List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (O–R)
The following is a list of pilots and other aircrew who flew during the Battle of Britain, and were awarded the Battle of Britain Clasp[1] to the 1939–45 Star by flying at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit of the Royal Air Force or Fleet Air Arm during the period from 0001 hours on 10 July to 2359 hours 31 October 1940.[2][3]
History
[edit]In 1942, the Air Ministry made the decision to compile a list from records of the names of pilots who had lost their lives as a result of the fighting during the Battle of Britain[notes 1] for the purpose of building a national memorial. This became the Battle of Britain Chapel at Westminster Abbey, which was unveiled by King George VI on 10 July 1947.[4] The Roll of Honour within the Chapel contains the names of 1,497 pilots and aircrew killed or mortally wounded during the Battle.[5]
Nothing was done officially, however, to define the qualifications for the classification of a Battle of Britain airman until 9 November 1960. AMO N850, published by the Air Ministry, stated for the first time the requirements for the awarding of the Battle of Britain Star, and listed the 71 units which were deemed to have been under the control of RAF Fighter Command.[6]
In 1955 Flt Lt John Holloway, a serving RAF officer, began a personal challenge to compile a complete list of "The Few". After fourteen years of research Flt Lt Holloway had 2,946 names on the list. Of these airmen, 537 were killed during the Battle or later died of wounds received.
The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust, founded by Geoffrey Page, raised funds for the construction of the Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel-le-Ferne near Folkestone in Kent. The Memorial, unveiled by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother on 9 July 1993, shares the site with the Christopher Foxley-Norris Memorial Wall on which a complete list of "The Few" is engraved.[7]
More recently, the Battle of Britain Monument on the Victoria Embankment in London was unveiled on 18 September 2005 by Charles, Prince of Wales and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. The idea for the monument was conceived by the Battle of Britain Historical Society which then set about raising funds for its construction. The outside of the monument is lined with bronze plaques listing all the Allied airmen who took part in the Battle.[8]
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[edit]| Name | Rank | Nationality | Sqn during Battle | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oaks, Trevor Walter | Sgt | NZ | 235 Sqn | ||
| O'Brian, Peter Geoffrey St.George | Flt Lt | CAN | 152 & 257 Sqns | DFC*, ADC, OBE | Died 15 April 2007[9] |
| O'Brien, Joseph Somerton | Sqn Ldr | BR | 92 & 234 Sqns | KIA 7 September 1940 | |
| O'Byrne, Peter | Sgt | BR | 73 & 501 Sqns | Died 13 June 1998 | |
| O'Connell, Anthony | Fg Off | BR | 264 Sqn | Died 17 December 1976 | |
| O'Leary, Arthur Alexander | Sgt | BR | 604 Sqn | DFC, DFM | Died 21 April 1987 |
| O'Malley, Derek Keppel Coleridge | Fg Off | BR | 264 Sqn | KIA 4 September 1940 (Pilot)[10] | |
| O'Meara, James Joseph | Plt Off | BR | 64, 72 Sqns & 421 Flt | DSO, DFC* | Died 1974 |
| O'Neill, Desmond Hugh | Fg Off | BR | 611 & 41 Sqns | KIFA 11 October 1940: Mid-air collision with Sgt L R Carter; bailed out but parachute failed aged 25; son of Lt Col Edward M. M. & Ethel M. O'Neill of Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland; husband of Muriel O'Neill. Buried in Streatham Park Cemetery, Surrey, Square 7A, Grave 12104. | |
| O'Neill, John Anthony | Flt Lt | BR | 601 & 238 Sqns | DFC | Died May 2008 |
| Oelofse, Johannes Roelof Stephanus | Plt Off | SA | 43 Sqn | KIA 8 August 1940 | |
| Odbert, Norman Cyril | Sqn Ldr | BR | 64 Sqn | OBE | |
| Offenberg, Jean Henri Marie "Pyker" | Plt Off | BEL | 145 Sqn | KIFA 22 January 1942 | |
| Ogilvie, Alfred Keith "Skeets" | Plt Off | CAN | 609 Sqn | DFC | Later bailed out and taken POW 9 January 1941[9] |
| Oglivie, Donald Bruce | Plt Off | BR | 601 Sqn | Captured November 1943 and made POW | |
| Ogilvy, Charles Alexander "Alastair" | Flt Lt | BR | 610 Sqn | DFC | (30 November 1915 – 1995) Last name to be added to the Battle of Britain London Monument[11] |
| Oldfield, Trevor Guest | Sgt | BR | 64 & 92 Sqns | KIA 27 September 1940[12] (Pilot) | |
| Olesen, Wilfrid Pallasen | Plt Off | BR | 607 Sqn | Died 6 July 1950 | |
| Olenski, Zbigniew | Fg Off | POL | 234 & 609 Sqns | KW | Died 20 June 1970 |
| Olewinski, Boleslaw | Sgt | POL | 111 Sqn | KIA 3 November 1940 | |
| Olive, Charles Gordon Chaloner | Flt Lt | AUS | 65 Sqn | DFC | Died 1987 |
| Oliver, George Dixon | Sgt | BR | 23 Sqn | KIA 8 September 1941[13] | |
