Name |
Kills |
Squadrons |
Awards |
Notes |
Acworth, Richard Alvin |
8 |
112, 80 |
DFC |
|
Agazarian, Noel Le Chavalier "Aggy" |
7 |
274, 609 |
|
KIA 16 May 1941 |
Aitken, Sir John William Maxwell "Max" |
15 |
46, 68, 601 |
DSO, DFC |
Became a Conservative MP |
Allan, John Watson "Ian" |
14 |
256, 151, 29 |
DSO, DFC, AFC |
Retired in 1973 with rank of Air Commodore |
Allard, Geoffrey "Sammy" |
24 |
85, 87 |
DFC, DFM* |
KIA 13 March 1941 |
Allen, Hubert Raymond "Dizzy" |
8 |
66 |
DFC |
|
Allen, John Lawrence |
8 |
|
|
|
Allen, James A Sandeman "Sandy" |
7 |
|
|
|
Allen, Derek Hurlestone |
6 |
85 |
DFC |
KIA 18 May 1940 |
Allen, Percy Frank |
5 |
|
|
|
Ambrose, H |
9 |
|
|
|
Andrew, James Richard |
6 |
607 |
DFM |
KIA 25 June 1945[1] |
Archer, Philip Leslie Irving |
6 |
|
DFC |
Born in Barbados, KIA 17 June 1943 flying with RCAF[2] |
Aries, Ellis Walter |
6 |
|
|
|
Ashton, John Henry |
5 |
|
|
|
Atcherley, David Francis William |
5 |
|
CB, CBE, DSO, DFC |
As an Air Vice-Marshal was lost at sea on 8 June 1952 whilst piloting a Gloster Meteor |
Atkinson, Harold Derrick |
12 |
213 |
DFC |
KIA 25 August 1940 |
Ayerst, Peter Vigne |
5 |
73, 33, 238, 124 |
DFC |
|
Ayre, Harold Woolgar "Harry" |
5 |
|
|
|
Name |
Kills |
Squadrons |
Awards |
Notes |
Babbage, Cyril Fredrick |
8 |
602 |
DFM |
|
Bader, Douglas Robert Steuart |
22 |
222, 242, Tangmere Wing |
DSO* DFC* |
Later Sir Douglas Bader |
Badger, John Vincent Clarence "Tubby" |
8 |
|
DFC |
WIA 30 August 1940; DOW 30 June 1941 |
Baker, Henry Collingham "Butch" |
7 |
|
|
|
Baldwin, John "Johnny" |
15 |
|
DSO*, DFC* AFC |
Highest scorer on Typhoons. Missing during Korean War |
Ball, George Eric |
7 |
|
DFC |
KIFA 1 February 1946 |
Bamberger, Cyril Stanley "Bam" |
5 |
|
DFC* AE* |
|
Barclay, Richard George Arthur |
8 |
|
DFC |
KIA 17 July 1942 |
Barton, Anthony Richard Henry |
9 |
|
|
KIFA 4 April 1943 |
Bayne, Alfred William Alexander |
11 |
|
|
|
Bazin, James Michael |
10 |
|
|
|
Beamont, Roland Prosper "Bee" |
9 |
|
DSO* DFC* |
|
Beard, John Morris Bentley |
6 |
|
|
|
Beaumont, The Hon Walter |
8 |
|
DFC |
MIA 23 September 1940 |
Beazley, Hugh John Sherard |
6 |
|
|
|
Bennions, George Herman "Ben" |
12 |
41 |
DFC |
|
Berry, Ronald "Ras" |
24 |
|
DFC* DSO |
|
Bird-Wilson, Harold Arthur Cooper |
9 |
17, 254, 118, 66, 152 |
DSO* DFC* AFC* |
Retired in 1967 as an Air Vice-Marshal |
Blackadder, William Francis |
7 |
|
DSO |
|
Blair, Kenneth Hughes |
8 |
|
|
|
Blake, Arthur Giles "Admiral" |
5 |
|
|
FAA, KIA 29 October 1940 |
Boddington, Michael Christopher B |
11 |
|
|
|
Bodie, Crelin Arthur W "Bogle" |
11 |
66 |
|
KIFA 24 February 1942 |
Boitel-Gill, Derek Pierre Aumale |
8 |
|
|
India, KIA 1 August 1941 |
Boulter, John Clifford |
6 |
|
DFC |
KIA 17 February 1941 |
Boyd, Adrian Hope "Ginger" |
18 |
|
DSO DFC* |
|
Boyd, Archibald Douglas McNeill "Archie" |
10 |
|
DSO DFC |
|
Boyd, Robert Finlay |
21 |
|
DSO DFC* |
|
Braham, John Randall Daniel "Bob" |
29 |
|
DSO** DFC** AFC |
|
Bright, Vernon Maxwell |
8 |
|
|
|
Brothers, Peter Malam "Pete" |
16 |
|
DSO DFC* |
|
Bruen, John Martin |
8 |
800, 801, 802, 803 |
DSO DSC |
FAA[3] |
Bungey, Robert W |
|
|
|
|
Burbridge, Branse |
21.5 |
85 |
DSO* DFC* |
|
Burnell-Phillips, Peter Anthony |
5 |
607 |
DFM |
KIFA 9 February 1941 |
Butterfield, Samuel Leslie |
5 |
213 |
DFM |
KIA 11 August 1940[4] |
Name |
Kills |
Awards |
Notes |
Caister, James Russell |
6 |
|
|
Caldwell, G L |
7 |
|
|
Cameron, Matthew |
5 |
|
|
Cameron, Neil |
5 |
|
|
Campbell, Francis |
6 |
|
|
Carey, Frank Reginald |
28 |
DFC**, AFC, DFM |
2nd highest Hurricane ace, did not fly after 1942 |
Carpenter, John Michael Vowles "Chip" |
8 |
|
|
Cartridge, David Leslie |
5 |
|
KIA 4 July 1940 |
Cartwright, Henry |
5 |
|
|
Casbolt, Charles Edward "Cas" |
14 |
|
|
Casson, Lionel Horwood "Buck" |
5 |
DFC, AFC, AE* |
|
Chandler, Horatio Herbert |
5 |
|
|
Charlton, Philip Noel "Freddie" |
6 |
|
|
Charney, Kenneth Langley |
6 |
|
|
Charnock, Harry Walpole |
9 |
DFC, DFM, CdeG |
Died 24 May 1974 |
Chase, Frederick John Allison |
5 |
|
|
Chisholm, Roderick Aeneas |
9 |
DSO, DFC |
|
Chisholm, John Henry Mackellar |
7 |
|
KIA 15 September 1944 |
Chudleigh, Richard Neil |
|
|
|
Churchill, Walter Myers |
6 |
DSO, DFC |
KIA 26 August 1942[5] |
