Squadron Leader Hilary Richard Lionel "Robin" Hood, DFC (13 May 1908 – 5 September 1940) was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot of the Second World War, who was killed during the Battle of Britain.
His mother remarried and moved to South Africa, while Hood was left in the guardianship of Henry Sykes JP.
At Cranwell he rowed and played hockey for the college, the latter alongside fellow cadet Douglas Bader.
He went to the Gunnery School at RAF Eastchurch for a month course after joining the squadron and remained part of No.
He was then posted to RAF Leuchars, before service with naval aviation training with HMS Courageous at Gosport.
23 Squadron, then serving in China, Shanghai and the Philippines with HMS Hermes, until 1933 when he returned to the United Kingdom and RAF Leuchars.
[3] Reportedly during the Dunkirk evacuation, Hood caused a German bomber to crash in the sea, but does not appear to have made any claim.
The exact cause of Hood's demise remains unconfirmed, although one of the five combat claims made by JG 54 probably relate to this casualty.