List of World War II aces from the United Kingdom facts for kids
This page lists amazing pilots from the United Kingdom and the British Empire who became 'fighter aces' during World War II. A fighter ace is a pilot who has shot down five or more enemy aircraft in air combat. You can find pilots from other countries on the List of World War II aces by country page.
Some planes, like the Boulton Paul Defiant, were 'turret fighters.' This meant the pilot flew the plane, but a gunner in a special rotating turret fired at enemy aircraft. When these planes shot down an enemy, both the pilot and the gunner got credit for the victory!
Famous Fighter Aces
| Name | Victories | Squadron(s) | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acworth, Richard Alvin | 8 | 112, 80 | DFC | |
| Agazarian, Noel Le Chavalier ("Aggy") | 7 | 274, 609 | Died in battle on May 16, 1941, in North Africa. | |
| Aitken, Sir John William Maxwell ("Max") | 15 | 46, 68, 601 | DSO, DFC | He shot down 6 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter. Later, he became a politician. |
| Allan, Ian | 14 | 256, 151, 29 | DSO, DFC, AFC | He was part of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He retired in 1973 as an Air Commodore (a high rank). |
| Allard, Geoffrey ("Sammy") | 24 | 85, 87 | DFC, DFM* | Died in a flying accident on March 13, 1941. |
| Allen, Hubert Raymond ("Dizzy") | 8 | 66 | DFC | |
| Allen, John Laurance | 8 | 54 | DFC | Died in battle on July 24, 1940. |
| Allen, James Alan Sandeman ("Sandy") | 7 | |||
| Allen, Derek Hurlestone | 6 | 85 | DFC | Died in battle on May 18, 1940. |
| Allen, Percy Frank | 5 | 68 | Flew a Bristol Beaufighter with G. Bennett as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Osgood-Finney, Macleod Hamish | 6 | |||
| Ambrose, H. | 9 | |||
| Andrew, James Richard | 6 | 607 | DFM | Died in battle on June 25, 1945. |
| Archer, Philip Leslie Irving | 6 | DFC | Born in Barbados. Died in battle on June 17, 1943, while flying with the Royal Canadian Air Force. | |
| Aries, Ellis Walter | 6 | |||
| Ashton, John Henry | 5 | |||
| Atcherley, David Francis William | 5 | 25 | CB, CBE, DSO, DFC | He shot down 3 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter. He was lost at sea on June 8, 1952, as an Air Vice-Marshal while flying a Gloster Meteor. |
| Atkinson, Harold Derrick | 12 | 213 | DFC | Died in battle on August 25, 1940. |
| Ayerst, Peter Vigne | 5 | 73, 33, 238, 124 | DFC | |
| Ayre, Harold Woolgar ("Harry") | 5 | |||
| Babbage, Cyril Fredrick | 8 | 602 | DFM | |
| Bader, Douglas | 22 | 222, 242, Tangmere Wing | DSO*, DFC* | Became a prisoner of war on August 9, 1941. |
| Badger, John Vincent Clarence ("Tubby") | 8 | DFC | Wounded in action on August 30, 1940; died of wounds on June 30, 1941. | |
| Baker, Henry Collingham ("Harry","Butch") | 7 | 41, 19, 74 | ||
| Baldwin, John Robert ("Johnny") | 15 | DSO*, DFC*, AFC | He was the highest scorer flying Typhoons. He went missing in action during the Korean War. | |
| Ball, George Eric | 7 | DFC | Died in a flying accident on February 1, 1946. | |
| Bamberger, Cyril Stanley ("Bam") | 5 | DFC*, AE* | ||
| Barclay, Richard George Arthur | 8 | DFC | Died in battle on July 17, 1942. | |
| Barker, Frederick James | 13 | 264 | DFM* | He was a turret gunner on a two-person Boulton Paul Defiant fighter. His pilot was Sergeant Edward "Ted" Thorn. Thorn and Barker were the top-scoring Defiant crew. |
| Barwell, Eric Gordon ("Dickie") | 9 | 264, 125 | DFC* | He flew a Boulton Paul Defiant during the Battle of Britain. His first 5 victories were also credited to his air gunner P/O J.E.M. Williams, and the next 2 to Sergeant A. Martin. Barwell left the RAF on September 2, 1945, as a Wing Commander. |
| Bartley, Anthony Charles | 12 | 92, 74, 65 | DFC* | |
| Barton, Anthony Richard Henry | 9 | 32, 126 | DFC* | Died in a flying accident on April 4, 1943. |
| Bayne, Alfred William Alexander | 11 | |||
| Bazin, James Michael | 10 | |||
| Beamish, Victor | 10 | DSO*, DFC, AFC | Died in battle on March 28, 1942. | |
| Beamont, Roland ("Bee") | 9 | DSO*, DFC* | He spent part of the war as a test pilot for Hawker, helping to introduce the Hawker Typhoon and Hawker Tempest into service. | |
| Beard, John Maurice Bentley | 6 | |||
| Beaumont, Walter | 8 | DFC | Missing in action on September 23, 1940. | |
| Beazley, Hugh John Sherard | 6 | 249 | DFC | |
| Bennions, George Herman ("Ben") | 12 | 41 | DFC | |
| Berry, Ronald ("Ras") | 14 | 603, 81 | CBE, DSO, DFC* | |
| Bird-Wilson, Harold Arthur Cooper | 9 | 17, 254, 118, 66, 152 | DSO*, DFC*, AFC* | He retired in 1967 as an Air Vice-Marshal. |
| Bisdee, John | 10 | 609, 601 | OBE, DFC | |
| Blackadder, William Francis | 7 | DSO | ||
| Blair, Kenneth Hughes | 8 | 85, 151, 1453, 25, 613 | DFC* | |
| Blake, Arthur Giles ("Admiral") | 5 | He was with the Fleet Air Arm (FAA). Died in battle on October 29, 1940. | ||
| Boardman, Hubert Stanley | 5 | 600, 153 | DFC | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter with Flight Sergeant James Roy Mordan as his Navigator/Radio Operator. |
| Boddington, Michael Christopher B. | 11 | |||
| Bodie, Crelin Arthur W. ("Bogle") | 11 | 66 | Died in a flying accident on February 24, 1942. | |
| Boitel-Gill, Derek Pierre Aumale | 8 | 152 | DFC | Died in a flying accident on September 18, 1941. |
| Boulter, John Clifford | 6 | DFC | Died in battle on February 17, 1941. | |
| Boyd, Adrian Hope ("Ginger") | 18 | 145, 501 | DSO, DFC* | |
| Boyd, Archibald Douglas McNeill ("Archie") | 10 | 600, 219 | DSO, DFC | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter with Alexander Joseph Glegg as his Navigator/Radio Operator. |
| Boyd, Robert Finlay | 21 | 54 | DSO, DFC* | |
| Braham, John Randall Daniel ("Bob") | 29 | 29, 51 OTU, 141 | DSO, DFC, AFC | He had 19 victories as a night fighter. He flew a Bristol Beaufighter with different Navigator/Radio Operators (Ross; Heywood; Gregory, W. S.; Jacobs, H.). |
| Bright, Vernon Maxwell | 8 | |||
| Broadhurst, Harry | 13 | DSO*, DFC*, AFC | ||
