This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from the United Kingdom and the British Empire (Country names as per name at the time of World War II). For other countries see List of World War II aces by country
A[]
| 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 | |
| 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 | DSO, DFC | 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 |
B[]
| Name | Kills | Squadrons | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babbage, Cyril Fredrick | 8 | 602 | DFM | |
| Bader, Douglas Robert Steuart | 22 | 222, 242, Tangmere Wing | DSO* DFC* | POW 9 August 1941 |
| 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 | |||
| Bogie, Crelin Arthur W "Bogle" | 11 | 66 | ||
| 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, 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] |
C[]
| 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. |
D[]
| 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 | |||
| 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 |
E[]
| 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 | ||
| Edgar, A H | 6 | |||
| Edge, Gerald Richmond | 20 | DFC | ||
| Edghill, Douglas Frank Kitchener | 7 | |||
| Edsall, Frank Eric | 6 | |||
| Edwards, Edward Walter | 8 | |||
| Edwards, Henry Grahame | 7 | |||
| Edwards, Malcolm Finney | 12 | 3 Sqn | KIA 29 December 1944 whilst flying Hawker Tempest JF-V, EJ803. 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[9] |
F[]
| Name | Kills | Squadrons | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farnes, Paul Caswell Powe | 9 | 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 |
G[]
| 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)[10] |
| 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 | Palestine, KIA 14 June 1941 | |
| 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 |
H[]
| 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 | 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[11] | DFC & Bar (LG 35187/3321) | Service number: 40113. Was born at Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina[12][13][14] 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 |
I[]
| Name | Kills | Squadrons | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ibbotson, Desmond | 11 | 54, 112, 601 | DFC* | KIA 19 November 1944 |
| Ingle, Alec | 11 | DFC, AFC, AE | POW from 11 September 1943 | |
| Inniss, Aubrey Richard de Lisle | 9 | DFC | British West Indies |
J[]
| 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* | |
| Johnson, William John "John" | 7 | ||
| Johnston, Hugh Anthony Stephen "Tim" | 6 | ||
| Johnstone, Alexander Vallance Riddell "Sandy" | 9 | DFC | |
| Joll, Ian Kenneth Sefton | 5 | DFC | |
| Jones, Edward Gordon "Tap" | 6 | DSO DFC | |
| Jones, Norman Garston | 7 | ||
| Jonsson, Thorsteinn Elton "Tony" | Icelander | ||
| Josling, N H | 6 | ||
| Judd, Michael Thomas | 5 | DSO DFC AFC |
K[]
| 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 |
L[]
| 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[15] | |
| 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 | |||
| 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[16] | |
| 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[17] |
M[]
| 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 | |||
| McGrath, John Keswick Ulick Blake | 18 | |||
| McIntosh, Wallace | 8 | |||
| McKay,Donald Alistair Stewart | 17 | DFM* | ||
| McKellar, Archibald Ashmore | 20 | DSO DFC* | 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 | ||
| 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[18] | |
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Muirhead, Ian James | 7 | |||
| Mulliner, Reginald W L | 5 | DFC and Bar | ||
| Mungo-Park, John Colin | 13 | DFC* | KIA 27 June 1941 | |
| Musgrave, John Gothorp | 12 |
N[]
| Name | Kills | Squadrons | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nash, Peter Alfred | 12 | |||
| Nash, Raymond Stanley | 23 | |||
| Neil, H M | 5 | |||
| Neil, Thomas Francis "Ginger" | 16 | DFC AFC AE | ||
| Nelson-Edwards, George Hassall 'Hal' | 6 | DFC | ||
| Newbery, Richard Alfred | 13 | |||
| Newhouse, Peter Saxton | 5 | DFC | ||
| Newling, Michael Alan | 5 | DFC | KIA 6 July 1941 | |
| Niblett, John | 5 | |||
| Nicholls, Henry Treweeke | 6 | |||
| Nicholls, John Hamilton | 7 | DFC | ||
| Niven, John Brown | 9 | |||
| Norris, Stanley Charles | 9 | DFC | ||
| Norwell, John King "Jock" | 7 | AFC | Surviving Aircrew | |
| Nowell, Gareth Leofric | 11 | 87, 32 | DFM* AE |
O[]
| Name | Kills | Squadrons | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Brien, Joseph Somerton | 5 | 92, 234 | DFC | KIA 7 September 1940 |
| O'Meara, James Joseph "Orange" | 13 | 64, 72 & 421 Flt | DSO DFC* | |
| O'Neil, John Anthony | 5 | DFC | ||
| O'Sullivan, Kevin Thomas Anthony | 5 | |||
| Oldham, R | 5 | |||
| Oliver, John Oliver William | 8 | |||
| Olver, Peter | 6 | DFC | Shot down, captured and made POW 11 June 1943; Surviving Aircrew Died 14 February 2013 | |
| Orr, Stanley Gordon | 17 | Top Royal Navy ace | ||
| Orton, Newell "Fanny" | 17 | 73, 242, 54 | DFC* | Born Warwick, KIA 17 September 1941.[19] |
