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Oct. 10, 1971 - R.A.F. Officer Deserted To Fly Mercy Missions'.: Flight Lieutenant Terence Peet desrted as an RAF pilot six years age to fly missions of Mercy in Africa and saved hundreds of lives, it was said yesterday at his court martial at Innesworth, Gleucestershire. Flight Lieutenant Peet, 36, who pleaded guilty to deserting in 1965 from RAF ternhill, Shrepshire, wrote. Flight Lieutenant Peet, 36 who pleaded guilty to deserting in 1965 from RAF Terhill, Shropshire, wrote to the Air Council last year explaining how he flew supplies to starving villagers during the Nigerian war and rescued 570 people in the earlier Conge conflict. He was arrested at Hong Kong airport last month. The letter was read to the court yesterday before he was sentenced to one year's imprisonment and ordered to be cashiered. The sentence is subject to confirmation. Photo shows Flight Lieutenant Terence Peet, who was sentenced to one year's imprisonment and ordered to be cashiered, pictured yesterday

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