List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (L–N)
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
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.
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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 Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the 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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Name | Rank | Nationality | Sqn during Battle | Awards | Notes |
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Lacey, Edward Richard | Sgt | BR | 219 Sqn | DSO | 18 August 1920 - 10 March 1980 |
Lacey, James Harry "Ginger" | Sgt | BR | 501 Sqn | CdeG, DFM* | 1 February 1917 - 30 May 1989 |
Lackie, William Leckie | Sgt | BR | 141 Sqn | ||
Lafont, Henrie Gaston | Adj | Free FR | 615 Sqn | Surviving aircrew | |
Laguna, Piotr | Flt Lt | POL | 302 Sqn | KIA 27 June 1941 | |
Laing, Alan | Sgt | BR | 151 Sqn | ||
Laing, Alexander James Alan | Fg Off | BR | 64 Sqn | Resigned RAF Commission in 1948 | |
Lake, Donald Millar | Fg Off | BR | 219 Sqn | KIA 4 September 1941 | |
Lamb, Albert | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | Died 5 January 1948 | |
Lamb, Owen Edward | Plt Off | NZ | 151 Sqn | KIA 14 April 1941 | |
Lamb, Peter Gilbert | Fg Off | BR | 610 Sqn | AFC | |
Lamb, Robert Lionel | Plt Off | BR | 600 Sqn | ||
Lamb, Roderick Russell | Sub Lt (FAA) | BR | 804 NAS | KIA 24 August 1942 | |
Lambert, Hugh Michael Standford "Mike" | Flt Lt | BR | 25 Sqn | KIA 15 September 1940 when Beaufighter R2067 crashed near Biggin Hill.[9] | |
Lambie, William Gavib Mein | Plt Off | BR | 219 Sqn | KIA 15 November 1940[10] | |
Lammer, Alfred | Plt Off | BR | 141 Sqn | DFC & Bar | |
Landels, Leslie Ninlan | Plt Off | BR | 32 & 615 Sqns | KIA 20 January 1942 | |
Lane, Brian John Edward "Sandy" | Flt Lt | BR | 19 Sqn (CO) | DFC | Author of Spitfire!, published in 1942 under the pseudonym B.J. Ellan; one of only a few contemporaneous, autobiographical accounts of the life of a Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot.[11] MIA 13 December 1942[12] |
Lane, Roy | Plt Off | BR | 43 Sqn | KIA 20 June 1944 (by Japanese in Burma) | |
Langdon, Charles Edward | Plt Off | BR | 43 Sqn | MIA 26 February 1941 | |
Langham-Hobart, Neville Charles | Plt Off | BR | 73 Sqn | 1912-1994 As a pilot of Hawker Hurricane P2036 he was badly injured following combat with a Bf 109 on 23 September 1940 and became a member of the Guinea Pig Club. | |
Langley, Gerald Archibald | Plt Off | BR | 41 Sqn | KIA 15 September 1940 when Spitfire P9324 was shot down in combat with Bf 109s.[9][13] | |
Langley, Leonard | Sgt | BR | 23 Sqn | Died 26 September 1953 | |
Lanning, Francis Charles Anthony | Plt Off | BR | 141 Sqn | DFC | 1907-2002 |
Lansdell, John | Sgt | BR | 607 Sqn | KIA 17 September 1940; Name also incorrectly spelt as Landsell[14] | |
Lapka, Stanislaw | Plt Off | POL | 302 Sqn | Died 1978 | |
Laprowski, Waclaw | Plt Off | POL | 203 Sqn | KIA 2 July 1941 | |
Larbalestier, Basil Douglas | Plt Off | BR | 600 Sqn | Died 1994 | |
Laricheliere, Joseph Emile Paul | Plt Off | CAN | 213 Sqn | DFC | MIA 16 August 1940 [15] when he failed to return in his Hurricane from combat near Portland.[9] |
Latta, John Blandford F | Plt Off | CAN | 242 Sqn | DFC | MIA 12 January 1941[15] aged 27 |
Lauder, Arnold John | Sgt | BR | 264 Sqn | ||
Laughlin, John Hamilton | Fg Off | BR | 235 Sqn | MBE | |
Laurence, George | Sgt | BR | 141 Sqn | DFM | KIA 9 November 1944 [16] |
Law, K S | Plt Off | BR | 605 Sqn | Refer to Kennith Schadtler-Law | |
Lawford, Derek Napier | Sgt | BR | 247 Sqn | ||
Lawler, Edgar Stanley | Sgt | BR | 604 Sqn | ||
Lawrence, John Thornett | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | OBE, AFC | |
Lawrence, Keith Ashley | Plt Off | NZ [17] | 242, 603, 234 Sqns & 421 Flt | DFC | Surviving aircrew[18] |
Lawrence, Norman Anthony | Sgt | BR | 54 Sqn | Died 22 August 1958[19] | |
Laws, Adrian Francis | Plt Off | BR | 64 Sqn | DFM | KIA 30 September 1940 |
Laws, George Godfrey Stone | Sgt | BR | 501 & 151 Sqns | KIA 28 March 1941 (Pilot) | |
Lawson, Richard Chester | Plt Off | BR | 601 Sqn | KIA 10 February 1941 | |
Lawson, Walter John | Plt Off | BR | 19 Sqn | KIA 28 August 1941 | |
Lawson-Brown, John | Plt Off | BR | 64 Sqn | KIA 12 May 1941 | |
Lawton, Philip Charles Fenner | Fg Off | BR | 604 Sqn | DFC | |
Laycock, Herbert Keith | Plt Off | BR | 79 & 87 Sqns | KIA 18 August 1943 | |
Lazoryk, Włodzimierz | Flt Lt | POL | 607 Sqn | ||
Leary, David Cooper | Plt Off | BR | 17 Sqn | KIA 18 December 1940 | |
