Captain John Ellis Langford Hunter DFC, DSC (31 January 1897 – 18 June 1971) was a British World War I flying ace credited with 13 confirmed aerial victories.

On the 22nd, he shared one of his two victories with Turney when they shot down two seaplanes northeast of Ostend,[5] for which he was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

[8] He continued to score sporadically until 12 August, when he flamed one Fokker D.VII, destroyed another, and drove a third down out of control, to bring his total to 13.

[5][6] Hunter was confirmed in the rank of captain on 21 January 1919,[9] but left the RAF six months later, being transferred to the unemployed list, on 2 July.

[10] Ellis died in South Africa in 1971, and is buried in the cemetery at Somerset West, Western Cape.