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]
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[4] 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.[5] The Roll of Honour within the Chapel contains the names of 1,497 pilots and aircrew killed or mortally wounded during the Battle.[6]
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.[7]
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.[8]
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.[9]
| Name | Rank | Nationality | Sqn during Battle | Awards | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair, Hubert Hastings "Paddy | Sgt | British | 213 & 151 Sqns | [10] A pilot in a light bomber squadron during the Battle of France, transferred to Fighter Command. MIA 6 November 1940 presumed shot down. | ||
| Adams, Dennis Arthur | Plt Off | British | 611 & 41 Sqn | Retired May 1958 as a Squadron Leader; died 1995 | ||
| Adams, Eric Henry | Sgt | British | 236 Sqn | |||
| Adams, Hugh Charles | Plt Off | British | 501 Sqn | KIA 6 September 1940 (Pilot) Shot down in combat with a Bf 109 over Ashford in Hurricane P3089[11] | ||
| Adams, Jack Sylvester | Flt Lt | British | 29 Sqn | DFC | ||
| Adams, Reginald Thomas | Flt Sgt | British | 264 Sqn | Joined 264 in September 1940. KIA 30 June 1942 over Germany as Air Gunner in No. 405 (Vancouver) Squadron RCAF | ||
| Addison, William Nathan | Sgt | British | 23 Sqn | DFC DFM | ||
| Aeberhardt, Raymond Andre Charles | Plt Off | British | 19 Sqn | KIA 31 August 1940 (Pilot) Spitfire R6912 overturned and burned landing at RAF Fowlmere following combat damage to flaps. | ||
| Agazarian, Noel le Chevalier | Plt Off | British | 609 Sqn | KIA 16 May 1941 (North Africa), ace with 7 victories | ||
| Aindow, Charles Robert | AC2 | British | 23 Sqn | Died 3 February 2010 | ||
| Ainge, Eric Douglas | Sgt | British | 23 Sqn | |||
| Ainsworth, Sidney | Sgt | British | 23 Sqn | |||
| Aitken, Arthur | Sgt | British | 219 Sqn | |||
| Aitken, Henry Aloysius | Sgt | British | 54 Sqn | |||
| Aitken, Sir John William Maxwell "Max", 2nd Baron Beaverbrook | Sqn Ldr | British | 601 Sqn (CO) | DSO, DFC | Died 30 April 1985 | |
| Akroyd, Harold John | Plt Off | British | 152 Sqn | WIA 7 October 1940, Died 8 October 1940 Shot down in Spitfire N3039 during combat with fighters over Lyme Regis. Died the next day from burns received in the crash landing. | ||
| Albertini, Anthony Victor | Sgt | British | 600 Sqn | |||
| Aldous, Eric Stanley | Plt Off | BR | 600 Sqn | KIA 16 October 1941: Hit by AA over Flushing, NL, whilst serving with 615 Sqdn. | ||
| Aldridge, Frederick Joseph | Plt Off | British | 610 & 41 Sqns | Born Dublin, Ireland. Commended for Valuable Services in the Air 1945. Released from RAF 1947 | ||
| Aldridge, Keith Russell | Plt Off | British | 32 & 501 Sqns | |||
| Aldwinckle, Aylmer James Martinus | Plt Off | British | 601 Sqn | |||
| Alexander, Edward Ariss | Sgt | British | 236 Sqn | MIA 25 February 1941 | ||
| Alexander, John William Edward | Plt Off | British | 151 Sqn | |||
| Allard, Geoffrey | Plt Off | British | 85 Sqn | DFC, DFM* | KIFA 13 March 1941 (Pilot) | |
| Allcock, Peter Owen Denys | Plt Off | British | 229 Sqn | Died WIA 17 December 1941 (Egypt) | ||
| Allen, Hubert Raymond "Dizzy" | Plt Off | British | 66 Sqn | DFC | Died 1987 | |
| Allen, John William | Sgt | British | 266 Sqn | |||
| Allen, John Henry Leslie | Fg Off | NZ | 151 Sqn | MIA 12 July 1940 Hurricane P3275 hit by return fire from a Dornier Do 17 while protecting convoy off Orfordness. Ditched in the sea. | ||
| Fg Off | British | 54 Sqn | DFC | KIA 24 July 1940 Spitfire R6812 crashed and burned at Cliftonville following damage to the engine in combat with Bf 109s over Margate. | ||
| Allen, Kenneth Mervyn | Flt Sgt | British | 43, 257 & 253 Sqns | |||
| Allen, Leslie Henry | Sgt | British | 141 Sqn | |||
| Allgood, Harold Henry | Sgt | British | 85 & 253 Sqns | KIFA 10 October 1940 (Pilot) Hurricane L1928 of 253 Sqn crashed into houses at Albion Place, Maidstone. | ||
| Allison, Jack Whitewell | Sgt | British | 611 & 41 Sqns | KIFA 15 October 1942. Commissioned August 1941; KIFA with 32 MU aged 26. | ||
| Allsop, Harold Gordon Leach | Sqn Ldr | British | 66 Sqn | |||
| Allton, Leslie Charles | Sgt | British | 92 Sqn | KIFA 19 October 1940 (Pilot) Spitfire P3872 crashed at Tuesnoad Farm, Smarden. | ||
| Ambrose, Charles Francis | Plt Off | British | 46 Sqn | DFC | ||
| Ambrose, Richard | Plt Off | British | 25 & 151 Sqns | KIFA 4 September 1940 (Pilot) Hurricane V7405 crashed into a crane and burned out on takeoff from Stapleford on a ferry flight. | ||
| Ambrus, Jan K | Plt Off | Czechoslovak | 312 Sqn | Died 2 January 1994 | ||
| Anderson, Donald John | Plt Off | British | 29 Sqn | |||
| Anderson, James Alexander | Sgt | British | 253 Sqn | |||
| Anderson, John Denis | Sgt | British | 152 Sqn | |||
| Anderson, Michael Frederic | Sqn Ldr | British | 604 Sqn (CO) | DFC | ||
| Andreae, Christopher John Drake | Fg Off | British | 64 Sqn | MIA 15 August 1940 Spitfire R6990 failed to return from a combat mission against Bf 109s over the channel, Andrae missing. | ||
| Andrew, Stanley | Sgt | British | 46 Sqn | KIA 11 September 1940 (Pilot)[12] Hurricane P3325 crashed and burnt out during a patrol, cause not known. | ||
| Andrews, Maurice Raymond | Sgt | NZ | 264 Sqn | |||
| Andrews, Sydney Ernest | Plt Off | British | 32 & 257 Sqns | DFM | KIFA 9 August 1942 Egypt (Pilot) | |
| Andruszkow, Tadeusz | Sgt | POL | 303 Sqn | KW | KIA 27 September 1940 Hurricane V7289 shot down in combat by Uffz. Heinirch Kopperschrager over Horsham and crashed at Holywych Farm, Cowden. | |
| Angus, James George Colin | Sgt | British | 23 Sqn | |||
| Angus, Robert Alexander | Sgt | British | 611 & 41 Sqns | MIA 20 February 1941 | ||
| Appleby, Michael John | Plt Off | British | 609 Sqn | |||
| Appleford, Alexander Nelson Robin Langley | Plt Off | British | 66 Sqn | |||
| Arber, Ivor Kenneth | Sgt | British | 603 Sqn | AFC | ||
| Arbon, Paul Wade | Plt Off | British | 85 Sqn | DFC | ||
| Arbuthnott, John[13] | Sgt | British | 1 & 229 Sqns | KIA 4 February 1941 (Pilot) | ||
| Archer, Harold Thorpe | Sgt | British | 23 Sqn | KIA 30 June 1941 | ||
| Archer, Samuel | Sgt | British | 236 Sqn | |||
| Aries, Ellis Walter | Plt Off | British | 602 Sqn | |||
| Armitage, Dennis Lockhart "Tage" | Flt Lt | British | 266 Sqn | DFC | Died 5 March 2004 | |
| Armitage, Joseph Fox | Sgt | British | 242 Sqn | MIA 17 June 1941 | ||
| Armstrong, William | Plt Off | British | 54 Sqn | WIA 18 February 1943 North Africa | ||
| Arnfield, Stanley John | Sgt | British | 610 Sqn | |||
| Arthur, Charles Ian Rose | Plt Off | Canadian | 141 Sqn | DFC | ||
| Arthur, Charles John | Plt Off | British | 248 Sqn | MIA 27 August 1940; Blenheim crashed into the sea during a reconnaissance mission along the south Norwegian coast, Arthur and Sgt E A Ringwood MIA; Sgt R C R Cox KIA.[14] | ||
| Ash, Robert Clifford Vacy | Flt Lt | British | 264 Sqn | KIA 28 August 1940; Defiant L7021 crashed in flames at Faversham following combat with Bf 109s; Sqn Ldr Gavin, the pilot, bailed out slightly injured, Ash baled out but was killed.(Air Gunner)[15] | ||
| Ashcroft, Albert Edward David | Sgt | British | 141 Sqn | KIA 6 October 1944 | ||
