Group Captain Arthur Hicks Peck, DSO, MC & Bar (25 April 1889 – 14 February 1975) was an officer of the Royal Air Force, who was a flying ace credited with eight aerial victories in the First World War.
[1] Flying a Bristol F.2 two-seater, with Captain John Lloyd-Williams as his observer/gunner, Peck's first aerial victory came on 30 October 1917, forcing down a Type C reconnaissance aircraft north-west of Al-Khalasa, which was then captured.
[1] On 17 November Peck was recommended for a Military Cross, following an action on 29 October when he single-handedly drove off three enemy reconnaissance aircraft over the Gaza Front.
[12] On 3 March he and Major F. W. Stent shared in the destruction of a Type C reconnaissance aircraft south-east of Yehudieh, for Peck's fifth victory, earning him flying ace status.
[13] Finally, on 23 March, Peck drove down out of control a Type C and two D.IIIs north of Jericho,[1] an action which earned him a Bar to his Military Cross.
[2] In January 1921 his short-service commission was made permanent,[18] and he was a member of the aerobatic display team, led by Squadron Leader Christopher Draper, in the annual Royal Air Force Aerial Pageant in June.
[32] Peck was promoted to group captain on 1 July 1935,[33] giving up command of Northolt on 3 November,[34] and being appointed Senior Air Staff Officer at the Headquarters of RAF Far East at Singapore on 21 December.