| Olver, Peter | Plt Off | BR | 603 Sqns | DFC | Shot down, captured and taken POW 11 June 1943; Surviving aircrew Died 14 February 2013 |
| Ommanney, Rupert John | Sgt | BR | 229 Sqn | KIA 12 February 1942 | |
| Orchard, Harold Charles | Sgt | BR | 65 Sqn | KIA 5 February 1941 (Pilot) | |
| Orgias, Eric | Plt Off | NZ | 23 Sqn | KIA 25 September 1940 aged 25 when as part of the crew of Blenheim L8369 it stalled and crashed on approach to landing near Stourbridge.[14] | |
| Ortmans, Victor Marcel M "Vicky" | Plt Off | BEL | 229 Sqn | Captured and made POW 21 October 1941, KIFA 8 August 1950 | |
| Orzechowski, Jerzy | Plt Off | POL | 607 Sqn | VM, KW**, DFC | Died 1988 in Canada. |
| Osmand, Alexander Gordon | Plt Off | BR | 3 & 213 Sqns | KIA 20 October 1943 | |
| Ostaszewski-Ostoja, Piotr | Fg Off | POL | 609 Sqn | KW**, DFC | Died 1965 London |
| Ostowicz, Antoni | Fg Off | POL | 145 Sqn | KW* | MIA 11 August 1940 |
| Overton, Charles Nevil "Teeny" | Fg Off | BR | 43 Sqn | DFC | |
| Owen, Arthur Edward | AC | BR | 600 Sqn | KIA 24 July 1941 | |
| Owen, Henry | Sgt | BR | 219 Sqn | ||
| Owen, William Gethin | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | DFC | |
| Oxspring, Robert Wardlow "Bobby" | Flt Lt | BR | 66 Sqn | DFC**, AFC | Died 8 August 1989 |
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[edit]| Name | Rank | Nationality | Sqn during Battle | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page, Anthony Durrant "Tony" | Sgt | BR | 111 Sqn | KIA 8 November 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Page, Alan Geoffrey | Plt Off | BR | 56 Sqn | OBE, DSO, DFC* | Died 3 August 2000. |
| Page, Arthur John | Sgt | BR | 257 Sqn | KIA 24 October 1941 (Pilot) | |
| Page, Cyril Leslie | Flt Lt | BR | 234 Sqn | ||
| Page, Vernon Douglas | Sgt | BR | 610 & 601 Sqns | DFC | |
| Page, Wilfrid Thomas | Sgt | BR | 1 Sqn | KIA 16 November 1943 (Malta) | |
| Pain, John Francis | Plt Off | BR | 32 Sqn | Died 12 September 1980 | |
| Paisey, Frederick George | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | DFC | |
| Palak, Jan | Sgt | POL | 303 & 302 Sqns | VM, KW**, DFC | Died 1987 Bath UK |
| Palliser, George Charles Calder "Titch" | Sgt | BR | 43 & 249 Sqns | DFC, AE | Died 25 September 2011 |
| Palmer, Norman Nelson | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | KIA 8 February 1942 | |
| Palusinski, Jerzy Hipolit | Plt Off | POL | 303 Sqn | VM, KW | Died 1984 UK |
| Pankratz, Wilhelm | Flt Lt | POL | 145 Sqn | KW | MIA 12 August 1940 |
| Pannell, Geoffrey Charles Russell | Sgt | NZ | 3 Sqn | DFC, CdeG | Born Christchurch, New Zealand 22 August 1913. Commissioned August 1941; transferred to reserve January 1946; retired July 1962. Died Christchurch, 3 May 1980 |
| Parke, Thomas Robert Verner | Sub Lt (FAA) | BR | 804 NAS | KIA 7 July 1941 | |
| Parker, Denis Keith | Sgt | BR | 66 Sqn | ||
| Parker, Kenneth Bruce | Sgt | BR | 64 & 92 Sqns | KIA 15 October 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Parker, Thomas Campbell | Plt Off | BR | 79 Sqn | OBE | |
| Parker, Vincent | Plt Off | BR | 234 Sqn | Crashed taken as POW 15 August 1940; KIFA 29 January 1946[15] | |
| Parkes, William Bert | Sgt | BR | 501 Sqn | ||
| Parkin, Eric Gordon | Plt Off | BR | 501 Sqn | Died 23 July 2008 | |
| Parkinson, Cecil | Sgt | BR | 238 Sqn | WIA 20 July 1940; Died 21 July 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Parnall, Denis Geach | Flt Lt | BR | 249 Sqn | KIA 18 September 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Parnall, Stuart Boyd | Plt Off | BR | 607 Sqn | KIA 9 September 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Parr, Douglas John | Sgt | BR | 29 Sqn | KIA 7 November 1941 | |
| Parr, Leslie Alfred | Sgt | BR | 79 Sqn | Died 1986 | |
| Parrott, Dennis Thomas | Fg Off | BR | 19 Sqn | KIA 22 June 1941 (Pilot) | |
| Parrott, Peter Lawrence | Fg Off | BR | 145 & 605 Sqns | DFC, AFC | Retired as a Wg Cdr in 1965 |
| Parrott, Reginald James | Sgt | BR | 32 Sqn | KIA 5 May 1941 (Pilot) | |
| Parry, Emlyn | AC2 | BR | 23 Sqn | KIA 28 May 1943 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) | |
| Parry, Montague Edward | Sgt | BR | 604 Sqn | ||
| Parsons, Claude Arthur | Sgt | BR | 66 & 610 Sqns | KIA 20 August 1941 | |
| Parsons, Edwin Ernest | Sgt | NZ | 23 Sqn | Died 4 October 1977, | |
| Parsons, John Graham | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | ||
| Parsons, Philip Trevor | Fg Off | BR | 504 Sqn | KIA 2 October 1942 (Pilot) | |
| Paszkiewicz, Ludwik Witold | Fg Off | POL | 303 Sqn | VM, KW, DFC | KIA 7 September 1940 |
| Paszkiewicz, Konrad Jozef | Fg Off | POL | 303 Sqn | VM, KW** | Born 29 November 1920, Gorzkowice, Poland; discharged in 1948; died 29 May 2001 (aged 80) at Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, England.[16] |