Clapperton, Raymond Hedley |
|
|
|
Cleaver, Gordon Neil S "Mouse" |
7 |
DFC |
|
Clerke, Rupert Francis Henry |
7 |
DFC |
|
Clift, Douglas Gerald "Duggie" |
5 |
|
|
Clowes, Arthur Victor "Darky" |
11 |
DFC, DFM |
|
Clyde, William Pancoast "Billy" |
10 |
|
|
Cobley, Peter Charles |
5 |
DFC, Bar| |
Coghlan, John Hunter |
6 |
DFC |
KIA 17 August 1940 |
Cole, Robert Walton |
25 |
|
|
Cole, Robert Bruce |
6 |
|
|
Coleman, George Byrne Stanislaus |
7 |
DFC |
|
Coleman, Patrick Tuisley |
7 |
|
|
Collard, Peter |
6 |
DFC |
KIA 14 August 1940 |
Comely, Peter Woodruff |
5 |
|
MIA 15 August 1940 |
Connors, Stanley Dudley Pierce |
12 |
DFC* |
KIA 18 August 1940 |
Constable-Maxwell, Michael Hugh |
7 |
DSO, DFC |
|
Conway, Alfred Gordon |
7 |
DFC |
|
Cook, Harry |
6 |
|
|
Cooke, Charles Alfred |
5 |
DFC |
|
Cooke, Nicholas Gresham |
12 |
DFC |
KIA 31 May 1940 |
Cooper-Slipper, Thomas Paul Michael |
8 |
DFC |
|
Cork, Richard John "Dickie" |
11 |
DSO, DSC |
flew with RAF and FAA, killed in action 14 April 1944 |
Corre, Howard John |
5 |
|
|
Cosby, Ivor Henry |
8 |
DFC |
|
Cotes-Preedy, Digby Vawdre Cartmel "Digger" |
12 |
GM, DFC |
[6][7] |
Cottingham, Leonard |
14 |
|
|
Cox, Graham James |
11 |
|
|
Cox, David George Samuel Richardson |
8 |
DFC |
|
Cox, Neill Dudley |
5 |
DFC* |
|
Craig, John Teasdale "Bobby" |
8 |
DFM |
KIA 2 June 1941 |
Creed, Ernest William Durham "Bill" |
11 |
DSO, DFC |
|
Crew, Edward Dixon |
12 |
DSO*, DFC*, CB |
|
Crook, David Moore |
8 |
DFC |
KIA 18 December 1944 |
Crosley, R Michael "Mike" |
5 |
|
|
Cross, Robert Walter |
9 |
|
|
Crossley, Gordon |
|
|
|
Crossley, Michael Nicholson |
22 |
DSO, DFC |
|
Crowley-Milling, Denis |
6 |
DSO, DFC*, AE |
|
Cruikshank, A R |
11 |
|
|
Cullen, Richard Nigel "Ape" |
16 |
DFC |
Killed in action 4 March 1941 |
Cunningham, John "Cats Eyes" |
20 |
DSO**, DFC*, AE |
chiefly on nightfighters |
Cunningham, Wallace "Jock" |
8 |
DFC |
|
Curchin, John |
12 |
DFC |
Killed in action 4 June 1941[8] |
Currant, Christopher Frederick "Bunny" |
15 |
DSO, DFC*, CdeG |
|
Czernin, Manfred Beckett |
18 |
DSO, DFC, MC |
Son of an Austrian diplomat and From 1943 operated in occupied Europe for the SOE. |
Name |
Kills |
Squadrons |
Awards |
Notes |
Daber, John |
5 |
|
|
|
Daddo-Langlois, Raoul William |
6 |
|
|
WIA 10 June 1943, Wounded over Sicily, Died same day. Born Guernsey. Commemorated on Malta Plinth |
Dafforn, Robert Chippindall |
8 |
501 & 229 Sqns |
DFC |
KIA 9 September 1943 |
Dahl, Roald |
5 |
80 |
|
|
Dalton-Morgan, Thomas Frederick |
17 |
43 Sqn |
DFC |
|
Daniel, Stephen Walter "Dan" |
17 |
|
|
|
Daniel, Edward Gough |
11 |
|
|
|
Darley, Horace Stanley "George" |
5 |
609 Sqn (CO) |
|
|
Darling, Edward Vivian "Mitzi" |
6 |
41 Sqn |
DFC |
MIA 2 June 1942 |
David, William Dennis |
17 |
87 & 213 Sqns |
|
|
Davidson, Henry John |
6 |
249 Sqn |
|
KIA 6 October 1942 |
Davies, James William Elias |
8 |
|
|
|
Davis, Charles Trevor |
10 |
238 Sqn |
|
KIFA 26 March 1941 |
Davison, Michael Metcalfe |
13 |
DFC and Bar |
|
|
Davy, Dennis Henry |
10 |
|
|
|
Daw, Victor George "Jack" |
6 |
|
|
|
Dawson-Paul, Francis |
7.5 |
64 |
|
DOW 30 July 1940, FAA seconded to RAF |
De L'Ara, Louis George Charles |
5 |
|
|
|
Deacon, Albert Henry |
6 |
|
|
|
Dean, Ernest Henry "Dixie" |
5 |
|
|
|
Deanesley, Edward Christopher "Jumbo" |
6 |
|
|
|
Denholm, George Lovell |
6 |
603 Sqn (CO) |
|
|
Dewar, John Scatliff |
9 |
|
DSO |
India, KIA 12 September 1940 |
Dixon, Henry Peter |
5 |
|
|
|
Dobie, Ian Alexander |
14 |
|
|
|
Dodds, James "Hamish" |
13 |
274 sqn[9] |
|
|
Doe, Robert Francis Thomas |
16 |
234 Sqn |
DSO DFC* |
|
Doll, John Christopher Shaboe |
5 |
|
|
|
Donaldson, Edward Mortlock |
6 |
151 Sqn |
DSO AFC* LOM |
|
Donaldson, Georges Millar "Paddy" |
6 |
|
|
|
Donaldson, Arthur Hay |
5 |
|
|
|
Douglas, William Anderson |
6 |
|
|
|
Dovell, Ronald Leonard |
6 |
|
|
|
Downing, Alwyn Berriman "Berry" |
12 |
|
|
|
Drake, Billy |
22 |
213 Sqn & 421 Flight |
DSO DFC* |
Surviving Aircrew |
Draper, Bryan Vincent |
7 |
74 Sqn |
DFC |
KIA 28 February 1945 |
Dredge, Alan Sydney |
9 |
|
|
|
Drummond, John Fraser |
9 |
46 & 92 Sqns |
DFC |
KIA 10 October 1940 |
Dryland, Rodney 'Rod' |
20 |
|
|
|
Dudley, Stanley |
12 |
|
|
|
Duke, Neville Frederick |
29 |
|
DSO DFC** AFC |
