Second World War

People profiles from the second world war era of the Royal Air Force.

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Group Captain

John Cunningham

CBE DSO and Two Bars DFC and Bar AE Silver Star Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class
Aircrew

John Cunningham was the RAF's leading night-fighter ace and later a de Havilland test pilot who linked radar warfare with Britain's early jet age.

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Rank Group Captain
Born 27 July 1917
Died 21 July 2002
Era Second World War

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