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 Charles, Prince of Wales and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. The idea for the monument was conceived by the Battle of Britain Historical Society which then set about raising funds for its construction. The outside of the monument is lined with bronze plaques listing all the Allied airmen who took part in the Battle.[9]
| Name | Rank | Nationality | Sqn during Battle | Awards | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van-Den Hove d'Ertsenrijck, Albert Emmanuel Alix Dieudonne Jean Ghislain | Plt Off | BEL | 501 & 43 Sqns | KIA 11 September 1940 | |||
| Van-Lierde, Willi E | Plt Off | BEL | 87 Sqn | ||||
| Van Mentz, Brian | Fg Off | SA | 222 Sqn | DFC | KIA 26 April 1941 | [10] [11] | |
| Van-Wayen Berghe, Arthur Albert Leopold | Plt Off | BEL | 236 Sqn | KIA 10 March 1941 | |||
| Varley, George Wallace | Plt Off | BR | 247 & 79 Sqns | Died 11 February 1982 | |||
| Vašátko, Alois | Plt Off | CZ | 312 Sqn | DFC | KIA 23 June 1942 | ||
| Velebrnovski, Antonin | Plt Off | CZ | 1 Sqn | KIA 16 July 1941 | |||
| Venesoen, François Auguste "Sus" | Sgt | BEL | 235 Sqn | DFC | KIA 6 June 1944 | [12] | |
| Verity, Victor Bosanquet Strachan | Plt Off | NZ | 229 Sqn | DFC | |||
| Vesely, Vlastimil | Plt Off | CZ | 312 Sqn | ||||
| Vick, James Anderson | Sqn Ldr | BR | 607 Sqn (CO) | ||||
| Vigors, Timothy Ashmead | Plt Off | BR | 222 Sqn | DFC | Died 14 November 2003 | [13] [14] | |
| Viles, Leslie William | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | ||||
| Villa, John Wolferstan "Pancho" | Flt Lt | BR | 72 & 92 Sqns | DFC | Died 1983 | ||
| Vincent, Stanley Flamank | Gp Capt | BR | 257 & 229 Sqns | CB, DFC, AFC, DL | Retired as AVM in 1950; died 13 March 1976. | ||
| Vindis, Frantisek | Sgt | CZ | 310 Sqn | ||||
| Vinyard, Frederick Fenton | Sgt | BR | 64 Sqn | MIA 6 October 1940 | |||
| Voase-Jeff, Robert | Flt Lt | BR | 87 Sqn | DFC*, CdeG | KIA 11 August 1940 | ||
| Vokes, Arthur Frank | Plt Off | BR | 19 Sqn | KIA 5 September 1941 (Pilot) | |||
| Vopalecky, Josef | Warrant Officer | CZ | 310 Sqn | ||||
| Vrana, Adolf | Fg Off | CZ | 312 Sqn | ||||
| Vybiral, Tomas | Plt Off | CZ | 312 Sqn | DFC, DSO | Died 21 February 1981 | [15] | |
| Vykoukal, Karel Jan | Plt Off | CZ | 111 & 73 Sqns | Born Chotebor, Czechoslovakia 20 December 1916; KIA 21 May 1942 | [16] |
| Name | Rank | Nationality | Sqn during Battle | Awards | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waddingham, John | Plt Off | BR | 141 Sqn | DFC | KIA 27 September 1942 (Malta) | |
| Wade, Trevor Sidney "Wimpy" | Plt Off | BR | 92 Sqn | DFC, AFC | Later a test pilot for Hawker. KIFA 1951 when the Hawker P.1081 prototype crashed. | |
| Wadham, John Victor | Sgt | BR | 145 Sqn | KIA 12 October 1940 aged 21 as a Pilot of Hurricane V7426 which was shot down by Bf 109s over Hastings and crashed near Cranbrook. | ||
| Waghorn, Peter Harry | Sgt | BR | 249 & 111 Sqns | KIA 11 April 1941 (Malta) | ||
| Wagner, Alan Derek | Sgt | BR | 151 Sqn | KIA 17 July 1944 (Pilot) | ||
| Wainwright, Alec George | Plt Off | BR | 151 Sqn | KIA 21 January 1941 | ||
| Wainwright, Michael Terry | Plt Off | BR | 64 Sqn | AFC | Surviving aircrew (born 1919) | |