|
Duke-Wooley, Raymond Myles Beecham |
7 |
253 & 23 Sqns |
American DFC |
|
Duncan-Smith, Wilfred George Gerald |
19 |
|
DSO* DFC** |
|
Dundas, Hugh Spencer Lisle "Cocky" |
10 |
616 Sqn |
DSO* DFC |
Brother of John Dundas. |
Dundas, John Charles |
16 |
609 Sqn |
DFC |
KIA 28 November 1940, brother of Hugh Dundas. |
Dunn, Patrick Hunter 'Paddy' |
9 |
|
|
|
Dunning-White, Peter William |
5 |
|
|
|
Durnford, Peter Edward George |
5 |
|
|
|
Dutton, Roy Gilbert |
19 |
145 Sqn |
DFC |
Ceylon |
Dymond, William Lawrence |
11 |
41 Sqn |
DFM |
KIA 2 September 1940 |
Dyson, Charles Harold |
9 |
|
|
|
Name |
Kills |
Squadrons |
Awards |
Notes |
Eagle, William Geoffrey |
7 |
274 & 198 Sqns |
DFC |
KIA 30 June 1945 |
Eckford, Alan Francis |
12 |
32, 242, 253 & 154 Sqns |
|
DFC |
Edgar, A H |
6 |
|
|
|
Edge, Gerald Richmond |
20 |
|
DFC |
|
Edghill, Douglas Frank Kitchener |
7 |
|
|
|
Edll, Frank Eric |
6 |
|
|
|
Edwards, Edward Walter |
8 |
|
|
|
Edwards, Henry Grahame 'Nick' |
7 |
604, 89 & 108 Sqns |
DFC |
Squadron Leader. A Malta nightfighter (Beaufighter) ace. Also received two King's Commendations for Brave Conduct. Recommended for the George Medal for saving a cadet from a burning aircraft in 1941. Killed aged 30 in an air crash over Malta on 6 May 1943. Buried in the Malta (Cappucini) Naval Cemetery. |
Edwards, Malcolm Finney "Eddie" |
12 |
247,587,3 Sqns |
|
Served with 247 Sqn during the Battle of Britain. KIA 29 December 1944 whilst flying Hawker Tempest JF-V, EJ803, of 3(f) Sqn. Crashed into moorland next to the railroad track near the town of Spelle, Germany. |
Ekbery, Joseph Scarisbrick |
6 |
|
|
|
Elcock, Arthur Richard 'Big' |
8 |
91 Sqn |
|
KIFA 14 May 1945 |
Eliot, Hugh William "Chubby" |
9 |
|
|
|
Ellis, John |
15 |
|
DFC |
|
Ellis, Ronald Vernon "Monty" |
7 |
|
|
|
Elsdon, Thomas Arthur F "Jimmy" |
9 |
|
|
|
Ensor, Philip Stephen Baddesly |
5 |
|
|
|
Etherton, John Hill |
6 |
|
|
|
Evans, Charles L G "Crash" |
10 |
|
|
|
Evans, Kenneth William Samuel |
6 |
|
|
|
Evans, George |
5 |
|
|
|
Everson, L G |
7 |
|
|
|
Eyre, Anthony |
10 |
615; 132 Wing |
DFC |
Stalag Luft III 1942–1945; KIFA 16 February 1946[10] |
Name |
Kills |
Squadrons |
Awards |
Notes |
Farnes, Paul Caswell Powe |
8 |
501 Sqn |
DFM |
Surviving Aircrew |
Farquhar, Andrew Douglas |
5 |
257 Sqn |
DFC |
|
Faulkner, J A |
7 |
91 |
|
|
Feary, Alan Norman |
5 |
609 Sqn |
|
KIA 7 October 1940 |
Ferriss, Henry Michael |
11 |
111 Sqn |
DFM |
KIA 16 July 1940 |
Finlay, Donald Osborne |
6 |
41 & 54 Sqns |
|
|
Finucane, Brendan Eamon Fergus "Paddy" |
32 |
65 Sqn |
DSO DFC** |
KIA 15 July 1942 (Irish) |
Flinders, John Layton "Polly" |
6 |
32 Sqn |
|
|
Fokes, Ronald Henry "Ronnie" |
13 |
92 & 257 Sqns |
DFC |
KIA 12 June 1944 |
Forbes, Athol Stanhope |
9 |
303 & 66 Sqns |
|
|
Forster, Anthony Douglas "Bunny" |
6 |
151 & 607 Sqns |
DFM |
|
Foster, J K |
6 |
|
|
|
Foster, Reginald John 'Jack' |
9 |
|
|
|
Foster, Robert William |
7 |
605 Sqn |
DFC |
Surviving Aircrew |
Foster, William Morley Culver |
5 |
|
|
|
Fowlow, Norman Ralph |
5 |
|
Newfoundland |
Franklin, William Henry |
16 |
65 Sqn |
DFM* |
MIA 12 December 1940 |
Fras(i)er, Joseph Frederick |
10 |
|
|
Ceylon |
Freeborn, John Connell |
14 |
74 Sqn |
DFC* |
Surviving Aircrew |
Friendship, Alfred Henry Basil |
8 |
3 Sqn |
DFM |
|
Fulford, David |
4 |
64 & 19 Sqns |
DFC |
KIA 2 November 1942 |
Name |
Kills |
Awards |
Notes |
Garden, Mowbray |
5 |
|
(1914–1978) |
Gardner, Peter Melvill |
10 |
DFC |
(1918–1984) |
Gardner, Richard Exton "Jimmy" |
10 |
|
(1914–1999) Fleet Air Arm |
Garton, Geoffrey William |
11 |
DSO DFC |
(1915–1976) |
Gash, Fred |
5 |
DFM |
Sergeant air-gunner |
Geddes, Keith Irvine |
5 |
DFC |
(1918–1991) |
Genders, George E Clifford "Jumbo" |
10 |
|
(1920–1950) |
Gibb, Walter Frame |
6 |
DSO DFC |
(1919–2006)[11] |
Gibbs, Eric Malcom |
6 |
DFC |
(1912–1972) |
Gidding, Kenneth Charles Michael |
5 |
KCB OBE DFC AFC* |
(1920–2009) |
Gilbert, Humphrey Trench |
5 |
DFC |
(1919–1942) KIFA 2 May 1942 |
Gilders, John Stanley |
6 |
|
(1919–1941) KIA 21 February 1941 |
Gillam, Denys Edgar |
8 |
DSO** DFC* AFC |
(1915–1991) |
Gillan, James |
7 |
|
(1914–1940) MIA 11 August 1940 |
Gillies, James |
6 |
|
|
Gillies, Kenneth McLeod |
10 |
|
KIA 4 October 1940 |