| Paterek, Edward | Sgt | POL | 302 & 303 Sqns | KW | MIA 28 March 1941[17] |
| Paterson, Brian "Blinkers" | Sub Lt (FAA) | BR | 804 NAS | ||
| Paterson, James Alfred | Flt Lt | NZ | 92 Sqn | MBE | KIA 27 September 1940 (Pilot); Posthumously awarded the MBE on 1 January 1941 for services in France during May 1940 (Battle of France).[18] |
| Patrick, Leon Fred | Sgt | BR | 222 Sqn | ||
| Patston, Arthur George | Sgt | BR | 604 Sqn | ||
| Patten, Hubert Paul Frederick | Fg Off | BR | 64 Sqn | Died 24 December 2002.[19] | |
| Patterson, Leonard John | Sgt | BR | 501 Sqn | KIA 28 November 1940 | |
| Patterson, Peter John | Mid (FAA) | BR | 242 Sqn | KIA 20 August 1940 | |
| Patterson, Norris Henry | Sub Lt (FAA) | BR | 804 NAS | KIA 22 December 1941 (HMS Audacity) | |
| Patterson, Robert Lawson | Plt Off | BR | 242 Sqn | MIA 18 July 1940 | |
| Pattinson, Aberconway John Sefton | Fg Off | BR | 616, 23 & 92 Sqns | KIA 12 October 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Pattison, John David | Fg Off | CAN | 1 RCAF Sqn | ||
| Pattison, John Gordon | Fg Off | NZ | 266 Sqn | DSO, DFC, CdeLd'H | Died 11 September 2009[20][21] |
| Pattison, Kenneth Clifton | Sgt | BR | 611 Sqn | WIA 13 October 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Pattullo, William Blair | Plt Off | BR | 151, 249 & 46 Sqns | WIA 26 October 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Paul, Frank Dawson | Sub Lt (FAA) | BR | 64 Sqn | WIA 30 July 1940 | |
| Pavitt, Harold John | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | Died 1972 | |
| Pavlu, Otto | Sgt | CZ | 1 Sqn | KIA 28 April 1943 | |
| Payne, Alec Dawson | Sgt | BR | 610 Sqn | Died 16 December 2010.[22] | |
| Payne, Roy Ainley | Plt Off | BR | 602 Sqn | ||
| Payne, Reginald Irving | AC2 | BR | 23 Sqn | 1909–1940 KIA 25 September 1940 when as radio operator/air gunner of Blenheim L8369 it stalled and crashed on approach to landing near Stourbridge.[14] | |
| Peachment, Charles Barton Gower | Plt Off | BR | 236 Sqn | Retired as a Sqn Ldr in 1947; Died 1979 | |
| Peacock, Dennis Charles | Sgt | BR | 605 Sqn | KIA 15 September 1942 | |
| Peacock, Reginald John | Fg Off | BR | 235 Sqn | DFC | KIA 5 February 1943 (North Africa) |
| Peacock, William Albert | Sgt | BR | 46 Sqn | MIA 11 September 1940 | |
| Peacock-Edwards, Spencer Ritchie | Plt Off | BR | 253 & 615 Sqns | DFC | Died 1983 |
| Pearce, Leonard Harold Borlase | Sgt | BR | 32 & 615 Sqns | KIA 9 April 1941 | |
| Pearce, Peter Griffin | Sgt | BR | 600 Sqn | KIA 15 December 1941 | |
| Pearce, Roy | Sgt | BR | 29 Sqn | ||
| Pearce, William John | Sgt | BR | 236 & 23 Sqns | KIA 5 November 1941 | |
| Pearcy, Dennis Jack | Sgt | BR | 219 Sqn | KIA 15 November 1940 (Air Gunner) | |
| Pearman, Stanley James | Plt Off | BR | 141 Sqn | ||
| Pearse, Leslie Lewis | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | ||
| Pearson, Dennis Edward | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | ||
| Pearson, Geoffrey Wilberforce | Sgt | BR | 501 Sqn | KIA 6 September 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Pearson, Philip | Sgt | BR | 238 Sqn | KIA 29 May 1942 (Egypt) | |
| Pease, Arthur Peter | Plt Off | BR | 74 Sqn & 603 Sqns | KIA 15 September 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Peebles, William | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | KIA 7 May 1941 | |
| Peel, Charles David | Fg Off | BR | 603 Sqn | MIA 17 July 1940 | |
| Peel, John Ralph Alexander | Sqn Ldr | BR | 145 Sqn (CO) | DFC | |
| Pegge, Constantine Oliver Joseph | Plt Off | BR | 603 Sqn | DFC* | Died 9 May 1950[23] |
| Pemberton, David Alwyne | Sqn Ldr | BR | 1 Sqn (CO) | DFC | KIA 3 November 1940 |
| Penfold, Paul Eric | Plt Off | BR | 29 Sqn | ||
| Penfold, William David | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | ||
| Penford, Vernon William Rex | Flt Sgt | BR | 23 Sqn | Died 1976 | |
| Pennington, Denis Arthur | Plt Off | BR | 263 & 245 Sqns | DFC | |
| Pennington-Leigh, Alan William | Flt Lt | BR | 232 & 248 Sqns | KIA 1 June 1943 (Singapore) | |
| Pennycuick, Bruce | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | ||
| Percy, Hugh Harold | Plt Off | BR | 264 Sqn | KIA 22 May 1944 | |
| Perkin, Frederick Stanley | Sgt | BR | 73 Sqn & 421 Flt | Died 1988 | |
| Perrin, Georges Camille | Adjutant | Free FR | 615 & 249 Sqns | Died 1981 | |
| Perry, Harry Thomas | Sgt | BR | 23 Sqn | KIA 30 October 1940 | |
| Peters, George Charles Boyce | Fg Off | BR | 79 Sqn | KIA 29 September 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Peterson, Otto John | Plt Off | CAN | 1 Sqn RCAF | KIA 27 September 1940[24] (Pilot) | |
| Pettet, Alexander Henry | Plt Off | BR | 248 Sqn | MIA 13 December 1940 | |
| Pettit, Henry William | Sgt | BR | 605 & 1 Sqns | KIA 2 February 1941 | |
| Pexton, Richard Dunning | Fg Off | BR | 615 Sqn | DFC, AFC | |