| Waite, Edward | Sgt | BR | 29 Sqn | MIA 31 July 1940 aged 24 following a collision between Blenheims L6722 and L1408 over the Bristol Channel.[17] | ||
| Wake, Frederick William | Sgt | BR | 264 Sqn | |||
| Wakefield, Herbert Kenneth | Plt Off | BR | 235 Sqn | DFC | ||
| Wakeham, Ernest Cecil John | Plt Off | BR | 145 Sqn | DFC | MIA 8 August 1940 | |
| Wakeling, Sidney Richard Ernest | Sgt | BR | 87 Sqn | KIA 25 August 1940 when his Hurricane V7250 was shot down inflames over Portland. | ||
| Walch, Stuart Crosby | Flt Lt | AUS | 238 Sqn | KIA 11 August 1940 | ||
| Walker, George Arthur | Sgt | BR | 232 Sqn | |||
| Walker, James Arthur "Johnnie" | Fg Off | CAN | 111 Sqn | DFC | KIA 8 February 1944, Singapore | |
| Walker, John Harold Gilbert | Fg Off | BR | 25 Sqn | KIA 9 May 1942 (Pilot) | ||
| Walker, James Ian Bradley | Sgt | NZ | 600 Sqn | Died 2009. | ||
| Walker, James Richard | Fg Off | CAN | 611 & 41 Sqns | KIFA when aircraft ran out of fuel at sea between HMS Argus and Malta (transfer to 261 Sqn), 16 November 1940, aged 20. Robert J. Boret died in the same incident. | ||
| Walker, Norman MacDonald | Sgt | BR | 615 Sqn | MIA 2 June 1941 (Malta) | ||
| Walker, Robert James | Plt Off | BR | 72 Sqn | DSO | ||
| Walker, Stanley | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | KIA 12 February 1942 | ||
| Walker, William Louis Buchanan | Plt Off | BR | 616 Sqn | AE | Surviving aircrew[18] | |
| Walker-Smith, Francis Richard | Sgt | BR | 85 Sqn | KIA 13 March 1941 (Pilot) | ||
| Wallace, Clarence Alfred Blake | Plt Off | CAN | 3 Sqn | KIA 27 October 1941 | ||
| Wallace, Thomas Young | Sgt | SA[19] | 610 & 111 Sqns | DFM | KIA 11 November 1944[20] (Pilot) | |
| Wallen, Dennis Stanley | Flt Lt | BR | 604 Sqn | |||
| Wallens, Ronald Walter "Wally" | Plt Off | BR | 41 Sqn | DFC | WIA 5 September 1940. Died 13 November 1995.[21] [22] | |
| Waller, George Alfred | Sgt | BR | 29 Sqn | DFC | Died 1983 | |
| Walley, Peter Kenneth | Sgt | BR | 615 Sqn | KIA 18 August 1940 (Pilot) | ||
| Wallis, Donald Sylvester | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | KIA 22 February 1941 | ||
| Walmsley, Harold William | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | MIA 13 December 1940 | ||
| Walsh, Edmund | Sgt | BR | 141 Sqn | |||
| Walsh, John Joseph | Plt Off | CAN | 615 Sqn | WIA 2 March 1941 (Malta) | ||
| Walsh, John Patrick | Sgt | BR | 616 Sqn | KIFA 4 August 1940 when his Spitfire N3271 spun into the ground during dog fight training. | ||
| Walsh, Robert William Meade | Sub Lt (FAA) | BR | 111 Sqn | |||
| Walton, Herbert | Sgt | BR | 87 Sqn | |||
| Want, William Hudson | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | MIA 19 August 1940 when his Bristol Blenheim went missing of south Norwegian coast during a reconnaissance flight. | ||
| Wapniarek, Stefan | Plt Off | POL | 302 Sqn | VM, KW | KIA 18 October 1940 when his Hurricane P3872 crashed during an attempted forced landing on return from a patrol in bad weather. | |
| Ward, Derek Harland | Fg Off | NZ | 87 Sqn | DFC* | KIA 17 June 1942 (North Africa)[23] | |
| Ward, The Hon Edward Frederick | Sqn Ldr | BR | 601 Sqn | Died April 1987 | ||
| Ward, John Lewis | Plt Off | BR | 32 Sqn | KIA 20 March 1942 | ||
