Group Captain Richard Cummins Haine, OBE, DFC (1 October 1916 – 30 September 2008[1][2][3]) was a British pilot and a Royal Air Force officer from 1936 to 1970.

[4] When he left school, he became an apprentice at the Gloster Aircraft Company and joined a local flying club, soloing in a Tiger Moth in 1935.

[8] The squadron converted to the Hawker Demon, then the Gloster Gladiator and, when the Second World War started, the Bristol Blenheim.

[7][9] These night flights rarely intercepted any aircraft, primarily due to the absence of onboard radar.

600 Squadron RAF against a key airfield at Waalhaven against an incipient landing by German Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft and parachute troops.

[8][11] They evaded capture and returned to England aboard HMS Hereward, the same Royal Navy destroyer that was evacuating the government of Norway and Queen Wilhelmina.

[6][16][8] At the Ministry of Aviation, Haine was a staff officer, responsible for supervising flight testing of new aircraft.

He trained at the Empire Test Pilots' School, and flew the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in the United States.

[6] After retirement from the RAF, Haine worked for a short time as a service liaison officer for an insurance company.