| Pfeiffer, Jan Piotr | Plt Off | POL | 257 & 32 Sqns | MIA 20 December 1943 | |
| Philipart, Jacques Arthur Laurent | Plt Off | BEL | 213 Sqn | KIA 25 August 1940 when he was shot down in Hurricane V7226, Philipart baled out into the sea and was killed.[14] | |
| Phillip, James | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | KIA 17 May 1942 | |
| Phillips, Austin | AC | BR | 604 Sqn | ||
| Phillips, Ernest Russell | Plt Off | BR | 25 Sqn | KIA 14 February 1941 (Pilot) | |
| Phillips, Norman Taylor | Flt Sgt | BR | 65 Sqn | KIA 8 August 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Phillips, Randall Frederick Prenter | Sgt | BR | 602 Sqn | Died 28 March 1998 | |
| Phillipson, John Ross | Sgt | BR | 604 Sqn | DFC | KIA 5 January 1943 (Wireless Operator/Observer) |
| Philo, Robert Ferguson | Plt Off | BR | 151 Sqn | ||
| Piatkowski, Stanislaw | Plt Off | POL | 79 Sqn | KIA 25 October 1940 | |
| Pickering, James | Sgt | BR | 64 Sqn | AFC | |
| Pickering, John Harcourt | Plt Off | BR | 66 Sqn | KIA 15 March 1942 (Pilot) | |
| Pickering, Tony Garforth | Sgt | BR | 32 & 501 Sqns | MID,AE | Died 4 April 2016 | Aged 70 years of age | True, genuine and a modest hero to Britain (Pilot) |
| Pickford, James Thomas | Sgt | BR | 604 Sqn | ||
| Pidd, Leslie | Sgt | BR | 238 Sqn | KIA 15 September 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Pigg, Oswald St John | Fg Off | BR | 72 Sqn | KIA 1 September 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Pilch, Edward Roman | Plt Off | POL | 302 Sqn | VM, KW* | KIA 20 February 1941 |
| Pilkington, Alfred | Sgt | BR | 23 Sqn | ||
| Pilkington-Miksa, Wlodzimierz Janusz | Plt Off | POL | 303 Sqn | VM, KW**, DFC | Flew as Wlodzimierz Miksa during the war. |
| Pinckney, David John Colin | Fg Off | BR | 603 Sqn | KIA 23 January 1942 | |
| Pinfold, Herbert Moreton | Flt Lt | BR | 56 Sqn (CO) | Died 19 October 2009 | |
| Pinkham, Philip Campbell | Sqn Ldr | BR | 19 Sqn | AFC | KIA 5 September 1940 (Pilot) |
| Pípa, Josef | Sgt | CZ[25] | 43 Sqn | CdeG, MC*** | Died 2 January 1977.[26] |
| Piper, Arthur Howard | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | DFC | |
| Pippard, Harold Alfred | Plt Off | BR | 29 Sqn | ||
| Pippet, John Gilbert | Fg Off | BR | 64 Sqn | KIA 23 February 1941[27] | |
| Pisarek, Marian | Fg Off | POL | 303 Sqn | VM IV & V, KW***, DFC | MIA 29 April 1942 |
| Pitcher, Paul Brooke | Fg Off | CAN | 401 Sqn | MiD | |
| Pittman, Geoffrey Edward | Plt Off | BR | 17 Sqn | ||
| Pizak, Stanislav | Sgt | CZ | 310 & 19 Sqns | MIA 7 August 1941 (surname also spelt as Plzak)[28] | |
| Plant, Ronald Eric | Sgt | BR | 603 | KIA 21 November 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Pledger, Geoffrey Frank Colman | Plt Off | BR | 141 Sqn | KIA 4 April 1941 (Air Gunner) | |
| Plenderleith, Robert | Sgt | BR | 73 Sqn | DFC | |
| Plummer, Richard Pryer | Fg Off | BR | 46 Sqn | WIA 4 September 1940; died 14 September 1940 | |
| Pniak, Karol | Plt Off | POL | 32 Sqn | VM, KW***, DFC | Died 10980 Poland |
| Pocock, Maurice Henry | Sgt | BR | 72 Sqn | ||
| Pollard, John Kenneth | Sgt | BR | 232 Sqn | KIA 12 December 1941 | |
| Pollard, Phillip Selwyn Covey | Fg Off | BR | 611 Sqn | KIA 22 June 1941 | |
| Pond, Arthur Herbert Dorrien | Flt Sgt | BR | 601 Sqn | AFC | |
| Ponting, William Alan | Plt Off | BR | 264 Sqn | KIA 24 August 1940 | |
| Pool, Peter Desmond | Plt Off | BR | 266 & 72 Sqns | MIA 19 August 1942 | |
| Poole, Eric Leonard Ronald | Sgt | BR | 604 Sqn | ||
| Poplawski, Jerzy | Plt Off | POL | 111 & 229 Sqns | VM, KW*** | Died 2004 Argentina |
| Porter, Edward Francis | Sgt | BR[29] | 141 Sqn | KIA 2 July 1941 (Pilot) | |
| Porter, John Anthony | Sgt | BR | 615, 19 & 242 Sqns | ||
| Porter, Owen Wells | Sgt | BR | 111 Sqn | KIA 31 July 1944 (France) | |
| Posener, Frederick Hyam | Plt Off | SA | 152 Sqn | MIA 20 July 1940 | |
| Potter, John Alfred | Sgt | BR | 19 Sqn | Wounded and taken POW 15 September 1940; died 1977 | |
| Poulton, Harry Robert Godfrey | Plt Off | BR | 64 Sqn | dfc | Captured and taken POW January 1944 |
| Pound, Reginald Robert Charles | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | (Wireless Operator) | |
| Powell, Edwin | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | KIA 21 November 1940 | |
| Powell, Robin Peter Reginald | Flt Lt | BR | 111 Sqn | Died 28 January 1970 | |
| Powell, Ronald James | Plt Off | BR | 248 Sqn | KIA 2 July 1941 | |
| Powell, Sydney William Martin | Sgt | BR | 141 Sqn | Died 1979 | |
| Powell-Shedden, George Ffolliott | Flt Lt | BR | 242 Sqn | DSO*DFC | Died November 1994[30][31] |
| Power, Richard Maurice | Flt Lt | AUS | 236 Sqn | ||
| Prchal, Eduard M | Sgt | CZ | 310 Sqn | Died 4 December 1964[32] | |
| Preater, Stanley George | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | → died 2 December 2008. | |