| Ward, Rufus Arthur | Sgt | BR | 66 Sqn | KIA 8 October 1940 when he was killed following a bale out from his Spitfire N3043 which was shot down in combat with Bf 109s over Kent. | ||
| Ward, William Bruce | Sgt | BR[24] | 604 Sqn | KIA 6 April 1943 | ||
| Ward-Smith, Peter | Sgt | BR | 610 Sqn | |||
| Warden, Noel Proctor | Sgt | BR | 610 Sqn | KIA 1 October 1941 | ||
| Ware, Ralph Taverham | Sgt | BR | 3 Sqn | KIA 21 January 1945 | ||
| Wareham, Michael Percy | Plt Off | BR | 1 Sqn | DFC | KIA 21 January 1945 (?) | |
| Wareing, Philip Thomas | Sgt | BR | 616 Sqn | DCM | Taken POW 26 August 1940 but escaped. Died May 1987[25] | |
| Waring, William | Sgt | BR | 23 Sqn | |||
| Warner, William Henry Cromwell | Flt Lt | BR | 610 Sqn | MIA 16 August 1940 when he failed to return in his Spitfire R6802 after combat with Bf 109s. | ||
| Warren, Charles | Plt Off | BR | 152 Sqn | DFC | Died 19 October 2005 | |
| Warren, Douglas Albert Palmer | Plt Off | BR | 248 Sqn | KIA 9 February 1941 | ||
| Warren, John Benjamin William | AC1 | BR | 600 Sqn | KIA 8 August 1940 when Blenheim L8665 was shot down in flames into the sea near Ramsgate, Kent. | ||
| Warren, Stanley | Sgt | BR | 1 Sqn | MIA 9 October 1940 when his Hurricane V7376 failed to return during a formation flight in cloud over the Wash. | ||
| Warren, Thornton Arrowsmith | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | |||
| Waterston, Robin McGregor | Fg Off | BR | 603 Sqn | KIA 31 August 1940 when his Spitfire X4273 was shot down by Bf 109s over London. | ||
| Watkins, Douglas Herbert | Fg Off | BR | 611 Sqn | DFC | Died 1969 | |
| Watkinson, Arthur Basil | Plt Off | SA | 66 Sqn | Died 18 October 1985 | ||
| Watling, William Charles | Plt Off | BR | 92 Sqn | KIA 7 February 1941 | ||
| Watson, Arthur Roy | Plt Off | BR | 152 Sqn | KIA 28 November 1940 | ||
| Watson, Edward James | Plt Off | BR | 605 Sqn | KIA 26 February 1942 | ||
| Watson, Evan Owens | Plt Off | BR | 64 Sqn | |||
| Watson, Fredrick Stanley | Plt Off | CAN | 3 Sqn | KIA 11 October 1941 | ||
| Watson, John Gordon | AC2 | BR | 604 Sqn | |||
| Watson, Lionel George | Plt Off | BR | 29 Sqn | |||
| Watson, Rafael F | Fg Off | BR | 87 Sqn | |||
| Watson-Parker, Patrick Ian | Sgt | BR | 610 Sqn | KIA 13 July 1940 when his Spitfire R6807 crashed during a routine patrol, cause not known. | ||
| Watters, Joseph | Plt Off | NZ | 236 Sqn | Died 18 April 1981 | ||
| Watts, Edwin Leslie | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | KIA 13 April 1943 | ||
| Watts, Roy Fredrick | Flt Lt | BR | 253 Sqn | |||
| Watts, Reginald Douglas Haig | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | MIA 11 September 1940 when his Blenheim was shot down by Bf 109s and crashed into the sea. | ||
| Way, Basil Hugh "Wonky" | Flt Lt | BR | 54 Sqn | KIA 25 July 1940 when his Spitfire R6707 crashed into the sea following combat with a Bf 109.[26] | ||
| Way, Lewis Benjamin Roger | Plt Off | BR | 229 Sqn | |||
| Wczelik, Antoni | Fg Off | POL | 302 Sqn | KW** | KIA 14 April 1942[27] | |
| Weaver, Percy Stevenson | Fg Off | BR | 56 Sqn | MIA 31 August 1940 when his Hurricane V7378 was shot down by fighters and crashed into the River Blackwater. | ||
| Webb, Paul Clifford | Fg Off | BR | 602 Sqn | DFC, CBE | ||
