serviceyears laterwork branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date nickname rank article_title name
1927 -- 1960 rolls royce aero division employee , australia united kingdom chichester , west sussex 06 december 2004 brixton , london united kingdom no. 245 squadron raf no. 135 squadron raf 43 squadron raf no. 3 squadron raf no. commander flying cross & two bars air force cross distinguished flying of medal silver star -lrb- united states -rrb- the order of the british empire distinguished world war ii 07 may 1912 chota group captain frank reginald carey
 frank reginald carey
frank reginald carey

group captain frank reginald `` chota '' carey & two bars , afc , dfm -lrb- 7 may 1912 -- 6 december 2004 -rrb- was an english fighter ace of world war ii credited with 25 victories , three shared destroyed , four unconfirmed destroyed , four probables and eight damaged .
he was the second-highest scoring hawker hurricane fighter ace of the war .
