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Born | Ōpōtiki, New Zealand | 16 May 1922
Died | 22 May 2010 Cumbria, England | (aged 88)
Allegiance | New Zealand |
Service/ | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Years of service | 1941–1945 |
Rank | Flight Lieutenant |
Unit | No. 140 Squadron No. 488 Squadron |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
Awards | Distinguished Flying Cross & Bar |
Peter Francis Locker Hall, DFC & Bar (16 May 1922 – 22 May 2010) was a New Zealand flying ace of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during the Second World War. He is credited with the confirmed destruction of eight German aircraft and one more probably destroyed.
Born in Ōpōtiki, Hall joined the RNZAF in 1941. After completing flight training he went to the United Kingdom to serve with the Royal Air Force, initially with 140 Squadron. He was later posted to 488 (New Zealand) Squadron, shooting down several German aircraft over England and France, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar. He was repatriated to New Zealand in early 1945. He later worked in the aviation industry in England before starting a furniture business. Hall died in 2010, aged 88.
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