Squadron Leader Derek Harland Ward, DFC & Bar, was a New Zealand flying ace during the Second World War. He was credited with six kills, one shared destroyed, one probable and four damaged against the Luftwaffe. Ward was shot down and killed by the German ace Hans-Joachim Marseille on 17 June 1942. Among his notable victories was a Focke-Wulf 200 "Condor", destroyed on 1 May 1942.