page_title: Keith Hampshire (RAAF officer)
hierarchical_section_title: Keith Hampshire (RAAF officer)
caption_attribution_description: English: Official caption "Sussex, England. 1944-06-09. Portrait of Squadron Commanding Officer of No. 456 (Mosquito) Squadron RAAF, based at RAF Station Ford, 147 Wing Commander (Wg cdr) K. M. Hampshire DSO DFC, Perth, WA, who destroyed one of the four enemy aircraft shot down by his squadron on the night of D-Day. Wg Cdr Hampshire has destroyed six enemy aircraft in less than two months."
context_page_description: Keith MacDermott Hampshire, DSO & Bar, DFC was a pilot and ace of the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War. He saw action in twin-engine propellor-driven aircraft, flying intruder, ground attack and night fighter missions.
  Hampshire is notable for three achievements in particular:
  becoming the first person to be awarded the Distinguished Service Order twice while posted to RAAF units;
  commanding front-line squadrons in both the Pacific and European theatres, and;
  destroying at least seven enemy aircraft in air combat, all of them during 1944.
  His younger brother, John Hampshire, also commanded RAAF squadrons in both the Pacific and Europe.
context_section_description: Keith MacDermott Hampshire, DSO & Bar, DFC (10 September 1914 – c. 17 November 1982) was a pilot and ace of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Second World War. He saw action in twin-engine propellor-driven aircraft, flying intruder, ground attack and night fighter missions.
  Hampshire is notable for three achievements in particular:
  becoming the first person to be awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) twice while posted to RAAF units;
  commanding front-line squadrons in both the Pacific and European theatres, and;
  destroying at least seven (and perhaps as many as 10) enemy aircraft in air combat, all of them during 1944.
  His younger brother, John Hampshire (1916–1990), also commanded RAAF squadrons in both the Pacific and Europe.
caption: Keith Hampshire in England, 9 June 1944
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