| Ashfield, Glyn | Fg Off | British | FIU | AFC DFC | KIA 12 December 1942 (Pilot) | |
| Ashton, Dennis Garth | Plt Off | British | 266 Sqn | KIA 12 August 1940 Shot down in flames in Spitfire P9333 following combat with aircraft off Portsmouth. Body later recovered and buried at sea. | ||
| Ashton, Dennis Kenneth | Sgt | British | 266 Sqn | KIA 26 November 1940 (Malta) | ||
| Ashworth, Jack | Sgt | British | 29 Sqn | |||
| Aslett, Arthur Thomas Reynor | Sgt | British | 235 Sqn | |||
| Aslin, Donald James | Sgt | British | 257 & 32 Sqns | |||
| Assheton, William Radclyffe | Plt Off | British | 222 Sqn | |||
| Atkins, Frederick Peter John | Sgt | British | 141 Sqn | KIA 19 July 1940; Defiant L7015 shot down over the Channel following combat with Bf 109s; Plt Off R Kidson MIA, Atkins KIA.[16] (Air Gunner) | ||
| Atkinson, Allan Arthur | Plt Off | British | 23 Sqn | KIFA 30 October 1940; Blenheim L6721 crashed at South Bersted in bad weather during routine patrol. Sgt H T Perry, Plt Off H J Woodward KIFA.[17] (Air Gunner) | ||
| Atkinson, George | Sgt | British | 151 Sqn | DFM | KIFA 1 March 1945 | |
| Atkinson, Gordon Barry | Plt Off | British | 248 Sqn | DFC | ||
| Atkinson, Harold Derrick | Plt Off | British | 213 Sqn | DFC | KIA 25 August 1940(Pilot) Failed to return from combat over Warmwell in Hurricane P3200, thought to have crashed into the sea. | |
| Atkinson, Matthew Richard | Flt Lt | British | 43 Sqn | KIA 26 June 1942 | ||
| Atkinson, Ronald | Plt Off | British | 266, 242 and 213 Sqns | KIA 17 October 1940 (Pilot) Hurricane P3174 shot down in combat with Bf 109s and crashed at Egerton near Pluckley. | ||
| Austin, Albert Lawrence | LAC | British | 604 Sqn | WIA 25 August 1940; died 26 August 1940; Blenheim L6782 crashed near Witheridge, Exeter, cause unknown; Sgts J G B Fletcher and C Haig KIA. Austin died the following day from injuries.[18] | ||
| Austin, Anthony Thomas | Sgt | British | 29 Sqn | |||
| Austin, Frederick | Fg Off | British | 46 Sqn | KIA 17 March 1941 (Pilot) | ||
| Austin, Sydney | Sgt | BR | 219 Sqn | DFM | MIA 31 October 1941 | |
| Ayers, David Hart | Sgt | BR | 600 & 74 Sqns | KIA 23 September 1940. Abandoned Spitfire P7362 during a routine patrol near Southwold for a cause unknown. His body later recovered from sea. | ||
| Ayling, Charles Albert Henry | Sgt | British | 43, 266 Sqns & 421 Flight | (pilot) KIA 11 October 1940 when his Spitfire (P7303) crashed near Newchurch following combat over Hawkinge. |
| Name | Rank | Nationality! | Sqn during Battle | Awards | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babbage, Cyril Fredrick "Frank" | Sgt | BR | 602 Sqn | DFM | Born Ludlow, Shropshire, 25 June 1917. Commissioned Nov 1940; retired as Wing Commander June 1964; died 1977. | |
| Bachmann, Jack Henry | Plt Off | BR | 145 Sqn | KIA 9 April 1943 | ||
| Bacon, Charles Harvey | Fg Off | BR | 610 Sqn | KIA 30 September 1940 Spitfire crashed on Alnmouth Beach due to a flying accident. | ||
| Baddeley, Douglas Hiram | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | KIA OTU 26, 26 June 1942 raid over Bremen (Air Rear Gunner) Vickers Wellington 1c DV712-N | ||
| Bader, Douglas Robert Steuart | Sqn Ldr | BR | 242 Sqn (CO) | CBE, DSO*, DFC* | POW 9 August 1941. Died 5 September 1982 | |
| Badger, Ivor James | Sgt | BR | 87 Sqn | DFC | ||
| Badger, John Vincent Clarence | Sqn Ldr | BR | 43 Sqn (CO to 30 August 1940) | DFC | WIA 30 August 1940; Hurricane V6548 shot down in combat with Bf109s Badger seriously wounded. Died 30 June 1941. (Pilot) Awarded the RAF College Sword of Honour in 1933. | |
| Bailey, Charles Gordon | Plt Off | BR | 152 Sqn | |||
| Bailey, Graham George | Plt Off | BR | 56 Sqn | KIA 9 November 1941 | ||
| Bailey, George John | Sgt | BR | 234 & 603 Sqns | |||
| Bailey, Henry Noel Dawson | Plt Off | BR | 54 Sqn | |||
| Bailey, James Richard Abe "Jim" | Plt Off | BR | 264 & 85 Sqns | DFC | ||
| Bailey, John Cyril Lindsay Dyson | Plt Off | BR | 46 Sqn | KIA 2 September 1940; Hurricane P3067 shot down in combat over the Thames Estuary. (Pilot) | ||
| Baillon, Paul Abbott | Plt Off | BR | 609 Sqn | KIA 28 November 1940 (Pilot) | ||
| Bain, George Stobie Preston | Plt Off | BR | 111 Sqn | |||
| Baines, Cyril Edgar Joseph | Sqn Ldr | BR | 238 Sqn | |||
| Baird, George Maurice | Flt Lt | NZ | 248 Sqn | POW 20 October 1940; Blenheim P6952 shot down attacking enemy aircraft off Norwegian coast; Baird captured, Sgt D L Burton captured wounded, Sgt R Copcutt missing, W/O S V Wood captured wounded. Surviving aircrew | ||
| Baker, Aubrey Cyril | Sgt | BR | 610 Sqn | DFC | ||
| Baker, Barrie | Sgt | BR | 264 Sqn | MIA 26 August 1940 Defiant L6985 destroyed a Do 17 then was shot down by Bf 109s over Thanet, crashed into Herne Bay, Banham the pilot baled out and was rescued, Baker missing. | ||
| Baker, Clive Conrad Mahoney | Plt Off | BR | 23 Sqn | OBE | ||
| Baker, Eric Debnam | Sgt | BR | 145 Sqn | MIA 8 August 1940 Hurricane P3381 shot down over the channel and crashed into the sea, Baker missing. | ||
| Baker, Henry Collingham "Butch" | Plt Off | BR | 41 Sqn & 421 Flight | Born Worksop, Notts., 19 May 1920; Released from RAF as Squadron Leader, Jan 1946[19] | ||
| Baker, Louis Victor | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | [20] | ||
| Baker, P | Plt Off | BR | 600 Sqn | |||
| Baker, Ronald David | Sgt | BR | 56 Sqn | KIA 11 August 1940 (Pilot) Hurricane N2667 shot down possibly by Bf 109 and crashed into the sea, Baker baled out but died in the sea. | ||
| Baker, Stanley | Plt Off | BR | 54 & 66 Sqns | MIA 11 February 1941 | ||
| Baker-Falkner, Roy Sydney "Daddy" | Lt (FAA) | CAN | 812 NAS | DSC, DSO | MIA 18 July 1944 | |
| Ball, George Eric | Flt Lt | BR | 242 Sqn | DFC | KIFA 1 February 1946 (Pilot) | |
| Bamberger, Cyril Stanley "Bam" | Sgt | BR | 610 & 41 Sqns | DFC* | Died 3 February 2008 | |
| Bandinel, James Julius Frederick Henry | Plt Off | BR | 3 Sqn | KIA 12 December 1941 | ||
| Banham, Arthur John | Sqn Ldr | BR | 264 & 229 Sqns (CO Oct 1940) | Defiant L6985 destroyed a Do 17 then was shot down by Bf 109s over Thanet, crashed into Herne Bay, Banham baled out and was rescued but air gunner Baker was missing. | ||
| Banister, Thomas Henry | Sgt | BR | 219 Sqn | DFM | ||
| Banks, William Henry | Sgt | BR | 245, 32 & 504 Sqns | |||
| Bann, Samuel Eric | Sgt | BR | 238 Sqn | KIA 28 September 1940 (pilot) Hurricane V6776 damaged by Bf109s over Fareham, Bann baled out but was killed when parachute failed. | ||
| Baraldi, Ferdinand Henry Raphael "Jimmy" | Plt Off | BR | 609 Sqn | |||
| Baranski, Wienczyslaw | Flt Lt | POL | 607 Sqn | VM, KW** | In September 1939 CO of 113 Fighter Escadrille, which defended Warsaw. Died 8 August 1970 in UK. | |
| Barber, Robert Hugh | Plt Off | BR | 46 Sqn | Died 31 March 1998 | ||
| Barclay, Richard George Arthur | Plt Off | BR | 249 Sqn | MIA 17 July 1942[21] | ||
| Barker, Frederick James | Sgt | BR | 264 Sqn | DFM | Died 2010? | |
| Barker, George Leonard | Plt Off | BR | 600 Sqn | DFM | KIA 18 July 1944 (Pilot) | |
| Barker, John Keith | Sgt | BR | 152 Sqn | KIA 4 September 1940 Spitfire R6909 possibly shot down by a Do 17 off Bognor, Barker baled out but was killed. | ||
| Barnard, Eric Charles | Sgt | BR | 600 Sqn | |||
