238577 P/O. Clifford Dennis Hunt Royal Air Force 607 Squadron from:Cardiff (d.5th June 1942) Clifford Hunt was posted to Padgate Air Crew as a Pilot Under training, on the 12th of September 1939. On the 3rd of November 1939 he was posted to Wick, then on the 28th of December 1939 to 4 I.T.W., Hastings
by the end of the year his rank was A.C.2, Pilot U/T.
Clifford joined No.13 O.T.U. (Bomber Command)on the 20th of May 1940 and on the 10th of June was
posted to 50 Group (pool) then to 8 S.F.T.S. at RAF Montrose on the 10th of August 1940. He qualified as a pilot on the 26th of October 1940 and was posted to 56 O.T.U. (Fighter Command) on the 4th of November, transferring to
22 Squadron at North Coates, Lincolnshire on the 9th of December 1940, then to
607 Squadron at RAF Usworth, Durham on the 16th. On New Years eve 1940 he was promoted to
the Rank of Sgt. Pilot. His service record notes he held this rank when at
Skitten, Caithness with No. 607 Squadron on the 26th of May 1941. On the 26th of June 1941 he was
posted to No. 3 Squadron for Flying Duties at Stapleford Tawney in Essex, On the 18th of July 1941 he was granted a commission as Pilot Officer for duration of hostilities.
He joined No. 174 Squadron for Flying Duties at Manston in Kent, on the 10th of March 1942, this is confirmed in Cliff's diary entry for 10/3/1942, with the note that it was a Fighter Bomber Squadron. On the 8th of May 1942 he was promoted to Flight Commander (Flight Lieutenant) and on the 5th of June 1942 Clifford was killed on Active Service.
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