Gilmour, William MacMillan |
9 |
|
|
Gilroy, George Kemp "Sheep" |
25 |
DSO DFC* |
(1914–1995) |
Gleed, Ian Richard |
16 |
DFC |
KIA 16 April 1943 |
Glen, Arthur Allan "Pinkie" |
9 |
|
|
Glendinning, John Nixon |
5 |
|
KIA 12 March 1941 |
Glew, Norman Vipan "Sticky" |
6 |
|
KIA 17 May 1944 |
Gloster, Michael John |
11 |
|
|
Godfrey, Donald Ling |
10 |
|
|
Goode, J |
7 |
|
|
Goodman, George Ernest "Randy" |
16 |
DFC |
KIA 14 June 1941[12] |
Goodman, Geoffrey Horace |
9 |
|
D.S.O, D.F.C. |
Goucher, Richard Tannatt |
7 |
|
|
Gough, William John |
8 |
|
|
Gould, Derrick Leslie |
5 |
|
|
Gracie, Edward John "Jumbo" |
10 |
DFC |
KIA 15 February 1944 |
Graham, Michael |
6 |
|
|
Grant, Stanley Bernard |
7 |
|
|
Gray, William Napier |
5 |
|
|
Greaves, Douglas Haig |
9 |
DFC* |
4 April 1917 Leeds Died Nov 2006 |
Green, Charles Patrick 'Paddy' |
14 |
DSO,DFC |
DiedApril10 1999 |
Green, Wilfrith Peter |
27 |
|
|
Greenwood, John Peter Bowtell |
9 |
|
|
Gregory, Donald Swift |
8 |
|
|
Gregory, William |
6 |
|
|
Gribble, Dorian George |
7 |
DFC |
MIA 4 June 1941 |
Grice, Douglas Hamilton 'Grubby' |
8 |
DFC |
|
Grier, Thomas |
12 |
DFC |
KIA 5 December 1941 |
Griffiths, Glyn |
10 |
|
|
Gunnis, Herbert H Kitchener "Alec" |
5 |
|
|
Guthrie, Giles Connop McEachern |
5 |
|
|
Guy, Leonard Northwood "Len" |
7 |
|
MIA 18 August 1940 |
Name |
Kills |
Squadron |
Awards |
Notes |
Hackwood, Gerald Henry |
8 |
264 |
|
KIFA 20 November 1940 |
Hagger, Ronald Arthur |
7 |
|
|
|
Haine, Richard Cummins |
5 |
|
|
|
Haines, Leonard Archibald |
12 |
|
DFC |
KIA 30 April 1941 |
Hall, Archibald Robert "Bobbie" |
8 |
56, 126, 260, 322 |
DFC |
|
Hall, John Anthony Sanderson |
8 |
|
|
|
Hallett, Nigel George 'Buster' |
6 |
|
|
|
Hallowes, Herbert James L "Darkie" |
19 |
|
|
|
Hamar, Jack Royston |
6 |
|
DFC |
KIA 24 July 1940 |
Hamblin, B W |
5 |
|
|
|
Hamilton, Claud Eric "Hamish" |
6 |
|
MiD |
KIA 14 May 1941 (Malta) |
Hamlyn, Ronald Fairfax |
11 |
|
|
|
Hanbury, Osgood Villiers |
12 |
602, 260 |
DSO, DFC* |
KIA 3 June 1943 |
Hancock, John Allan |
7 |
|
|
|
Hanks, Peter Prosser |
15 |
|
|
|
Hardacre, John Reginald |
5 |
|
|
KIA 30 September 1940 |
Hards, Maurice Sydney |
10 |
250,92 |
DFC DFM |
Later Chief Inspector of Police (Reserve) in Kenya |
Harker, Alan Stuart "Budge" |
7 |
|
|
|
Harries, Raymond Hiley |
24 |
|
DFC* |
KIFA 14 May 1950 |
Harrison, Geoffrey Austen |
5 |
|
|
KIA 12 June 1944 |
Hart, Kenneth Graham |
9 |
|
DFC |
KIA 28 December 1944 (Italy) |
Hartley, James |
12 |
|
|
|
Hastings, I |
5 |
|
|
|
Havercroft, Ralph Edward |
6 |
|
|
|
Haw, Charlton "Wag" |
5 |
504, 81, 122, 611, 129 |
DFM,DFC,Order of Lenin |
Served with 151 Wing in Russia. Retired as Squadron Leader in 1951. Died 1993. |
Hay, Ronald Cuthbert |
13 |
|
DSO, DSC and bar |
Sole Royal Marine fighter ace |
Hayden, L H |
7 |
|
|
|
Hayley-Bell, Dennis |
5 |
|
|
|
Hayward, Robert Kitchener |
6 |
|
|
Born in Newfoundland |
Head, Norman Sidney |
11 |
|
|
|
Hearne, Peter Joseph |
5 |
|
|
Born in India |
Hedgecoe, Edward Richard |
9 |
|
DFC* |
KIA 1 January 1944 |
Henley, Robert Stephen |
5 |
|
|
|
Heppell, Phillip W Ellis "Nip" |
5 |
|
|
Hetherington, Erik Lawson |
5 |
|
DFC |
Killed in air accident 31 October 1942 (Gibraltar) |
Hewett, Edward William F "Ted" |
16 |
|
|
|
Hibbert, Walter James "Jesse" |
6 |
|
DFC |
|
Higgins, William Burley |
5 |
|
|
KIA 14 September 1940 |
Higginson, Frederick William "Taffy" |
12 |
|
|
|
Hill, Howard Perry |
6 |
|
|
|
Hillary, Richard Hope |
5 |
603 |
|
KIFA 7 January 1943 (Night training flight) |
Hoare, Bertie R O'Bryen "Sammy" |
9 |
|
|
|
Hobbs, Joseph Bedo |
7 |
|
|
|
Hodgkinson, Arthur John "Hodge" |
12 |
|
DSO, DFC* |
KIA 10 July 1943 (Italy) |
Hogan, Henry Algernon Vickers |
8 |
|
DFC |
|
Hogg, Graham Angus |
12 |
|
DSC* |
FAA KIA 11 November 1940 |
Hogg, Richard Malzard |
6 |
|
|
KIA 25 August 1940 |
Hogg, Robert Dudley |
5 |
|
|
|
Holden, Eustace J 'Gus' |
7 |
|
|
|
Holden, Kenneth |
6 |
|
|
|
Holder, Maurice Henry "Blondie" |
5 |
|
|
KIFA 16 July 1942 |
Holland, Robert Hugh |
6 |
|
|
Born in Ceylon |
Hollingsworth, Alec |
5 |
|
|
|
Honor, Dudley Sandry Garton |
9 |
88,145,274,258 Wg[13] |
DFC & Bar (LG 35187/3321) |
Service number: 40113. Was born at Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina[14][15][16] died at 2007 |