Leatham, Ernest George Cuthbert | Plt Off | BR | 248 Sqn | DFC | |
Leathart, James Anthony "The Prof" | Sqn Ldr | BR | 54 Sqn | DSO | Died 1998; retired from RAF in 1962 at the rank of Air Cdre [20][21] |
Leather, William Johnson | Flt Lt | BR | 611 Sqn | ||
Le Cheminant, Jerrold | Sgt | BR | 616 Sqn | DFC | |
Leckrone, Philip Howard | Plt Off | AME | 616 Sqn | KIFA 5 January 1941 (practice flight) [22] | |
Lecky, John Gage | Plt Off | BR | 610 & 41 Sqns | KIA 11 October 1940 [23] | |
Le Conte, Edgar Francis | Sgt | BR | FIU | OBE | Died 4 May 1981[24] |
Ledger, Leslie | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | ||
Le Dong, Terry | Sgt | BR | 219 Sqn | KIA 8 February 1941 (Wireless Operator) | |
Lee, Kenneth Norman Thomas "Hawkeye" | Fg Off | BR | 501 Sqn | DFC | Died 15 January 2008[25] |
Lee, Maurice Alexander William | Sgt | BR | 72 Sqn & 421 Flt | KIA 31 December 1940 (Pilot) | |
Lee, Richard Hugh Antony | Flt Lt | BR | 85 Sqn | DSO, DFC | MIA 18 August 1940 when he was last seen in his Hurricane P2923 chasing an enemy formation of the east coast.[9] |
Lees, Alan Farquhar Young | Plt Off | BR | 236 Sqn | DSO, DFC | Died 27 October 1987 |
Lees, Ronald Beresford | Sqn Ldr | AUS | 72 Sqn | CB, CBE, DFC*, MID**, LoM(Cdr)(US) | Later CO RAF Coltishall (9 January 1941 - 11 September 1942); Died 18 May 1991; Retired from RAF with the rank of Air Marshal |
LeFevre, Peter William | Plt Off | BR | 46 Sqn | MIA 6 February 1944 | |
Legg, Richard James | Plt Off | BR | 601 Sqn | Died 1959 | |
Legge, Brian Pauncefoote | Plt Off | BR | 601 Sqn | DFC | [26] |
Leggett, Percival Graham | Plt Off | BR | 245 Sqn | Surviving aircrew | |
Leigh, Arthur Charles | Sgt | BR | 64 & 72 Sqns | DFM | [27] |
Leigh, Rupert Henry Archibald | Sqn Ldr | BR | 66 Sqn (CO) | ||
Le Jeune, O G | Sgt | BEL | 235 Sqn | Died 10 April 1947 | |
Lenahan, John Desmond | Plt Off | BR | 607 Sqn | KIA 9 September 1940 when his Hurricane P3177 crashed following combat with Do 17s and Bf 109s near Mayfield.[9] | |
Leng, Maurice Equity | Sgt | BR | 73 Sqn | Shot down, captured & made POW 30 September 1942 | |
Lennard, Paul Lennard | Mid (FAA) | BR | 501 Sqn | KIA 26 March 1942 | |
Lenton, Edwin Claude | Plt Off | BR | 56 Sqn | ||
Le Rougetel, Stanley | Fg Off | BR | 600 Sqn | ||
Le Roy Du Vivier, Daniel Albert Raymond Georges | Plt Off | BEL | 43 Sqn | Died 2 September 1981 | |
Lerway, Frederick Thomas | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | ||
Leslie, George Mennie | Sgt | BR | 219 Sqn | KIA 17 December 1940 (Wireless Operator) | |
Levenson, Stephen Austin | Sgt | BR | 611 Sqn | KIA 17 September 1942 (Pilot) | |
Lewis, Albert Gerald "Zulu" | Plt Off | SA | 85 & 249 Sqns | DFC* | [28] |
Lewis, Charles Sydney | Sgt | BR | 600 Sqn | Died 1954 | |
Lewis, Raymond Grant | Plt Off | CAN | 401 Sqn | MIA 5 February 1941 | |
Lewis, William George | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | KIA 14 July 1941 | |
Leyland, Reginald Harry | Sgt | BR | FIU | KIA 23 October 1942[29] | |
Lilley, Robert | Sgt | BR | 29 Sqn | DFC | KIA 28 April 1944 (Wireless Operator/Navigator) |
Lillie, P | Sgt | BR | 264 Sqn | ||
Limpenny, Eric Ronald | Sgt | BR | 64 Sqn | ||
Lindsay, Alec Ian | Plt Off | BR | 72 Sqn | KIA 23 October 1943 | |
Lindsey, P C | Fg Off | BR | 601 Sqn | KIA 26 July 1940 when he was shot down in the channel in Hurricane P2753.[9] | |
Lines, Arthur Peter | Fg Off | BR | 17 Sqn | ||
Lingard, John Granville | Plt Off | BR | 25 Sqn | DFC | |
Linney, Anthony Stuart | Plt Off | BR | 229 Sqn | OBE | Died 1983 |
Lipscombe, Alfred John | Sgt | BR | 600 Sqn | KIA 20 September 1941 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) | |
Lister, Robert Charles Franklin | Sqn Ldr | BR | 41 (CO) & 92 Sqns | DFC | Died March 1998[30] |
Litchfield, Peter | Plt Off | BR | 610 Sqn | MIA 18 July 1940 when Spitfire P9452 was shot down in combat just north of Calais.[9] | |
Litson, Frederick William Ronald | Sgt | BR | 141 Sqn | DFC | |
Little, Arthur Guthrie | Plt Off | BR | 235 Sqn | ||
Little, Bernard Williamson | Fg Off | BR | 609 Sqn | OBE | Died 1986 |
Little, James Hayward | Flt Lt | BR | 219 Sqn (CO) | DFC | KIA 12 June 1943 |
Little, Ronald | Sgt | BR | 238 Sqn | MIA 28 September 1940 when Hurricane N2400 crashed into the sea after being shot down by Bf 109s over the Isle of Wight.[9] | |
Little, Thomas Burgess | Fg Off | CAN | 401 Sqn | MIA 27 August 1941[31] | |
Llewellin, Arthur John Alexander | Fg Off | BR | 29 Sqn | KIA 7 February 1942 | |
Llewellyn, Reginald Thomas | Sgt | BR | 213 Sqn | DFM | |
