Barrie Heath Military person

Sir Barrie Heath, DFC, AE (11 September 1916 – 22 February 1988) was a World War II Royal Air Force Spitfire pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. After the war he had a successful career in industry, rising to become chairman of the industrial conglomerate GKN. In 1978 he received a knighthood for services to export.

Personal facts

Barrie Heath
Birth dateSeptember 11, 1916
Birth place
Kings Norton , Warwickshire
Date of deathFebruary 22, 1988
Place of death
England

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Military person

award
Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
military operations
Battle of Britain
World War II
military unit
No. 43 Squadron RAF
No. 611 Squadron RAF
service start1938
service end1946

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External resources

  1. http://books.google.com/books?id=_rcsEah93-cC&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=barrie+heath+spitfire&source=bl&ots=EcT7ro9GNS&sig=TKnlIARD2yFXJX7KHUWfDZYTORI&hl=en&ei=MdrISbrkFtTIjAeFzonJAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result#PPA104,M1
  2. http://www.611squadronrauxaf.co.uk/history/combatclaims.html
  3. http://www.611squadronrauxaf.co.uk/news/051024BarrieHeath/051024BarrieHeath.html
  4. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1946/1946%20-%200061.html
  5. http://www.spitfiresociety.demon.co.uk/present.htm