| Prevot, Leon O J | Plt Off | BEL | 235 Sqn | CDeG, DFC | |
| Priak, K | Plt Off | BEL | 32 & 257 Sqns | KIA – details unknown | |
| Price, Arthur Owen | Plt Off | BR | 236 Sqn | Died 1982 | |
| Price, James | Sgt | BR | 29 Sqn | DFM | Died 16 March 1988 |
| Price, Norman Albert Joseph | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | ||
| Price, Robert Buckton | Sgt | BR | 245, 222 & 73 Sqns | KIA 15 November 1941[33] | |
| Priestley, John Sinclair | Fg Off | NZ | 235 Sqn | KIA 30 August 1940 | |
| Prihoda, Josef | Sgt | CZ | 1 Sqn | MIA 6 March 1943 | |
| Pritchard, Charles Arthur | Flt Lt | BR | 600 Sqn | DFC | |
| Proctor, Jack | Sgt | BR | 602 Sqn | KIA 18 April 1941 (Pilot) | |
| Proctor, John Ernest | Plt Off | NZ | 32 Sqn | DFC | |
| Prosser, Percy Rollo | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | KIA 16 December 1940 | |
| Proudman, Douglas Harry | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | WIA 27 April 1941 (Wirless Operator/Air Gunner) | |
| Prowse, Harry Arthur Robin | Plt Off | BR | 256 & 603 Sqns | (1921–2010) | |
| Ptacek, Rudolf | Sgt | CZ | 43 Sqn | KIA 28 March 1942 | |
| Pùda, Rajmund | Sgt | CZ | 310 & 605 Sqns | Died 17 March 2002[34] | |
| Pudney, Geoffrey Bruce | Sub Lt (FAA) | BR | 64 Sqn | KIA 26 August 1941 | |
| Pugh, John Stuart | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | DFC | |
| Pugh, Thomas Patrick | Flt Lt | BR | 263 Sqn (CO) | DFC | KIA 2 August 1943 |
| Pushman, George Rupert | Plt Off | CAN | 23 Sqn | DFC | Died 2001 |
| Putt, Alan Robert | Flt Lt | BR | 501 Sqn | Died 1977 | |
| Puxley, William George Vernon | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | ||
| Pye, John Walter | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | ||
| Pyman, Lawrence Lee | Plt Off | BR | 65 Sqn | MIA 16 August 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Pyne, Colin Campbell | Sgt | NZ | 219 Sqn | Died 19 February 1975. |
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[edit]| Name | Rank | Nationality | Sqn during Battle | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quelch, Basil Herbert | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | DFC | (1919–1994) |
| Quill, Jeffrey Kindersley | Fg Off | BR | 65 Sqn | AFC | [3][35] Development and production test pilot for Spitfire. Only flew in combat for 19 days to gain experience. Died 20 February 1996 |
| Quinn, James | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | DFC | [3] |
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[edit]| Name | Rank | Nationality | Sqn during Battle | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rabagliati, Alexander Coultate "Sandy" | Flt Lt | BR | 43 Sqn | DFC and Bar | KIA 6 July 1943[36][37][38][39] |
| Rabone, John Henry Michael | Fg Off | BR | 604 Sqn | ||
| Rabone, Paul Wattling | Plt Off | BR[40] | 145 Sqn | DFC | KIA 24 July 1944 (Belgium) |
| Radomski, Jerzy | Plt Off | POL | 303 Sqn | VM, KW*** | Died 1978. |
| Radwanski, Gustaw | Plt Off | POL | 151, 56 & 607 Sqns | KW** | |
| Rafter, William Pearce Houghton | Plt Off | BR | 603 Sqn | KIA 29 November 1940 | |
| Raine, Woodrow | Sgt | BR | 610 Sqn | KIA 21 August 1941 (France)(Pilot) | |
| Rains, Douglas Norman | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | KIA 12 August 1942 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) | |
| Ralls, Leslie Francis | Sgt | BR | 605 Sqn | (1916–1976) | |
| Ramsay, John Basil | Plt Off | BR | 151 Sqn | KIA 18 August 1940 | |
| Ramsay, John Strachan | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | KIA 27 April 1941 | |
| Ramsay, Norman Hugh Donald | Sgt | BR | 610 Sqn & 222 Sqns | DFC | |
| Ramshaw, John William | Sgt | BR | 222 Sqn | KIA 4 September 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Rasmussen, Laurie Andrew Woodney | Sgt | NZ | 264 Sqn | KIA 4 September 1940[41] | |
| Ravenhill, Malcolm | Plt Off | BR | 229 Sqn | KIA 30 September 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Rawlence, Anthony James | Plt Off | BR | 600 Sqn | ||
| Rawnsley, Cecil Frederick | Sgt | BR | 604 Sqn | DSO, DFC, DFM* | 1904-1965 |
| Ray, R W | Sgt | BR | 56 Sqn | Died 1985 | |
| Raymond, P | Fg Off | BR | 609 Sqn | ||
| Rayner, Roderick Malachi Seaburne | Plt Off | BR | 87 Sqn | DFC | Died 1982 |
| Read, William Albert Alexander | Fg Off | BR | 603 Sqn | AFC | |
| Ream, Charles Alfred | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | Died 1947 | |
| Reardon-Parker, John | Sub Lt (FAA) | BR | 804 NAS | KIA 7 June 1944 | |
| Rechka, Josef | Sgt | CZ | 310 Sqn | Died 1984[42] | |
| Reddingon, Leslie Arthur Edwin | Sgt | BR | 152 Sqn | MIA 30 September 1940 | |
| Redfern, Eric Arthur | Sgt | BR | 232 Sqn | KIA 17 August 1941 | |
| Redman, John | Plt Off | BR | 257, 245 & 43 Sqns | KIA 20 April 1943 | |
