Ernest Melville Charles Guest DFC (May 1920 – 4 October 1943) was a Southern Rhodesian Royal Air Force pilot of the Second World War.

Posted to South Africa as a flight navigation instructor, he was unhappy and got himself transferred back to England on operational duties.

[2] Before the outbreak of the Second World War, he was nominated by the Governor of Southern Rhodesia to be a Royal Air Force cadet at RAF College, Cranwell.

[2] When Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, along with Crown Princess Juliana and other members of the Dutch royal family fled to England in May 1940 aboard the British destroyer HMS Hereward,[4] Guest was in the air escort that accompanied her to safety.

[8][9] Later, he transferred to 61 Air School at George, Cape Province, South Africa, as a navigation instructor.

His qualities of endurance are phenomenal, his ability as a pilot is exceptional, and his devotion to duty is of the highest order.