| Webber, Wyndham Frederick Peirson | Plt Off | BR | 141 Sqn | |||
| Weber, Frantisek | Plt Off | CZ | 145 Sqn | |||
| Weber, Jack | Sgt | BR | 1 Sqn | Died 1988 | ||
| Webster, Ernest Reginald | Sgt | BR | 73 Sqn | |||
| Webster, Frederick Kinnersley | Plt Off | BR | 610 Sqn | KIA 26 August 1940 (Pilot) | ||
| Webster, Herbert Garth | Sgt | BR | 73 Sqn | KIA 14 April 1941 | ||
| Webster, John Terence "Terry" | Fg Off | BR | 41 Sqn | DFC | KIA 5 September 1940[28] | |
| Wedgwood, Jefferson Heywood | Flt Lt | BR | 253 Sqn | DFC | KIA 17 December 1942 | |
| Wedlock, Gordon Victor | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | DFM | ||
| Wedzik, Marian | Sgt | POL | 302 Sqn | VM, KW***, DFC | Died 10 October 1977 | |
| Weir, Archibald Nigel Charles | Plt Off | BR | 45 Sqn | DFC | MIA 7 November 1940 (his brother Maj. Adrian John Anthony Weir MC was also KIA) | |
| Welch, Eric | Sgt | BR | 604 Sqn | KIA 17 December 1941 | ||
| Welford, George Henry Ettrick | Plt Off | BR | 607 Sqn | |||
| Wells, Edward Preston "Hawkeye" | Plt Off | NZ | 266 & 41 Sqns | DSO, DFC* | Died 2005[29] | |
| Wells, Patrick Hardy Vesey "Pat" | Fg Off | BR | 249 Sqn | DSO | Died 2002 | |
| Plt Off | BR | 92 Sqn | DFC | Died 18 July 2018 (born 1921) | ||
| Wendel, Kenneth Victor | Fg Off | NZ | 504 Sqn | KIA 7 September 1940[30] | ||
| Westlake, George Herbert | Plt Off | BR | 43 & 616 Sqns | DFC | Died 18 January 2006. | |
| Westmoreland, Thomas Emyrs | Sgt | BR | 616 Sqn | MIA 25 August 1940 when he failed to return in Spitfire R6966 after combat with Bf 109s over Canterbury. | ||
| Whall, Basil Ewart Patrick | Sgt | BR | 602 Sqn | DFM | KIA 7 October 1940 | |
| Wheeler, Norman John | Flt Lt | BR | 610 Sqn & 615 Sqn | AFC | | title=Battle of Britain London Monument > | |
| Whipps, George Albert | Sgt | BR | 602 Sqn | KIA 26 August 1941 | ||
| Whitbread, Herbert Laurance | Plt Off | BR | 222 Sqn | KIA 20 September 1940 | ||
| White, Blair Eustace Galloway | Flt Lt | BR | 504 Sqn | MIA 5 July 1943 (Malta) | ||
| White, John | Sgt | BR | 72 Sqn | KIA 14 June 1941 (Egypt) | ||
| White, John William | Plt Off | BR | 3 Sqn & FIU | Surviving aircrew | ||
| White, Robert | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | Surviving aircrew | ||
| Whitehead, Clifford | Sgt | BR | 56 Sqn | KIA 4 July 1942 | ||
| Whitfield, Joseph James | Sgt | BR | 56 Sqn | MIA 13 July 1940 | ||
| Whitley, David "Bull" | Plt Off | BR | 264 Sqn | KIA 28 August 1940 | ||
| Whitley, Eric William | Sqn Ldr | NZ | 245 Sqn (CO) | DSO, DFC | Died 25 October 1973 | |
| Whitney, Douglas Mitchell | Plt Off | NZ | 245 Sqn | Died 1981 | ||
| Whitsun, Alfred Daniel | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | MIA 6 May 1941 | ||
| Whittick, Harry George | Sgt | BR | 604 Sqn | |||
| Whittingham, Charles Derek | Fg Off | BR | 151 Sqn | Died 8 April 1958 | ||
| Whitty, William Hubert Rigby | Flt Lt | BR | 607 Sqn | DFC | Died 2003 Canada | |
| Whitwell, Peter Coulson | Sgt | BR | 600 Sqn | MIA 6/7 November 1942 | ||
| Wickings-Smith, Peter Claude | Plt Off | BR | 235 Sqn | MIA 11 September 1940 | ||
| Wickins, Arthur Stanley | Sgt | BR | 141 Sqn | DFC | ||
| Wicks, Bryan John | Fg Off | BR | 56 Sqn | KIA 12 October 1942 | ||
