Amazing bloke Peter, he nearly bought it over Berlin when a piece of flak came up thru the fuselage, between the pilots, hitting the roof and then falling back on him. (he has still got it and it is very heavy metal weighing about 3 kilos). It knocked him out for about 10mins whilst the Lanc was in the spotlights, but somehow they got thru. How he survived 2 sorties is amazing as most pilots and crew only lasted about 18 raids but he lasted 60 and of course went on to fly for TAA until retirement at 60. He is renouned for his toughness, and his total dislike of management, and one of the best stories (and true) is his great love of fishing, and living near SYD airport he spent many happy hours in Botany Bay fishing away, and then not able to possibly eat all he caught, he took the catch up to the Brighten Le Sands Hotel dressed in shorts, singlet and thongs and flogged the catch. Unfortunately the same hotel was the haunt of Airline management, and you can imagine the amazement of Ball and John Hickey who were lunching there to see one of their senior Captains flogging fish. As you can imagine he was invited in for tea and bikkies and ten minutes later they were left in no doubt after Peter told them he would do what he freccin well liked when not in uniform, and they could stick their airline up their ar#e, and of course Peter won, as he was a excellent senior Captain serving TAA in New Guinea, on the 3s then on to the Fockers, the 9 (which he loved) and finally retired on the Airbus, (and he still happily flogged his fish) and management decided to leave well alone. They don't make em like Peter anymore.