the initial Luftwaffe attacks over the Channel and the south coast. Rhodes-Moorhouse shared in the destruction of a Do17 on 7 July and 11 July. He also claimed a Ju88 and shared another on 16 July. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in late July 1940. On 11 August Rhodes-Moorhouse claimed two Bf 109s destroyed. On that same day, his wife Amalia's 21-year-old brother, Dick Demetriadi, who served in the same squadron, was shot down and killed. He claimed another Bf 109 on 18 August, a shared He111 on 30 August, and two Bf 109s probably destroyed on 31 August, with a Do17 destroyed on 4 September. On 6 September, No. 601 Squadron were engaged above Tunbridge Wells with Bf 109s. Rhodes-Moorhouse's Hurricane (P8818) was shot down and crashed near High Brooms railway viaduct. He is buried in a private cemetery in the grounds of his family's former home, Parnham House in Dorset, near Beaminster, with his father. References 1914 births 1940 deaths Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II British people of Māori descent British World War II flying aces Ngāti Tama people People educated at Eton College Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Royal Air Force officers Taranaki (iwi) Military personnel from London Te Āti Awa people The Few Aviators killed by being shot down Ngāti Ruanui people Moorhouse–Rhodes family