John "Cat's Eyes" Cunningham CBE, DSO & Two Bars, DFC & Bar, AE (27 July 1917 – 21 July 2002) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) night fighter ace during the Second World War and a test pilot. During the war he was nicknamed "Cat's Eyes" by the British press to explain his successes and to avoid communicating the existence of airborne radar to the enemy.
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27 July 1917 Croydon, Surrey, England
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Died |
21 July 2002 (aged 84) Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England
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Zodiac | Leo |
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