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Wrote the self biografy ”First Light”, describing his experiences during the Battle of Britain. Well worth reading, or watch the movie based on the book! The Guardian obituary-

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Hugh Spencer Lisle Dundas, CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC (22 July 1920 – 10 July 1995), nicknamed "Cocky", was a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War and later a senior broadcas...

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Charles Dundas, DFC & Bar (19 August 1915 – 28 November 1940) was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War credited with 12 victories.Born in West Yorkshire as the son of ...

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POW - spent two-and-a-half years in Rangoon jail as a prisoner of the Japanese after being forced to land his aircraft in a shallow creek. While a prisoner he learned Japanese and created a Japanese/En...

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DEATH NOTICE According to The London Gazette of 3rd December 1940 page 6866 he was promoted to Flight Lieutenant on 3rd September 1940, 24 days before he was killed in action -

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Alexander William Locke, known as Bill, born 1919. As a flying officer in the Royal Air Force, Bill Cobbe was killed on 8 September 1940 during the Battle of Britain.08/09/1940 72479 Flying Officer Ale...

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South African military veteran. Jackie Moggridge, (born Dolores Theresa “Jackie” Sorour) joined the ATA Hatfield Ferry Pool on 29 July 1940, being the youngest of the female pilots to take part in the ...

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Served Royal Air Force 5 April 1937-, and served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force 1 January 1944- 26 January 1946He was a pilot and then a fighter controllerGrounded on medical advice due to injuri...

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WAR* World War II, 1939-1945CAMPAIGNS* France and Germany (TBC) * 1940 Battle of Britain MEDALS AND AWARDS* Distinguished Flying Cross and bar (DFC*) * DFC. 17.10.1941. DFC Bar. 26.1.1945 * 1939-45 Sta...

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Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy : Dec 11 2016, 21:27:19 UTC “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” (Winston Churchill, 20 Aug 1940) Canadian F/O R...

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Walter Marshall Schwartz, Jr. In 1940, Walter purchased an airplane and learned how to fly. He enlisted in the RAF and fought in the Battle of Britain. In the first ten days of the North Africa Campaig...

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William Henry "Willie" Rhodes-Moorhouse, DFC (4 March 1914 – 6 September 1940) was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot and flying ace who was killed in action during the Battle of Britain. was born on 4 Ma...

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Marshal Sir Thomas Walker Elmhirst KBE, CB, AFC, DL (15 December 1895 – 6 November 1982) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the first half of the 20th century and the first commander-in-c...

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Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader ===From Wikipedia:===( /ˈbɑːdər/) CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, FRAeS, DL (21 February 1910 – 5 September 1982) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter ace durin...

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Captain Sir John William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, 2nd Baronet, DSO, DFC (15 February 1910 – 30 April 1985), formerly 2nd Baron Beaverbrook, was a British Conservative politician and press baron, the son o...

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Prix racing car driver and fighter pilot with 4+ kills in the Battle of Britain (WWII). Air Commodore Whitney Willard Straight CBE, MC, DFC (6 November 1912 – 5 April 1979) was a Grand Prix motor racin...

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Kenneth Haviland DFC (19 January 1921 – 1 July 2002) was an American pilot who flew for the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain. He was one of 11 American pilots who flew with RAF Fighter Comm...

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Peter Wooldridge Townsend Captain Peter Wooldridge Townsend, CVO, DSO, DFC & Bar (22 November 1914 – 19 June 1995) was a Royal Air Force officer, flying ace, courtier and author. He was Equerry to King...

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