| Brothers, Peter Malam ("Pete") | 16 | DSO, DFC* | ||
| Bruen, John Martin | 8 | 800, 801, 802, 803 | DSO, DSC | He was with the Fleet Air Arm (FAA). |
| Bungey, Robert W. | 5 | 226,145,452 | DFC | Died on June 10, 1943, in Australia. Bungey was an Australian. |
| Burbridge, Bransome Arthur ("Branse") | 21½ | 85 | DSO*, DFC* | He had 20 victories as a night fighter. |
| Burnell-Phillips, Peter Anthony | 5 | 607 | DFM | Died in a flying accident on February 9, 1941. |
| Butler, Thomas Roy | 5 | 46 | DFC | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter night fighter with R. F. Graham as his Navigator/Radio Operator. |
| Butterfield, Samuel Leslie | 5 | 213 | DFM | Died in battle on August 11, 1940. |
| Caister, James Russell | 6 | |||
| Caldwell, G. L. | 7 | |||
| Cameron, Matthew | 5 | |||
| Cameron, Neil | 5 | |||
| Campbell, Francis | 6 | |||
| Carey, Frank Reginald | 28 | DFC*, DFM, AFC | He was the second-highest scoring Hurricane ace. He stopped flying after 1942. | |
| Carpenter, John Michael Vowles ("Chip") | 8 | |||
| Cartridge, David Leslie | 5 | Died in battle on July 4, 1940. | ||
| Cartwright, Henry | 5 | |||
| Casbolt, Charles Edward ("Cas") | 13 | DFM | ||
| 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 on May 24, 1974. | |
| Chase, Frederick John Allison | 5 | |||
| Chisholm, Roderick Aeneas | 9 | 604 | DSO, DFC | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter with W. G. Ripley as his Navigator/Radio Operator. |
| Chisholm, John Henry Mackellar | 7 | Died in battle on September 15, 1944. | ||
| Churchill, Walter Myers | 6 | DSO, DFC | Died in battle on August 26, 1942. | |
| Clapperton, Raymond Hedley | 0 (+24 V-1s) | DFC | He destroyed 24 V-1 flying bombs. | |
| Cleaver, Gordon Neil S. ("Mouse") | 7 | DFC | ||
| Clerke, Rupert Francis Henry | 7 | 125 | DFC | He shot down 2 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with J. R. Wheldon as his Navigator/Radio Operator. |
| Clift, Douglas Gerald ("Duggie") | 5 | |||
| Clowes, Arthur Victor ("Taffy") | 10 | DFC, DFM | ||
| Clyde, William Pancoast ("Billy") | 10 | |||
| Cobley, Peter Charles | 5 | 272 | DFC* | He shot down 2 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter. |
| Coghlan, John Hunter | 6 | DFC | Died in battle on August 17, 1940. | |
| Cole, Robert Walton | 0 (+20.75 V-1s) | |||
| Cole, Robert Bruce | 6 | |||
| Coleman, George Byrne Stanislaus | 7 | 256, MNFU, 46, 272, 600 | DFC | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter. |
| Coleman, Patrick Tuisley | 7 | |||
| Collard, Peter | 6 | DFC | Died in battle on August 14, 1940. | |
| Comely, Peter Woodruff | 5 | Missing in action on August 15, 1940. | ||
| Connors, Stanley Dudley Pierce | 12 | DFC* | Died in battle on August 18, 1940. | |
| Constable-Maxwell, Michael Hugh | 7 | 604 | DSO, DFC | He shot down 2 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter. |
| Conway, Alfred Gordon | 7 | DFC | ||
| Cook, Harry | 6 | |||
| Cooke, Charles Alfred | 5 | 66, 264 | DFC | He retired on July 11, 1958, as a Squadron Leader. |
| Cooke, Nicholas Gresham ("Lanky") | 12 | 264 | DFC | He flew a Boulton Paul Defiant, so all his victories were also credited to his air gunner, Corporal A. Lippett. On May 29, 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation, they claimed 2 Messerschmitt Bf 109s and a Messerschmitt Bf 110 during their first flight, plus 5 Junkers Ju 87s in their second flight that day. This made them Britain's first "aces in a day" in World War II. He died in battle on May 31, 1940. |
| Cooper-Slipper, Thomas Paul Michael | 8 | DFC | ||
| Cork, Richard John ("Dickie") | 11 | DSO, DSC | He flew with both the RAF and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA). Died in battle on April 14, 1944. | |
| Corre, Howard John | 5 | |||
| Cosby, Ivor Henry | 8 | DFC | ||
| Cotes-Preedy, Digby Vawdre Cartmel ("Digger") | 12 | GM, DFC | ||
| Cottingham, Leonard | 14 | |||
| Cox, Graham James | 11 | |||
| Cox, David George Samuel Richardson | 8 | DFC | ||
| Cox, Neill Dudley | 5 | 39 | DFC* | He shot down 4 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter. |
| Craig, John Teasdale ("Bobby") | 8 | DFM | Died in battle on June 2, 1941. | |
| Creed, Ernest William Durham ("Bill") | 11 | DFC | ||
| Crew, Edward Dixon | 12 | 604 | DSO*, DFC*, CB | He shot down 8 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with Norman Guthrie and Basil Duckett as his Navigator/Radio Operators. |
| Crook, David Moore | 8 | DFC | Died in battle on December 18, 1944. | |
| Crosley, R. Michael ("Mike") | 5 | |||
| Cross, Robert Walter | 9 | |||
| Crossley, Michael Nicholson | 22 | DSO, DFC | ||
| Crowley-Milling, Denis | 6 | DSO, AE, DFC* | ||
| Cruikshank, A. R. | 11 | |||
| Cullen, Richard Nigel ("Ape") | 12 | DFC | Died in battle on March 4, 1941. | |
| Cunningham, John ("Cats Eyes") | 20 | 604, 85 | DSO, AE, DFC* | He shot down 19 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter night fighter with J. R. Phillipson and C. F. Rawnsley as his Navigator/Radio Operators. |
| Cunningham, Wallace ("Jock") | 8 | DFC | ||
| Currant, Christopher Frederick ("Bunny") | 15 | DSO, DFC*, MiD*, CdeG (Belgium) | ||
| Czernin, Count Manfred Beckett | 18 | DSO, MC, DFC | Son of an Austrian diplomat. From 1943, he worked in occupied Europe for the SOE. | |
| Daber, John | 5 | |||
| Daddo-Langlois, William Raoul | 6 | Wounded in action on June 10, 1943, over Sicily, and died of wounds the same day. Born in England. Remembered on the Malta Plinth. | ||
| Dafforn, Robert Chippindall | 8 | 501, 229 | DFC | Died in battle on September 9, 1943. |
| Dahl, Roald | 5 | 80 | ||
| Dalton-Morgan, Thomas Frederick | 17 | 43 | DFC | |
| Daniels, Stephen Walter ("Dan") | 17 | |||
| Daniel, Edward Gough Esq. ("Tubby") | 11 | 1435 Flt | DFC | He shot down 7 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with his Navigator/Radio Operator. He was presumed missing in action and died in battle on July 5, 1944, at age 23. |
