Felicity Peake
Air Commandant Dame Felicity Hyde, Lady Peake DBE (née Watts; 1 May 1913 – 2 November 2002) was the founding director of the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) She started flying when her first husband took up the hobby in 1935, but in 1946 became the first director of the WRAF. She was Honorary Aide-de-camp to King George VI from 1949 to 1950.
Dame Felicity Peake | |
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Peake in around 1941, by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale | |
| Birth name | Felicity Hyde Watts |
| Born | 1 May 1913 Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, England |
| Died | 2 November 2002 (aged 89) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Women's Auxiliary Air Force Women's Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1939–1950 |
| Rank | Air Commandant |
| Commands held | Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1946–49) Women's Royal Air Force (1949–50) |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
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