Lloyd, ? | AC | BR | 29 Sqn | Flew only 1 operational sortie | |
Lloyd, David Edward | Sgt | BR | 19 & 64 Sqns | KIA 17 March 1942 | |
Lloyd, John Phillip | Plt Off | BR | 72 & 64 Sqns | ||
Lloyd, Philip David | Sgt | BR | 41 Sqn | KIA 15 October 1940 when his Spitfire X4178 was shot down in a surprise attack by Hptmn Fözö of 4/JG51.[9][32] | |
Lochnan, Peter William | Fg Off | CAN | 1 Sqn RCAF | KIFA 21 May 1941[33] | |
Lock, Erick Stanley "Sawn Off Lockie" | Plt Off | BR | 41 Sqn | DSO, DFC*, MiD | MIA 3 August 1941 |
Lockhart, James | Plt Off | BR | 85 & 213 Sqns | KIA 5 April 1942 | |
Lockton, Eric Edward | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | MIA 20 July 1940 when Blenheim L1300 was shot down into the sea off Cherbourg.[9] | |
Lockwood, Joseph Charles | Sgt | BR | 54 Sqn | KIA 3 March 1941[34] | |
Lofts, Keith Temple | Plt Off | BR | 615 & 249 Sqns | KIFA 20 May 1951 | |
Logan, Colin | Plt Off | BR | 266 Sqn | KIA 27 March 1941[35] | |
Logie, Ormonde Arthur | Plt Off | BR | 29 Sqn | {1909-1989) | |
Lokuciewski, Witold "Tolo" | Plt Off | POL | 303 Sqn | VM, KW***, PR, DFC, CdG | Died 17 April 1990 in Warsaw |
Long, ? | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | Service details unknown | |
Lonsdale, John | Plt Off | BR | 3 Sqn | KIA 26 November 1942 | |
Lonsdale, Robert Henry | Sgt | BR | 242 & 501 Sqns | ||
Looker, David John | Plt Off | BR | 615 Sqn | ||
Loudon, Malcolm John | Flt Lt | BR | 141 Sqn | DFC | |
Lovell, Anthony Desmond Joseph | Plt Off | BR | 41 Sqn | DSO*, DFC*, DFC (US) | KIA 17 August 1945[36][37][38] |
Lovell-Gregg, Terence Gunion | Sqn Ldr | NZ | 87 Sqn | KIA 15 August 1940 when his Hurricane P3215 crashed near Abbotsbury after being shot down by enemy fighters over Portland.[9][39] | |
Loverseed, John Eric | Sgt | BR | 501 Sqn | AFC | Died 1962[40] |
Lovett, Reginald Eric | Flt Lt | BR | 73 Sqn | DFC | KIA 7 September 1940 |
Lowe, Joseph | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | Died 1973 | |
Loweth, Philip Anthony | Plt Off | BR | 249 Sqn | ||
Lowther, Walter | Sgt | BR | 219 Sqn | ||
Loxton, Wilfred William "Bill" | Sqn Ldr | BR | 25 Sqn (CO) | Died 15 November 1992 | |
Lucas, Robin Morton McTaggart Delight | Plt Off | BR | 141 Sqn | Surviving aircrew | |
Lucas, Sidney Edward | Sgt | BR | 32 & 257 Sqns | ||
Lukazewicz, Kazimierz | Fg Off | POL | 501 Sqn | MIA 12 August 1940 | |
Lumsden, Dugald Thomas Moore | Plt Off | BR | 236 Sqn | ||
Lumsden, J C | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | ||
Lund, John Wilfred | Plt Off | BR | 611 & 92 Sqns | KIA 2 October 1941 | |
Lusk, H S | Plt Off | NZ | 25 Sqn | ||
Lusty, Kenneth Roy | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | Died 18 September 2009[41] | |
Lyall, Alastair McLaren | Flt Lt | BR | 25 Sqn | ||
Lyall, Archibald "Pat" | Plt Off | BR | 602 Sqn | KIA 28 November 1940 | |
Lynch, James | AC | BR | 25 Sqn | MIA 22 January 1944 | |
Lyons, Emanuel Barrett | Plt Off | BR | 65 Sqn | DFC | |
Lysek, Antoni | Sgt | POL | 302 Sqn | MIA 5 July 1942 |
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Name | Rank | Nationality | Sqn during Battle | Awards | Notes |
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McAdam, John | Sgt | BR | 41 Sqn |
Born Gillingham, Kent, 21 March 1919; KIA 20 February 1941, buried in Island Magee (Ballyharry) Cemetery, County Antrim | |
McAdam, William David | Sgt | BR | 23 Sqn | KIA 1 September 1941 | |
McAllister, P J | AC | BR | 23 & 29 Sqns | ||
MacArthur, Malcolm Robert | Fg Off | BR | 236 Sqn | DFC | |
McArthur, James Henry Gordon | Flt Lt | BR | 238 609 Sqns |
KIFA May 1961.[42] | |
McAvity, George Fellows | Fg Off | CAN | 3 Sqn | KIFA 19 October 1940 [43] | |
McCann, Thomas Andrew | Sgt | BR | 601 Sqn | KIA 27 July 1942 (El Alamein, North Africa) | |
McCarthy, James Patrick | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | ||
McCarthy, Thomas Francis | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | MIA 6 October 1942 | |
McCaul, John Patrick | AC2 | BR | 219 Sqn | KIA 30 September 1940 | |
McCaw, Derek Charles | Fg Off | BR | 238 Sqn | KIA 8 August 1940 | |
McChesney, Robert Ian | Sgt | NZ | 236 Sqn | KIA 6 December 1942[44] | |
McClintock, John Arthur Peter | Plt Off | BR | 615 Sqn | KIFA 25 November 1940 | |
McColl, John B | Plt Off | CAN | 615 & 607 Sqns | ||
McComb, James Ellis | Sqn Ldr | BR | 611 Sqn (CO) | DFC | Died August 1982 |
McConnell, John | Sgt | BR | 145 Sqn | Died 1965 | |
McConnell, William Winder | Plt Off | IRE | 607 245 249 |
DFC | |
McCormack, John Bernard | Sgt | BR[notes 2] | 25 Sqn | MIA 10 September 1942 | |
