Ronald Cuthbert Hay DSO, DSC and Bar (4 October 1916 – 22 November 2001) is the only Royal Marine fighter ace. He joined the Royal Marines just prior to the Second World War in 1935 and then served as an aviator with the Fleet Air Arm. In 1940 he joined 801 Naval Air Squadron flying the two seater Blackburn Skua on HMS Ark Royal for the Norwegian Campaign, claiming his first victory on his first operational flight. He took part in operations covering the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the Dunkirk beaches. Then flying the Fairey Fulmar joined 808 Naval Air Squadron during the Battle of Britain.
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