Squadron Leader Peter Rothwell (20 October 1920 – 20 December 2010) was an English bomber pilot in World War II. Rothwell was born in Bristol, the son of a vicar. He was the eldest of 7 children and was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead. His education was cut short by the early death of his father, resulting in him in taking a job with Imperial Tobacco. Later in the war, Rothwell was brought back to the UK where he undertook instructing and then moved to a Halifax flying meteorological squadron. When he was demobbed, Rothwell had flown 158 operational sorties.