McDermott, John Alexander | Sgt | NZ | 23 Sqn | Died 2 January 1970 | |
MacDonald, Alexander Stewart | Sgt | BR | 601 Sqn | ||
MacDonald, Donald Kennedy | Plt Off | BR | 603 Sqn | MIA 28 August 1940; Brother of Harold Kennedy MacDonald←[45] | |
MacDonald, Duncan Stuart | Flt Lt | BR | 213 Sqn | DSO, DFC | |
MacDonald, Harold Kennedy | Flt Lt | BR | 603 Sqn | KIA 28 September 1940; Brother of Donald Kennedy MacDonald←[46] | |
MacDonell, Aeness Ranald Donald | Sqn Ldr | BR | 64 Sqn (CO) | DFC | |
McDonough, Bryan Martin | Plt Off | AUS | 236 Sqn | MIA 1 August 1940 | |
MacDougal, Charles White | Sgt | BR | 111 Sqn | KIA 5 March 1941 (Malta) | |
MacDougall, Ian Neil | Plt Off | BR | 141 Sqn | DFC | Died August 1987 |
MacDougall, Ralph Ian George | Sqn Ldr | BR | 17 Sqn | ||
McDougall, Roy | Plt Off | BR | 3 232 Sqns |
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McDowall, Andrew | Sgt | BR | 602 Sqn | DFM | Died 1981 |
McFadden, Aubrey | Plt Off | BR | 73 Sqn | MIA 5 April 1942 (Singapore) | |
McFie, Colin Hamilton | Plt Off | BR | 611 & 616 Sqns | DFC | |
McGaw, Charles Alexander | Plt Off | AUS | 73 66 Sqns |
KIA 1 October 1943 | |
McGibbon, James | Plt Off | BR | 615 Sqn | KIA 29 September 1940 | |
McGlashan, Kenneth Butterworth | Plt Off | BR | 245 Sqn | AFC | |
McGowan, Roy Andrew | Plt Off | BR | 46 Sqn | Died 20 March 2012[citation needed] | |
McGowan, Robert Henry | Plt Off | BR | 92 Sqn | KIA 22 December 1944 | |
McGrath, John Keswick Ulick Blake | Plt Off | BR | 601 Sqn | DFC | [42] |
MacGregor, Alexander Noel | Sgt | BR | 19 Sqn | ||
McGregor, Alan James | Plt Off | BR | 504 Sqn | DSO | |
McGregor, Gordon Roy | Flt Lt | CAN | 1 RCAF | OBE, DFC, CdeG, MiD** | [47] |
McGregor, Hector Douglas | Sqn Ldr | NZ | 213 Sqn | KCB, CBE, DSO | Died 11 April 1973; Retired from RAF with the rank of Air Marshal.[48] |
McGregor, Peter Reginald | Plt Off | BR | 46 Sqn | ||
McGugan, Robert | Sgt | BR | 141 Sqn | ||
McHardy, Donald Ballantine Hardy | Fg Off | BR | 229 Sqn | POW 26 October 1940 | |
McHardy, Eric Hartgill | Plt Off | NZ | 248 Sqn | DSO, DFC | |
McInnes, A | Plt Off | BR | 601 & 238 Sqns | ||
McIntosh, Peter Roy Charles | Sgt | BR | 151 & 605 Sqns | KIA 12 October 1940 | |
McIntyre, A G | Plt Off | NZ | 111 Sqn | ||
McKay, Donald Alastair Stewart | Sgt | BR | 501 Sqn & 421 Flt | DFM | 1917-1959 |
McKellar, Archibald Ashmore | Flt Lt | BR | 605 Sqn | DSO, DFC* | KIA 1 November 1940 [42] |
MacKenzie, Duncan Cameron | Plt Off | CAN | 56 Sqn | KIA 11 June 1943[49] | |
MacKenzie, John Noble | Plt Off | NZ | 41 Sqn | DFC | Retired December 1957 retaining Sqn Ldr; died May 1993 |
Mackenzie, Kenneth William | Plt Off | BR | 43 & 501 Sqns | DFC, AFC, AE | Died 4 June 2009 [50] |
MacKinnon, A McL | Lt (FAA) | BR | 804 NAS | ||
MacKinnon, Donald Duncan | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | KIA 18 July 1940 | |
McKnight, William Lidstone "Willie" | Plt Off | CAN | 242 Sqn | DFC* | MIA 12 January 1941[51] |
MacLachlan, Alan Moncrieff | Sqn Ldr | BR | 92 Sqn | ||
MacLachlan, James Archibald Findlay | Flt Lt | BR | 145 & 73 Sqns | DSO, DFC** | Became well known for flying with a prosthetic arm. Died while POW 31 July 1943 |
MacLachlan, James Robert | Sqn Ldr | CAN | 46 Sqn (CO) | ||
MacLaren, Archibald Colin | Plt Off | BR | 604 Sqn | ||
McLaughlin, John William | Sgt | BR | 238 Sqn | Died 16 June 2001. | |
MacLean, Charles Hector | Plt Off | BR | 604 Sqn | AE* | Died 19 July 2007 |
MacLeod, George Sutherland Murray | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | KIA 23 March 1941 | |
McLure, Andrew Crawford Rankin | Plt Off | BR | 87 Sqn | KIA 20 July 1942 | |
McMahon, John Reginald | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | ||
McMullen, Desmond Anthony Peter | Fg Off | BR | 54 & 222 Sqns | DFC | |
McNab, Ernest Archibald | Sqn Ldr | CAN | 1 Sqn RCAF (CO) | OBE, DFC, CD | [51] |
McNair, Robin John | Sqn Ldr | BR | 3 Sqn, 249 Sqn, 87 Sqn, 247 Sqn, 124 Wing & 74 Sqn | DFC | |
McNay, Alexander Logan | Sgt | BR | 73 Sqn | MIA 5 September 1940 | |
Macnamara, Brian Radley | Fg Off | BR | 603 Sqn | DSO | |
MacOnochie, Alfred Rippon Duke | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | ||
MacPhail, Frederick John | Fg Off | BR | 603 Sqn | ||
McPhee, Thomas | Sqn Ldr | BR | 151 & 249 Sqns | DFC, DFM | Died 22 February 2009[52] |
MacPherson, Robert Reid | FSgt | BR | 65 Sqn | KIA 13 October 1941 | |
MacRae, Ian Nicholson | Sgt | BR | FIU | ||
MacRory, Harry Ian | Sgt | BR | 23 Sqn | KIA 3 January 1941 | |
Machacek, Jiri | Plt Off | CZ | 310 & 145 Sqns | KIA 8 July 1941 | |
