Philip Hunter (RAF officer)
Philip Hunter, DSO (11 April 1913 – 24 August 1940) was a Royal Air Force pilot, squadron commander and a Second World War flying ace, awarded the Distinguished Service Order for leading the destruction of thirty-eight enemy aircraft in only 2 missions over the Dunkirk evacuation beaches in May 1940. He was killed in action leading his squadron during the Battle of Britain.
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Philip Hunter (RAF officer)
Philip Hunter, DSO (11 April 1913 – 24 August 1940) was a Royal Air Force pilot, squadron commander and a Second World War flying ace, awarded the Distinguished Service Order for leading the destruction of thirty-eight enemy aircraft in only 2 missions over the Dunkirk evacuation beaches in May 1940. He was killed in action leading his squadron during the Battle of Britain.
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Philip Hunter, DSO (11 April 1 ...... during the Battle of Britain.
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No. 264 Squadron RAF
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1913-04-11
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Philip Algernon Hunter
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Phil Hunter DSO 3rd from left standing, with his squadron
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1940-08-24
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Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
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