| Reece, Lawrence Hugh Murray | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | MIA 18 July 1940 | |
| Reed, Horace | Sgt | BR | 600 Sqn | ||
| Rees, Brian Victor | Plt Off | BR | 610 Sqn | Died 1979 | |
| Reid, Robert | Plt Off | BR | 46 Sqn | MIA 23 March 1945 | |
| Reilley, Hugh William | Plt Off | CAN/AME | 64 & 66 Sqns | KIA 17 October 1940[3][43][44] | |
| Reilly, Charles Christopher | Sgt | NZ | 23 Sqn | KIA 28 October 1942[45] | |
| Renvoize, James Verdun | Sgt | BR | 247 Sqn | [3] | |
| Reynell, Richard Carew | Flt Lt | AUS[46] | 43 Sqn | KIA 7 September 1940[3][47] | |
| Reyno, Edwin Michael | Flt Lt | CAN | 1 Sqn RCAF | AFC, CD | [3] Died 10 February 1982. |
| Rhodes, Richard Arthur | Plt Off | BR | 29 Sqn | MIA 25 August 1940[3] when Blenheim L1330 was probably shot down in combat off Wainfleet and crashed into the sea, of the other two crew members one missing and one killed.[14] | |
| Rhodes-Moorhouse, William Henry | Flt Lt | BR | 601 Sqn | DFC | [3] KIA 6 September 1940 |
| Ricalton, Alan Leslie | Plt Off | BR | 74 Sqn | KIA 17 October 1940[3][48] | |
| Rich, Peter Godfrey | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | ||
| Richards, Duncan Hamilton | Sub Lt (FAA) | BR | 111 Sqn | Died 2 September 1955. | |
| Richards, William Charles | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | MIA 11 August 1941 | |
| Richardson, Cecil James | Sgt | BR | 29 Sqn | MIA 31 July 1940 aged 29 following a collision between Blenheims L6722 and L1408 over the Bristol Channel.[14] | |
| Richardson, Eric | Sgt | BR | 242 Sqn | DFC | |
| Richardson, George Frederick | Sqn Ldr | BR | 54 Sqn | Died 2007 | |
| Richardson, Roland Wharrier | Sgt | BR | 610 Sqn | AFC | Died 18 November 1988. |
| Richardson, Ronald William | Sgt | BR | 610 Sqn | Died December 1970. | |
| Richardson, William Arthur | Sqn Ldr | BR | 141 Sqn (CO) | Died 1970. | |
| Ricketts, Herbert Wain | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | KIA 31 March 1945 | |
| Ricketts, Victor Anthony | Plt Off | BR | 248 Sqn | DFC | KIA 12 July 1942 Flew De Havilland Comet racer Grosvenor House from England to New Zealand and back in 1938. |
| Ricks, Leo Patrick Vincent John | Sgt | CAN | 235 Sqn | Died 8 January 1985. | |
| Riddell-Hannam, John Derrick | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | ||
| Riddle, Christopher John Henry "Jack" | Fg Off | BR | 601 Sqn | Died 8 August 2009.[49] | |
| Riddle, Hugh Joseph | Fg Off | BR | 601 Sqn | Died 16 April 2009. | |
| Ridley, Marmaduke | Sgt | BR | 616 Sqn | KIA 26 August 1940 (Pilot)[3] | |
| Rigby, Robert Harold | Plt Off | BR | 236 Sqn | KIA 18 July 1940[3] (Pilot) | |
| Riley, Frederick | Plt Off | BR | 236 Sqn | Former Olympic footballer. KIA 7 December 1942 (Pilot) | |
| Riley, William | Flt Lt | BR | 302 Sqn | DFC | KIA 16 July 1942 (North Africa) |
| Rimmer, Reginald Frank | Flt Lt | BR | 229 Sqn | KIA 27 September 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Ringwood, Eric Alfred | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | MIA 27 August 1940 | |
| Ripley, William George | Sgt | BR | 604 Sqn | DFM | KIA 16 November 1943 (Belgium) (Navigator/Wireless Operator) |
| Rippon, Anthony John | Plt Off | BR | 601 Sqn | DFC | KIA 25 August 1944 (Pilot) |
| Riseley, Arthur Harry | Sgt | BR | 600 Sqn | DSO | |
| Ritcher, Geoffrey Louis | Plt Off | BR | 234 Sqn | Died 1999[50] | |
| Ritchie, Ian Smail | Plt Off | BR | 603 Sqn | ||
| Ritchie, John Millar | Plt Off | BR | 141 Sqn | ||
| Ritchie, James Ritchie | Plt Off | BR | 111 Sqn | ||
| Ritchie, Robert Douglas | Sgt | BR | 605 Sqn | KIA 9 August 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Ritchie, Thomas Glyn Finlayson | Plt Off | BR | 602 Sqn | KIA 21 July 1941 (Pilot) | |
| Roach, Robert James Bain | Plt Off | BR | 266 Sqn | ||
| Robb, Robert Andrew Lindsay | Plt Off | BR | 236 Sqn | ||
| Robbins, Robert Horley | Sgt | BR | 54 & 66 Sqns | [51] | |
| Roberts, Arthur John Alan | Sgt | BR | 29 Sqn | DFC | |
| Roberts, David Francis | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | KIA 3 April 1941 (Wireless Operator) | |
| Roberts, David Neal | Wg Cdr | BR | 609 & 328 Sqns | AFC | |
| Roberts, Elwyn Cooper | Sgt | BR | 23 Sqn | ||
| Roberts, George William | Mid (FAA) | BR | 808 NAS | ||
| Roberts, Ralph | Plt Off | BR | 615 & 64 Sqns | Died 1994 | |
| Robertson, Basil Lionel | Sgt | BR | 54 Sqn | KIA 12 February 1942[52] | |
| Robertson, Frederick Neal | Sgt | BR | 66 Sqn | DFM | KIA 31 August 1943 (Pilot) |
| Robinson, Andrew Ian | Flt Lt | BR | 222 Sqn | Died 1958 | |
| Robinson, Denis Norman | Sgt | BR | 152 Sqn | 24 Jun 1918 – 28 July 2015 | |
| Robinson, Gerald | Plt Off | BR | 264 Sqn | ||
| Robinson, James | Sgt | BR | 111 Sqn | AFC | KIFA 2 July 1956 |
| Robinson, James Clifton Edmeston | Plt Off | BR | 1 Sqn | KIA 21 May 1941 | |