Hope, Sir Archibald Philip |
6 |
|
DFC |
|
Hopewell, James |
5 |
|
|
KIA 21 January 1942 |
Hopkin, William P "John Willie" |
5 |
|
|
|
Horne, Angus William |
7 |
|
|
|
Howard, Donald Ridgwell "Podge" |
6 |
|
|
|
Howard-Williams, Peter Ian |
5 |
|
|
|
Howell, Frank Jonathan |
10 |
25 80 609 118 243 54 |
DFC and Bar |
Killed in accident when hit by a taxiing Vampire, 9 May 1948 |
Howes, Harold Norman "Harry" |
12 |
|
DFM |
KIFA 24 December 1940 |
Howitt, Geoffrey Leonard |
8 |
|
|
|
Hubbard, Thomas Edward "Tom" |
5 |
|
|
|
Hughes, David Price |
5 |
|
|
|
Hughes, Dennis Lawrence |
5 |
|
|
KIA |
Hughes, Fredrick Desmond |
19 |
|
|
|
Hughes-Rees, John Anthony "David" |
5 |
|
|
|
Hull, Bernard John "Johnnie" |
5 |
|
|
|
Humpherson, John Bernard William |
5 |
|
DFC |
KIA 22 June 1941 |
Humphrey, Andrew Henry |
5 |
|
|
|
Hunter, Philip Algernon |
10 |
|
|
KIA |
Hurst, John |
5 |
|
|
|
Hussey, Roy Jack Hubert |
14 |
|
|
|
Name |
Kills |
Awards |
Notes |
Jacobs, Henry |
8 |
|
|
Jay, Dudley Trevor |
9 |
DFC, MiD |
KIA 24 October 1940 |
Jeffery, Alistair John Oswald |
5 |
|
|
Jefferies, Charles G StDavid "Porky" |
6 |
|
|
Jennings, Bernard James |
5 |
|
|
Jeram, Dennis Mayvore |
6 |
|
|
Johnson, Herbert Dennis |
14 |
91 Sqn |
|
Johnson, James Edgar "Johnnie" |
38 |
DSO** DFC* CB CBE American DFC Air Medal Legion of Merit |
Top British Ace of War, Retired Air Vice Marshal |
Johnson, William John "John" |
7 |
|
|
Johnston, Hugh Anthony Stephen "Tim", Sidney Albert |
6 |
|
|
Johnstone, Alexander Vallance Riddell "Sandy" |
9 |
DFC |
Retired with the rank of Air Vice-Marshal |
Joll, Ian Kenneth Sefton |
5 |
DFC |
|
Jones, Edward Gordon "Tap" |
6 |
DSO DFC |
|
Jones, Norman Garston |
7 |
|
|
Jonsson, Thorsteinn Elton "Tony" |
5 |
DFM |
Icelandic National |
Josling, N H |
6 |
|
|
Judd, Michael Thomas |
5 |
DSO DFC AFC |
|
Name |
Kills |
Squadrons |
Awards |
Notes |
Kayll, Joseph Robert "Joe" |
13 |
|
DSO DFC AE |
|
Keele, Brian Rushworth |
6 |
|
|
|
Keighley-Peach, Charles Lindsay |
5 |
|
|
|
Kellett, Ronald Gustave |
5 |
|
DFC DSO AE* |
|
Kelsey, Howard Charles |
9 |
|
|
|
Kendall, Philip Stanley |
8 |
|
|
|
Kettlewell, George Victor Wildeman |
5 |
|
|
|
Kilburn, Michael Plaistowe |
7 |
124 & 56 Sqns |
DFC CdeG |
Irish |
Kilmartin, John Ignatus "Killy" |
13 + 2sh |
|
DFC |
Irish |
Kilner, Joseph Richard |
6 |
|
|
|
King, Frederick Harry |
10 |
|
DFM |
|
King, George James 'Jimmy' |
7 |
|
|
|
Kingaby, Donald Ernest |
23 |
|
DSO AFC DFM |
|
Kingcombe, Charles Brian Fabris |
12 |
|
DFC* DSO |
|
Kinmonth, Michael William |
7 |
|
|
|
Kitchener, Herbert Horatio |
6 |
|
|
|
Kynaston, Norman Arthur |
27 |
91 Sqn |
|
|
Name |
Kills |
Awards |
Notes |
Lacey, James Harry "Ginger" |
28 |
CdeG, DFM* |
|
Lamb, Deryck Percy |
9 |
|
|
Lamb, Peter Gilbert |
5 |
AFC |
|
Lane, Brian John Edward "Sandy" |
7 |
DFC |
MIA 13 December 1942[17] |
Lapsley, John Hugh |
11 |
|
|
Latimer-Jefferies, Jerrard |
9 |
|
|
Laws, Adrian Francis |
5 |
DFM |
Killed in training accident 30 September 1940 |
Lawson, Walter John |
7 |
|
KIA 28 August 1941 |
Le Cheminant, Jerrold "Chem" |
6 |
|
|
Leary, David Cooper |
8 |
|
|
Leathart, James Anthony "The Prof" |
8 |
DSO |
Retired from RAF in 1962 at the rank of Air Commodore |
Leather, William Johnson |
7 |
|
|
Lee, Kenneth Norman Thomas "Hawkeye" |
7 |
DFC |
|
Lee, Richard Hugh Antony "Dickie" |
11 |
DSO, DFC |
KIA 18 August 1940 |
Lee-Knight, Roland Anthony L |
6 |
DFC |
KIA 27 September 1941 |
LeFevre, Peter William "Pip" |
10 |
DFC |
MIA 6 February 1944 |
Libbert, Albert |
12 |
|
|
Lillie, P |
8 |
|
|
Lindsay, William Roy Mackintosh |
6 |
|
|
Linnard, Sidney "Sid" |
7 |
|
|
Llewellyn, Reginald Thomas |
14 |
DFM |
|
Lock, Erick Stanley "Sawn Off Lockie" |
26 |
DSO, DFC*, MiD |
MIA 3 August 1941 |
Lockwood, G |
7 |
|
|
Lofts, Keith Temple |
7 |
|
|
Lord, Geoffrey |
7 |
|
|
Lott, Charles George |
5 |
CB, CBE, DSO, DFC, MiD |
Retired as Air Vice Marshal[18] |
Lovell, Anthony Desmond Joseph |
22 |
DSO*, DFC* |
Ceylon, KIA 17 August 1945 |
Lovell, Victor Charles |
5 |
|
|
Lowe, Ivan Lawrence Firth |
6 |
|
|
Lucas, Norman John |
5 |
|
|
Lucy, William Paulet |
7 |
DSO |
KIA May 1940 |
|
Lyall, Archibald "Pat" |
6 |
|
KIA 28 November 1940[19] |
