Maurice Clinton Hinton Barber, (born 8 August 1912 in Craddock) was a South African lieutenant colonel in the South African Air Force during World War II. Barber served during World War II in the Squadron 250 of the RAF on the Western front in 1942. He went on to command &lt;a href="No.%20450%20Squadron%20RAAF"&gt;Squadron 450 / RAAF&lt;/a&gt; November 1942 until March 1943. Although it was considered to have achieved 5 wins, it seems that this total is only 3. He received a DFC in February 1943 and was transferred to the SAAF with the rank of lieutenant colonel. After the war he became Director of Civil Aviation in Southern Rhodesia.