 and April 1956, attended the Staff College at Andover and gained advancement to Wing Commander in Fighter Command at Bentley Priory. Tragically his promising career was cut short by a fatal car crash in Germany in March 1966, while he was attached to N.A.T.O.