| Barnes, John Guy Cardew | Fg Off | BR | 600 Sqn | |||
| Barnes, Leslie Dennis | Sgt | BR | 257, 615 & 607 Sqns | |||
| Barnes, Wilkinson | Plt Off | BR | 504 Sqn | |||
| Barnett, Richard Edgar | Sqn Ldr | BR | 234 Sqn | MBE | ||
| Baron, Rupert Victor | Plt Off | BR | 219 Sqn | KIA 12 October 1940 Crew Bristol Blenheim; Sgt G M Mead Bailed out unhurt.[22] | ||
| Barraclough, Richard George Victor | Sgt | BR | 266 Sqn | |||
| Barraclough, Stanley Michel | Sgt | BR | 92 Sqn | |||
| Barran, Philip Henry "Pip" | Flt Lt | BR | 609 Sqn | KIA 11 July 1940 (Pilot) Spitfire L1069 damaged in combat with Bf109s off Portland, Barran bailed out and was rescued from the sea but died before reaching land. | ||
| Barrett, William Eric | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | |||
| Barron, Norman Percy Gerald | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | |||
| Barrow, Hector Jack Raymond | Plt Off | BR | 607 & 43 Sqns | KIA 28 November 1940[23] | ||
| Barry, Nathaniel John Merriman | Fg Off | SA | 3 & 501 Sqns | KIA 7 October 1940 ¶ † (Pilot) Hurricane V6800 shot down in combat by a Bf 109 over Wrotham, crashed at Darenth.[24] | ||
| Barthropp, Patrick Peter Colum "Paddy" | Fg Off | BR | 602 Sqn | Died 16 April 2008[25] [26] [27] | ||
| Bartlett, Leonard Harold | Sgt | BR | 17 Sqn | DSO | Surviving aircrew (born 1916) | |
| Bartley, Anthony Charles | Plt Off | BR | 92 Sqn | Ace, 12 aircraft destroyed, Died 18 April 2001 | ||
| Barton, Anthony Richard Henry | Plt Off | BR | 32 & 253 Sqns | KIFA 4 April 1943 | ||
| Barton, Robert Alexander "Butch" | Flt Lt | CAN | 249 Sqn | OBE, DFC* | Born Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, 7 June 1916. Retired Feb 1959 as Wing Commander; died 2 September 2010 [28] | |
| Bartos, Jindrich | Plt Off | CZ | 312 Sqn | KIFA 13 February 1941 | ||
| Barwell, Eric Gordon | Plt Off | BR | 264 & 249 Sqns | DFC*, AE | Died 12 December 2007[29] | |
| Barwell, Philip Reginald | Wg Cdr | BR | 242 Sqn | DFC | KIFA 1 July 1942 (Killed by inexperienced pilot) | |
| Bary, Ronald Edward | Plt Off | NZ | 229 Sqn | KIFA 12 April 1945 | ||
| Bashford, Harry | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | |||
| Bassett, Francis Bernard | Fg Off | BR | 222 Sqn | KIA 14 November 1942 | ||
| Batchelor, Gordon Herbert[30] | Plt Off | BR | 54 Sqn | Shot down 9 July 1941. KIA 15 April 1942. | ||
| Batt, Leslie Gordon | Sgt | BR | 238 Sqn | |||
| Baxter, Sidney | Sgt | BR | 222 Sqn | KIA 14 September 1940 (Pilot) | ||
| Bayles, Ian Norman | Fg Off | BR | 152 Sqn | DFC | ||
| Bayley, Edward Alan | Sgt | BR | 32 & 249 Sqns | KIA 10 October 1940 (Pilot) Hurricane V7537 crashed at Cooling Marsh during a routine patrol, thought to be due to oxygen failure. | ||
| Bayliss, Derek | Plt Off | BR | 604 Sqn | |||
| Bayliss, Ernest John | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | MIA 3 November 1940 | ||
| Bayly, James | Sgt | NZ | 111 Sqn | |||
| Bayne, Alfred William Alexander | Flt Lt | BR | 17 Sqn | |||
| Bayne, David Walter | Sqn Ldr | BR | 257 Sqn | |||
| Baynham, Geoffery Theodore | Plt Off | BR | 234 & 152 Sqns | |||
| Bazin, James Michael | Flt Lt | Can/Pak parentage | 607 Sqn | DFC DSO | Died 9 January 1985 | |
| Bazley, Sidney Howarth | Flt Lt | BR | 266 Sqn | KIFA 2 March 1941 | ||
| Beake, Percival Harold "Percy" | Plt Off | CAN | 64 Sqn | Surviving aircrew | ||
| Beamish, Francis Victor | Wg Cdr | IRE[31] | 151, 249 & 56 Sqns | DSO*DFC AFC | MIA 28 March 1942 | |
| Beamish, Ronald | Sgt | BR | 601 Sqn | |||
| Beamont, Roland Prosper "Bee" | Fg Off | BR | 87 Sqn | CBE, DSO*, DFC* | Died 19 November 2001 | |
| Beard, John Morris Bentley | Sgt | BR | 249 Sqn | DFM | Died November 2000 | |
| Beardmore, Eric Walter | Plt Off | CAN | 1(RCAF) Sqn | Died 23 August 1966 | ||
| Beardsley, Robert Arthur "Bob" | Sgt | BR | 610 & 41 Sqns | DFC | Commissioned June 1941; retired Aug 1970; died October 2003. | |
| Beatty, Marcus Alfred | Sgt | BR | 266 Sqn | |||
| Beaumont, Stephen Gerald | Flt Lt | BR | 609 Sqn | |||
| Beaumont, Walter | Plt Off | BR | 152 Sqn | DFC | MIA 23 September 1940 †(Pilot) Spitfire R7016 failed to return from operational sortie over the Channel, Beaumont missing. | |
| Beazley, Hugh John Sherard "Beazle" | Plt Off | BR | 249 Sqn | Died 13 June 2011 | ||
| Beda, Antoni | Sgt | POL | 302 Sqn | KW* | ||
| Bee, Ernest Horace | Sgt | BR | 29 Sqn | |||
| Beechey, Alfred Francis | Sgt | BR | 141 Sqn | DFC | ||
| Beedham, Joseph Jeffery Ian | Plt Off | BR | 245 Sqn | KIFA 7 October 1940 (Pilot) Hurricane N2707 destroyed on landing due to engine failure. | ||
| Beer, Cyril Sydney Frank | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | KIA 10 September 1940 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) | ||
| Beggs, Henry William | Sub Lt (FAA) | BR | 151 Sqn | KIA 15 November 1942 | ||
| Bełc, Marian | Sgt | POL | 303(Polish) Sqn | VM, KW***, DFC, DFM | KIFA 27 August 1942 | |
| Belchem, Leslie George | Sqn Ldr | BR | 264 Sqn | KIA 14 July 1942 | ||
| Beley, Robert Wilfred Garth | Plt Off | CAN | 151 Sqn | KIA 12 August 1940 Hurricane P3304 shot down in combat with Bf 109s off Ramsgate, crashed into the sea and Beley was rescued but died of wounds. | ||
| Bell, Charles Algernon | Fg Off | BR | 29 Sqn | |||
| Bell, Charles Henry | Sgt | BR | 234 Sqn | MIA 2 March 1941 | ||
| Bell, Derek | Sgt | BR | 23 Sqn | KIA 27 December 1941 | ||
| Bell, John Swift | Fg Off | BR | 616 Sqn | KIA 30 August 1940 Spitfire X4248 shot down in a head on attack on Bf 109s over RAF West Malling, crashed and burned. | ||
| Bell, Ralph | Sgt | BR | 219 Sqn | Air Gunner | ||
| Bell-Salter, David Basil | Fg Off | BR | 253 Sqn | |||
| Bell-Walker Howard John | Sgt | BR | 72 Sqn | |||
| Benn, Gordon William | Sgt | BR | 219 Sqn | |||
| Bennett, Clarence Charles | Plt Off | AUS | 248 Sqn | MIA 1 October 1940[32] [33] [34] | ||
| Bennett, Hector Ernest | Sgt | BR | 43 Sqn | KIA 4 February 1941 | ||
| Bennette, Geoffrey Ryding | Fg Off | BR | 17 Sqn | MIA 19 August 1942 | ||
| Bennions, George Herman "Ben" | Plt Off | BR | 41 Sqn | DFC | Born Burslem, Staffordshire, 13 March 1913. Cannon shell exploded in cockpit, 1 October 1940, blinding him in one eye and wounding his right arm and leg; baled out and hospitalised; underwent plastic surgery at Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, by facial reconstruction pioneer Dr. Archie McIndoe; became one of the founding members of McIndoe's "Guinea Pigs"; died 30 January 2004 | |
| Bennison, Alan A | Sgt | NZ | 25 Sqn | AE | Surviving aircrew | |
| Benson, James Gillies | Plt Off | BR | 141 Sqn | DSO DFC* AE | Died 12 July 1987 | |
| Benson, Noel John Victor | Plt Off | BR | 603 Sqn | KIA 28 August 1940 (Pilot) Spitfire N3105 crashed in flames at Tenterden after combat with Bf 109s. | ||
| Bent, Benjamin | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | DFC | Surviving aircrew (born 1919) | |
| Benzie, John | Plt Off | CAN | 242 Sqn | KIA 7 September 1940 Hurricane P2962 failed to return after combat ober the Thames Estuary. Suspected crash site and remains found post war but not positively identified. | ||
| Beresford, Hugh Richard Aden | Flt Lt | BR | 257 Sqn | MIA 7 September 1940(Pilot) Hurricane P3049 shot down in combat over the Thames Estuary and crashed as Sheppey. | ||