Machin, William Howard | Sgt | BR | 264 Sqn | KIA 24 August 1940 | |
Maciejowski, Michał K | Sgt | POL | 111 & 249 Sqns | ||
Macinski, Janusz | Plt Off | POL | 111 Sqn | MIA 4 September 1940 | |
Madle, Sydney James | Plt Off | BR | 615 & 605 Sqns | ||
Maffett, Gerald Hamilton | Plt Off | BR | 257 Sqn | KIA 31 August 1940 [53] | |
Maggs, Mervyn Henry | Plt Off | BR | 264 Sqn | Died November 1987 | |
Maguire, Harold John | Sqn Ldr | BR | 229 Sqn (CO) | DSO | |
Mahoney, Timothy Joseph | PO (FAA) | BR | 804 NAS | Died 1 August 1977 | |
Main, Alistair David Williams | Sgt | BR | 249 Sqn | KIA 16 July 1940 | |
Main, Hedley Ronald | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | KIA 27 August 1941 | |
Maitland-Walker, Wilford Hugh | Flt Lt | BR | 65 Sqn | Died 1969 | |
Makins, Arthur Edward | FSgt | BR | 247 Sqn | Died Sep 2000 Lerwick Born Thetford, Norfolk 1915; Commissioned December 1941 | |
Malan, Adolph "Sailor" | Flt Lt | SA | 74 Sqn (CO) | DSO*, DFC | Died 17 September 1963 |
Malengreau, Roger Fernand Fulgeance Ghislaine | Plt Off | BEL | 87 Sqn | CdeG, CBE | Died May 1996[54] |
Males, Ernest Edward | Plt Off | BR | 72 Sqn | KIA 27 September 1940 | |
Malinowski, Bronislaw | Sgt | POL | 43 Sqn | Died May 1982 | |
Malinski, Jan L | Plt Off | POL | 302 Sqn | ||
Mallett, Ronald Spencer | Sgt | BR | Sqn | DFC | KIA 28 June 1944 |
Maly, Jaroslav | Plt Off | CZ | 310 Sqn | KIA 5 June 1941[55] | |
Mamedoff, Andrew B "Andy" | Plt Off | AME | 609 Sqn | KIA 8 October 1941[56] | |
Manger, Kenneth | Plt Off | BR | 17 Sqn | DFC | MIA 11 August 1940 |
Mann, Harold John | Plt Off | BR | 1 Sqn | ||
Mann, Jackie | Sgt | BR | 64 & 92 Sqns | Died 12 November 1995 | |
Mansel-Lewis, John | Plt Off | BR | 92 Sqn | KIA 4 April 1941 | |
Mansfeld, Miroslav Jan | Sgt | CZ | 111 Sqn | DFC, DSO, AFC | Died October 1991[57] |
Mansfield, Bernard Martin | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | KIA 25 February 1941 | |
Mansfield, David Ernest | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | ||
Manton, Edward | Sgt | BR | 610 Sqn | KIA 29 August 1940 | |
Manton, Graham Ashley Leonard | Sqn Ldr | BR | 56 Sqn | ||
Marchand, Roy Achille | Plt Off | BR | 73 Sqn | KIA 15 September 1940[58] | |
Marcinkowski, Mieczysław S | Sgt | POL | 151 & 501 Sqn | MIA 1 November 1940 | |
Marek, Frantisek | Sgt | CZ | 310 & 19 Sqns | KIA 14 September 1940[59] | |
Markiewicz, Antoni L | Sgt | POL | 302 Sqn | ||
Marland, Rainford Gent | Sgt | BR | 222 Sqn | MiD** | KIA 16 December 1941 |
Marples, Roy | Fg Off | BR | 616 Sqn | DFC* | Born Muswell Hill, 22 January 1920 KIA 26 April 1944 near Horsham, Sussex, while Wg Cdr Flying of 145 Wing RAF |
Marrs, Eric Simcox | Plt Off | BR | 152 Sqn | DFC, MiD | KIA 24 July 1941 |
Marsh, Alan Edward | Lt (FAA) | BR | 804 NAS | ||
Marsh, Edward Howard | Sgt | BR | 152 Sqn | ||
Marsh, Henry James | Sgt | BR | 238 Sqn | MIA 13 August 1940 | |
Marsh, William Charles | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | ||
Marshall, Alfred Ernest | Sgt | BR | 73 Sqn | DFC, DFM | KIA 27 November 1944 |
Marshall, James Eglington | Fg Off | BR | 85 Sqn | DFC | KIA 18 April 1942 |
Marshall, John Victor | Plt Off | BR | 232 Sqn | DFC | Died 24 June 1984 |
Marshall, Thomas Brian | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | DFC | |
Marshall, Thomas Robson | Sgt | BR | 219 Sqn | KIA 29 June 1941 | |
Marsland, Guy | Plt Off | BR | 245 & 253 Sqns | Died 1983 | |
Marston, Kenneth John | Plt Off | BR | 56 Sqn | KIA 14 December 1940 | |
Martel, Ludwik | Plt Off | POL | 54 & 603 Sqns | Died 25 April 2010[60] | |
Martin, A | Sgt | BR | 264 Sqn | Service details unknown | |
Martin, Alan William | Plt Off | BR | 235 Sqn | DFC | |
Martin, John Claverley | Fg Off | NZ | 257 Sqn | MIA 27 August 1941 | |
Martin, Richard Maurice Scott | Sub Lt (FAA) | BR | 808 NAS | KIA 27 November 1940 | |
Maslen, Thomas Arthur | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | KIA 25 October 1941 | |
Mason, William | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | KIA 15 February 1941 | |
Massey, Kenneth | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | ||
Mather, John Romney | Plt Off | BR | 66 Sqn | KIA 27 October 1940 | |
Mathers, James W | AC2 | BR | 29 & 23 Sqns | ||
Matheson, Geoffrey Charles | Flt Lt | BR | 222 Sqn | KIA 24 August 1943[61] | |
Mathews, Kenneth | Plt Off | BR | 23 Sqn | KIA 20 October 1943 | |
Matthews, Henry George | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | DFM | |
Matthews, Henry Key Fielding | Fg Off | BR | 54 & 603 Sqns | KIA 7 October 1940[62] | |