MacArthur, James Henry Gordon |
8 |
|
|
MacDonald, Harold Kennedy |
8 |
|
KIA 28 August 1940 |
MacDonald-Hall, Robert "Sam" |
7 |
|
|
MacDonnell, Aeneas Ranald Donald |
10 |
|
|
McDowall, Andrew |
13 |
DFM* |
Later became the first leader of an RAF jet fighter squadron (616) |
McGrath, John Keswick Ulick Blake |
18 |
|
|
McIntosh, Wallace |
8 |
|
|
McKay,Donald Alistair Stewart |
17 |
DFM* |
|
|
McKellar, Archibald Ashmore |
20 |
DSO DFC* |
Only British "Ace in a Day" during B.O.B. KIA 1 November 1940 |
McKinley, G M |
5 |
|
|
MacLachlan, James Archibald Findlay |
17 |
DSO, DFC |
Flew with one arm after amputation in Feb 1941. PoW, 1943; died in captivity |
McLardy, W A |
8 |
|
|
MacLaren, William Ross |
9 |
|
|
McClean, Tom Joseph |
9 |
|
|
McMullen, Desmond Anthony Peter |
22 |
|
|
McPherson, Robert Reid |
5 |
|
|
MacQueen, Norman Carter |
9 |
|
|
Maguire, William Hudson |
6 |
|
|
Mallinson, James Robin |
5 |
|
|
Manger, Kenneth |
8 |
|
|
Mann, Jack |
5 |
|
|
Marland, Rainford Gent |
7 |
|
|
Marples, Roy |
7 |
|
|
Marrs, Eric Simcox "Boy" |
11 |
|
|
Marshall, Alfred Ernest |
19 |
|
|
Marshall, William Cyril |
9 |
91 Sqn |
DFC |
Martain, ? |
5 |
|
|
Martin, Richard Frewen |
8 |
|
|
Mason, Ernest Mitchelson "Imshi" |
17 |
|
|
Mason, Frank |
5 |
|
|
Masterman, Cedric Audley |
6 |
|
|
Mathews, John Owen "Jimmy" |
14 |
|
|
Matthews, Peter Gerald Hugh |
9 |
|
|
Mayne, Ernest |
5 |
|
|
Meaker, James Reginald Bryan |
|
|
(Irish) |
Measures, William Edward G "Tink" |
5 |
|
|
Mellersh, Francis Richard Lee "Togs" |
47 |
DFC and bar. |
8 aircraft destroyed as nightfighter, 39 V-1 flying bombs[20] |
|
Mellor, Frank |
5 |
|
|
Melville-Jackson, George Holmes |
5 |
DFC |
|
Miller, Wilfred Handel "Andy" |
11 |
|
|
Miller, Reginald Arthur "Dusty" |
7 |
|
|
Millington, William Henry |
11 |
|
|
Mills, Jack Percival |
5 |
KIA |
|
Milne, Richard Maxwell |
15 |
|
|
Mitchell, Richard Angelo "Mitch" |
8 |
|
|
Moberley, George Edward |
5 |
|
|
Modera, John Raymond Stewart |
6 |
|
Tanganyika |
Moore, Arthur Robert |
28 |
|
|
More, James Winter C "Hank" |
6 |
|
|
Morfill, Percy Frederick "Peter" |
7 |
|
|
Morgan, Thomas Fredrick Dalton |
17 |
DSO, DFC |
1917-2004 |
Morris, Douglas Griffith "Zulu" |
6 |
|
|
Morris, Thomas Charles "Tom" |
5 |
|
|
Mortimer-Rose, Edward Brian |
13 |
|
|
Morton, James Stors "Black" |
10 |
|
|
Mottram, Roy |
5 |
|
|
Mould, Peter William Olber "Boy" |
11 |
|
MIA 1 October 1941 after an air battle with Italian Macchi C.202s North of Gozo, Malta |
Muirhead, Ian James |
7 |
|
|
Mulliner, Reginald W L |
5 |
|
|
Mungo-Park, John Colin |
13 |
DFC* |
KIA 27 June 1941 |
Musgrave, John Gothorp |
12 |
|
|
Name |
Kills |
Squadrons |
Awards |
Notes |
Page, Alan Geoffrey |
15 |
|
DSO DFC* |
|
Pain, Derek Sydney |
5 |
|
|
Palliser, George Charles Calder |
11 |
|
DFC |
Surviving Aircrew |
Palmer, Arthur G |
5 |
|
|
|
Panter, Keith Vernon |
6 |
|
|
|
Pargeter, Reginald Clive |
5 |
|
|
|
Parker, Gartrell Richard Ian "Sailor" |
9 + 5 V1s |
219 |
DFC* AFC DSM MiD(twice) King's Commendation |
219 Squadron top scorer. Test pilot post-war, KIFA 19 February 1963. |
Parker, Bernard James "Jimmy" |
5 |
|
|
|
Parker, Dennis Coates |
5 |
|
|
|
Parker, Thomas Campbell "John" |
6 |
|
|
|
Parker-Rees, Alastair |
12 |
|
|
|
Parnall, Denis Geach |
6 |
|
|
KIA 18 September 1940 |
Parrott, Peter Lawrence |
9 |
|
DFC*, AFC |
Retired as a Wing Commander in 1965 – Died 2003 |
Parsons, Claude Arthur |
5 |
|
|
KIA 8 November 1941 |
Passy, Cyril Wolrich |
5 |
|
|
|
Paton, Donald Pearson |
5 |
600/114 |
DFC*[24][25] |
Acting Wing Commander / Squadron Leader retaining rank of Wing Commander[26] |
Pattullo, William Blair |
5 |
|
|
WIA 26 October 1940 |
Paul, Frank Dawson |
6 |
|
|
FAA, WIA 30 July 1940 |
Paul, Harold George "Ginger" |
6 |
|
|
|
Pavey, Alan Francis |
7 |
122 |
DFC |
KiA 27 July 1944 Normandy |
Payne, A D "Jammy" |
5 |
|
|
|
Payne, William John |
9 |
|
|
|
Payton, James Joseph "Joe" |
7 |
|
|
|
Peacock, Reginald John |
5 |
122 |
DFC |
KIA 5 February 1943 (North Africa) |
Pedley, Michael George Foxter |
5 |
|
|
|
Peel, John Ralph Alexander |
5 |
|
DFC |
|
Pegge, Constantine Oliver Joseph |
9 |
|
|
|
Phillips, James William Bristowe |
6 |
54 |
DFM |
Killed 25 Mar 1942 in flying accident, near Ford, Sussex |
