Group Captain John Allman Hemingway, DFC, AE (born 17 July 1919) is an Irish former Royal Air Force fighter pilot.

Following the death of Terry Clark in May 2020, Hemingway became the last verified surviving airman of the Battle of Britain.

[3] Hemingway was accepted to serve in the Royal Air Force and was granted a short service commission on 7 March 1938.

[4] In January 1939, Hemingway began training in Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire.

The following day, Hemingway destroyed a Do 17 and was forced to make a landing near Maastricht after his plane was damaged.

He was again shot down over Eastchurch on 26 August;[5][1] making Hemingway 85 Squadron's first official combat victim over Britain.

He was promoted to flight lieutenant on 23 January 1946,[11] and on 6 March 1946 was made a war substantive squadron leader.

[1] When William Clark died on 7 May 2020, Hemingway became the last verified surviving airman of the Battle of Britain.

[19] In 2024, Hemingway unveiled a series of 5 portraits entitled ‘The Last of the Few’ at the British Embassy of Dublin, marking his 105th birthday, by artist, Dan Llywelyn Hall.