| Darley, Horace Stanley ("George") | 5 | 609 (Squadron Leader) | ||
| Darling, Edward Vivian ("Mitzi") | 6 | 41 | DFC | Missing in action on June 2, 1942. |
| David, William Dennis | 17 | 87, 213 | CBE, DFC*, AFC, MiD | |
| Davidson, Henry John | 6 | 249 | Died in battle on October 6, 1942. | |
| Davies, James William Elias | 8 | |||
| Davis, Charles Trevor | 10 | 238 | Died in a flying accident on March 26, 1941. | |
| Davison, Michael Metcalfe | 13 | 46, 108 | DFC* | He shot down 8 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with Bertram E. Dye as his Navigator/Radio Operator. |
| Davy, Dennis Henry | 10 | |||
| Daw, Victor George ("Jack") | 6 | |||
| Dawson-Paul, Francis | 7.5 | 64 | He was with the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) and volunteered to join the RAF. He joined the squadron on July 1, 1940. He died of wounds on July 30, 1940, five days after being shot down. | |
| 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 (Squadron Leader) | ||
| Dewar, John Scatliff | 9 | DSO | From India. Died in battle on September 12, 1940. | |
| Dixon, Henry Peter | 5 | |||
| Dobie, Ian Alexander | 14 | |||
| Dodds, James ("Hamish") | 13 | 274 | ||
| Doe, Robert Francis Thomas | 16 | 234 | DSO, DFC* | |
| Doll, John Christopher Shaboe | 5 | |||
| Donaldson, Edward Mortlock | 6 | 151 | DSO, AFC*, LOM | |
| Donaldson, Georges Millar ("Paddy") | 6 | |||
| Donaldson, Arthur Hay | 5 | |||
| Douglas, William Anderson | 6 | |||
| Dovell, Ronald Leonard | 6 | 242 squadron | DFM | Flight Sergeant |
| Downing, Alwyn Berriman ("Berry") | 12 | 600 | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter with John P. Lyons as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Drake, Billy | 22 | 213, 421 Flt | DSO, DFC* | |
| Draper, Bryan Vincent | 6 | 74 | DFC | Died in battle on February 28, 1945. |
| Dredge, Alan Sydney | 9 | |||
| Drummond, John Fraser | 9 | 46, 92 | DFC | Died in battle on October 10, 1940. |
| Dryland, Rodney 'Rod' | 20 | DFC | ||
| Dudley, Stanley | 12 | |||
| Duke, Neville Frederick | 29 | DSO, DFC**, AFC | ||
| Duke-Wooley, Raymond Myles Beecham | 7 | 253, 23 | DFC | He was American. |
| Duncan-Smith. Wilfred George Gerald | 19 | DSO*, DFC** | ||
| Dundas, Hugh Spencer Lisle ("Cocky") | 10 | 616 | DSO*, DFC | Brother of John Dundas. |
| Dundas, John Charles | 16 | 609 | DFC | Died in battle on November 28, 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 | DFC | From Ceylon. |
| Dymond, William Lawrence | 11 | 111 | DFM | Died in battle on September 2, 1940. |
| Dyson, Charles Harold | 9 | |||
| Eagle, William Geoffrey | 7 | 274, 198 | DFC | Died in battle on June 30, 1945. |
| Eckford, Alan Francis | 12 | 32, 242, 253, 154 | DFC | |
| Edgar, A. H. | 6 | |||
| Edge, Gerald Richmond | 20 | DFC | ||
| Edghill, Douglas Frank Kitchener | 7 | 229 | DFC | |
| Edll, Frank Eric | 6 | |||
| Edwards, Edward Walter | 8 | |||
| Edwards, Henry Grahame ("Nick") | 7 | 604, 89, 108 | DFC | He was a Squadron Leader and a Malta night fighter ace. He flew a Bristol Beaufighter with J. R. Phillipson as his Navigator/Radio Operator. He also received two King's Commendations for Brave Conduct. He was recommended for the George Medal for saving a cadet from a burning aircraft in 1941. He died in a flying accident at age 30 in an air crash over Malta on May 6, 1943. He is buried in the Malta (Cappucini) Naval Cemetery. |
| Edwards, Malcolm Finney ("Eddie") | 12 | 247, 587, 3 | He served with 247 Squadron during the Battle of Britain. He died in battle on December 29, 1944, while flying Hawker Tempest JF-V, EJ803, of 3(f) Squadron. He crashed into moorland near the town of Spelle, Germany. | |
| Ekbery, Joseph Scarisbrick | 6 | |||
| Elcock, Arthur Richard ("Big") | 8 | 91 | Died in a flying accident on May 14, 1945. | |
| Eliot, Hugh William ("Chubby") | 9 | 255 | He shot down 2 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with D. R. Ibbotson as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Ellis, John | 15 | DFC | ||
| Ellis, Ronald Vernon ("Monty") | 7 | |||
| Elsdon, Thomas Arthur F. ("Jimmy") | 9 | |||
| Ensor, Philip Stephen Baddesly | 5 | 23 | DFC | |
| Etherton, John Hill | 6 | 89 | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter. | |
| Evans, Charles L. G. ("Crash") | 10 | |||
| Evans, Kenneth William Samuel | 6 | |||
| Evans, George | 5 | |||
| Everson, L. G. | 7 | 3 | ||
| Eyre, Anthony | 10 | 615; 132 Wing | DFC | He was a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III from 1942–1945. Died in a flying accident on February 16, 1946. |
| Farnes, Paul Caswell Powe | 8 | 501 | DFM | |
| Farquhar, Andrew Douglas | 5 | 257 | DFC | |
| Faulkner, J. A. | 7 | 91 | ||
| Feary, Alan Norman | 5 | 609 | Died in battle on October 7, 1940. | |
| Ferriss, Henry Michael | 11 | 111 | DFC | Died in battle on August 16, 1940. |
| Finlay, Donald Osborne | 6 | 41, 54 | ||
| Finucane, Brendan Eamon Fergus ("Paddy") | 32 | 65, 452 RAAF, 602 | DSO, DFC** | Died in battle on July 15, 1942, during a mission over France. He was Irish. |
| Flinders, John Layton ("Polly") | 6 | 32 | ||
| Fokes, Ronald Henry ("Ronnie") | 13 | 92, 257 | DFC | Died in battle on June 12, 1944. |
| Forbes, Athol Stanhope | 9 | 303, 66 | ||
| Forster, Anthony Douglas ("Bunny") | 6 | 151, 607 | DFM | |
| Foster, J. K. | 6 | |||
| Foster, Reginald John ("Jack") | 9 | 604, 108 | He shot down 4 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with M. F. Newton as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Foster, Robert William | 7 | 605 | DFC | |
| Foster, William Morley Culver | 5 | |||
| Fowlow, Norman Ralph | 5 | From Newfoundland. | ||
| Franklin, William Henry | 16 | 65 | DFM* | Missing in action on December 12, 1940. |
| Fras(i)er, Joseph Frederick | 10 | From Ceylon. | ||
| Freeborn, John Connell | 14 | 74 | DFC* | |
| Friendship, Alfred Henry Basil | 8 | 3 | DFM | |
| Fulford, David | 4 | 64, 19 | DFC | Died in battle on November 2, 1942. |
| Garden, Mowbray | 5 | (1914–1978) | ||