| Widdows, Stanley Charles | Sqn Ldr | BR | 29 Sqn (CO) | CB, DFC | Died 10 January 2010 | |
| Wigg, Ronald George | Fg Off | NZ | 65 Sqn | Died 4 August 1976 | ||
| Wigglesworth, John Spencer | Plt Off | BR | 238 Sqn | KIA 6 February 1942 | ||
| Wight, Ronald Derek Gordon | Flt Lt | BR | 213 Sqn | KIA 11 August 1940 | ||
| Wightman, Owen Maurice | Mid (FAA) | BR | 151 Sqn | KIA 30 June 1941 | ||
| Wilcox, Charles | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | KIA 21 May 1942 | ||
| Wilcox, Edgar John | Fg Off | BR | 72 Sqn | KIA 31 August 1940 | ||
| Wildblood, Timothy Seddon | Plt Off | BR | 152 Sqn | MIA 25 August 1940 when he failed to return in Spitfire R6994 from combat over the channel.; | ||
| Wilde, Denis Clifton | Plt Off | BR | 236 Sqn | Died 1989 | ||
| Wilkes, Geoffrey Norman | Sgt | BR | 213 Sqn | MIA 12 August 1940 | ||
| Wilkinson, Kenneth Astill | Sgt | BR | 616 Sqn | Died 2017[31] [32] [33] | ||
| Wilkinson, Royce Clifford | Fg Off | BR | 3 Sqn | OBE, DFM* | [34] | |
| Wilkinson, Rodney Levett | Sqn Ldr | BR | 266 Sqn | KIA 16 August 1940 | ||
| Wilkinson, Wilfred Arthur | Sgt | BR | 501 Sqn | |||
| Willans, Derek Alan | Plt Off | BR | 23 Sqn | DFC | KIA 28 May 1941[35] | |
| Willcocks, Peter Hamilton | Sgt | BR | 610 & 66 Sqn | KIA 28 November 1940 | ||
| Williams, Cedric Watcyn | Sqn Ldr | BR | 17 Sqn | MIA 25 August 1940 after Hurricane R4199 crashed near Portland after being badly damaged in a head-on attack with a Bf 110. | ||
| Williams, Dennis Conon | Fg Off | BR | 141 Sqn | KIA 4 April 1941 | ||
| Williams, Desmond Gordon | Plt Off | BR | 92 Sqn | DFC | KIA 10 October 1940 | |
| Williams, Eric Edward | Flt Sgt | BR | 46 Sqn | MIA 15 October 1940 | ||
| Williams, Gwilym Trevor | Sgt | BR | 219 Sqn | OBE, DFM | ||
| Williams, Mark Alan | Plt Off | BR | 604 Sqn | |||
| Williams, Thomas Draper | Plt Off | BR | 611 Sqn | DFC | ||
| Williams, William Dudley | Plt Off | BR | 152 Sqn | DFC | Died April 1976.[36] | |
| Williams, Wycliff Stuart | Plt Off | NZ | Sqn | KIA 21 October 1940[37] | ||
| Willis, Ronald Frank | AC | BR | 219 Sqn | KIA 8 February 1941 | ||
| Willis, William Owen | Sgt | NZ | 600 Sqn | Died 23 April 1969 | ||
| Wills, William Claude | Sgt | BR | 3 & 73 Sqn | KIA 12 April 1941 (Libya) | ||
| Wilsdon, Albert Alfred | Sgt | BR | 29 Sqn | KIA 19 December 1940 | ||
| Wilson, Donald Fraser | Fg Off | NZ | 141 Sqn | |||
| Wilson, Douglas Strachan | Flt Lt | BR | 610 Sqn | Died 1985 | ||
| Wilson, Leonard Donald | Plt Off | BR | 29 Sqn | Died 1987 | ||
| Wilson, Robert Roy | Plt Off | CAN | 111 Sqn | MIA 11 August 1940 | ||
| Wilson, William | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | DFM | ||
| Wilson, William Charles | AC2 | BR | 29 Sqn | KIA 12 April 1941 | ||
| Wilson-Macdonald, D S | Sqn Ldr | BR | 213 Sqn (CO) | |||
| Wingfield, Victor John | Sgt | BR | 29 Sqn | KIA 11 May 1941 | ||
| Winn, Charles Vivian | Fg Off | BR | 29 Sqn | DSO, DFC | ||
| Winskill, Archibald Little "Archie" | Plt Off | BR | 72 & 603 Sqns | DFC | Died 9 August 2005[38] | |
| Winstanley, John | Sgt | BR | 151 Sqn | |||
| Winter, Douglas Cyril | Plt Off | BR | 72 Sqn | KIA 5 September 1940[39] | ||
| Winter, Richard Arthur | Fg Off | BR | 247 Sqn | Died 1970 | ||
