Bunny Currant

Christopher Frederick Currant DSO DFC*
Christopher Currant as Wing Commander with the Second Tactical Air Force circa 1943
Nickname(s)	"Bunny"
Born	14 December 1911 Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Died	12 March 2006 (aged 94) Taunton, Somerset, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1936–1959
Rank	Wing Commander
Commands held	No. 501 Squadron RAF No. 122 Wing RAF, 2nd Tactical Air Force
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Distinguished Service Order Distinguished Flying Cross Order of St. Olav (Norway) Croix de Guerre Belge (Belgium)

Christopher Frederick Currant, DSO DFC* (14 December 1911 – 12 March 2006), nicknamed "Bunny", was a British RAF fighter ace in the Second World War.

Currant was born on 14 December 1911 in Luton, Bedfordshire. Aged 25 he joined the Royal Air Force in 1936; after qualifying as a pilot he joined No 46 Squadron as a Sergeant pilot and later with No 151 Squadron; he was later commissioned as a pilot officer and began service with 605 squadron at RAF Wick, Caithness on the Wick Bay.

In the second week of The Battle of France in May 1940, his squadron was moved down to RAF Hawkinge in Kent; from here the squadron flew sorties in France where enemy aircraft were attacking the retreating British Expeditionary Force. On one early sortie the engine on his Hawker Hurricane failed, forcing him to crash land in a field, breaking his nose and he was forced to make his own way to Calais where he managed to get a lift on board a vessel back to England.

605 squadron was then moved to RAF Drem where it took part in the interception of the famous Luftflotte 5 raid which took place on 15 August. Currant claimed two Heinkel He 111s shot down. The squadron was again moved south again – this time to RAF Croydon and was soon in the midst of the heaviest fighting in September 1940.