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Keith MacDermott Hampshire DSO & Bar, DFC〔(Australian War Memorial, "Search Honours and Awards" ) (access: 6 June 2012)〕 (10 September 1914 – c. 17 November 1982) was a pilot and ace of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Second World War.〔(Nelson, H. N., 2007, "Hampshire, Keith Macdermott (1914–1982)", ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'' ) (6 June 2012).〕〔(WW2 Nominal Roll, 2002, "HAMPSHIRE, KEITH MACDERMOTT" ) (access: 6 June 2012).〕 He saw action in twin-engine propellor-driven aircraft, flying intruder, ground attack and night fighter missions. Hampshire is notable for three achievements in particular: * becoming the first person to be awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) twice while posted to RAAF units;〔David Shannon, the first RAAF officer to receive a DSO and Bar, had been attached to RAF units, (617 Sqn a. k. a. "The Dambusters" ), when he received his decorations. ''The West Australian'', 19 February 1945, p4.〕 * commanding front-line squadrons in both the Pacific and European theatres, and; * destroying at least seven (and perhaps as many as 10) enemy aircraft in air combat, all of them during 1944.〔Dennis Newton (1996). ''Australian Air Aces'', pp.117–118〕〔Martin W. Bowman, 1998, ''Mosquito Fighter/Fighter-Bomber Units of World War 2'', Oxford, Osprey Publishing, p95.〕〔A.D. Garrisson (1999). ''Australian Fighter Aces 1914–1953'', pp.31–32〕 His younger brother, John Hampshire, (1916–1990) also commanded RAAF squadrons in both the Pacific and Europe.〔 ==Early life== The Hampshire family had an agricultural background and Keith was born at Portsea, Port Macquarie, New South Wales,〔''Sydney Morning Herald'', "Family Notices", 19 September 1914, p12.〕 to Gladys May Hampshire and Percy George Hampshire. The family moved to Perth, Western Australia (WA), where Percy Hampshire took up a position as State Dairy Expert and later became a cattle breeder.〔''The Daily News'' (Perth), 20 December 1947, p14.〕 Keith attended Scotch College, where he obtained a Junior Certificate. Hampshire then attended Muresk Agricultural College, worked as a wool classer and gained a pilots' licence in his spare time.〔 and during the same period was also chief instructor at Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club. He joined the RAAF on 18 January 1937 and had the service number of "147" throughout his career.〔 In 1939, Hampshire completed a specialist signals course in England at RAF Cranwell, as the war was breaking out.〔 He was initially posted to signals duties in Australia. Hampshire was promoted to temporary Squadron Leader in 1941 and returned to flying, commanding maritime patrol squadrons: No. 6 Squadron RAAF at RAAF Richmond, and then No. 23 Squadron RAAF in Queensland.〔 He was promoted to temporary Wing Commander in October 1942. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Keith Hampshire (RAAF officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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