Johannes Jacobus "Chris" le Roux, DFC & Two Bars (12 April 1920 – 29 August 1944) was a South African-born flying ace of the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War.

Le Roux went missing on 29 August when his aircraft was lost while he was flying his Spitfire to England.

Born on 12 April 1920 in Heidelbergl in the Transvaal, South Africa, Johannes Jacobus le Roux, known informally as Chris, was educated in Springs.

After completing his education, he applied to join the South African Air Force (SAAF) but was rejected.

Le Roux subsequently worked in the mining industry to save funds to travel to the United Kingdom.

[2] His new unit, equipped with the Supermarine Spitfire fighter and based at Hawkinge, was tasking with patrolling the coastline along Kent as well as being engaged in sorties to German-occupied Europe as part of the RAF's Circus offensive.

[6] Promoted to flying officer in April, le Roux damaged a Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter near Folkestone on 16 May.

[2] The citation, published in The London Gazette on 17 October, read: This officer has carried out over 200 operational sorties which have included shipping reconnaissances, during which much valuable information has been obtained, and numerous attacks on shipping and enemy aerodromes in the face of heavy enemy fire.

[2] Le Roux shot damaged a pair of Focke Wulf 190 fighters over their own airfield on 30 September.

[2] The published citation read: Since being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross this officer has destroyed a further five enemy aircraft.

[2] Le Roux shot down a Fw 190 north of Béja on 3 April and three days later, damaged a Bf 109 near Enfidaville.

602 Squadron, which was based at an airfield in Longues-sur-Mer in France as part of the RAF's Second Tactical Air Force.

[11] On the morning of 15 July, not long after le Roux took command of the squadron, he shot down a Fw 190 near Caen.

[2] On 17 July le Roux carried out a sortie in which he destroyed a Bf 109 near Flers and damaged a second.

The driver lost control and the car then struck a tree and spun off the road, ejecting Rommel who fractured his skull.

He had made one final claim for an aerial victory in the days prior, a Fw 190 that was destroyed to the southwest of Vire.