| Gardner, Peter Melvill | 10 | DFC | (1918–1984) | |
| Gardner, Richard Exton ("Jimmy") | 10 | (1914–1999) Fleet Air Arm (FAA). | ||
| Garton, Geoffrey William | 11 | DSO, DFC | (1915–1976) | |
| Gash, Fred | 5 | 264 | DFM | He was a turret gunner on a two-person Boulton Paul Defiant fighter piloted by P/O F.D. Hughes. He became a Warrant Officer in May 1943 and left the RAF in 1945 as a Flight Lieutenant. |
| Geddes, Keith Irvine | 5 | 604 | DFC, | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter. (1918–1991) |
| Genders, George E. Clifford ("Jumbo") | 10 | (1920–1950) | ||
| Gibb, Walter Frame | 6 | DSO, DFC | (1919–2006) | |
| Gibbs, Eric Malcom | 6 | DFC | (1912–1972) | |
| Giddings, Kenneth Charles Michael | 5 | KCB, OBE, DFC, AFC* | (1920–2009) | |
| Gilbert, Humphrey Trench | 5 | DFC | (1919–1942) Died in a flying accident on May 2, 1942. | |
| Gilders, John Stanley | 6 | (1919–1941) Died in battle on February 21, 1941. | ||
| Gillam, Denys Edgar | 8 | DSO**, DFC*, AFC | (1915–1991) | |
| Gillan, James | 7 | (1914–1940) Missing in action on August 11, 1940. | ||
| Gillies, James | 6 | |||
| Gillies, Kenneth McLeod | 10 | 66 | Died in battle on October 4, 1940, over the English Channel. | |
| Gilmour, William MacMillan | 9 | |||
| Gilroy, George Kemp ("Sheep") | 24 | DSO, DFC* | (1914–1995) | |
| Gleed, Ian Richard | 16 | DFC | Died in battle on April 16, 1943. | |
| Glen, Arthur Allan ("Pinkie") | 9 | |||
| Glendinning, John Nixon | 5 | Died in battle on March 12, 1941. | ||
| Glew, Norman Vipan ("Sticky") | 6 | Died in battle on May 17, 1944. | ||
| Gloster, Michael John | 11 | 255 | DFC* | He shot down 5 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with James F. Oswald as his Navigator/Radio Operator. |
| Godfrey, Donald Ling | 10 | |||
| Goode, J. | 7 | |||
| Goodman, George Ernest ("Randy") | 16 | DFC | Died in battle on June 14, 1941. | |
| Goodman, Geoffrey Horace | 9 | 29 | DSO, DFC | He shot down 1 plane while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with R. C. B. Wall as his Navigator/Radio Operator. |
| Goucher, Richard Tannatt | 7 | |||
| Gough, William John | 8 | 68 | He shot down 1 plane while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with Matson as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Gould, Derrick Leslie | 5 | |||
| Gracie, Edward John ("Jumbo") | 10 | DFC | Died in battle on February 15, 1944. | |
| Graham, Michael | 6 | |||
| Grant, Stanley Bernard | 7 | |||
| Gray, William Napier | 5 | |||
| Greaves, Douglas Haig | 9 | 255 | DFC* | He shot down 5 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with F. Milton Robbins as his Navigator/Radio Operator. Born on April 4, 1917, in Leeds. Died in November 2006. |
| Green, Charles Patrick ("Paddy") | 14 | 600 | DSO, DFC | He shot down 9 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with Reginald Joseph Gillies as his Navigator/Radio Operator. Died on April 10, 1999. |
| Green, Wilfrith Peter | 27 | DSO, DFC | ||
| Greenwood, John Peter Bowtell | 9 | |||
| Gregory, Donald Swift | 8 | |||
| Gregory, William | 6 | |||
| Gribble, Dorian George | 7 | DFC | Missing in action on June 4, 1941. | |
| Grice, Douglas Hamilton ("Grubby") | 8 | DFC | ||
| Grier, Thomas | 12 | DFC | Died in battle on December 5, 1941. | |
| Griffiths, Glyn | 10 | DFM | ||
| Gunnis, Herbert H. Kitchener ("Alec") | 5 | 252 | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter. | |
| Guthrie, Giles Connop McEachern | 5 | |||
| Guy, Leonard Northwood ("Len") | 7 | Missing in action on August 18, 1940. | ||
| Hackwood, Gerald Henry | 8 | 264 | He flew a Boulton Paul Defiant, so all his victories were also credited to his air gunner LAC G.E. Lille. Died in a flying accident on November 20, 1940. | |
| Hagger, Ronald Arthur | 7 | |||
| Haine, Richard Cummins | 5 | |||
| Haines, Leonard Archibald | 12 | DFC | Died in battle on April 30, 1941. | |
| Hall, Archibald Robert ("Bobbie") | 8 | 56, 126, 260, 322 | DFC | |
| Hall, John Anthony Sanderson | 8 | DFC* | ||
| Hallett, Nigel George ("Buster") | 6 | |||
| Hallowes, Herbert James L. ("Darkie") | 19 | DFC, DFM* | ||
| Hamar, Jack Royston | 6 | DFC | Died in battle on July 24, 1940. | |
| Hamblin, B. W. | 5 | |||
| Hamilton, Claud Eric ("Hamish") | 6 | MiD | Died in battle on May 14, 1941 (in Malta). | |
| Hamlyn, Ronald Fairfax | 11 | He was one of four pilots who became an "ace in a day" in the Battle of Britain. | ||
| Hanbury, Osgood Villiers | 12 | 602, 260 | DSO, DFC* | Died in battle on June 3, 1943. |
| Hancock, John Allan | 7 | |||
| Hanks, Peter Prosser | 15 | |||
| Hardacre, John Reginald | 5 | Died in battle on September 30, 1940. | ||
| Hards, Maurice Sydney | 10 | 250, 92 | DFC, DFM | Later became Chief Inspector of Police (Reserve) in Kenya. |
| Harker, Alan Stuart ("Budge") | 7 | |||
| Harries, Raymond Hiley | 24 | DFC* | Died in a flying accident on May 14, 1950. | |
| Harrison, Geoffrey Austen | 5 | Died in battle on June 12, 1944. | ||
| Hart, Kenneth Graham | 9 | DFC | Died in battle on December 28, 1944 (in Italy). | |
| Hartley, James | 12 | |||
| Hastings, I. | 5 | |||
| Havercroft, Ralph Edward | 6 | 92 | ||
| Haw, Charlton ("Wag") | 5 | 504, 81, 122, 611, 129 | DFM, DFC, Order of Lenin | He served with 151 Wing in Russia. He retired as a Squadron Leader in 1951. Died in 1993. |
| Hay, Ronald Cuthbert | 13 | DSO, DSC* | He was the only Royal Marine fighter ace. | |
| Hayden, Lawrence Hamilton | 7 | 264 | DFM | He was a turret gunner on a two-person Boulton Paul Defiant fighter piloted by P/O T.D. Welsh. He left the RAF in 1945 as a Flight Lieutenant. |
| Hayley-Bell, Dennis | 5 | 68 | He shot down 2 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter. | |
| Hayward, Robert Kitchener | 6 | Born in Newfoundland. | ||
| Head, Norman Sidney | 11 | |||
| Hearne, Peter Joseph | 5 | Born in India. | ||
| Hedgecoe, Edward Richard | 9 | DFC* | Died in battle on January 1, 1944. | |
| Henley, Robert Stephen | 5 | 806 NAS | DSC | Fleet Air Arm. He served in Norway, Dunkirk, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific. |