Matthews, Ian Walter | Sgt | BR | 64 Sqn | KIA 1 September 1942 | |
Matthews, Peter Gerald Hugh | Fg Off | BR | 1 Sqn | DFC | |
Maxwell, David Alexander | Plt Off | BR | 611 & 603 Sqns | KIA 14 February 1941 | |
Maxwell, Hugh Lockhart | Sqn Ldr | BR | 600 Sqn (CO) | ||
Maxwell, Walter | Sgt | BR | 264 Sqn | MIA 26 August 1940 | |
May, Leonard Dawson | Sgt | BR | 601 Sqn | MIA 25 October 1940 | |
Mayers, Howard Clive | Plt Off | AUS | 601 Sqn | DFC*, DSO | MIA 20 July 1942 [63][64] |
Mayhew, Paul Francis | Fg Off | BR | 79 Sqn | KIA 19 February 1942 [65] | |
Mayne, Ernest | WO | BR | 74 Sqn | AFC | Died 21 March 1978[66] |
Meaker, James Reginald Bryan | Plt Off | BR | 249 Sqn | DFC | KIA 27 September 1940 |
Meares, Stanley Thomas | Flt Lt | BR | 54 Sqn | DFC | KIA 15 November 1941[67] |
Measures, William Edward Geoffrey | Flt Lt | BR | 74 & 238 Sqns | AFC | [68] |
Medworth, John Charles Oswald | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | ||
Meeson, Charles Victor | Sgt | BR | 56 Sqn | KIA 20 September 1940 | |
Melville, James Cosmo | Plt Off | BR | 264 Sqn | Surviving aircrew[citation needed] | |
Melville-Jackson, George Holmes | Plt Off | BR | 236 Sqn | DFC | Died 9 March 2009[69] |
Menage, Thomas Nathan | Sgt | BR | 29 Sqn | KIA 10 May 1941 | |
Mercer, Robert Turner Deighton | Sgt | BR | 609 Sqn | KIA 9 May 1941 | |
Merchant, Henry James | Sgt | BR | 1 Sqn | ||
Meredith, Arthur Douglas | Sgt | BR | 242 & 141 Sqns | ||
Mermagen, Herbert W "Tubby" | Sqn Ldr | BR | 266 & 222 Sqns (CO) | OBE, CBE, CB, CdeLd'H[70] | Died 1997[71][72] |
Merrett, John Charles | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | AE | Died approx March 2010 [73] |
Merrick, Claude | Plt Off | BR | 610 Sqn | DFC | Died 1984 |
Merryweather, Sidney William | Sgt | BR | 229 Sqn | DFM | MIA 5 June 1942 |
Mesner, Bertram William | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | MIA 13 September 1940 | |
Metcalfe, Arthur Charles | Sgt | BR | 604 Sqn | ||
Metham, James | Sgt | BR | 253 Sqn | KIA 1 September 1942 | |
Meyer, Reginald Henry Rome | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | KIA 9 February 1944 (Greece) | |
Michail, ? | Sgt | BR | 501 Sqn | ||
Michiels, Albert Charles Antoine | Sgt | BEL | 235 Sqn | KIA 16 July 1944 | |
Middlemiss, William | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | ||
Middleton, William Arthur | Plt Off | NZ | 266 Sqn | MIA 27 August 1941 (Dunkirk)[74] | |
Mierzwa, Boguslaw | Plt Off | POL | 303 Sqn | KIA 16 April 1941 | |
Miksa, Wlodzimierz | Plt Off | POL | 303 Sqn | After war changed name to Pilkington-Miksa | |
Milburn, Reginald Alan | Sgt | BR | 601 Sqn | Died 19 December 1983 | |
Milren, Peter Raymond | Plt Off | BR | 54 & 66 Sqns | KIA 11 February 1941 | |
Mileham, Denys Edgar "Den" | Plt Off | BR | 41 Sqn | Born Bromley, Kent 13 December 1920; Commissioned February 1940 KIA 15 April 1942 whilst serving with 234 Sqn, aged 22 | |
Miles, Ernest Edwin | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | ||
Miles, Stanley Fredrick | Sgt | BR | 23 Sqn | ||
Miley, Miles John | Fg Off | BR | 25 Sqn | KIA 15 September 1940 | |
Millard, Jocelyn George Power "Joce" | Plt Off | BR | 1 & 242 Sqns | AE | Died 10 May 2010 [60] |
Miller, Arthur Charles | Sgt | BR | 604 Sqn | DFC | |
Miller, Anthony Garforth | Sqn Ldr | BR | FIU & 17 Sqn (CO) | DFC | |
Miller, Alfred John | AC2 | BR | 23 Sqn | ||
Miller, Roger Freeman Garland | Plt Off | BR | 609 Sqn | KIA 27 September 1940 (Flying Spitfire X4107 it exploded when he collided with a Bf 110 over Chesilbourne, Dorset.) | |
Miller, Robert | Flt Lt | BR | 3 Sqn | KIA 24 April 1942 | |
Miller, Thomas Henry | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | KIA 17 December 1942 | |
Millington, William Henry | Plt Off | AUS | 79 & 249 Sqns | DFC | MIA 30 October 1940 |
Millist, Kenneth Milton | Plt Off | BR | 73 & 615 Sqns | DFC | KIA 7 April 1941 (El Alamein) |
Mills, Jack Baillie | AC1 | BR | 23 Sqn | ||
Mills, Jack Percival | Sgt | BR | 43 & 249 Sqns | ||
Mills, Randolph Stuart | Flt Lt | BR | 87 Sqn (CO) | DFC | |
Mills-Smith, Frank | Sgt | BR | 601 Sqn | MIA 25 October 1940 | |
Milne, John Archibald | Plt Off | CAN | 605 Sqn | ||
Milne, Richard Maxwell | Fg Off | BR | 151 Sqn | DFC | |
Milnes, Ambrose Henry | Sgt | BR | 32 Sqn | ||
Mitchell, George | Sgt | BR | 23 Sqn | Died 1969 | |
Mitchell, Gordon Thomas Manners | Plt Off | BR | 609 Sqn | KIA 11 July 1940 | |
Mitchell, Harry Thorpe | Plt Off | CAN | 87 Sqn | DFC | [51] |
Mitchell, Henry Maynard | Sqn Ldr | BR | 25 Sqn | DFC | Died 12 April 2004 |