| Bergman, Vaclav | Plt Off | CZ | 310(Czech) Sqn | Died 31 December 2002 | ||
| Berkley, Thomas Colqhoun Edmonds | Sgt | BR | 85 Sqn | MIA 14 June 1941 | ||
| Bernard, Frantisek Antonin | Sgt | CZ | 238 & 601 Sqns | Died 17 June 1980 | ||
| Bernas, Bronislaw | Plt Off | POL | 302(Polish) Sqn | |||
| Berridge, Horace Walter | Sgt | BR | 219 Sqn | DFC* | ||
| Berry, Alan | Sgt | BR | 264 Sqn | MIA 24 August 1940 | ||
| Berry, Frederick George | Flt Sgt | BR | 1 Sqn | DFM | KIA 1 September 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Plt Off | BR | 603 Sqn | CBE, DSO, DFC* | |||
| Berwick, Robert Charles | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | KIA 19 June 1941 | ||
| Beveridge, Charles | Sgt | BR | 219 Sqn | |||
| Beytagh, Michael Leo | Sqn Ldr | BR | 73 Sqn (CO) | |||
| Bickerdike, John Laurence | Plt Off | NZ | 85 Sqn | KIFA 22 July 1940 (during aerobatics) † (Pilot) Hurricane P3895 crashed prior to landing at Caste Camps aerodrome.[35] | ||
| Bicknell, N | Sgt | BR | 23 Sqn | No details after Jul 1940 | ||
| Bicknell, Leslie Charles | Sqn Ldr | BR | 23 Sqn | |||
| Bidgood, Eric George | Plt Off | BR | 253 Sqn | MIA 16 November 1940 | ||
| Bidgood, Ivor Kenneth Jack | Sgt | BR | 213 Sqn | KIA 2 June 1941 | ||
| Biggar, Arthur James | Sqn Ldr | BR | 111 Sqn | |||
| Bignall, John Edward | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | KIA 4 September 1941 | ||
| Binham, Arthur Edward | Sgt | BR | 64 Sqn | |||
| Birch, Colin Norman | Plt Off | BR | 1 Sqn | AFC | ||
| Birch, Raymond Robert Grenville | Sgt | BR | 19 Sqn | KIFA 13 July 1940 (Pilot) Spitfire R6688 stalled during dogfight training and crashed and burned at Balsham. | ||
| Bird, Ronald Arthur | Lt (FAA) | BR | 804 NAS | |||
| Bird-Wilson, Harold Arthur Cooper | Plt Off | BR | 17 Sqn | CBE, DSO*, DFC*, DFC(Netherlands), MoM1 (Czech), AFC* | ¶ AVM 1970. Died 27 December 2000.[36] | |
| Birkett, Thomas | Plt Off | BR | 219 Sqn | KIA 13 November 1940 | ||
| Birrell, Maurice Andrew | Mid (FAA) | BR | 804 NAS & 79 Sqn | |||
| Plt Off | BR | 609 Sqn | OBE, DFC | Became Gp Capt. Died 21 October 2000 [37] | ||
| Bisgood, Douglas Leonard | Plt Off | BR | 3 Sqn | DFC | ||
| Bitmead, Ernest Ralph | Sqn Ldr | BR | 266 & 310 Sqns; 253 Sqn (CO) | DFC | [38] | |
| Black, Allan | Sgt | BR | 54 Sqn | KIA 1 February 1944 | ||
| Black, Herbert Ernest Bert | Sgt | BR | 46, 257 & 32 Sqns | WIA 29 October 1940; Died 9 November 1940 †(Pilot) Hurricane shot down in combat with Bf 109s and crashed and burned near Ashford, Black badly wounded and died 9 November 1940.[39] | ||
| Blackadder, William Francis | Flt Lt | BR | 607 Sqn | OBE DSO | Born 23 January 1913 – Died 21 November 1997 [40] [41] [42] | |
| Blackwood, George Douglas Morant | Sqn Ldr | BR | 213 Sqn & 310 Sqn (CO) | Died 2 March 1997 | ||
| Blair, Charles Ernest | Plt Off | BR | 600 Sqn | KIA 25 April 1941 | ||
| Blaize, Pierre Michel | Plt Off | FR | 111 Sqn | |||
| Blake, Arthur Giles "Admiral" | Sub Lt (FAA) | BR | 19 Sqn | KIA 29 October 1940 (Pilot) Believed attacked by a Bf 109 in his Spitfire P7423 during a patrol over London and crashed at Chelmsford. | ||
| Blake, Minden Vaughn "Mindy" | Sqn Ldr | NZ | 238 Sqn(CO Aug) & 234 Sqn (CO September) | POW, (Wg Cdr) 19 August 1942 (Dieppe raid) [43] | ||
| Bland, John Wellburn | Plt Off | BR | 601 Sqn & 501 Sqn | KIA 18 August 1940 (Pilot) Hurricane P3208 crashed following attack by a JG26 pilot. | ||
| Blane, William Higgins | Sgt | BR | 604 Sqn | |||
| Blatchford, Howard Peter "Cowboy" | Flt Lt | CAN | 17 & 257 Sqn | DFC | MIA 3 May 1943, (Wg Cdr) shot down in combat over Netherlands; aged 31; Born Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 25 February 1912; son of Kenneth A. and Grace L. Blatchford, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; remembered on Panel 118 of the Runnymede Memorial.Shared 41 Squadron's first World War II victory, a He 111, with Sgts. E. A. Shipman & A. Harris on 17 October 1939; | |
| Blayney, Adolf Jarvis | Plt Off | BR | 609 Sqn | |||
| Blenkharn, Frank | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | |||
| Bloomeley, David Henry | Plt Off | BR | 151 Sqn | |||
| Bloor, Ernest | Sgt | BR | 46 Sqn | Born in Leeds | ||
| Blow, Kenneth Leslie Owen | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | |||
| Boddington, Michael Christopher Bindloss | Sgt | BR | 234 Sqn | |||
| Bodie, Crelin Arthur W "Bogle" | Plt Off | BR | 66 Sqn | DFC | KIFA 24 February 1942 | |
| Boitel-Gill, Derek Pierre Aumale | Flt Lt | BR | 152 Sqn | DFC 22 October 1940 | KIFA 18 September 1941 (Wg Cdr) | |
| Bolton, Henry Albert | Sgt | BR | No. 79 Squadron RAF | KIA 31 August 1940. Shot down in combat over RAF Kenley and crashed attempting a forced landing at Warlingham) †(Pilot) | ||
| Bon Seigneur, Camille Robespeirre | Plt Off | CAN | 257 Sqn | KIA 3 September 1940 (Pilot) | ||
| Boot, Peter Victor | Plt Off | BR | 1 Sqn | |||
| Booth, Glendon Bulmer | Sgt | BR | 46 Sqn | WIA 31 August 1940; Died 7 February 1941 (Pilot) | ||
| Booth, John James | Sqn Ldr | BR | 23 Sqn & 600 Sqn | Air Gunner | ||
| Boret, Robert John | Plt Off | BR | 41 Sqn | MIA 16 November 1940 (216 Sqn) when aircraft ran out of fuel at sea between HMS Argus and Malta; aged 20; Born London, 8 November 1919; son of Air Cdr. John A. Boret, CBE, MC, AFC, who commanded 41 Squadron from May 1933 – Mar 1937; remembered on Panel 7 of the Runnymede Memorial. | ||
| Borowski, Jan | Fg Off | POL | 302(Polish) Sqn | VM | KIFA 18 October 1940 (Pilot) Hurricane P3930 crashed and burned at Kempton Park race course in bad weather returning from a patrol. | |
| Boswell, Reginald Arthur | Sgt | BR | 19 Sqn | |||
| Boulding, Roger John Eric | Fg Off | BR | 74 Sqn | |||
| Boulter, John Clifford | Fg Off | BR | 603 Sqn | KIA 17 February 1941 | ||
| Boulton, John Eric | Plt Off | BR | 603 Sqn & 310 Sqn | KIA 9 September 1940 (Pilot) | ||
| Boquillard, Henri Jacques | Adjutant | BR | 615 Sqn & 249 Sqn | KIA 11 March 1941 | ||
| Bowen, Charles Earle | Flt Lt | BR | 607 Sqn | KIA 1 October 1940 (Pilot) Hurricane P2900 shot down in combat with Bf 110ss over the Isle of Wight, Bowen missing. | ||
| Bowen, Nigel Greenstreet | Plt Off | BR | 266 Sqn | KIA 16 August 1940 (Pilot) | ||
| Bowen, Peter Duncan | Plt Off | BR | 264 Sqn | MIA 13 February 1944 | ||
| Bowen-Morris, Hugh | Sgt | BR | 92 Sqn | |||
| Bowerman, Oswald Robert | Sgt | BR | 222 Sqn | MiD | KIA 24 October 1942 | |
| Bowman, Leonard Douglas | Sgt | BR | 141 Sqn | |||
| Bowring, Benjamin Harvey | Fg Off | BR | 111 Sqn & 600 Sqn | |||
| Bowyer, Walter Stafford | Flt Lt | SA | 257 Sqn | KIA 24 January 1942 [44] | ||
| Boyd, Adrian Hope "Ginger" | Flt Lt | BR | 145 Sqn(Acting CO 8 August 1940) | DSO, DFC*(Jun, Aug 1940) | Died 21 January 1975 | |
| Boyd, Archibald Douglas McNeill | Fg Off | BR | 600 Sqn | DSO, DFC | Died 4 April 2014 | |
| Boyd, Robert Finlay | Flt Lt | BR | 602 Sqn | |||
| Boyle, Cyril | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | |||
| Boyle, John Greer "Beryl" | Fg Off | CAN | 41 Sqn | KIA 28 September 1940, aged 26. Born Casselman, Ontario, Canada, 27 March 1914 (Pilot) | ||