| Robinson, Marcus | Sqn Ldr | BR | 616 Sqn | AFC | |
| Robinson, Maurice Wilbraham Sandford | Sqn Ldr | BR | 73 Sqn | CBE | Died 1977 |
| Robinson, Michael Lister | Flt Lt | BR | 610, 619, & 238 Sqds | DSO, DFC | MIA 10 April 1942 |
| Robinson, Peter Beverley | Flt Lt | BR | 601 Sqn | ||
| Robinson, Peter Trevor | Sgt | BR | 257 Sqn | Died 3 October 1975 | |
| Robinson, Peter Ethelbert Merrick | Sgt | BR | 56 Sqn | KIA 17 June 1941 (Pilot) | |
| Robshaw, Frederick Aspinall | Plt Off | BR | 229 Sqn | ||
| Robson, Norman Charles Harold | Plt Off | BR | 72 Sqn | Died 18 January 1954 | |
| Roden, Henry Adrian Charles | Sgt | BR | 19 Sqn | WIA 15 November 1940; died 16 November 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Rofe, Bernard John | Plt Off | BR | 25 Sqn | KIA 12 January 1942 | |
| Rogers, Bruce Arthur | Plt Off | BR | 242 Sqn | KIA 17 June 1941 (France) | |
| Rogers, Everett Bryan | Plt Off | BR | 501 & 615 Sqns | DFC | Died 1960 |
| Rogers, George Wade | Sgt | BR | 234 Sqn | KIA 16 January 1941 | |
| Rogowski, Jan | Sgt | POL | 303 & 74 Sqn | Died Ipswich UK 1997 | |
| Rohacek, Rudolf Bohumil | Plt Off | CZ | 238 & 601 Sqns | KIA 27 April 1942 | |
| Rolls, William Thomas Edward | Sgt | BR | 72 Sqn | DFC,DFM, AE[53] | Died July 1988 |
| Roman, Charles Louis | Plt Off | BEL | 236 Sqn | DFC | Died 1951 |
| Romanis, Andrew Lunn | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | KIA 16 November 1940 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) | |
| Rook, Anthony Hartwell | Flt Lt | BR | 504 Sqn | DFC, AFC | Died 1976 |
| Rook, Michael | Plt Off | BR | 504 Sqn | KIFA 13 March 1948 | |
| Roscoe, Geoffrey Lawrence | Fg Off | BR | 87 Sqn | KIA 24 February 1942 (Pilot) | |
| Rose, Edward Brian Mortimer | Plt Off | BR | 234 Sqn | DFC* | Pilot KIA 1943 (correct surname is Mortimer-Rose but appears in records as Rose) |
| Rose, Jack | Fg Off | BR | 32 & 3 Sqns | CMG, MBE, DFC | Died 10 October 2009.[54] |
| Rose, James Stanley | Sgt | BR | 23 Sqn | KIA 4 March 1941 (Pilot) | |
| Rose, Stuart Nigel | Plt Off | BR | 602 Sqn | MID,AE | [55] |
| Rose-Price, Arthur Thomas | Plt Off | BR | 501 Sqn | KIA 2 September 1940 | |
| Rosier, Fredrick Ernest | Sqn Ldr | BR | 229 Sqn | GCB, CBE, DSO | Died 10 September 1998 |
| Ross, Alexander Richard | Plt Off | BR | 25 & 610 Sqn | KIA 15 April 1941 (Pilot) | |
| Ross, Jack Kenneth | Plt Off | BR | 17 Sqn | DFC | KIA 6 January 1942. |
| Rothwell, John Hedley | Plt Off | BR | 601, 605 & 32 Sqns | KIA 22 February 1941 (Pilot) | |
| Round, James Henry | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | KIA 19 August 1940 | |
| Rourke, John | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | Died 1966 | |
| Rouse, Geoffrey Walter | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | ||
| Rowden, John Hampton | Plt Off | BR | 64 & 616 Sqns | KIA 9 April 1941 (Pilot) | |
| Rowell, Peter Archibald | Sgt | BR | 249 Sqn | AFC | |
| Rowley, Richard Michael Bernard | Plt Off | BR | 145 Sqn | ||
| Royce, Michael Elliot Appelbee | Fg Off | BR | 504 Sqn | ||
| Royce, William Barrington | Fg Off | BR | 504 Sqn | DFC | Died 1979. |
| Rozwadowski, Mieczyslaw | Plt Off | POL | 151 Sqn | KW* | MIA 15 August 1940 |
| Rozycki, Wladyslaw | Plt Off | POL | 238 Sqn | VM, KW**, DFC | |
| Ruddock, Wilfred Shepherd | Sgt | BR | 23 Sqn | Died 6 November 1980. | |
| Rudland, Clifford Percival | Sgt | BR | 263 Sqn | DFC | |
| Rushmer, Frederick William | Flt Lt | BR | 603 Sqn | KIA 5 September 1940 (Pilot)[56] | |
| Russel, Blair Dalzell "Dal" | Fg Off | CAN | 1 Sqn RCAF | DFC*, DSO, CdeG | Died 20 November 2007[57] |
| Russell, Anthony Gerald | Sgt | BR | 43 Sqn | Surviving aircrew | |
| Russell, Godfrey Fredrick | Lt (FAA) | BR | 804 NAS; HMS Merlin | KIA 13 December 1940 | |
| Russell, Graham Herbert | Plt Off | BR | 236 Sqn | DFC | |
| Russell, John Trevor | Plt Off | BR | 141 Sqn | ||
| Russell, Leslie Plimmer | Sgt | NZ | 264 Sqn | KIA 19 May 1942 (Air Gunner) | |
| Russell, Humphrey a'Beckett | Flt Lt | BR | 32 Sqn | DFC | |
| Rust, Charles Alan | Sgt | BR | 85 & 249 Sqns | ||
| Ruston, Paul | Flt Lt | BR | 604 Sqn | Died 11 January 1954. | |
| Rutter, Robert Durham | Plt Off | BR | 73 Sqn | ||
| Ryall, Browne | Cpl | BR | 29 Sqn | MIA 7 May 1941 | |
| Ryalls, Derek Lang | Plt Off | BR | FIU | KIA 26 December 1944 (Belgium) (Pilot) | |
| Ryder, Edgar Norman | Flt Lt | BR | 41 Sqn | DFC*, MiD | Born Risalpur, India, 28 November 1914 Commissioned October 1936; shot down and taken POW, 31 October 1941 (while CO of Kenley Wg; retired October 1960, retaining Gp Capt; died October 1995 (aged 80) |
| Rypl, Frantisek | Plt Off | CZ | 310 Sqn |
Notes on table
[edit]- Ranks given are those held during the Battle of Britain, although a higher rank may have been achieved after the Battle.