Pike, Thomas Geoffrey |
6 |
|
|
|
Pinches, Maurice Henry |
8 |
|
|
|
Pinckney, David John Colin |
7 |
|
DFC |
KIA 23 January 1942 (Singapore) |
Pleasance, Harold Percival "Flash" |
5 |
|
|
|
Plinston, George Hugo Formby |
8 |
|
|
|
Plumer, B E |
5 |
|
|
|
Polley, William F |
6 |
|
|
|
Ponsford, Ian Reginald |
8 |
|
|
|
Porter, D A |
7 |
|
|
|
Pottinger, R W |
8 |
|
|
|
Powell, Robin Peter Reginald |
11 |
|
|
|
Powell-Shedden, George Ffolliott |
7 |
|
DSO, DFC |
|
Price-Owen, Waldo B |
8 |
|
|
|
Pring, Arthur Maurice Owers |
9 |
|
|
|
Proctor, John Ernest |
11 |
|
DFC |
|
Provan, William Wright |
5 |
|
DFC |
|
Name |
Kills |
Awards |
Notes |
Rabagliati, Alexander Coultate "Sandy" |
21 |
|
|
Rabone, Paul Wattling |
9 |
|
|
Ramsey, Charles Maurice |
8 |
|
|
Ranger, Geoffrey Harold |
6 |
|
|
Rankin, James E "Jamie" |
22 |
DSO*DFC* |
|
Rayment, Kenneth Gordon |
7 |
|
|
Rayner, Roderick Malachi Seaborne |
10 |
|
|
Read, James Alfred Av "Jasper" |
10 |
|
|
Redhead, E |
5 |
|
|
Reeves, Nevil Everard |
14 |
DSO DFC |
|
Reynolds, Richard Henry |
6 |
|
|
Reynolds, Robert Edward |
5 |
|
|
Rhodes-Moorhouse William Henry |
9 |
DFC |
KIA 6 September 1940 |
Richey, Paul Henry Mills |
11 |
|
|
Rigler, Thomas Charles |
8 |
|
|
Rippon, Anthony John |
7 |
|
|
Ritchie, Blyth |
7 |
|
|
Robb, Robert L T "Jackson" |
14 |
|
|
Robertson, Frederick Neal |
12 |
|
|
Robertson, John |
12 |
|
|
Robertson, Ronald James H. 'Robbie' |
6 |
|
|
Robinson, Michael Lister "Mike" |
20 |
DSO DFC |
MIA 8 June 1942 |
Rolls, William Thomas Edward |
18 |
|
|
Rook, Michael "Mickey" |
6 |
|
|
Rooney, Ronald "Ronnie" |
|
DFM |
Plane Crash - 13 Sep 1955 - |
Rose, Maurice James Alexander |
14 |
|
|
Ross, Jack Kenneth |
7 |
DFC |
KIA 6 January 1942 |
Ruchwaldy, Desmond Fred |
16 |
|
|
Rudland, Clifford Percival |
7 |
DFC and Bar[27] |
|
Russell, Noel |
5 |
|
|
Ryder, Edgar Norman |
8 |
DFC |
POW 1944 |
Name |
Kills |
Squadrons |
Awards |
Notes |
Sabey, Albert |
5 |
|
|
|
Sage, Paul Christopher Wendover |
5 |
89 46 |
DFC[28] |
KIA 22 February 1945 |
St John, Peter Cape Beauchamp |
5 |
|
|
KIA 22 October 1940 |
Samouelle, Charles James "Sammy" |
11 |
41 92 130 |
DFC* |
Retired as a Wing Commander |
Sampson, Ralph W Fraser "Sammy" |
5 |
|
|
|
Sanders, James Gilbert |
16 |
|
|
|
Sanders, Philip James |
7 |
|
DFC |
|
Satchell, William Arthur J "Jack" |
7 |
|
DSO |
|
Saunders, Cecil Henry |
7 |
|
|
|
Savage, Thomas Wood |
5 |
|
MiD |
KIA 10 July 1943 (Malta) |
Schade, Patrick Alfred "Paddy" |
18 |
91 Sqn |
|
|
Scherf, Charles Curnow |
15 |
|
|
|
Scott, Allan Hugh |
5 |
|
|
|
Scott, Ernest "Ernie" |
5 |
|
|
KIA 27 September 1940 |
Scott-Malden, David Francis Stephen |
6 |
|
|
|
Scoular, John Evelyn |
18 |
|
|
|
Selby, John Beauchamp |
5 |
|
|
|
Sewell, Alfred Jack "Jackie" |
13 |
804, 806, 1837 |
|
|
Sewell, Herbert Scott "Susie" |
5 |
|
|
|
Shaw, Harry "Artie" |
16 |
|
|
|
Shaw, John Thornhill |
7 |
|
|
|
Shead, Harold Frederick William |
5 |
|
|
|
Shepherd, John Bean |
20 |
|
DFC** |
KIFA 22 January 1946 |
Simpson, John William Charles |
13 |
|
|
|
Simpson, Peter James |
7 |
|
|
|
Sims, James Ayscough |
5 |
|
|
|
Sinclair, Gordon Leonard |
8 |
|
|
|
Sing, John Eric James "Jackie" |
8 |
|
|
|
Singleton, Joseph S |
8 |
|
|
|
Sizer, Wilfred Max "Wilf" |
13 |
|
DFC** |
Retired as Wing Commander in 1963[29] |
Skinner, Wilfred Malcom |
11 |
|
|
|
Slade-Betts, Kenneth Gordon |
20 |
|
DFC |
|
Smart, Thomas |
8 |
|
DFC* |
KIA 12 April 1943 |
Smith, Alan |
7 |
|
|
|
Smith, Edward Brian Bretherton |
5 |
|
DFC |
Surviving Aircrew |
Smith, Leonard Alfred |
7 |
|
|
Surviving Aircrew |
Smith, Leslie Ernest |
5 |
|
|
|
Smith, William Alexander |
6 |
|
|
|
Smythe, Rupert Frederick |
|
|
|
|
Snowdon, Ernest George |
5 |
|
|
|
Soden, Ian Scovill |
6 |
|
|
|
Soper, Francis Joseph |
15 |
|
|
|
Sowrey, John Adam |
7 |
|
DFC AFC |
[30] |
Sparke, Philip Donald Julian |
6 |
|
|
|
Spencer, Terence "Terry" |
10 |
|
|
|
Staples, Michael Edmund |
5 |
|
|
KIA 9 November 1941 |
Stapleton, Frederick Snowden |
7 |
|
|
|
Stark, Lawrence W F "Pinkie" |
6 |
|
|
|
Starr, Norman John "Jack" |
5 |
|
|
|
Stavert, Charles Michael |
6 |
|
|
|
Steer, Harry |
11 |
|
DFM |
KIA 8 June 1944 |
Steere, Jack |
6 |
|
|
|
Stephen, Harbourne Mackay |
22 |
|