| Braham, John Randall Daniel "Bob" | Sqn Ldr | BR | 29 Sqn | DSO**, DFC**, AFC | Died 7 February 1974 | |
| Bramah, Henry George Kenelm | Sub Lt (FAA) | BR | 213 Sqn | |||
| Branch, Guy Rawstron | Fg Off | BR | 145 Sqn | EGM (George Cross, 1937) | KIA 11 August 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Brash, George Brown | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | MIA 1 October 1940 [45] | ||
| Breeze, Reginald Arthur | Sgt | BR | 222 Sqn | KIA 28 January 1945 | ||
| Brejcha, Vaclav | Sgt | CZ | 43 Sqn | KIA 19 June 1941 | ||
| Brennan, Jack Stephen | Sgt | NZ | 23 Sqn | KIA 21 August 1940 (ground accident) [46] [47] [48] | ||
| Brett, Colin Peter Noel | Fg Off | BR | 17 Sqn | |||
| Brewster, John | Fg Off | BR | 615 Sqn & 616 Sqn | KIA 6 April 1941 | ||
| Briere, Yves J | Plt Off | FR | 232 Sqn | MIA 14 May 1941 | ||
| Briese, Carl E | Fg Off | CAN | 1(RCAF) Sqn | |||
| Briggs, Dennis Rushworth | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | KIA 21 December 1940 | ||
| Bright, Vernon Maxwell | Plt Off | BR | 229 Sqn | KIA 24 September 1942 | ||
| Brimble, George William | Sgt | BR | 242 Sqn | KIA 1 December 1940 | ||
| Brimble, John Joseph | Sgt | BR | 73 Sqn | KIA 14 September 1940 †(Pilot) | ||
| Brinsden, Francis Noel | Fg Off | NZ | 19 Sqn | POW 17 August 1943. Retired RAF (Wg Cdr) 1966. | ||
| Britton, Allen Walter Naylor | Fg Off | BR | 263 Sqn | MIA 12 December 1940 | ||
| Britton, Henry Wilfred Arthur | Plt Off | BR | 17 Sqn | KIA 6 August 1940 (Pilot) | ||
| Broadhurst, Harry | Wg Cdr | BR | 1 Sqn | GCB, KBE, DSO*, DFC*, AFC | Died 29 August 1995 | |
| Broadhurst, John William | Plt Off | BR | 222 Sqn | KIA 7 October 1940 (Pilot) | ||
| Brooker, Robert Edgar Peter | Fg Off | BR | 56 Sqn | DSO*, DFC* | KIA 16 April 1945 (Wg Cdr) | |
| Brothers, Peter Malam | Flt Lt | BR | 32 & 257 Sqns | DSO, DFC* | Died 18 December 2008 [49] | |
| Brown, Archibald Wilkinson | Plt Off | BR | 25 Sqn | Air Gunner | ||
| Brown, A E | Sgt | BR | 234 Sqn | |||
| Brown, Bernard Walter | Plt Off | NZ | 610 & 72 Sqns | Died 23 January 2017[50] | ||
| Brown, Cyril Bob | Sgt | BR | 245 Sqn | |||
| Brown, Charles Walter Dryburgh | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | KIA 30 June 1941 | ||
| Brown, D M | Fg Off | BR | 1 Sqn | |||
| Brown, De Peyster | Plt Off | AME | 601 Sqn | Died 3 August 1991 ¶ | ||
| Brown, Frederick Sydney | FSgt | BR | 79 Sqn | |||
| Brown, George Alfred | Fg Off | BR | 253 Sqn | |||
| Brown, James Wood | Sgt | BR | 600 Sqn | KIA 22 November 1943 | ||
| Brown, Mark Henry "Hilly" | Fg Off | CAN | 1 Sqn | DFC*, MC (Czech) | KIA 12 November 1941 (Sicily) | |
| Brown, Marvin Kitchener | Plt Off | CAN | 242 Sqn | KIA 21 February 1941 | ||
| Brown, Maurice Peter | Fg Off | BR | 611 & 41 Sqns | AFC | Died 20 January 2011[51] | |
| Brown, Norman McHardy | Plt Off | BR | 611 & 41 Sqns | AFC | Surviving aircrew Born Edinburgh, Scotland, 1919. Commission terminated on completion of service, 12 April 1941 | |
| Brown, Ronald Clifford | Fg Off | BR | 229 Sqn | |||
| Brown, Robert John Walker | Plt Off | BR | 111 Sqn | ¶ | ||
| Brown, Robert Sydney | AC2 | BR | 604 Sqn | Radar Operator - Died 2010? | ||
| Browne, Charles | Sgt | BR | 219 Sqn | |||
| Browne, Dennis Owen Matthew | Plt Off | BR | 1 Sqn | MIA 16 August 1940 | ||
| Bruce, David Campbell | Fg Off | BR | 111 Sqn | MIA 4 September 1940 | ||
| Brumby, Norman | Sgt | BR | 615 & 607 Sqns | KIA 1 October 1940 Hurricane V6686 shot down in combat with Bf 109s over the Isle of Wight.[52] | ||
| Brunner, Geoffrey Clifford | Plt Off | BR | 43 Sqn | AFC* | retired as Group Captain, died 1989 | |
| Bryant, R F | Mid (FAA) | BR | ? Sqn | No Service Details Known | ||
| Bryant-Fenn, Leofric Trevor | Fg Off | BR | 79 Sqn | |||
| Bryson, John Samuel | Plt Off | CAN | 92 Sqn | KIA 24 September 1940 | ||
| Brzezina, Stanislaw | Flt Lt | POL | 74 Sqn | VM, KW | Died, in rank of Colonel, 13 February 1946 in crash of Douglas DC-3 Dakota in Orpington near London. | |
| Brzezowski, Michal | Sgt | POL | 303 Sqn | KW | MIA 15 September 1940 | |
| Buchin, Maurice Simon Henri Charles | Plt Off | BEL | 213 Sqn | MIA 15 August 1940 ¶ | ||
| Buck, James Allen | Sgt | BR | 43 Sqn | KIA 19 July 1940 (drowned) | ||
| Bucknole, John Stanley | Sgt | BR | 54 Sqn | KIA 25 July 1941 | ||
| Budd, George Oliver | Flt Lt | BR | 604 Sqn | |||
| Budzinski, Jan | Sgt | POL | 605 & 145 Sqns | KW* | Died 26 August 2007 in Spring, Texas, USA | |
| Bull, Cecil Halford | Flt Lt | BR | 25 Sqn | KIA 8 August 1940 | ||
| Bull, John Cecil | Plt Off | BR | 600 Sqn | |||
| Bulmer, Geoffrey Gordon Robinson | Sub Lt (FAA) | BR | 32 Sqn | MIA 20 July 1940; HMS Daedalus | ||
| Bumstead, Ronald Frederick | Sgt | BR | 111 Sqn | |||
| Bunch, Douglas Campbell | Sgt | BR | 219 Sqn | Radar Operator | ||
| Bunch Samuel Hoskin | Sun Lt (FAA) | BR | 804 Sqn | KIA 11 May 1941; HMS Condor | ||
| Bungey, Robert Wilton | Fg Off | AU | 145 Sqn | DFC | Committed suicide 10 June 1943 Adelaide, Australia [53] | |
| Burda, Frantisek | Plt Off | CZ | 310 Sqn | Died 23 February 1988. | ||
| Burdekin, Alan George | Sgt | BR | 600 Sqn | Air Gunner | ||
| Burgess, John Henry Bateman | Sgt | BR | 222 Sqn | |||
| Burgoyne, Eric | Plt Off | BR | 19 Sqn | KIA 27 September 1940 | ||
| Burley, Peter Slater | Sgt | BR | 600 Sqn | |||
| Burnard, Fred Percy | Flt Sgt | BR | 74 & 616 Sqns | |||
| Burnell-Phillips, Peter Anthony | Sgt | BR | 607 Sqn | DFM | KIFA 9 February 1941 | |
| Burnett, Norman Whitmore | Fg Off | BR | 266 & 46 Sqns | MIA 11 June 1941 | ||
| Burns, Owen V "OV" | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | Surviving aircrew | ||
| Burton, D L | Sgt | NZ | 248 Sqn | POW 20 October 1940; Blenheim P6952 shot down attacking enemy aircraft off Norwegian coast; Flt Lt G M Baird captured, Burton captured wounded, Sgt R Copcutt missing, W/O S V Wood captured wounded.[54] | ||
| Burton, Howard Frizelle "Billy" | Flt Lt | BR | 66 Sqn & 616 Sqns (CO) | |||
| Burton, Leslie Gilbert | Plt Off | BR | 236 Sqn | KIA 24 December 1941 (Observer) | ||
| Burton, Percival Ross Frances | Fg Off | SA | 249 Sqn | KIA 27 September 1940 | ||
| Bury-Burzymski, Jan | Plt Off | POL | 303 Sqn | VM | KIA 24 October 1940 | |
| Bush, Basil Martin | Sgt | BR | 504 Sqn | |||
| Bush, Charles Roy | Plt Off | NZ | 242 Sqn | DFC | KIFA 30 November 1948 in Ruahines, during photographic reconnaissance in Gisborne area of NZ. Born Wellington, New Zealand, 7 February 1918. | |
| Bushell, Gordon Downs | Sgt | BR | 213 Sqn | KIA 31 December 1940 (Pilot) | ||
| Butterfield, Samuel Leslie | Sgt | BR | 213 Sqn | DFM | KIA 11 August 1940 (Pilot) | |
| Butterick, Alec Frank | Sgt | BR | 232 Sqn | |||
| Butterworth, Kenneth | AC2 | BR | 23 Sqn | |||
| Byng-Hall, Percy | Plt Off | CAN | 29 Sqn | |||
| Byrne, Edward Leslie "Paddy" | W/O | BR | FIU | POW 13 September 1940; Blenheim Z5721 crashed in Channel off Calais during night patrol (circumstances unknown); Flt Lt Ker-Ramsay, W/O George Dixon and Byrne baled out and were captured.[55] KIA 24 July 1943 (Pilot) |
| Name | Rank | Nationality | Sqn during Battle | Awards | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cain, Anthony Richard | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | KIA 15 June 1941 (Wireless Operator) | ||