- All individuals listed in bold and highlighted in silver are believed to be still alive.
- Aircrew listed as KIA, MIA, WIA or KIFA during the Battle of Britain are highlighted in blue.
- The awards listed include those made during the Battle of Britain and during the remainder of World War II, as well as any made post-war.
- In order to limit the numbers of footnotes which would otherwise be required, the symbol ‡ under "Notes" indicates several entries in the text of Ramsay 1989, while the symbol † indicates that information on the circumstances under which an airman became a casualty during the Battle is included in the text of the book. Where more than one crew member of a multi place aircraft was involved this is included as a cross-reference under "Notes"
- In addition to 2,353 British aircrew, the RAF Roll of Honour recognises 574 personnel from other countries;[3] namely:
- Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Ireland, Jamaica, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Poland, Rhodesia, South Africa and the United States.[61]
Abbreviations
[edit]- (CO) after "Sqn" denotes Commanding Officer of that squadron, as per the RAF Fighter Command Order of Battle on 15 September 1940, unless otherwise indicated.
- (FAA) after a rank denotes a member of the Fleet Air Arm rather than the RAF.
- "KIA" – "killed in action"
- "KIFA" – "killed in flying accident", i.e. not during combat
- "MIA" – "missing in action".
- "WIA" – "wounded in action" leading to death which, in some cases, may have occurred months later.
- "POW" – "prisoner of war".
- For details of RAF rank abbreviations, see RAF Commissioned Officer Ranks and RAF Non-Commissioned Officer Ranks.
- For details of FAA rank abbreviations, see FAA Commissioned Officer Ranks.
Nationalities
[edit]| AME | American |
| AUS | Australian |
| BEL | Belgian |
| BR | British |
| CAN | Canadian |
| CZ | Czechoslovakian |
| FR | French |
| IRE | Irish |
| NZ | New Zealander |
| POL | Poland |
| RHO | Rhodesian |
| SA | South African |
Awards
[edit]| Award | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| AE | Air Efficiency Award | Awarded for ten years' efficient service in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force |
| AFC | Air Force Cross | Awarded for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying, though not in active operations against the enemy". |
| CB | Companion of The Order of the Bath | Awarded at the monarch's pleasure |
| CDeG | Croix de Guerre | A military decoration of both France and Belgium, also commonly bestowed to foreign military forces allied to France and Belgium. |
| CdeL | Croix de la Libération | A decoration of France awarded for very meritorious conduct with the Free French Forces during World War II. |
| CdeLd'H | Croix de Légion d'honneur | A decoration of France awarded for excellent civil or military conduct delivered, upon official investigation. |
| CdeLL | Croix de L'Ordre de Leopold | Awarded to Belgian nationals or some distinguished foreign persons who made very important contributions to the Belgian state or society. |
| DFC | Distinguished Flying Cross | Awarded to Royal Air Force commissioned officers and Warrant Officers for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy".[citation needed] |
| DFC* | Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar | A bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DFC who received a second award. |
| DFC** | Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar | A second bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DFC and Bar who received a third award. |
| DFM | Distinguished Flying Medal | Awarded to military below commissioned rank, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy".[citation needed] |
| DSO | Distinguished Service Order | Awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. |
| DSO* | Distinguished Service Order and Bar | A bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DSO who received a second award. |
| DSO** | Distinguished Service Order and Two Bars | A second bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DSO and Bar who received a third award. |
| GCB | Knight Grand Cross of The Order of the Bath | Awarded at the monarch's pleasure |
| KCVO | Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order | Awarded for personal service to the sovereign |
| KStJ | Knight of the Order of Saint John | |
| KW | Krzyz Walecznych, Polish "Cross of Valour" | Awarded to an individual who "has demonstrated deeds of valour and courage on the field of battle." |
| KZ | Krzyz Zaslugi, Polish "Cross of Merit" | Awarded for exemplary public service or humanitarian work that goes above and beyond the call of duty. |
| MBE | Member of the Order of the British Empire | Awarded at the monarch's pleasure |
| MC | Military Cross | Awarded for "an act or acts of exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy on land to all members, of any rank".[citation needed] |
| MM | Military Medal | Awarded for acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire |
| OBE | Officer of the Order of the British Empire | Awarded at the monarch's pleasure |
| OStJ | Officer of the Order of Saint John | |
| VC | Victoria Cross | Highest British military decoration, awarded for valour in the face of the enemy. |
| VM | Virtuti Militari | Highest Polish military award for courage in the face of the enemy. |
See also
[edit]- Non-British personnel in the RAF during the Battle of Britain
- List of World War II aces from the United Kingdom
- List of World War II flying aces by country
- List of World War II flying aces
- List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (A–C)
- List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (D–F)
- List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (G–K)
- List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (L–N)
- List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (S–U)
- List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (V–Z)
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Notes
[edit]- ^ This was initially regarded as being from 8 August to 31 October 1940; however, the dates were later amended to also include those who lost their lives between 10 July and 7 August.
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