| Heppell, Phillip W. Ellis ("Nip") | 5 | |||
| Hetherington, Erik Lawson | 5 | DFC | Died in a flying accident on October 31, 1942 (in Gibraltar). | |
| Hewett, Edward William F. ("Ted") | 16 | 80 | DFM, AFC | |
| Hibbert, Walter James ("Jesse") | 6 | DFC | ||
| Higgins, William Burley | 5 | Died in battle on September 14, 1940. | ||
| Higginson, Frederick William ("Taffy") | 12 | |||
| Hill, Howard Perry | 6 | |||
| Hillary, Richard Hope | 5 | 603 | Died in a flying accident on January 7, 1943 (during a night training flight). | |
| Hoare, Bertie R. O'Bryen ("Sammy") | 9 | |||
| Hobbs, Joseph Bedo | 7 | |||
| Hodgkinson, Arthur John ("Hodge") | 12 | 219 | DSO, DFC* | He shot down 8 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with Bertram E. Dye as his Navigator/Radio Operator. Died in battle on July 10, 1943 (in Italy). |
| Hogan, Henry Algernon Vickers | 8 | DFC | ||
| Hogg, Graham Angus | 12 | DSC* | Fleet Air Arm (FAA). Died in battle on November 11, 1940. | |
| Hogg, Richard Malzard | 6 | Died in battle on August 25, 1940. | ||
| Hogg, Robert Dudley | 5 | |||
| Holden, Eustace J. ("Gus") | 7 | |||
| Holden, Kenneth | 6 | |||
| Holder, Maurice Henry ("Blondie") | 5 | Died in a flying accident on July 16, 1942. | ||
| Holland, Robert Hugh | 6 | Born in Ceylon. | ||
| Hollingsworth, Alec | 5 | |||
| Honor, Dudley Sandry Garton | 9 | 88, 145, 274, 258 Wg | DFC* | Service number: 40113. He was born at Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Died in 2007. |
| Hope, Sir Archibald Philip | 6 | 601 | OBE, DFC | |
| Hopewell, James | 5 | Died in battle on January 21, 1942. | ||
| Hopkin, William P. ("John Willie") | 5 | |||
| Horne, Angus William | 7 | 219, 6 | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter with Rex Browne as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Howard, Donald Ridgwell ("Podge") | 6 | |||
| Howard-Williams, Peter Ian | 5 | |||
| Howell, Frank Jonathan | 10 | 25, 80, 609, 118, 243, 54 | DFC* | Died in a flying accident when hit by a taxiing Vampire on May 9, 1948. |
| Howes, Harold Norman ("Harry") | 12 | DFM | Died in a flying accident on December 24, 1940. | |
| Howitt, Geoffrey Leonard | 8 | |||
| Hubbard, Thomas Edward ("Tom") | 5 | |||
| Hughes, David Price | 5 | |||
| Hughes, Dennis Lawrence | 5 | Died in battle. | ||
| Hughes, Fredrick Desmond | 19 | 264, 145, 600, 604 | DFC*, DSO | He flew a Boulton Paul Defiant during the Battle of Britain, so his first 5 victories were also credited to his air gunner Sergeant F. Gash. He shot down 12 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with L. Dixon as his Navigator/Radio Operator. Hughes received the DFC (1954), was made a CBE (1962), CB (1972), and retired on June 6, 1974, as an Air Vice-Marshal. Died on January 11, 1992. |
| Hughes-Rees, John Anthony ("David") | 5 | |||
| Hull, Bernard John ("Johnnie") | 5 | |||
| Humpherson, John Bernard William | 5 | DFC | Died in battle on June 22, 1941. | |
| Humphrey, Andrew Henry | 5 | He became a Marshal of the Royal Air Force. | ||
| Hunter, Philip Algernon | 10 | 264 | DSO | He flew a Boulton Paul Defiant, so all his victories were also credited to his air gunner LAC F.H. King. Died in battle on August 24, 1940. |
| Hurst, John | 5 | |||
| Hussey, Roy Jack Hubert | 14 | |||
| Ibbotson, Desmond | 11 | 54, 112, 601 | DFC* | Died in battle on November 19, 1944. |
| Ingle, Alec | 11 | DFC, AFC, AE | He was a prisoner of war from September 11, 1943. | |
| Inniss, Aubrey Richard de Lisle | 9 | 236, 248 | DFC | From Barbados, British West Indies. He shot down 2 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter. |
| Jacobs, Henry | 8 | |||
| Jay, Dudley Trevor | 9 | DFC, MiD | Died in battle on October 24, 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 | ||
| Johnson, James Edgar ("Johnnie") | 38 | DSO**, DFC*, CB, CBE, DFC (US), Air Medal (US), Legion of Merit (US) | He was the top British ace of the war. He retired as an Air Vice-Marshal. | |
| Johnson, Stanley B. | 11 | 264 | He was a turret gunner on a two-person Boulton Paul Defiant fighter piloted by P/O M.H. Young. Died in battle on May 31, 1940. | |
| Johnson, William John ("John") | 7 | |||
| Johnston, Hugh Anthony Stephen ("Tim") | 6 | |||
| Johnstone, Alexander Vallance Riddell ("Sandy") | 9 | DFC | He retired with the rank of Air Vice-Marshal. | |
| Joll, Ian Kenneth Sefton | 5 | 604 | DFC | He shot down 4 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with M. O'Leary as his Navigator/Radio Operator. |
| Jones, Edward Gordon ("Tap") | 6 | DSO, DFC | ||
| Jones, Norman Garston | 7 | |||
| Jonsson, Thorsteinn Elton ("Tony") | 5 | DFM | He was an Icelandic National. | |
| Josling, Norman Herbert ("Jos") | 6 | DFC | ||
| Judd, Michael Thomas | 5 | DSO, DFC, AFC | ||
| Kayll, Joseph Robert ("Joe") | 13 | DSO, DFC, AE | ||
| Keele, Brian Rushworth | 6 | 604 | He shot down 5 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with George H. Cowles as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Keighley-Peach, Charles Lindsay | 5 | |||
| Kellet, Ronald Gustave | 5 | DFC, DSO, AE* | ||
| Kelsey, Howard Charles | 9 | 141 | He shot down 4 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with Edward M. Smith as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Kendall, Philip Stanley | 8 | 255 | He shot down 5 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with C. R. Hill as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Kettlewell, George Victor Wildeman | 5 | |||
| Kilburn, Michael Plaistowe | 7 | 124, 56 | DFC, CdeG, | He was Irish. |
| Kilmartin, John Ignatus ("Killy") | 13 + 2sh | DFC | He was Irish. | |
| Kilner, Joseph Richard | 6 | |||
| King, Frederick Harry | 10 | 264 | DFM | He was a turret gunner on a two-person Boulton Paul Defiant fighter piloted by S/Ldr P.A. Hunter. Died in battle on August 24, 1940. |
| King, George James ("Jimmy") | 7 | |||
| Kingaby, Donald Ernest | 23 | DSO, AFC, DFM | ||