| Caister, James Russell | Plt Off | BR | 603 Sqn | Official Ace | ||
| Calderhead, George Douglas | Plt Off | BR | 54 Sqn | KIA 12 January 1942 | ||
| Calderwood, Thomas Morrow | Sgt | BR | 85 Sqn | Died 28 September 1957 | ||
| Cale, Francis Walter | Plt Off | AUS | 266 Sqn | KIA 15 August 1940[56] | ||
| Calthorpe | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | |||
| Cambridge, William Percival | Flt Lt | BR | 253 Sqn | KIA 6 September 1940 (Pilot) | ||
| Cameron, James Douglas | Sgt | BR | 604 Sqn | KIA 9 May 1942 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) | ||
| Cameron, Matthew | Flt Sgt | BR | 66 Sqn | |||
| Cameron, Neil | Sgt | BR | 1 & 17 Sqns | KT, GCB, CBE, DSO, DFC | Official Ace Died 29 January 1985 | |
| Campbell, Alan | Sgt | NZ | 264 Sqn | KIA 29 July 1942 | ||
| Campbell, Alexander Middleton | Flt Lt | BR | 29 Sqn | Died 1974 | ||
| Campbell, Alan Robert McLeod | Plt Off | CAN | 54 Sqn | Died September 1974 | ||
| Campbell, David Baillie | Sgt | NZ | 23 Sqn | Died June 1984 | ||
| Campbell, Donald Cairnie O | Sgt | BR | 66 Sqn | KIA Sep 1940, Details not known. | ||
| Campbell, Gillian Lorne | Plt Off | BR | 236 Sqn | DFC | KIA 23 December 1942 | |
| Campbell, Kenneth Charles | Plt Off | BR | 43 Sqn | KIA 29 July 1940 | ||
| Campbell, Norman Neil | Plt Off | CAN | 242 Sqn | KIA 17 October 1940 (Pilot) | ||
| Campbell-Colquhoun, Ernest William | Flt Lt | BR | 264 & 66 Sqns | Died 1989[57] | ||
| Candy, Robert John | Plt Off | BR | 25 Sqn | |||
| Canham, Arthur William | Sgt | BR | 600 Sqn | |||
| Cannon, Bernard | Sgt | BR | 604 Sqn | Died 17 September 1983 | ||
| Capel, Bernard | Sgt | BR | 23 Sqn | |||
| Capon, Cardale Frederick Alexander | Plt Off | BR | 257 Sqn | KIA 1 January 1941 (Pilot). Joined 257 Squadron on 17 May 1940. Claimed a He 111 destroyed on 12 August and a Ju 88 the next day. On 12 October was shot down in Hurricane V2798 in combat with Me 109's over Dungeness. From September 1940 Capon always flew as No 2 to Sqn Ldr Tuck. On 1 January 1941, after flying a night patrol, Capon was killed landing in a snow blizzard at Coltishall[58] | ||
| Capstick, Herbert | Plt Off | Jamaican | 236 Sqn | |||
| Carbury, Brian John George | Fg Off | NZ | 603 Sqn | DFC* | Born Wellington, New Zealand, 27 February 1918. Court-martialled and dismissed from RAF, Oct 1941, possibly due to bounced cheques; died UK Jul 1962[59] | |
| Cardell, Philip Melville | Plt Off | BR | 603 Sqn | KIA 27 September 1940 (Pilot) | ||
| Cardnell, Charles Frederick | Plt Off | BR | 23 Sqn | KIA 8 August 1940 (Pilot) | ||
| Carey, Frank Reginald | Flt Lt | BR | 43 Sqn | DFC**, AFC, DFM | Official Ace, Died 6 December 2004 | |
| Plt Off | BR | 264 Sqn | MC, DFC, DCM | KIA 9 May 1941 | ||
| Carnaby, William Fleming | Fg Off | BR | 264 & 85 Sqns | KIA 5 February 1943 (Pilot) [60] | ||
| Carnall, Ralph | Sgt | BR | 111 Sqn | Died 1984 | ||
| Carpenter, Jack Conway | Sub Lt (FAA) | BR | 229 & 46 Sqn | KIA 8 September 1940 | ||
| Carpenter, John Michael Vowles | Plt Off | BR | 222 Sqn | |||
| Carr, William Joseph | Fg Off | BR | 235 Sqn | AFC | KIA 26 August 1942 | |
| Carr-Lewty, Robert Albert | Sgt | BR | 41 Sqn | AFC | Born Bradford, Yorkshire, 6 July 1911. Relinquished commission, Jul 1956, retaining Flt Lt; became Doctor; died 1997 | |
| Carriere, Jean Charles | Plt Off | CAN | 219 Sqn | DFC | ||
| Carswell, Malcolm Keith | Fg Off | NZ | 43 Sqn | Died 7 July 2003 | ||
| Carter, Laurence Richmond | Sgt | BR | 610 & 41 Sqn | MIA 6 July 1941 | ||
| Carter, Peter Edward George | Plt Off | BR | 73 & 302 Sqn | KIA 18 October 1940. Died just 250 y from Borowski, who was his wingsman. Most tragic flight of 302 squadron. Scrambled in bad weather against Messerschmitts. Four ! pilots of 302 died in just one sortie hitting the ground: Borowski, Carter, Wapniarek, Zukowski. P/O Carter probably, as Borowski, was posthumously awarded with VM.Pupil at St Joseph's college, South Croydon, London 1928–30. D.O.B 4 May 1919 | ||
| Carter, Victor Arthur | Plt Off | BR | 607 Sqn | |||
| Carthew, Gerald Charles Trewalla | Plt Off | CAN | 253, 85 & 145 Sqns | Surviving aircrew | ||
| Carver, John Champion | Fg Off | BR | 87 Sqn | DFC | MIA 6 June 1942 [61] | |
| Carver, Kenneth Maltby | Plt Off | BR | 229 Sqn | |||
| Carver, Rodney Harold Power | Lt (FAA) | BR | 804 NAS | |||
| Case, Herbert Robert | Plt Off | BR | 34 & 72 Sqns | KIA 12 October 1940[62] [63] | ||
| Cassidy, Ernest | Fg Off | BR | 25 Sqn | DFC | ||
| Casson, Lionel Harwood "Buck" | Plt Off | BR | 79 & 616 Sqns | DFC, AFC, AE* | Official Ace Died 8 October 2003 [64] [65] | |
| Castle, Colin Ewart Patrick | Sgt | BR | 219 Sqn | KIA 13 November 1940 (Air Gunner) | ||
| Cave, John Geoffry | Plt Off | BR | 600 Sqn | Died 1962 | ||
| Cawse, Frederick Norman | Plt Off | BR | 238 Sqn | KIA 11 August 1940 (Pilot) | ||
| Cebrzynskli, Arsen | Fg Off | POL | 302 Sqn | KW* | WIA 11 September 1940; Died 19 September 1940 | |
| Chabera, Frantisek | Sgt | CZ | 312 Sqn | Died 21 October 1999 | ||
| Chadwick, Dennis Frederick | Sgt | BR | 64 Sqn | Died 1973 | ||
| Chaffe, Ronald Ivor | Plt Off | BR | 245 & 43 Sqn | KIA 22 February 1942 | ||
| Chalder, Harry Hutchinson | Plt Off | BR | 266 & 41 Sqn | Born Newcastle upon Tyne 1915. Seriously WIA 28 September 1940; Died of wounds 10 November 1940 Halton Hospital. | ||
| Chaloner Lindsey, Patrick | Plt Off | BR | 601 Sqn | KIA 26 July 1940 | ||
| Chalupa, Stanislaw Jozef | Plt Off | POL | 302 Sqn | VM, KW, CdG | His CdG from 1940 received in 2000. Died 24 April 2004 in Katowice, buried in Kraków. | |
| Chamberlain, George Philip | Wg Cdr | BR | FIU | |||
| Chamberlain, Joseph Thomas Ronald | Plt Off | BR | 235 Sqn | Surviving aircrew | ||
| Chandler, Horatio Herbert | Sgt | BR | 610 Sqn | Official Ace | ||
| Chapman, Victor Ronald | Sgt | BR | 264 Sqn | |||
| Chappell, Alan Kingsley | Plt Off | BR | 236 Sqn | |||
| Chappell, Charles Gordon | Fg Off | BR | 65 & 609 Sqns | Born Manchester, 7 September 1915. Commissioned May 1938; relinquished commission April 1965 | ||
| Chapple, Douglas William Ernest | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | KIA 28 June 1941 | ||
| Chard, Wilfred Thomas | Sgt | BR | 141 Sqn | |||
| Charles, Edward Francis John "Jack" | Fg Off | CAN | 54 Sqn | DSO, DFC* | Died 5 November 1986[66] | |
| Charnock, Gerard | AC2 | BR | 25 Sqn | Believed KIA 5 June 1941 | ||
| Charnock, Harry Walpole | Sgt | BR | 64 & 19 Sqns | DFC, DFM, CdeG | Born Chorley, Lancashire, 20 June 1905. Commissioned on graduation from RAF College Cranwell, December 1925; cashiered by General Court Martial for low flying, December 1930; re-joined RAFVR as NCO pilot, September 1939; re-commissioned January 1943; relinquished commission, January 1955; Also awarded Belgian Knight in the Order of Leopold. Died 24 May 1974 [67] | |
| Chater, George Frederick | Sqn Ldr | SA | 247 Sqn (CO) & 3 Sqn | DFC | ||
| Cheetham, John Cowper | Sgt | BR | 23 Sqn | KIA 15 July 1944 | ||
| Chelmecki, Marian | Plt Off | POL | 56 & 17 Sqns | VM, KW** | Died 28 March 1988[68] | |
| Chesters, Peter | Plt Off | BR | 74 Sqn | KIFA 10 April 1941 [69] | ||
| Chetham, Charles Arthur Copeland | Plt Off | BR | 1 Sqn | KIA 15 April 1941 | ||
