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===Pilots=== [[File:Kenley Sqn photo.jpg|thumb|right|[[Air Officer Commanding|AOC]] [[RAF Fighter Command]], [[Air chief marshal]] [[Hugh Dowding]] visit to [[No. 46 Squadron RAF|No. 46 Squadron]] at RAF Kenley in 1938]] Many famous pilots served at Kenley, including the famous South African fighter ace [[Sailor Malan|'Sailor' Malan]], Group Captain P. H. 'Dutch' Hugo, [[C. W. A. Scott]] (winner of the [[MacRobertson Air Race]]) who served there with [[No. 32 Squadron RAF]] from 1923 to 1926, and the British ace [[Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer)|JE "Johnnie" Johnson]], later Air Vice-Marshal, who took over the Canadian wing at Kenley in 1943. P/O Arthur Gerald Donahue, 64 Squadron, flew out of Kenley. Donahue was from St. Charles, Minnesota, USA, and was one of seven Americans to fly and fight in the Battle of Britain. He was shot down 13 August 1940, and suffered burns but later returned to service. Donahue described his experiences in the book, "Tally Ho! Yankee in a Spitfire" published by Macmillan in 1941.
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