Ray Holmes, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Ray Holmes

RAF officer

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1914

Date of Death: 27-Jun-2005

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Raymond Towers "Ray" Holmes (20 August 1914 – 27 June 2005) was a British Royal Air Force fighter pilot during the Second World War who is best known for his notable act of bravery, while taking part in the Battle of Britain.
On 15 September 1940, Holmes saved Buckingham Palace from being hit by German bombing, when he used his Hawker Hurricane to destroy a Dornier Do 17 bomber over London by ramming but at the loss of his own aircraft (and almost his own life) in one of the defining moments of the Battle of Britain.
He was feted by the press as a war hero for his saving of Buckingham Palace.
The British pilot became a King's Messenger after the war, and died at the age of 90 in 2005.