Mitchell, Herbert Robert | Sgt (RNAF) | NZ | 3 Sqn | Born Deep Creek, near Havelock, New Zealand 13 March 1917; Commissioned January 1942 MIA 12 May 1942 whilst serving with 603 Sqn in Malta, aged 25. Remembered on the Malta Memorial | |
Mitchell, Lancelot Robert George | Fg Off | BR | 257 Sqn | MIA 7 September 1940 | |
Mitchell, Peter | Sgt | BR | 65 Sqn | KIA 16 July 1942 (Calcutta) | |
Mitchell, Philip Henry Gurrey | Fg Off | BR | 266 Sqn | ||
Mitchell, Richard Ronald | Sgt | BR | Sqn | MBE, DFC | |
Moberly, George Edward | Fg Off | BR | 616 Sqn | KIA 26 August 1940 | |
Molson, Hartland de Montarville | Fg Off (RCAF) | CAN | 1 Sqn RCAF | OBE, OC | Died September 2002[75] |
Monk, Denis Aubrey | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | ||
Monk, Ernest William John | Plt Off | BR | 25 Sqn | KIA 21 November 1940 | |
Montagu, George Wroughton | Sqn Ldr | BR | 236 Sqn (CO) | KIA 12 December 1940 | |
Montague-Smith, Arthur M | Flt Lt | BR | 264 Sqn | DL | Surviving aircrew[citation needed] (born 1915) |
Montgomery, Cecil Robert | Plt Off | BR | 615 Sqn | KIA 14 August 1940 | |
Montgomery, Herbert Francis | Sgt | BR | 43 Sqn | KIA 14 August 1940 | |
Moody, Dennis George | Sgt | BR | 604 Sqn | ||
Moody, Henry Wollaston | Plt Off | BR | 602 Sqn | MIA 7 September 1940 | |
Moore, Arthur Robert | Sgt | BR | 245 & 3 Sqns | DFC | Died 1989 |
Moore, Peter John | Sgt | AUS | 253 Sqn | KIA 3 June 1942 | |
Moore, William Roy | Plt Off | BR | 264 Sqn | Died 1984 | |
Moore, William Storey | Fg Off | AUS | 236 Sqn | KIA 24 December 1943 | |
More, James Winter Carmichael | Sqn Ldr | BR | 73 Sqn | DFC | POW 12 September 1944 (Japan) |
Morewood, Roger Edward Guy | Flt Lt | BR | 248 Sqn | Surviving aircrew [76] | |
Morfill, Percy Frederick | FSgt | BR | 501 Sqn | DFM | 1914-2004 |
Morgan, Peter Jacques | Plt Off | BR | 238 Sqn | 1919-1977 | |
Morgan, Thomas Frederick Dalton | Flt Lt | BR | 43 Sqn | DSO, DFC | Left the RAF as a Group Captain in 1952 1917-2004 |
Morgan-Gray, Hugh | BR | 46 Sqn | KIA 22 February 1941 | ||
Morris, Edward James | Plt Off | SA | 79 Sqn | DSO, DFC | |
Morris, Geoffrey Edward | Plt Off | BR | FIU | ||
Morris, John | Plt Off | BR | 248 Sqn | ||
Morrison, Joseph Pearson | Sgt | BR | 17 & 46 Sqns | KIA 22 October 1940 | |
Morrison, Neil | Sgt | BR | 54, 72 & 74 Sqns | KIA 24 February 1941[77] | |
Morrough-Ryan, Oliver Bertram "Buck" | Plt Off | BR | 41 Sqn | Born Co. Meath, Ireland 1919 KIA 26 July 1941 with 68 Sqn [78] | |
Mortimer, Percival Alexander | Plt Off | BR | 85 & 257 Sqns | KIA 6 November 1942 | |
Mortimer-Rose, Edward Brian | Plt Off | BR | 234 Sqn | DFC* | KIA 25 January 1943 (Tunisia) |
Morton, James Storrs | Fg Off | BR | 603 Sqn | DFC | 1916-1982 |
Moss, Raymond Christopher | Sgt | BR | 29 Sqn | ||
Moss, William James March | Sub Lt (FAA) | BR | 213 Sqn | MIA 27 August 1940; ARAeS | |
Mott, Walter Henry | Sgt | BR | 141 Sqn | ||
Mottram, Roy | Plt Off | BR | 92 Sqn | KIA 31 August 1941[79] | |
Mouchotte, Rene G O J | Adj | Free FR | 245 & 615 Sqns | CdeG, DFC, CdeL, CdeLd'H | KIA 27 August 1943[80] |
Mould, Edward Anthony "Tony" | Sgt | BR | 74 Sqn | KIA 20 January 1943[81] | |
Moulton, Eric Walter | Sgt | BR | 600 Sqn | ||
Mounsdon, Maurice Hewlett | Plt Off | BR | 56 Sqn | Surviving aircrew | |
Mount, Christopher John | Flt Lt | BR | 602 Sqn | DSO, DFC | 23 July 2002 |
Mowat, Noel Joseph | Fg Off (RNAF) | NZ | 245 Sqn | DSO, MiD | KIA 7 November 1946 [82] |
Mowat, Robert Innes | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | ||
Moyham, Harold Frederick John | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | KIA 3 November 1940 | |
Mrazek, Karl | Plt Off | CZ | 46 Sqn | ||
Muchowski, Konrad Antoni | Sgt | POL | 85 & 501 Sqn | Died 1988 | |
Mudie, Michael Robert | Plt Off | BR | 615 Sqn | KIA 14 July 1940 | |
Mudry, Wlodzimierz | Sgt | POL | 79 Sqn | ||
Muirhead, Ian James | Plt Off | BR | 605 Sqn | DFC | KIA 15 October 1940 |
Mumler, Mieczyslaw V M | Sqn Ldr | POL | 302 Sqn (CO) | Died 1985 | |
Mungo-Park, John Colin | Flt Lt | BR | 74 Sqn | DFC* | KIA 27 June 1941[83][84] |
Munn, Wellesley Spencer | FSgt | BR | 29 Sqn | DFM | Died 1982 |
Munro, John Gray | Sqn Ldr | BR | 263 Sqn | ||
Murch, Leonard Charles | Plt Off | BR | 253 Sqn | Died of polio 16 September 1943 (Libya)[85] | |
Murland, William John | Sgt | NZ | 264 Sqn | Died 15 November 1978 | |
Murray, Alan Duncan | Sqn Ldr | BR | 46, 501 & 73 Sqns | DFC | |
Murray, James | Sgt | BR | 610 & 74 Sqns | KIA 3 April 1943 (El Alamein) | |
Murray, Patrick Hatton | Sgt | BR | 73 Sqn | KIA 8 December 1942 (Kiel) | |