| Wise, John Francis | Sgt | BR | 141 Sqn | MIA 19 July 1940 | ||
| Wiseman, William Douglas | Plt Off | BR | 600 Sqn | |||
| Wissler, Denis Heathcote | Plt Off | BR | 17 Sqn | MIA 11 November 1940 | ||
| Withall, Latham Carr | Flt Lt | AUS | 152 Sqn | MIA 12 August 1940 | ||
| Witorzenc, Stefan | Fg Off | POL | 501 Sqn | VM, KW**, DFC | Died 30 December 1994 in Poland | |
| Własnowolski, Bolesław Andrzej | Plt Off | POL | 32, 607 & 213 Sqns | VM, KW | KIA 1 November 1940[40] | |
| Wojcicki, Antoni | Sgt | POL | 213 Sqn | MIA 11 September 1940 | ||
| Wojciechowski, Miroslaw I | Sgt | POL | 303 Sqn | VM, KW** | ||
| Wojtowicz, Stefan | Sgt | POL | 303 Sqn | VM | KIA 11 September 1940 | |
| Wolfe, Edward Chatham | Flt Lt | BR | 219 & 141 Sqns | DFC | [41] | |
| Wolton, Ralph | Sgt | BR | 152 Sqn | |||
| Wood, Kenneth Russell | Sgt | BR | S23 qn | KIA 10 July 1941 | ||
| Wood, Stanley Victor | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | POW 20 October 1940 | ||
| Woodgate, Joseph Eric | Sgt | BR | 141 Sqn | MIA 24 August 1943 | ||
| Woodger, David Noel | Plt Off | BR | 235 Sqn | MIA 24 August 1940 | ||
| Woodhall, Alfred Basil | Wg Cdr | BR | 310 Sqn | Czechoslovak Military Cross | ||
| Woodland, Norman Naylor | Sgt | BR | 236 Sqn | |||
| Woods-Scawen, Charles Anthony "Tony" | Plt Off | BR | 43 Sqn | DFC | KIA 2 September 1940 | |
| Woods-Scawen, Patrick Philip "Woody" | Fg Off | BR | 85 Sqn | DFC | KIA 1 September 1940 | |
| Woodward, Herbert John | Fg Off | BR | 64 & 23 Sqns | DFC | KIA 30 October 1940[42] | |
| Woodward, Robert Sinckler | Fg Off | BR | 600 Sqn | DFC | MIA 7 December 1942[43] | |
| Woolley, Arthur William | Sgt | BR | 601 Sqn | |||
| Wootten, Ernest Wait "Bertie" | BR | 234 Sqn | CBE, DFC*, AFC | Died 1999 | ||
| Wordsworth, Douglas Kenneth Alfred | Fg Off | BR | 235 Sqn | DFC | KIA 30 October 1941 (El Alamein)[44] | |
| Worrall, John "Barron" | Sqn Ldr | BR | 32 Sqn | DFC | Retired as AVM in 1963. Died 14 January 1988 | |
| Worrall, Pyers Arthur | Plt Off | BR | 85 & 249 Sqns | KIA 8 June 1942 (India) (Pilot) | ||
| Worrall, Thomas Victor | Sub Lt (FAA) | BR | 111 Sqn | KIA 20 February 1941 | ||
| Worsdell, Kenneth Wilson | Fg Off | BR | 219 Sqn | KIA 30 October 1940 (Pilot)[45] | ||
| Worthington, Alec Sillavan | Fg Off | BR | 219 Sqn | |||
| Wotton, Harold John | Sgt | BR | 234 Sqn | KIA 25 January 1941 | ||
| Wright, Alexander James | Lt (FAA) | BR | 804 NAS | |||
| Wright, Allan Richard | Fg Off | BR | 92 Sqn | DFC*, AFC | Surviving aircrew (born 1920) | |
| Wright, Daniel Leslie | Sgt | BR | 235 Sqn | KIA 24 August 1940 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) | ||
| Wright, Eric William "Ricky" | Sgt | BR | 605 Sqn | CBE DFC DFM AE | Retired as Air Cdre in 1973; died 5 November 2007 | |
| Wright, John | Sgt | BR | 79 Sqn | KIA 5 September 1940 (Pilot) | ||
| Wright, William | Plt Off | BR | 604 Sqn | KIA 26 August 1941 | ||
| Wroblewski, Zbigniew T A | Plt Off | POL | 302 Sqn | VM, KW** | ||
| Wunsche, Kazimierz Roman | Sgt | POL | 303 Sqn | VM, KW***, DFM | WIA 9 September 1940, died 1980 | |
| Wyatt, John Pile | LAC | BR | 25 Sqn | KIA 15 September 1940[46] | ||
| Wyatt-Smith, Peter | Plt Off | BR | 263 Sqn | KIA 5 January 1945 (Pilot) | ||
