Henry Hunter

Air Commodore Henry John Francis Hunter (29 December 1893 – 12 September 1966) was a pilot and squadron commander in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I, and later a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during World War II. Biography Family background and education Hunter was the older of the two sons of Henry Charles Vicars Hunter, , and the Honourable Florence Edith Louise (née Dormer), daughter of John Baptist Joseph Dormer, 12th Baron Dormer of Wyng. His father was the principal landowner in Kilburn, Derbyshire, but lived at Abermarlais Park, Llangadog, Carmarthenshire. His younger brother Thomas Vicars Hunter also served in the Rifle Brigade and Royal Flying Corps during World War I, but was killed in 1917. World War I After passing out from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Hunter was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) on 5 February 1913. He was promoted to lieutenant on 27 November 1914, and to captain on 8 December 1915.