John Hart (RAF officer)
{{Short description|RAF pilot (1916–2019)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox military person
|name = John Stewart Hart
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|birth_name = John Stewart Hart
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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|9|11|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|6|18|1916|9|11|df=yes}}
|death_place =
|allegiance = United Kingdom
|branch = Royal Air Force
|serviceyears = 1938-1946
|rank = Squadron leader
|unit = No. 602 Squadron
No. 67 Squadron
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|battles = Second World War
|awards = Distinguished Flying Cross
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Squadron Leader John Stewart Hart {{postnominals|country=CAN|size=100%|sep=,|DFC}} (11 September 1916 – 18 June 2019) was a Canadian Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot from 1938 to 1946. He flew Lysanders in the RAF Army Cooperation Command, Spitfires in the Battle of Britain, Hurricanes in Burma and Mustangs in Italy.
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross (London Gazette on 15 June 1945){{cite web |last1=Thorne |first1=Stephan |title=John Stewart Hart: "The Spitfire every time" |url=https://legionmagazine.com/en/2018/10/the-spitfire-every-time/ |publisher=legionmagazine |work=Legion Magazine |date=24 October 2018 |accessdate=29 August 2019}}
References
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{{citation |title=Squadron Leader John Hart, Canadian Battle of Britain pilot, one of the last of 'the Few', who shot down an enemy fighter over Kent – obituary |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=23 August 2019 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/08/23/squadron-leader-john-hart-canadian-battle-britain-pilot-one/}}
{{citation |title=Squadron Leader John Hart obituary |newspaper=The Times|date=29 August 2019 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/john-stewart-hart-obituary-w52bqbd7c}}
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Category:Canadian World War II pilots
Category:Mount Allison University alumni
Category:People from Sackville, New Brunswick
Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
Category:Royal Air Force squadron leaders
Category:Canadian men centenarians
Category:Canadian military personnel from New Brunswick
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