| Osborne, Anthony Frederick | 7 | |||
| Ottewill, Peter Guy | 7 | |||
| Overton, Charles Nevill | 6 | DFC | [20] | |
| Owen, Alan Joseph "Red" | 16 | 600, 85 | DFC* | Paired with Vic Macallister (radar operator) North Africa, then Bomber support and intruder operations over Germany[21] |
| Oxspring, Robert Wardlow | 21 | DFC + 2 bars, AFC |
P[]
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 |
R[]
| 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[22] | |
| Russell, Noel | 5 | ||
| Ryder, Edgar Norman | 8 | DFC | POW 1944 |
S[]
| Name | Kills | Squadrons | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabey, Albert | 5 | |||
| Sage, Paul Christopher Wendover | 5 | |||
| St John, Peter Cape Beauchamp | 5 | KIA 22 October 1940 | ||
| Samouelle, Charles James "Sammy" | 11 | |||
| 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[23] | |
| Skinner, Wilfred Malcom | 11 | |||
| Slade-Betts, Kenneth Gordon | 20 | |||
| 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 | [24] | |
| 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* | [25] | |
| 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 |
T[]
| Name | Kills | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talalla, Cyril Lionel F "Jimmy" | 5 | Malaya | |
| 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* | |
| 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 | ||
| Tull, Desmond Trevor | 8 | ||
| Turkington, Robert W | Irish | ||
| Turner, Percival Stanley | DSO, DFC* |
U[]
| Name | Kills | Squadrons | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unwin, George Cecil "Grumpy" | 15 | 19, 613 | DSO DFM* | Retired in 1961 as Wing Commander |
| Upton, Hamilton Charles | 11 | DFC | ||
| Usher, Dennis Charles | 5 |
V[]
| Name | Kills | Squadrons | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vale, William "Cherry" | 33 | 33, 80 | DFC* AFC | |
| Varey, Arthur William | 6 | |||
| Vassiliades, Basilios Michael "Basil" | 10 | Greek, but flew with the RAF; KIA 25 March 1945 | ||
| Vigors, Timothy Ashmead | 6 | DFC | ||
| Villa, John Wolferstan "Pancho" | 17 | DFC | ||
| Voase-Jeff, Robert | 5 | DFC* CdeG | KIA 11 August 1940 |
W[]
| 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.[26] |
| 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 |
Y[]
| Name | Kills | Squadrons | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yates, Jack Neville "Banger" | 5 | 607, 60, 802 | DFC | |
| Yaxley, Robert Gordon | 5 | 27, 177 | DSO MC DFC | KIA 3 June 1943 returning to El Djem from UK |
| Young, Michael Hugh | 13 | DFC | Boulton Paul Defiant |
Notes[]
- Abbreviations
- "KIA" – Killed in action (dates are included where possible).
- "KIFA" – Killed in Flying Accident.
- "MIA" – Missing in action.
- "WIA" – Wounded in action leading to death which, in some cases, may have occurred months later.
- "POW" – taken Prisoner of war.
- "FAA" denotes that the person served with the Fleet Air Arm, rather than with the Royal Air Force.
- Awards
| 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".[citation needed] |
| 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 | 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".[citation needed] |
| 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".[citation needed] |
| 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. |
| 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".[citation needed] |
| 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 |
See also[]
References[]
- Citations
- ↑ http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1813765/ANDREW,%20JAMES%20RICHARD
- ↑ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2279704
- ↑ http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/rollofhonour/COs/CommandingOfficers-B.htm
- ↑ http://www.ww2awards.com/person/36182
- ↑ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2066144
- ↑ "No. 35152". 2 May 1941. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35152/page/
- ↑ "No. 36777". 31 October 1944. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36777/page/
- ↑ http://www.bbm.org.uk/Curchin.htm
- ↑ "Anthony Eyre DFC". http://www.gowermagazine.com/eyre.htm. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ↑ Wing Commander Walter Gibb
- ↑ http://en.ww2awards.com/person/49961
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1576101/Group-Captain-Dudley-Honor.html
- ↑ http://en.ww2awards.com/person/49961
- ↑ http://aces.safarikovi.org/victories/argentina-ww2.html
- ↑ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/Lane_B.htm
- ↑ http://www.authpro.com/cgi-bin/auth.fcgi?user=rafweb
- ↑ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2722946
- ↑ Air Vice-Marshal F R L Mellersh (105145
- ↑ "Newell Orton". http://www.ww2awards.com/person/43500. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ↑ http://www.bbm.org.uk/as-oldfield.htm
- ↑ Telegraph obituary
- ↑ http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37228/supplements/4187/page.pdf
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Telegraph obituary
- ↑ Times obituary
- ↑ Mosquito Aces of World War Two. Oxford: Osprey. 2005. p. 88.
- Bibliography
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