Battle of Britain RAF squadrons

Only men who flew operationally with a squadron of RAF Fighter Command in the Battle of Britain are numbered among The Few and as such, awarded a Battle of Britain Clasp to the 1939-1945 Star.

The squadrons are as follows:


 * No. 1 (Cawnpore) Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 3 Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 17 Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 19 Squadron – Supermarine Spitfire
 * No. 23 Squadron – Bristol Blenheim
 * No. 25 Squadron – Bristol Blenheim and Bristol Beaufighter
 * No. 29 Squadron – Bristol Blenheim and Bristol Beaufighter
 * No. 32 Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 41 Squadron – Supermarine Spitfire
 * No. 43 (China-British) Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 46 (Uganda) Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 54 Squadron – Supermarine Spitfire
 * No. 56 (Punjab) Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 64 Squadron – Supermarine Spitfire
 * No. 65 (East India) Squadron – Supermarine Spitfire
 * No. 66 Squadron – Supermarine Spitfire
 * No. 72 (Basutoland) Squadron – Supermarine Spitfire
 * No. 73 Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 74 Squadron – Supermarine Spitfire
 * No. 79 (Madras Presidency) Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 85 Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 87 (United Provinces) Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 91(Nigeria) Squadron – Supermarine Spitfire
 * No. 92 (East India) Squadron – Supermarine Spitfire
 * No. 111 Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 141 Squadron – Boulton Paul Defiant
 * No. 145 Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 151 Squadron – Hawker Hurricane and Boulton Paul Defiant
 * No. 152 (Hyderabad) Squadron – Supermarine Spitfire
 * No. 213 (Ceylon) Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 219 (Mysore) Squadron – Bristol Blenheim and Bristol Beaufighter
 * No. 222 (Natal) Squadron – Supermarine Spitfire
 * No. 229 Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 232 Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 234 (Madras Presidency) Squadron – Supermarine Spitfire


 * No. 235 Squadron – Bristol Blenheim
 * No. 236 Squadron – Bristol Blenheim
 * No. 238 Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 242 (Canadian) Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 245 (Northern Rhodesia) Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 247 (China – British) Squadron – Gloster Gladiator
 * No. 248 Squadron – Bristol Blenheim
 * No. 249 (Gold Coast) Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 253 (Hyderabad) Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 257 (Burma) Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 263 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 264 (Madras Presidency) Squadron – Boulton Paul Defiant
 * No. 266 (Rhodesia) Squadron – Supermarine Spitfire
 * No. 302 Polish Fighter Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 310 Czechoslovak Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 312 Czechoslovak Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 401 Canadian Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 504 (City of Nottingham) Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 600 (City of London) Squadron – Bristol Blenheim and Bristol Beaufighter
 * No. 601 (County of London) Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron – Supermarine Spitfire
 * No. 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron – Supermarine Spitfire
 * No. 604 (County of Middlesex) Squadron – Bristol Blenheim and Bristol Beaufighter
 * No. 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 607 (County of Durham) Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron – Supermarine Spitfire
 * No. 610 (County of Chester) Squadron – Supermarine Spitfire
 * No. 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron – Supermarine Spitfire
 * No. 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron – Hawker Hurricane
 * No. 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron – Supermarine Spitfire
 * No. 804 Naval Air Squadron – Fairey Fulmar
 * No. 808 Naval Air Squadron – Fairey Fulmar