John Nunn (RAF officer), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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British Royal Air Force officer, mathematician, and politician
Date of Birth: 11-Apr-1919
Date of Death: 03-Jul-2013
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About John Nunn (RAF officer)
- Wing Commander John Leslie Nunn, DFC, AE (11 April 1919 – 3 July 2013) was a British Royal Air Force officer, mathematician, and politician.
- He served as an RAF pilot during World War II and, having been taken prisoner, was involved in The Great Escape.
- It was his miscalculations that caused the tunnel to be too short.
- This meant the escapees were visible to guards in the camp and only three men successfully escaped.
- He continued to serve in the RAF after the war specialising in navigation and intelligence.
- After retiring from the military he worked at IBM and as a Conservative Party councillor.
- He was Mayor of Winchester from 1992 to 1993.
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