| Kingcome, Charles Brian Fabris | 12 | DFC*, DSO | ||
| Kinmonth, Michael William | 7 | 89 | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter with Edgar as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Kitchener, Herbert Horatio | 6 | |||
| Kynaston, Norman Arthur | 5 | 91 | DFC* | He also destroyed 17 V-1 flying bombs. Missing in action on August 15, 1944. |
| Lacey, James Harry ("Ginger") | 28 | CdeG, DFM* | ||
| Lamb, Deryck Percy | 9 | |||
| Lamb, Peter Gilbert | 5 | AFC | ||
| Lane, Brian John Edward ("Sandy") | 7 | DFC | Missing in action on December 13, 1942. | |
| Lapsley, John Hugh | 11 | |||
| Latimer-Jefferies, Jerrard | 9 | DFC | Latimer-Jefferies died on April 15, 1943, as a Squadron Leader with 106 Squadron, flying a Lancaster. He is buried in Sauvillers-Mongival Communal Cemetery along with the other crew members who were lost. | |
| Laws, Adrian Francis | 5 | DFM | Died in a training accident on September 30, 1940. | |
| Lawson, Walter John | 7 | Died in battle on August 28, 1941. | ||
| Le Cheminant, Jerrold Le ("Chem") | 6 | |||
| Leary, David Cooper | 8 | |||
| Leathart, James Anthony Leathart ("The Prof") | 8 | 89 | DSO | He shot down 1 plane while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with G. J. Glass as his Navigator/Radio Operator. He retired from the RAF in 1962 with the rank of Air Commodore. |
| Leather, William Johnson | 7 | |||
| Lee, Kenneth Norman Thomas ("Hawkeye") | 7 | DFC | ||
| Lee, Richard Hugh Antony ("Dickie") | 11 | DSO, DFC | Died in battle on August 18, 1940. | |
| Lee-Knight, Roland Anthony | 6 | DFC | Died in battle on September 27, 1941. | |
| LeFevre, Peter William ("Pip") | 10 | DFC | Missing in action on February 6, 1944. | |
| Libbert, Albert | 12 | |||
| Lille, George Edward | 8 | 264 | He was a turret gunner on a two-person Boulton Paul Defiant fighter piloted by P/O G.H. Hackwood. He retired from the RAF on December 18, 1957, as a Squadron Leader, keeping the rank of Wing Commander. | |
| Lindsay, William Roy Mackintosh | 6 | |||
| Linnard, Sidney ("Sid") | 7 | |||
| Lippett, Albert | 12 | 264 | DFM | He was a turret gunner on a two-person Boulton Paul Defiant fighter piloted by F/C N.G. Cooke. On May 29, 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation, they claimed two Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters and a Messerschmitt Bf 110 during their first flight, plus five Junkers Ju 87 Stukas in their second flight that day. This made them Britain's first "aces in a day" in World War II. Died in battle on May 31, 1940. |
| Llewellyn, Reginald Thomas | 14 | DFM | ||
| Lock, Erick Stanley ("Sawn Off Lockie") | 26 | DSO, DFC*, MiD | Missing in action on August 3, 1941. | |
| Lockwood, G. | 7 | |||
| Lofts, Keith Temple | 7 | |||
| Lord, Geoffrey | 7 | |||
| Lott, Charles George | 5 | CB, CBE, DSO, DFC, MiD | He retired as an Air vice-marshal. | |
| Lovell, Anthony Desmond Joseph | 22 | DSO*, DFC* | Born in Ceylon. Died in a flying accident on August 17, 1945. | |
| Lovell, Victor Charles | 5 | |||
| Lowe, Ivan Lawrence Firth | 6 | |||
| Lucas, Norman John | 5 | |||
| Lucy, William Paulet | 7 | DSO | Died in battle in May 1940. | |
| Lyall, Archibald ("Pat") | 6 | Died in battle on November 28, 1940. | ||
| MacArthur, James Henry Gordon | 8 | |||
| MacDonald, Harold Kennedy | 8 | Died in battle on August 28, 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 | DFC | ||
| McIntosh, Wallace | 8 | |||
| McKay, Donald Alistair Stewart | 17 | DFM* | ||
| McKellar, Archie | 20 | DSO, DFC* | He was one of four pilots who became an "ace in a day" in the Battle of Britain. Died in battle on November 1, 1940. | |
| McKinley, G. M. | 5 | |||
| MacLachlan, James Archibald Findlay | 17 | DSO, DFC, | He flew with one arm after it was amputated in February 1941. He was a prisoner of war in 1943 and died while in captivity. | |
| McLardy, W. A. | 8 | |||
| MacLaren, William Ross | 9 | |||
| McClean, Tom Joseph | 9 | |||
| McMullen, Desmond Annesley Peter | 22 | 54, 222, 151 | DFC** | |
| McPherson, Robert Reid | 5 | |||
| MacQueen, Norman Carter | 9 | |||
| Maguire, William Hudson | 6 | |||
| Malan, Adolf Gysbert ("Sailor") | 27 | 74, Biggin Hill Wing | DSO*, DFC* | |
| Mallinson, James Robin | 5 | 74 452 71 242 | DFM | Missing in action near Cap Rosa on January 2, 1943. |
| Manger, Kenneth | 8 | |||
| Mann, Jack | 5 | |||
| Marland, Rainford Gent | 7 | |||
| Marples, Roy | 7 | |||
| Marrs, Eric Simcox ("Boy") | 11 | 152 | DFC | Died in battle on July 24, 1941, at age 20. |
| Marshall, Alfred Ernest | 18 | 73, 250, 25 | DFC, DFM | Died in a flying accident on November 27, 1944. |
| Marshall, William Cyril | 9 | DFC | ||
| Martin, Richard Frewen | 8 | |||
| Mason, Ernest Mitchelson ("Imshi") | 17 | 112, 80, 274, 94 | DFC | Died in battle on February 15, 1942. |
| Mason, Frank | 5 | |||
| Masterman, Cedric Audley | 6 | 227 | He shot down 3 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with G. B. Burnside as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Mathews, John Owen ("Jimmy") | 14 | |||
| Matthews, Peter Gerald Hugh | 9 | |||
| Mayne, Ernest | 5 | |||
| Meager, Patrick Edward | 9 | 107, 41, 602, 211 | DFC, DSO | He shot down 5 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter. He was promoted to Group Captain in 1945. |
| Meaker, James Reginald Bryan | 8 | 46,263,249 | He was Irish. Died in battle on September 27, 1940. | |
| Measures, William Edward G. ("Tink") | 5 | |||
| Mellersh, Francis Richard Lee ("Togs") | 8 | 600 | DFC* | He had 8 victories as a Bristol Beaufighter nightfighter and destroyed 39 V-1 flying bombs. |
| Mellor, Frank | 5 | |||
| Melville-Jackson, George Holmes | 5 | 248 | DFC | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter. |
| Miller, Wilfred Handel ("Andy") | 11 | 125 | He shot down 3 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with F. C. Bone as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Miller, Reginald Arthur ("Dusty") | 7 | 1435 Flt | He shot down 4 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with Francis J. Tearle as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Millington, William Henry | 11 | |||