| Wydrowski, Bronislaw | Plt Off | POL | 607 Sqn | |||
| Wynn, Richard Edward Ney Elias | Plt Off | BR | 249 Sqn | KIA 7 April 1941 (Pilot) |
| Name | Rank | Nationality | Sqn during Battle | Awards | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yapp, Derek Sydney | Sqn Ldr | BR | 245 & 253 Sqns | DFC* | Survived War, Captain for British Airways. Died 14 June 2012 in Devon at age 93. | |
| Yates, Gordon | Sgt | BR | 248 Sqn | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner (Blenheim)[47] | ||
| Yates, T M | Sgt | BR | 64 Sqn | |||
| Yates, William | AC2 | BR | 604 Sqn | Radar Operator | ||
| York, Ronald Lewis | Sgt | BR | 610 Sqn | KIFA 28 March 1942 (Miles Master W8640) | ||
| Young, Cecil Reginald "Charlie" | Plt Off | BR | 615, 607 & 46 Sqns | KIA 5 December 1940 when Hurricane V7617 crahed near Wrotham, Kent[48] [49] [50] | ||
| Young, James Harold | Plt Off | BR | 234 Sqn | |||
| Young, James Hugh Roumieu | Plt Off | BR | 74 Sqn | KIA 28 July 1940 aged 22. Shot down by a Bf 109 while flying Spitfire P9547 which crashed in the Channel near Goodwin Sands.[51] | ||
| Young, John Reginald Cass | Fg Off | BR | 249 Sqn | AFC, MiD, MiD | Joined BOAC in 1945 | |
| Young, James Stewart | Plt Off | BR | 234 Sqn | |||
| Young, Michael Hugh | Plt Off | BR | 264 Sqn | DFC | died 1998 | |
| Young, Robert Bett Mirk | Sgt | NZ | 264 Sqn | Air Gunner KIA while flying as an Observer in Defiant N1627 which crashed at Marlow, possibly due to enemy action. aged 22[52] [53] [54] | ||
| Young, Randolph Charles | Sgt | BR | 23 Sqn | [55] | ||
| Yuile, Arthur McLeod | Fg Off | CAN | 1 Sqn RCAF | Bailed Out of Hurricane R4171 after an engagement with Dornier 17s near West Malling, Kent. Wounded in the shoulder after combat with Bf 109 and He 111 south of London on 15 September 1940, landed his damaged Hurricane L1793 at RAF Northolt. | ||
| Yule, Robert Duncan | Plt Off | NZ | 145 Sqn | DSO, DFC* | KIFA when his Meteor F8 WF695 collided with another Meteor while avoiding a Hurricane during a Battle of Britain flypast rehearsal, crashed near Woolwich Arsenal and later died in Hospital.[56] [57] |
| Name | Rank | Nationality | Sqn during Battle | Awards | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zak, Walerian | Plt Off | POL | 303 Sqn | VM, KW***, DFC | For two weeks Squadron Leader of 303 Squadron, later 308 Squadron Leader and 3rd Polish Fighter Wing Commander.[58] | |
| Zaluski, Jerzy | Sgt | POL | 302 Sqn | KIA when Hurricane V7417 overturned when attempting a forced landing at Colliers End. | ||
| Zaoral, Vladimir | Plt Off | CZ | 310 & 501 Sqns | KIA failed to recover from a spin in low cloud | ||
| Zatonski, Alexander Roman | Plt Off | AME | 79 Sqn | 1 November 1915 - 6 December 1941 (aged 26) MIA[59] | ||
| Zavoral, Antonin | Sgt | CZ | 1 Sqn | MIA Failed to return from a sortie over France | ||
| Zenker, Pawel | Plt Off | POL | 501 Sqn | KW** | MIA in Hurricane P3141 following combat with Do 17s and Bf 109s off Dover. | |
| Zima, Rudolph | Sgt | CZ | 310 Sqn | Died 1970s | ||
| Zimprich, Stanislav | Plt Off | CZ | 310 Sqn | KIA Collision with another Spitfire | ||
| Zukowski, Aleksiej | Plt Off | POL | 302 Sqn | KW | KIA in Hurricane V7651 when it ran out of fuel during bad weather near Detling | |
