Ray Holmes
(1914-2005)
Royal Air Force officer
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Raymond Towers "Ray" Holmes (20 August 1914 – 27 June 2005) was a British Royal Air Force fighter pilot during the Second World War who is best known for his notable act of bravery, while taking part in the Battle of Britain. On 15 September 1940, Holmes saved Buckingham Palace from being hit by German bombing, when he used his Hawker Hurricane to destroy a Dornier Do 17 bomber over London by ramming. He was feted by the press as a war hero for his saving of Buckingham Palace. The British pilot became a King's Messenger after the war, and died at the age of 90 in 2005.
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20 August 1914 Wallasey, United Kingdom
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27 June 2005 (aged 90) Wirral, United Kingdom
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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