Owen Leslie Hardy DFC & Bar AFC (31 July 1922 – 4 January 2018) was a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) pilot flew combat sorties during the Second World War. Hardy was born on 31 July 1922 in Auckland, New Zealand. Before joining the RNZAF in March 1941 he worked as a mechanical engineer. After completing training in Canada he was sent to the United Kingdom in October 1941. The following month he attended 61 OTU (Operational Training Unit) at RAF Heston. Hardy's air combat victories during the war came to 3 definite, 3 shared, 1 probable, 5 damaged and 1 destroyed on the ground.