Please answer the following question: Facts: - battles: world war ii - death date: 22 may 2010 - allegiance: new zealand - rank: flight lieutenant - awards: distinguished flying cross & bar - birth date: 16 may 1922 - serviceyears: 1941 -- 1945 - name: peter hall - branch: royal new zealand air force - unit: no. 488 squadron - death place: cumbria , england - birth place: opotiki , new zealand Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of peter hall -lrb- rnzaf officer -rrb- .
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flight lieutenant peter francis locker hall , dfc & bar -lrb- 16 may 1922 -- 22 may 2010 -rrb- was a new zealand flying ace during world war ii .he had become infatuated with flight in 1928 , when his father bought him a plane ride with australian aviation pioneer charles kingsford smith .hall joined rnzaf no. 488 squadron in 1943 , and along with his raf navigator r. d. marriott , is credited with eight confirmed kills being five junkers 88s , a messerschmitt me 410 , and two dornier 217s .after the war , he chose to stay in england with his wife mary , living in cumbria , and became an aircraft salesman for de havilland .hall regularly returned to new zealand .he left de havilland in 1972 and established an award-winning woodcraft and furniture business .he enjoyed such a good reputation that at one point he was commissioned to create bowls for diana , princess of wales .on 22 may 2010 , a few days after turning 88 , peter hall died .his wife had died in 2009 .they were survived by three children .