| Chevrier, Joseph Armand Jacques | Plt Off | CAN | 1 Sqn | MIA 6 July 1942; ADC to His Excellency the Governor General, the Earl of Athlone, from 1 August 1941 to 31 March 1942. | ||
| Chew, Clifford Archibald | Sgt | BR | 17 Sqn | AFC | KIA 24 March 1945 | |
| Chignell, Robert Alexander | Wg Cdr | BR | 145 Sqn | MiD | KIA 14 February 1942 | |
| Chiltern, Patrick Charles Stuart | Sub Lt (FAA) | BR | 804 Sqn | Also spelt "Chilton" | ||
| Chipping, Douglas James | Sgt | BR | 222 Sqn | Died 1985 | ||
| Chisholm, Roderick Aeneus | Plt Off | BR | 604 Sqn | DSO, DFC | Later Air Cdre; died 1994 | |
| Chlopik, Tadeusz P | Flt Lt | POL | 302 Sqn | KW* | KIA 15 September 1940 | |
| Chomley, John Allison George | Plt Off | RHO | 257 Sqn | MIA 12 August 1940 | ||
| Choran, Maurice Philipe Cesar | Adj | FR | 64 Sqn | MIA 10 April 1942 | ||
| Christie, George Patterson | Fg Off | CAN | 242 & 66 Sqns | DFC* | KIA 6 July 1942 | |
| Christie, John McBean | Sgt | BR | 152 Sqn | KIA 26 September 1940 | ||
| Christmas, Beverley E | Plt Off | CAN | 1 Sqn RCAF | 17 May 1988 | ||
| Chrystal(l), Colin | Sgt | NZ | 235 Sqn | Killed 28 July 1961 | ||
| Churches, Edward Walter Gillies | Plt Off | NZ | 74 Sqn | MIA 19 April 1941[70] | ||
| Churchill, Walter Myers | Sqn Ldr | BR | 605 Sqn (CO) | DSO DFC | 1907–1942 KIA 27 August 1942 | |
| Cizek, Evzen | Plt Off | CZ | 1 Sqn | KIFA 26 November 1942 (By then a Gp Capt)[71] | ||
| Clackson, David Lawrence | Flt Lt | BR | 600 Sqn | MBE | ||
| Clandillon, James Albert | Sgt | BR | 219 Sqn | KIA 18 February 1943 | ||
| Clark, Colin Anthony Gordon | Plt Off | SA | FIU | KIA 30 October 1941 | ||
| Clark, David de Brassey | Sqn Ldr | BR | 600 Sqn | CBE | ||
| Clark, Godfrey Percival | Sgt | BR | 604 Sqn | DFC | ||
| Clark, Henry Reginald | Flt Lt | BR | 66 & 610 Sqns | Surviving aircrew | ||
| Clark, William Terence Montague "Terry" | Sgt | BR | 219 Sqn | DFM | Surviving aircrew Beaufighter radar navigator.[72] | |
| Clarke, Arthur William | Plt Off | BR | 504 Sqn | KIA 7 April 1940 [73] | ||
| Clarke, Gordon Stuart | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | MIA 1 October 1940 | ||
| Clarke, Gordon Thomas | Sgt | BR | 151 Sqn | AFC | KIFA 11 August 1953 | |
| Clarke, Henry Reginald | Sgt | BR | 66 & 610 Sqns | AE | (1918–26 July 2010) | |
| Clarke, Ronald Neville | Sqn Ldr | BR | 235 Sqn | DFC | Possibly KIA 4 March 1941 | |
| Clarke, Raymond Walter | Fg Off | BR | 79 & 238 Sqns | MIA 16 November 1940 | ||
| Cleaver, Gordon Neil S "Mouse" | Fg Off | BR | 610 Sqn | DFC | Official Ace Died 1994[74] [75] [76] | |
| Clenshaw, Ian Charles Cooper | Sgt | BR | 253 Sqn | KIA 10 July 1940; First Casualty of the Battle of Britain, | ||
| Clerke, Rupert Francis Henry | Flt Lt | BR | 32 & 79 Sqns | DFC | ||
| Clift, Douglas Gerald "Duggie" | Fg Off | BR | 79 Sqn | Official Ace Died 2008[77] | ||
| Clifton, John Kenneth Graham | Plt Off | BR | 253 Sqn | KIA 1 September 1940 | ||
| Clouston, Arthur Edmond | Sqn Ldr | NZ | 219 Sqn | DSO, DFC, AFC | ||
| Clouston, Wilfred Greville | Fg Off | NZ | 19 Sqn | DFC | Died 24 May 1980[78] | |
| Clowes, Arthur Victor | Plt Off | BR | 1 Sqn | DFC, DFM | Died 7 December 1949 | |
| Clyde, William Pancoast "Billy" | Fg Off | BR | 601 Sqn | Official Ace | ||
| Coates, James Patrick | Lt (FAA) | BR | 804 NAS | KIA 6 November 1940 | ||
| Cobden, Donald Gordon | Plt Off | NZ | 74 Sqn | KIA 11 August 1940[79] https://web.archive.org/web/20120111124212/http://www.bbm.org.uk/Cobden.htm | ||
| Cochrane, Arthur Charles "Cocky" | Plt Off | CAN | 257 Sqn | DFC | MIA 31 March 1943 | |
| Cock, John Reynolds | Fg Off | AUS | 87 Sqn | DFC | Died 29 August 1988 | |
| Cockburn, John Clayton | Lt Cdr (FAA) | BR | 804 NAS | |||
| Cockburn, Richard Cockburn | Lt (FAA) | BR | 808 NAS | |||
| Coggins, John | Plt Off | BR | 235 Sqn | MBE, DFM* | MIA 16 December 1940 | |
| Coghlan, John Hunter | Fg Off | BR | 56 Sqn | DFC | KIA 17 August 1940 | |
| Coke, The Hon. David Arthur | Fg Off | BR | 257 Sqn | KIA 9 December 1941 | ||
| Cole, Charles Frederick John | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | |||
| Colebrook, Christopher | Plt Off | BR | 54 Sqn | MIA 21 April 1941[80] | ||
| Coleman, Edward Jack | Plt Off | BR | 54 Sqn | KIA 7 February 1941[81] | ||
| Collard, Peter | Fg Off | BR | 615 Sqn | DFC | KIA 14 August 1940 | |
| Collett, George Richard | Sgt | BR | 54 Sqn | KIA 22 August 1940[82] | ||
| Collingridge, Leon William | Plt Off | BR | 66 Sqn | Died 20 October 1993 | ||
| Collins, Anthony Roland | Sqn Ldr | BR | 72 Sqn (CO) & 46 Sqn | Died 21 February 1976 | ||
| Collyns, Basil Gordon | Plt Off | NZ | 238 Sqn | DFC | KIA 20 August 1944[83] (Pilot) Buried in France[84] [85] | |
| Comely, Peter Woodruff | Plt Off | BR | 87 Sqn | MIA 15 August 1940 | ||
| Comerford, Harry Alfred George | Flt Lt | BR | 312 Sqn | AFC | ||
| Compton, John William | AC2 | BR | 25 Sqn | |||
| Connell, William Charles | Plt Off | CAN | 32 Sqn | |||
| Connor, Francis Hebblethwaite Powell | Fg Off | BR | 234 Sqn | Died 1 May 1982 | ||
| Connors, Stanley Dudley Pierce | Flt Lt | BR | 111 Sqn | DFC* | KIA 18 August 1940 | |
| Considene, Brian Bertram | Plt Off | IRE | 238 Sqn | |||
| Constable-Maxwell, Michael Hugh | Fg Off | BR | 56 Sqn | DSO, DFC | ||
| Constantine, Alexander Noel | Plt Off | AUS | 141 Sqn | KIFA 29 July 1947 | ||
| Cook, Arthur Willson | Sgt | BR | 604 Sqn | DFM | ||
| Cook, Harry | Sgt | BR | 66 & 266 Sqns | Born Grimsby, 31 August 1920. Commissioned June 1942, demobilised 1946 | ||
| Cook, Robert Vincent | Sgt | BR | 219 Sqn | |||
| Cooke, Charles Alfred | Plt Off | BR | 66 Sqn | DFC | Died 28 January 1985 | |
| Cooke, Herbert Reginald | Sgt | BR | 23 Sqn | DFC | ||
| Coombes, Eric | Sgt | BR | 219 Sqn | |||
| Coombs, Robert Johnson | Sgt | BR | 600 Sqn | DFC | Died 1951 | |
| Cooney, Cecil John | FSgt | BR | 56 Sqn | MIA 29 July 1940 | ||
| Coope, William Edwin | Sqn Ldr | BR | 17 Sqn | KIA 4 June 1941 | ||
| Cooper, Charles Fredrick | AC2 | BR | 600 Sqn | KIA 3 October 1940 | ||
| Cooper, Douglas Clifford | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | |||
| Cooper, James Enerton | Sgt | BR | 610 Sqn | KIA 9 September 1941 | ||
| Cooper, Roy Norman | Sgt | BR | 610 & 65 Sqns | KIA 28 October 1945 | ||
| Cooper, Sidney Frederick | Sgt | BR | 253 Sqn | AFC | ||
| Cooper, Thomas Arthur | Sgt | BR | 266 & 92 Sqns | |||
| Cooper-Key, Aston Maurice | Plt Off | BR | 46 Sqn | KIA 24 July 1940 | ||
| Cooper-Slipper, Thomas Paul Michael | Fg Off | BR | 605 Sqn | DFC | Died 23 February 2004 [86] | |
| Coote, Leonard Edward Morgan | Sgt | BR | 600 Sqn | KIA 23 October 1943 | ||
| Copcutt, Richard | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | MIA 20 October 1940; Blenheim P6952 shot down attacking enemy aircraft off Norwegian coast; Flt Lt G M Baird captured, Sgt D L Burton captured wounded, Copcutt missing, W/O S V Wood captured wounded. | ||
| Copeland, Norman Downey | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | |||
| Copeland, Percy | Sgt | BR | 616, 66 & 73 Sqns | DFC | KIA 26 June 1942 [87] | |
| Copeman, Jack Harry Hamilton | Plt Off | BR | 111 Sqn | KIA 11 August 1940 aged 27 when he was shot down in Hurricane P3105 in combat off Margate. | ||
