Geboortedatum:

31 december 1912 (Glasgow/Schotland, Groot-Brittannië)

Overlijdensdatum:

17 juni 2004

Dienstnummer:

34018

Nationaliteit:

Britse

Patrick Hunter Dunn kreeg negen luchtoverwinningen toegekend. Hij huwde in 1939 met Diana Ledward-Smith. Ontving tevens een CBE (11 augustus 1950), Companion Orde of the Bath (31 mei 1956) en KCBE (1 januari 1965).

Bevorderingen:
14 maart 1933: Acting Pilot Officer on probation (seniority 3 maart 1933);
3 maart 1934: Pilot Officer;
3 september 1935: Flying Officer;
3 september 1937: Flight Lieutenant;
1 juni 1941: temporary Wing Commander;
1 mei 1945: Wing Commander (war subs.);
1 oktober 1946: Wing Commander;
1 januari 1951: Group Captain;
?: Air Commodore;
1 mei 1959: Acting Air Vice Marshall;
1 juni 1959: Air Vice Marshall;
1 januari 1965: Air Marshall.

Loopbaan:
?: Loretto School;
?: University of Glasgow;
maart 1933: Royal Air Force;
?: No. 5 Flying Training School;
1934: Flying-boat and General Reconnaissance Course, Calshot;
?: No. 201 Squadron;
april 1937: Instructors' Course, CFS;
?: Flying Instructor No. 500 "County of Kent" Squadron;
1938: No. 4 Pilot, Long Range Development Unit;
?: Instructor of Instructors, CFS;
augustus 1939: Headquarters Stasff, Middle East;
5 juli 1940: Commanding Officer No. 80 Squadron;
19 augustus 1940: Commanding Officer No. 274 Squadron;
20 februari 1941: Commanding Officer RAF Amriya;
?: Staff Headquarters No. 203 Group;
1942: Aide de Camp Lord Trenchard;
?: Headquarters RAF Fighter Command;
1944: Operations Officer Headquarters No. 12 Group;
1945: Sector Commander, RAF Coltishall;'
?: Deputy Director Personal Services, Air Ministry;
?: Senior Air Staff Officer, AHQ Malaya;
1951: Instructor NATO Defence College;
?: Planning Officer, RAF Fighter Command;
1953: Operations Officer, RAF Fighter Command;
1956: Commanding Officer RAF Flying College, Manby;
1958: Deputy Air Secretary;
1961: Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group;
1964: Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Flying Training Command;
1967: Pensioen.

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Periode:

Tweede Wereldoorlog (1939-1945)

Rang:

Squadron Leader (Majoor-Vlieger)

Eenheid:

No. 274 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Toegekend op:

11 februari 1941

Aanbeveling:
Voornamelijk door zijn opmerkelijk en vastberaden leiding heeft het vorige en huidige squadron dat onder bevel van Squadron Leader Dunn stond ten minste 68 vijandelijke vliegtuigen vernietigd. Squadron Leader Dunn heeft daarvan ten minste zeven toestellen voor zijn rekening genomen.

LG 35073/831.

• - The London Gazette of 14th March 1933, Issue 33921
  - The London Gazette of 3rd April 1934, Issue 34040
  - The London Gazette of 1st October 1935, Issue 34203
  - The London Gazette of 10th September 1937, Issue 34434
  - The London Gazette of 11th February 1941, Issue 35073
  - The London Gazette of 10th June 1941, Issue 35187
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 1st November 1946, Issue 37776, dated 5th November 1946
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 8th August 1950, Issue 38990, dated 11th August 1950
  - Eighth Supplement to The London Gazette of 29th December 1950, Issue 39111, dated 2nd January 1951
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 25th May 1956, Issue 40787, dated 31st May 1956
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 15th May 1959, Issue 41710, dated 19th May 1959
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 26th June 1959, Issue 41753, dated 30th June 1959
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 29th December 1964, Issue 43529, dated 1st January 1965
  - Ninth Supplement to The London Gazette of 29th December 1964, Issue 43537, dated 1st January 1965