| Zumbach, Jan Eugeniusz Ludwig | Plt Off | POL | 303 Sqn | VM, KW***, DFC* | [60] | |
| Plt Off | POL | 234 & 609 Sqns | VM, KW** | Post war test pilot for Gloster and Avro Canada.[61] [62] |
Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Ireland, Jamaica, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Poland, Rhodesia, South Africa and the United States.[63]
| AME | American |
| AUS | Australian |
| BEL | Belgian |
| BR | British |
| CAN | Canadian |
| CZ | Czechoslovakian |
| FR | French |
| IRE | Irish |
| NZ | New Zealander |
| POL | Poland |
| RHO | Rhodesian |
| SA | South African |
| Award | Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AE | Air Efficiency Award | Awarded for ten years' efficient service in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force | |
| AFC | Air Force Cross | Awarded for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying, though not in active operations against the enemy". | |
| CB | Companion of The Order of the Bath | Awarded at the monarch's pleasure | |
| CDeG | Croix de Guerre | A military decoration of both France and Belgium, also commonly bestowed to foreign military forces allied to France and Belgium. | |
| CdeL | Croix de la Libération | A decoration of France awarded for very meritorious conduct with the Free French Forces during World War II. | |
| CdeLd'H | Croix de Légion d'honneur | A decoration of France awarded for excellent civil or military conduct delivered, upon official investigation. | |
| CdeLL | Croix de L'Ordre de Leopold | Awarded to Belgian nationals or some distinguished foreign persons who made very important contributions to the Belgian state or society. | |
| DFC | Distinguished Flying Cross | Awarded to Royal Air Force commissioned officers and Warrant Officers for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy". | |
| 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". | |
| DSO | Distinguished Service Order | Awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. | |
| DSO* | Distinguished Service Order and Bar | A bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DSO who received a second award. | |
| DSO** | Distinguished Service Order and Two Bars | A second bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DSO and Bar who received a third award. | |
| GCB | Knight Grand Cross of The Order of the Bath | Awarded at the monarch's pleasure | |
| KCVO | Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order | Awarded for personal service to the sovereign | |
| KStJ | Knight of the Order of Saint John | ||
| KW | Krzyz Walecznych, Polish "Cross of Valour" | Awarded to an individual who "has demonstrated deeds of valour and courage on the field of battle." | |
| KZ | Krzyz Zaslugi, Polish "Cross of Merit" | Awarded for exemplary public service or humanitarian work that goes above and beyond the call of duty. | |
| MBE | Member of the Order of the British Empire | Awarded at the monarch's pleasure | |
| MC | Military Cross | Awarded for "an act or acts of exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy on land to all members, of any rank". | |
| 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. |
