Caesar Hull

Caesar Barrand Hull, DFC was a Royal Air Force flying ace during the Second World War, noted especially for his part in the fighting for Narvik during the Norwegian Campaign in 1940, and for being one of The Fewthe Allied pilots of the Battle of Britain, in which he was shot down and killed. From a farming family, Hulls early years were spent in Southern Rhodesia, South Africa and Swaziland. He boxed for South Africa at the 1934 Empire Games. After being turned down by the South African Air Force because he did not speak Afrikaans, he joined the RAF and, on becoming a pilot officer in August 1936, mustered into No. 43 Squadron at RAF Tangmere in Sussex.

Caesar Barrand Hull was born onFebruary 1914 at Leachdale Farm, a property near Shangani in Southern Rhodesia. His childhood years were divided between Rhodesia and South Africa, and in his early teens the family moved to Swaziland. He was educated at home until 1926, when he began to board at St. Johns College in Johannesburg. A champion boxer, he was a member of South Africas boxing team at the 1934 Empire Games in London.

Source: Wikipedia