Murray, Thomas Burnley | Plt Off | BR | 616 Sqn | AFC | Died 1984 |
N
Name | Rank | Nationality | Sqn during Battle | Decorations | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Naish, Kenneth Edward | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | DFC | |
Narucki, Aleksander Ryszard | Plt Off | POL | 607 Sqn | KIA 11 May 1941 | |
Naughtin, Harold Thomas | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | MIA 28 May 1941 | |
Neil, Thomas Francis "Ginger" | Plt Off | BR | 249 Sqn | DFC, AFC, AE | Surviving aircrew[86] |
Nelson, Dick | Flt Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | Died 26 June 1972 | |
Nelson, William Henry | Fg Off | AME [87] | 74 Sqn | DFC | MIA 1 November 1940[51][88] |
Nelson-Edwards, George Hassall | Plt Off | BR | 79 Sqn | DFC | |
Nesbitt, Arthur Deane | Fg Off | CAN | 1 Sqn RCAF | OBE, DFC, CdeG | Died 22 February 1978 |
Neville, William John | Sgt | BR | 610 Sqn | KIA 11 August 1940 | |
Newbury, John Charles | Plt Off | BR | 609 Sqn | ||
Newbury, M A | Plt Off | BR | 145 Sqn | KIA during the Battle of Britain, but date unknown | |
Newham, Edward Arnold | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | ||
Newling, Michael Alan | Plt Off | BR | 145 Sqn | DFC | KIA 6 July 1941 |
Newport, Douglas Victor | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | ||
Newton, Edwin Frank | Sgt | BR | 29 Sqn | ||
Newton, Harry Snow | Sgt | BR | 111 Sqn | AFC | |
Nicholas, John Beville Howard | Fg Off | BR | 65 Sqn | ||
Nicholls, Douglas Benjamin Fletcher | Sgt | BR | 87, 242 & 151 Sqns | DFC | Surviving aircrew |
Nicholls, Thomas George Frank | Sgt | BR | 23 Sqn | KIA 10 April 1941 (Air Gunner) | |
Nichols, Dennis Hugh | Sgt | BR | 56 Sqn | Died 23 August 2001 | |
Nicolson, James Brindley | Flt Lt | BR | 249 Sqn | VC, DFC | MIA 2 May 1945 (in Singapore) |
Nicolson, Peter Bethune | Sgt | BR | 232 Sqn | KIA 29 May 1941 (in North Africa)[89] | |
Niemiec, Pawel | Fg Off | POL | 17 Sqn | ||
Nightingale, Frederick George | Plt Off | BR | 219 Sqn | KIA 17 December 1940 | |
Niven, Hugh Glen | Plt Off | CAN | 601 & 602 Sqns | Died 8 April 2008[90] | |
Nixon, William | AC | BR | 23 Sqn | KIA 30 August 1944 (in Germany) (Pilot)[91] | |
Noble, Brian Robert | Plt Off | BR | 79 Sqn | ||
Noble, Dennis | Sgt | BR | 43 Sqn | KIA 30 August 1940 (Pilot) | |
Noble, William John | Sgt | BR | 54 Sqn | Died 1979 | |
Nokes-Cooper, Benjamin | Fg Off | BR | 236 Sqn | KIA 1 August 1940 (Air Gunner) | |
Norfolk, Norman Robert | Plt Off | BR | 72 Sqn | DFC | |
Norris, Philip Purchell | Sgt | BR | 213 Sqn | KIA 13 August 1940 (Pilot) | |
Norris, Robert Wilson C | Fg Off | CAN | 401 Sqn | ||
Norris, Stanley Charles | Flt Lt | BR | 610 Sqn | DFC | |
North, Gerald | Plt Off | BR | 257 Sqn | Continued service as flight instructor in Canada | |
North, Harold Leslie | Fg Off | NZ | 43 Sqn | KIA 1 May 1942 | |
North-Bomford, David John | Sgt | BR | 17 Sqn | ||
Norwell, John King "Jock" | Sgt | BR | 54 & 41 Sqns | AFC | Surviving aircrew Born Perth, Scotland 4 October 1917; Commissioned July 1942; granted commission as Fg Off in RAFVR 1947; retired 1954.[92] |
Norwood, Robin Keith Collen | Plt Off | BR | 65 Sqn | Died 2 April 1970 | |
Nosowicz, Zbigniew | Plt Off | POL | 56 Sqn | ||
Nowakiewicz, Eugeniusz Jan Adam | Sgt | POL | 302 Sqn | Crashed and taken POW 23 July 1942 | |
Nowell, William Ronald | Sub Lt (FAA) | BR | 804 NAS | Died 2 December 1976 | |
Nowierski, Tadeusz | Plt Off | POL | 609 Sqn | Died 2 April 1983 | |
Nunn, Stanley George | Plt Off | BR | 236 Sqn | DFC | |
Nute, Romilly Ronald James | Sgt | BR | 23 Sqn | KIA 11 March 1941 (Air Gunner) | |
Nutter, Reginald Charles | Sgt | BR | 257 Sqn | DFC | Surviving aircrew |
Notes on table
- 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.[93]
Abbreviations
- (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
AME | American |
AUS | Australian |
BEL | Belgian |
BR | British |
CAN | Canadian |
CZ | Czechoslovakian |
FR | French |
IRE | Irish |
NZ | New Zealander |
POL | Polish |
RHO | Rhodesian |
SA | South African |
Awards
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 in 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 | |
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
- 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 aces by country
- List of World War II air 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 (O-R)
- List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (S-U)
- List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (V-Z)
Notes
- Notes
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