| Mills, Jack Percival | 5 | |||
| Milne, Richard Maxwell | 15 | |||
| Mitchell, Richard Angelo ("Mitch") | 8 | |||
| Moberley, George Edward | 5 | Died in battle on March 12, 1941. | ||
| Modera, John Raymond Stewart | 6 | 227 | He shot down 5 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with Hodges as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Moore, Arthur Robert | 4+1sh (+23+1sh V-1's) | 3 | DFC* | |
| More, James Winter C. ("Hank") | 6 | |||
| Morfill, Percy Frederick ("Peter") | 6 | DFM | ||
| Morris, Douglas Griffith ("Zulu") | 6 | 406 | He shot down 4 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with A. V. Rix as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Morris, Thomas Charles ("Tom") | 5 | |||
| Mortimer-Rose, Edward Brian | 13 | |||
| Morton, James Storrs ("Black") | 10 | 603, 54, 539, 219 | He shot down 2 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with C. Bailey as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Mottram, Roy | 5 | 92, 54 | Died in battle on August 31, 1941, in Neuf-Berquin, France Nord. | |
| Mould, Peter William Olbert ("Boy") | 11 | DFC* | Missing in action on October 1, 1941, after an air battle with Italian Macchi C.202s North of Gozo, Malta. | |
| Muirhead, Ian James | 7 | |||
| Mulliner, Reginald W. L. | 5 | DFC* | ||
| Mungo-Park, John Colin | 13 | DFC* | Died in battle on June 27, 1941. He was credited with the 600th victory for Biggin Hill with H.M. Stephen – their pairing was known as the "Deadly Twins." | |
| Musgrave, John Gothorp | 12 | |||
| Nash, Peter Alfred | 12 | |||
| Nash, Raymond Stanley | 2+1sh (+17+3sh V-1's) | 23,91,1 | DFC | |
| Neil, H. M. | 5 | |||
| Neil, Thomas Francis ("Ginger") | 16 | DFC, AFC, AE | ||
| Nelson-Edwards, George Hassall ("Hal") | 6 | DFC | ||
| Newbery, Richard Alfred | 13 | DFC* | ||
| Newhouse, Peter Saxton | 5 | 600 | DFC | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter with Gerald Tate as his Navigator/Radio Operator. |
| Newling, Michael Alan | 5 | DFC | Died in battle on July 6, 1941. | |
| Niblett, John | 5 | |||
| Nicholls, Henry Treweeke | 6 | |||
| Nicholls, John Hamilton | 7 | DFC | ||
| Niven, John Brown | 9 | 602,485,322 | DFC and Bar | Died in 1986. |
| Norris, Stanley Charles | 9 | DFC | ||
| Norwell, John King ("Jock") | 7 | AFC | ||
| Nowell, Gareth Leofric | 11 | 87, 32 | DFM*, AE | |
| O'Brien, Joseph Somerton | 5 | 92, 234 | DFC | Died in battle on September 7, 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 | 255 | He shot down 3 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with W. G. Hood as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Oldham, R. | 5 | |||
| Oliver, John Oliver William | 8 | |||
| Olver, Peter | 6 | DFC | He was shot down, captured, and became a prisoner of war on June 11, 1943. Died on February 14, 2013. | |
| Orr, Stanley Gordon | 17 | DSC**, AFC | He was the top Royal Navy ace. | |
| Orton, Newell ("Fanny") | 17 | 73, 242, 54 | DFC* | Born in Warwick. Died in battle on September 17, 1941. |
| Osborne, Anthony Frederick | 7 | |||
| Ottewill, Peter Guy | 7 | |||
| Overton, Charles Nevill | 6 | DFC | ||
| Owen, Alan Joseph ("Red") | 16 | 600, 85 | DFC* | He shot down 6 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with S.V. (Vic) MacAllister. He served in North Africa, then supported bombers and flew intruder operations over Germany. |
| Oxspring, Robert Wardlow | 21 | DFC**, AFC | ||
| Page, Alan Geoffrey | 15 | DSO, DFC* | ||
| Pain, Derek Sydney | 5 | 68, 89 | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter with John Victor Briggs as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Palliser, George Charles Calder | 11 | DFC | ||
| Palmer, Arthur G. | 5 | |||
| Panter, Keith Vernon | 6 | |||
| Pargeter, Reginald Clive | 5 | |||
| Parker, Gartrell Richard Ian ("Sailor") | 9 (+ 5 V-1's) | 219 | DFC*, AFC, DSM, MiD (twice), King's Commendation | He was the top scorer for 219 Squadron. He became a test pilot after the war. Died in a flying accident on February 19, 1963. |
| Parker, Bernard James ("Jimmy") | 5 | |||
| Parker, Dennis Coates | 5 | |||
| Parker, Thomas Campbell ("John") | 6 | |||
| Parker-Rees, Alastair | 12 | |||
| Parnall, Denis Geach | 6 | Died in battle on September 18, 1940. | ||
| Parrott, Peter Lawrence | 9 | DFC*, AFC | He retired as a Wing Commander in 1965. Died in 2003. | |
| Parsons, Claude Arthur | 5 | Died in battle on November 8, 1941. | ||
| Passy, Cyril Wolrich | 5 | |||
| Paton, Donald Pearson | 5 | 600, 114 | DFC* | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter with John McAnulty and Alec William as his Navigator/Radio Operators. He was an Acting Wing Commander and a Squadron Leader, keeping the rank of Wing Commander. |
| Pattullo, William Blair | 5 | Wounded in action on October 26, 1940. | ||
| Paul, Frank Dawson | 6 | Fleet Air Arm (FAA). Wounded in action on July 30, 1940. | ||
| Paul, Harold George ("Ginger") | 6 | |||
| Pavey, Alan Francis | 7 | 122 | DFC | Died in battle on July 27, 1944, in Normandy. |
| Payne, A. D. ("Jammy") | 5 | |||
| Payne, William John | 9 | |||
| Payton, James Joseph ("Joe") | 7 | |||
| Peacock, Reginald John | 5 | 122 | DFC | Died in battle on February 5, 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 | Died in a flying accident on March 25, 1942, near Ford, Sussex. |
| Pike, Thomas Geoffrey | 6 | 219 | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter. | |
| Pinches, Maurice Henry | 8 | |||
| Pinckney, David John Colin | 7 | 603 | DFC | Died in battle on January 23, 1942 (in Singapore). |
| Pleasance, Harold Percival ("Flash") | 5 | 25 | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter. | |
| 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 | 89, 176 | He shot down 6 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with C. T. Phillips as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Proctor, John Ernest | 11 | DFC | ||