DSO, DFC** |
Credited with 600th Kill for Biggin Hill with Mungo Park – their pairing was known as the "Deadly Twins." |
Stephens, Maurice Michael "Mike" |
23 |
|
DSO DFC** |
|
Stephenson, Leslie |
10 |
|
DFC* |
[31] |
Stevens, Richard Playne |
15 |
|
|
|
Stevenson, Peter Charles Fasken |
8 |
|
|
|
Stevenson, Ian Turnbull |
5 |
|
|
|
Steward, George Arthur |
6 |
|
|
|
Stewart, Charles L W |
5 |
|
|
|
van der Stok, Bram "Bob" |
|
|
|
Dutch |
Stokoe, Jack |
9 |
|
|
|
Stone, Cedric Arthur C "Bunny" |
7 |
|
|
|
Stones, Donald William A "Dimsie" |
12 |
|
DFC |
|
Storrar, James Eric "Jas" |
14 |
|
DFC |
|
Stott, J P |
5 |
|
|
|
Strickland, James Murray |
9 |
|
DFC |
KIA 14 August 1941 |
Stuckey, Vincent Allan J "Heimar" |
6 |
|
|
|
Styles, Lawrence Hinton |
5 |
600 Sqn |
DFC* |
|
Surman, John Clarke |
5 |
|
|
|
Sutherland, C |
7 |
|
|
|
Sutton, Fraser Barry |
5 |
|
|
|
Name |
Kills |
Awards |
Notes |
Talalla, Cyril Lionel F "Jimmy" |
5 |
DFC* |
Malaya. 118 & 122 Sqn. Surviving Aircrew. |
Taylor, Edwin Murray |
6 |
|
|
Taylor, Frederic Frank 'Eric' |
7 |
|
|
Taylor, John Stuart |
15 |
|
|
Taylor, Norman |
7 |
|
KIFA 28 April 1948 |
Taylour, Edward Winchester Tollemache |
7 |
DSC |
FAA, KIA 13 September 1942 |
Tennant, Eric |
6 |
|
|
Theobald, Albert William |
5 |
|
|
Thomas, Eric Hugh |
5 |
DFC |
|
Thomas, Hugh Brian |
5 |
|
|
Thomas, Rhys H |
5 |
|
|
Thompson, Dennis Alfred |
5 |
|
|
Thompson, John Marlow |
10 |
DFC DSO AFC |
|
Thompson, Peter Douglas |
6 |
DFC |
Surviving Aircrew |
Thompson, William L |
5 |
|
|
Thorn(e), Edward Rowland |
13 |
DFC*, DFM* |
KIFA 2 February 1946. Flew a Boulton Paul Defiant so all victories also credited to his air gunner, Sgt. Fred Barker |
Thornton, Cyril Brooking |
9 |
|
|
Thornton-Brown, Patrick Glynn |
5 |
|
|
Thwaites, Bernard John |
6 |
DFC* |
|
Tillard, Rupert Claude |
6 |
DSC |
FAA, KIA 8 May 1941 |
Tinsey, Thomas Davy 'Tommy' |
9 |
|
|
Topham, E |
10 |
91 Sqn |
|
Topham, John K Groves |
14 |
DSO DFC* |
|
Townsend, Kenneth Norman Varwell |
5 |
|
|
Townsend, Peter Wooldridge |
11 |
DFC* DSO |
|
Toyne, William Arthur |
6 |
|
|
Tuck, Robert Roland Stanford |
29 |
DFC** DSO AFC |
|
Tuckwell, George Arthur |
5 |
DFM |
|
Tull, Desmond Trevor |
8 |
|
|
Turkington, Robert W |
|
|
Irish |
Turner, Percival Stanley |
|
DSO, DFC* |
|
Name |
Kills |
Squadrons |
Awards |
Notes |
Wade, Trevor Sidney "Wimpy" |
10 |
92 |
DFC AFC |
Test pilot post war, KIFA 3 April 1951 |
Wakeham, Ernest John Cecil |
7 |
|
DFC |
|
Wallens, Ronald Walter |
5 |
|
DFC |
|
Walmsley, Harold Edward |
11.5 |
130, 350 |
DFC* |
Promoted to Group Captain postwar. |
Watkins, Desmond John "Des" |
7.1/3 |
|
DFC, CdeG & palm |
1921–2003 |
Weaver, Percy Stevenson |
9 |
56 |
|
KIA 31 August 1940 |
Webb, Paul Clifford |
6 |
|
|
|
Webster, John Terrance |
16 |
|
DFC |
|
Whall, Basil Ewart Patrick |
9 |
602 |
DFM |
KIA 7 October 1940 |
White, John |
5 |
|
|
|
Wickham, Peter Reginald Whalley |
17 |
|
|
Tanganyika |
Wight, Ronald Derek Gordon |
5-6 |
213 |
DFC |
KIA 11 August 1940 |
Williams, Cedric Watcyn |
5 |
|
|
|
Williams, William Dudley |
6 |
|
|
|
Woodman, Ronald George 'Tim' |
7 |
169, 85, BSDU, 410, 96 |
DSO DFC |
Mosquito ace.[32] |
Woods-Scawen, Charles Anthony |
7 |
43 |
DFC |
KIA 2 September 1940, Brother of Patrick |
Woods-Scawen, Patrick Philip |
14 |
85 |
DFC |
KIA 1 September 1940, Brother of Charles |
Wright, Allan Richard |
14 |
92, 29 |
DFC AFC |
Surviving Aircrew |
Wright, Eric William "Ricky" |
6 |
|
|
|
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.[33] Extended to all ranks in 1993. |
CDeG |
Croix de guerre |
A military decoration of both France and Belgium, also commonly bestowed to foreign military forces allied to France and Belgium. |
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.[33] 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.[33] 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 receive a second award. |
MC |
Military Cross |
At this time, awarded for "distinguished and meritorious services" to officers of the rank of Captain or below, and warrant officers.[34] Extended to all ranks in 1993. |
MiD |
Mentioned in Despatches |
Awarded for gallantry or otherwise commendable service. |
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 |