| Corbett, George Henry | Plt Off | CAN | 66 Sqn | KIA 8 October 1940 aged 21 when as a Pilot of Spitfire R6779 he was shot down in combat by BF 109s and crashed Bayfors Marshes. | ||
| Corbett, Vaughan Bowerman | Flt Lt | CAN | 401 Sqn | DFC | KIA 20 February 1945, by then a Gp Capt, buried in Toronto, Canada.[88] | |
| Corbin, William James | Sgt | BR | 610 & 66 Sqns | DFC | Died 8 December 2012 | |
| Corcoran, Henry | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | MIA 20 July 1940 | ||
| Cordell, Horace Arthur | Sgt | BR | 64 & 616 Sqns | |||
| Corfe, Douglas Fredrick | Sgt | BR | 73, 66 & 610 Sqns | KIA 25 April 1942 | ||
| Cork, Richard John "Dickie" | Sub Lt (FAA) | BR | 242 Sqn | DFC | Official Ace, KIA 14 April 1944 | |
| Corkett, Allan Henry | Plt Off | BR | 253 Sqn | |||
| Corner, Malcolm Charles | Plt Off | CAN | 254 Sqn | WIA 23 April 1945 | ||
| Cory, Noel Henry | Plt Off | BR | 25 Sqn | Also spelt "Corry" | ||
| Cory, Guy Webster | Fg Off | BR | 41 Sqn | AFC | Died 20 June 1981 | |
| Cosby, Eric Thomas | Sgt | BR | 3 & 615 Sqns | Died 26 April 1978 | ||
| Cosby, Ivor Henry | Plt Off | BR | 610, 72 & 222 Sqns | DFC | ||
| Cotes-Preedy, Digby Vawdre Cartmel | Plt Off | BR | 236 Sqn | GM | Died 1972 | |
| Cottam, Gerald | AC2 | BR | 25 Sqn | |||
| Cottam, Hubert Weatherby | Plt Off | BR | 213 Sqn | Killed active service 5 December 1941 | ||
| Courtis, Jack Burall | Sgt | NZ | 111 Sqn | KIA 5 December 1940 | ||
| Courtney, Ronald Noel Hamilton | Fg Off | BR | 151 Sqn | DFC, AFC | ||
| Coussens, Herbert William | Sgt | BR | 601 Sqn | |||
| Couzens, George Walter | Plt Off | BR | 54 Sqn | Died June 1978[89] | ||
| Coverley, William Hugh | Fg Off | BR | 602 Sqn | KIA 7 September 1940 | ||
| Covington, Aubrey Richard | Plt Off | BR | 238 Sqn | |||
| Coward, James Baird | Flt Lt | BR | 19 Sqn | AFC | Retired from the RAF at the rank of Air Cdre. Born 1915.[90] Died 25 July 2012. | |
| Cowen, William | AC2 | BR | 25 Sqn | Died 20 June 1979 | ||
| Cowley, James | Sgt | BR | 87 Sqn | |||
| Cowsill, James Roy | Sgt | BR | 56 Sqn | MIA 13 July 1940 | ||
| Cox, David George Samuel Richardson | Sgt | BR | 19 Sqn | DFC*, CdeG | [91] | |
| Craig, George Dudley | Flt Lt | BR | 607 Sqn | OBE | Died 1974 | |
| Craig, John Teasdale "Bobby" | Sgt | BR | 111 Sqn | Official Ace, KIA 2 June 1941 | ||
| Cranwell, Edward William "Ted" | Sgt | BR | 610 & 102 Sqns | DFC | Commissioned from Warrant Officer to Flt in February 1943 – Died 1993 | |
| Crew, Edward Dixon | Fg Off | BR | 604 Sqn | DFC*, DSO*, CB | Official Ace, Retired with the rank of AVM. 1917–2002 [92] | |
| Crockett, Ronald Frederick | Plt Off | BR | 236 Sqn | KIA 17 September 1942 [93] | ||
| Crook, David Moore | Plt Off | BR | 609 Sqn | DFC | Official Ace, MIA 18 December 1944 | |
| Croskell, Michael Ernest | Sgt | BR | 213 Sqn | Surviving aircrew | ||
| Crossley, Michael Nicholson | Flt Lt | BR | 32 Sqn (CO) | DSO, OBE, DFC | Official Ace | |
| Crowley-Milling, Denis W "Crow" | Plt Off | BR | 242 Sqn | KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC*, AE | Official Ace, Retired in 1975 as AM Sir Denis Crowley-Milling. Appointed Controller of the RAF Benevolent Fund and became president of the Not Forgotten Association. Died 1 December 1996.[94] | |
| Cuddie, William Arthur | Plt Off | CAN | 141 Sqn | MIA 3 October 1943 [95] | ||
| Cukr, Vaclav | Sgt | CZ | 43 & 253 Sqns | Died 14 October 1989 | ||
| Cullen, Reginald Walker | AC2 | BR | 23 Sqn | |||
| Culmer, James Douglas | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | |||
| Culverwell, John Henry | Sgt | BR | 87 Sqn | KIA 25 July 1940 | ||
| Cumbers, Alfred Bernard | Sgt | BR | 141 Sqn | |||
| Cunningham, James | Sgt | BR | 29 Sqn | |||
| Cunningham, John "Cat's Eyes" | Flt Lt | BR | 604 Sqn | OBE, CBE, DSO**, DFC*, AE [96] | Official Ace, Left the RAF with the rank of Gp Capt to become chief test pilot for de Havilland. Died 21 July 2002.[97] | |
| Cunningham, John Laurence Gilchrist | Flt Lt | BR | 603 Sqn | MIA 28 August 1940 | ||
| Cunningham, W | Flt Lt | BR | 43 Sqn | |||
| Cunningham, Wallace | Flt Lt | BR | 19 Sqn | Official Ace. Died 4 October 2011.[98] | ||
| Cunnington, William George | Sgt | BR | 607 Sqn | MIA 16 November 1940 | ||
| Cupitt, Thomas | Sgt | BR | 29 Sqn | |||
| Curchin, John | Plt Off | AUS | 609 Sqn | DFC | Official Ace, KIA 4 June 1941 [99] | |
| Curley, Albert George | Sgt | BR | 141 Sqn | MIA 19 July 1940 | ||
| Currant, Christopher Frederick "Bunny" | Flt Lt | BR | 605 Sqn | DFC*, DSO, CDeG [100] | Official Ace, Died 12 March 2006 [101] | |
| Curtis, Frank William | Sgt | BR | 25 Sqn | |||
| Cutts, John Wintringham | Fg Off | BR | 222 Sqn | MIA 4 September 1940 | ||
| Czajkowski, Franciszek | Plt Off | POL | 151 Sqn | KW* | Died 25 October 1942 (Hospital bombed) | |
| Czerniak, Jerzy | Plt Off | POL | 302 Sqn | KW** | KIA 9 August 1941 | |
| Czernin, Count Manfred Beckett | Fg Off | BR | 17 Sqn | DSO, MC, DFC | Official Ace Born Berlin, Germany, 18 January 1913. Changed name from Count Manfred Marie Ralph Edmund Czernin to Manfred Beckett (Mother's maiden name), Nov 1931; changed name from Manfred Beckett to Count Manfred Beckett Czernin (part of original name), Nov 1936; involved in secret missions in Italian-speaking territory for Special Operations Executive, 1943–1945; retired Jan 1958, died in London, 6 October 1962 | |
| Czerny, Jan | Flt Lt | POL | 302 Sqn | KW | Died 18 February 1991 in Poland. | |
| Czerwinski, Tadeusz | Fg Off | POL | 302 Sqn | KW** | KIA 22 August 1942 | |
| Czternastek, Stanislaw | Plt Off | POL | 32 Sqn | KIA 5 February 1941 |
Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Ireland, Jamaica, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Poland, Rhodesia, South Africa and the United States.[102]
| 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 |
| Award | Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AE | Air Efficiency Award | Awarded for ten years' efficient service in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force | |
| AFC | Air Force Cross | At this time, awarded "for acts of courage or devotion to duty whilst flying, though not in active operations against the enemy" to commissioned officers and warrant officers. Extended to all ranks in 1993. | |
| 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 | At this time, awarded "for acts of gallantry when flying in active operations against the enemy" to commissioned officers and warrant officers. Extended to all ranks in 1993. | |
| DFC* | Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar | A bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DFC who receive a second award. | |
| DFC** | Distinguished Flying Cross and Two Bars | A second bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DFC and Bar who receive a third award. | |
| DFM | Distinguished Flying Medal | At this time, awarded "for acts of gallantry when flying in active operations against the enemy" to non-commissioned officers and men. Discontinued in 1993. | |
| 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 | At this time, awarded for "distinguished and meritorious services" to officers of the rank of Captain or below, and warrant officers. Extended to all ranks in 1993. | |
| 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. |
