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Ireland was then, as now, a partitioned island so it would be incorrect to treat the island as if it were one state. I have expanded that the Irish Free State was officially called Ireland from 1937 - but also the Gaelic name Eire. Irish Free State ought to be the subsection's title, rather than Ireland which shares its landmass with Northern Ireland, which recognises the political distinctness of what is now Republic of Ireland. I recognise that the page title is "Non-British personnel" but there could be a token mention that aircrew from the six counties of Northern Ireland are classified as "British".Cloptonson (talk) 19:26, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The Free State had ceased to be by the Second World War following the 1936 legal changes following the Abdication/ External Relations Act.
The term "Republic of Ireland" is not really accurate for the time. "Republic of Ireland" tends to be term used by British Officialdom for the 26 County State but only from a few years after the Second World War, and really not since the Good Friday Agreement. (Although British based organisations tend to still use the nomenclature). The name used really should either be "Ireland", the name the 26 County State used at the tinne for itself (and still uses). Alternatively "Eire" may be appropriate because British Officialdom did use that term in the English language at the time for the 26 County State. The argument for that really the article is about a British Instituion (RAF) during the Second World War period. (We don't for example say "Bangladesh, India & Pakistan" for airmen from Undivided India, or "Zimbabwe" for Southern Rhodesia... and period flags seem to be used.
If the term Ireland is is used for the 26 Counties... then logically because at the time the state claimed all 32 counties (remember the article is about a pre good Friday Agreement Period) then there is an argument that any flyers from Northern Ireland should be in the Ireland box. The trouble with that it causes another problem because for the NI ones are British as far as the UK is concerned.
That then opens up another Pandora's Box because actually at the time there was no such thing as British, Canadian, Southern Rhodesian, Indian etc Citizenship, they were all British Subjects (and to fuel to the fire, including people born anywhere on the island of Ireland (when part of the UK), Southern Ireland or Irish Free State. Anyone born in "Ireland" (or "Eire" to use the then British official term of the time) would have been no more than three years old when war broke out! So in a sense we then get the list to include people we would now say are neither Commonwealth Citizens nor Irish.. so Poles, Free French, Czechs, Americans etc.
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