Herbert Hallowes | |
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 Hallowes with a Supermarine Spitfire fighter of No. 122 Squadron | |
| Nickname(s) | 'Darkie' |
| Born | 17 April 1912 Lambeth, London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 20 October 1987 (aged 75) Tenerife, Canary Islands |
| Buried | St Andrew's Church, Tangmere, United Kingdom |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1929–1956 |
| Rank | Wing commander |
| Commands | RAF Dunsfold No. 504 Squadron No. 165 Squadron No. 222 Squadron |
| Battles / wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Distinguished Flying Cross Distinguished Flying Medal & Bar |
Herbert Hallowes, DFC, DFM & Bar (17 April 1912 – 20 October 1987) was a British flying ace who served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He was credited with having shot down at least nineteen aircraft.
Born in Lambeth, Hallowes joined the RAF in 1929 as an aircraft tradesman. Qualifying as a metal rigger three years later, he subsequently trained as a sergeant pilot and was posted to No. 43 Squadron. He achieved several aerial victories while the squadron operated over the evacuation beaches at Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo and in the subsequent Battle of Britain, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal and Bar. Afterwards he was commissioned as an officer. He spent most of 1941 as an instructor and but flew operationally the following year as a commander of a fighter squadron, leading No. 165 Squadron during the Dieppe Raid. He was later commander of the RAF station at Dunsfold. He remained in the RAF in the postwar period, serving in its Secretarial Branch before retiring from the military in 1956. He died in 1987, aged 75.