| Provan, William Wright | 5 | DFC | ||
| Rabagliati, Alexander Coultate ("Sandy") | 21 | 46, 126, Ta Kali Wing | DFC* | Died in battle on July 6, 1943. |
| Rabone, Paul Wattling | 9 | |||
| Ramsey, Charles Maurice | 8 | 153 | He shot down 2 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with Morton as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Ranger, Geoffrey Harold | 6 | |||
| Rankin, James E. ("Jamie") | 22 | DSO*, DFC* | ||
| Rayment, Kenneth Gordon | 7 | 153 | DFC | He shot down 5 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with Lanning; Ayliffe, H. D. and Bone as his Navigator/Radio Operators. Died in the Munich air disaster on March 15, 1958. |
| Rayner, Roderick Malachi Seaborne | 10 | |||
| Read, James Alfred Avory ("Jasper") | 10 | 89, 46, 108 | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter. | |
| Redhead, E. | 5 | |||
| Reeves, Nevil Everard | 14 | 89 | DSO, DFC | He won 9 of his victories in a Bristol Beaufighter with Arthur Alexander O'Leary as his Navigator/Radio Operator. |
| Reynolds, Richard Henry | 6 | |||
| Reynolds, Robert Edward | 5 | 255 | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter with M. Wingham as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Rhodes-Moorhouse, William Henry | 9 | DFC | Died in battle on September 6, 1940. | |
| Richey, Paul Henry Mills | 10 | DFC*, CdeG (France), CdeG (Belgium) | ||
| Rigler, Thomas Charles | 8 | |||
| Riley, William | 6 | 263, 302, 145, 252,272 | DFC | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter with Flight Sergeant J. Martin as his Navigator/Radio Operator. Both Riley and Martin died in a flying accident on July 16, 1942. |
| 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") | 16 | DSO, DFC | Missing in action on June 8, 1942. | |
| Rolls, William Thomas Edward | 17 | DFC, DFM | ||
| Rook, Michael ("Mickey") | 6 | |||
| Rose, Maurice James Alexander | 14 | |||
| Ross, Jack Kenneth | 7 | DFC | Died in battle on January 6, 1942. | |
| Ruchwaldy, Desmond Fred | 16 | |||
| Rudland, Clifford Percival | 7 | DFC* | ||
| Russell, Noel | 5 | 272 | He shot down 1 plane while flying a Bristol Beaufighter. | |
| Ryder, Edgar Norman | 8 | DFC | Became a prisoner of war in 1944. | |
| Sabey, Albert | 5 | |||
| Sage, Paul Christopher Wendover | 5 | 89, 46 | DFC | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter with John Cockburn as his Navigator/Radio Operator. Died in battle on February 22, 1945. |
| St John, Peter Cape Beauchamp | 5 | Died in battle on October 22, 1940. | ||
| Samouelle, Charles James ("Sammy") | 11 | 41 92 130 | DFC* | He retired as a Wing Commander. |
| Sampson, Ralph W. Fraser ("Sammy") | 5 | DFC | He retired as a Wing Commander. | |
| Sanders, James Gilbert | 16 | |||
| Sanders, Philip James | 7 | DFC | ||
| Satchell, William Arthur J. ("Jack") | 7 | DSO | ||
| Saunders, Cecil Henry | 7 | |||
| Savage, Thomas Wood | 5 | Died in battle on July 10, 1943 (Malta). | ||
| Schade, Patrick Alfred ("Paddy") | 18 | 91 | DFM | Died in battle on July 31, 1944. |
| Scott, Allan Hugh | 5 | |||
| Scott, Ernest ("Ernie") | 5 | Died in battle on September 27, 1940. | ||
| Scott-Malden, David Francis Stephen | 6 | |||
| Scoular, John Evelyn | 18 | DFC | ||
| Selby, John Beauchamp | 5 | |||
| Sewell, Alfred Jack ("Jackie") | 13 | 804, 806, 1837 | ||
| Sewell, Herbert Scott ("Susie") | 5 | 54, 124 | DFC, AFC | |
| Shaw, Harry ("Artie") | 16 | |||
| Shaw, John Thornhill | 7 | |||
| Shead, Harold Frederick William | 5 | 89 | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter with Curtis as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Shepherd, John Bean | 13 | 234, 118, 610, 41 | DFC** | He also destroyed 7 V-1 flying bombs. Died in a flying accident on January 22, 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 | 25 | He shot down 1 plane while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with Chris Bradshaw as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Sizer, Wilfred Max ("Wilf") | 12 | DFC* | He retired as a Wing Commander in 1963. | |
| Skinner, Wilfred Malcom | 11 | |||
| Slade-Betts, Kenneth Gordon | 20 | DFC | ||
| Smart, Thomas | 8 | DFC* | Died in battle on April 12, 1943. | |
| Smith, Alan | 8 | 616, 93 | DFC* | |
| Smith, Edward Brian Bretherton | 5 | DFC | ||
| Smith, Leonard Alfred | 7 | |||
| Smith, Leslie Ernest | 5 | |||
| Smith, William Alexander | 6 | |||
| Smythe, Rupert Frederick | 6 | 504,32 | DFC | He left the service in 1946 as a Flight Lieutenant. |
| Snowdon, Ernest George | 5 | |||
| Soden, Ian Scovill | 6 | |||
| Soper, Francis Joseph | 15 | |||
| Sowrey, John Adam | 7 | DFC, AFC | ||
| Sparke, Philip Donald Julian | 6 | |||
| Spencer, Terence ("Terry") | 10 | |||
| Staples, Michael Edmund | 5 | Died in battle on November 9, 1941. | ||
| Stapleton, Frederick Snowden | 7 | |||
| Stark, Lawrence W. F. ("Pinkie") | 6 | |||
| Starr, Norman John ("Jack") | 5 | 605 | DFC* | Died in battle on January 8, 1945, in Dunkirk. |
| Stavert, Charles Michael | 6 | |||
| Steere, Harry | 11 | DFM, DFC | Died in battle on June 8, 1944. | |
| Steere, Jack | 6 | |||
| Stephen, Harbourne Mackay | 9 | DSO, DFC** | Also credited with eight confirmed shared kills, plus at least four unconfirmed. Achieved the 600th victory for squadrons flying from Biggin Hill with J.C. Mungo-Park – their pairing was known as the "Deadly Twins." Died on August 22, 2001. | |
| Stephens, Maurice Michael ("Mike") | 23 | DSO, DFC** | ||
| Stephenson, Leslie | 10 | 153 | DFC* | He shot down 6 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with G. A. Hall as his Navigator/Radio Operator. |
| Stevens, Richard Playne | 15 | |||
| Stevenson, Peter Charles Fasken | 8 | |||
| Stevenson, Ian Turnbull | 5 | |||
| Steward, George Arthur | 6 | |||
| Stewart, Charles L. W. | 5 | |||
| Stok, Bram van der ("Bob") | 6 | 41 | CdeG MBE, Dutch Bronze Lion, Dutch Airman's Cross | He was Dutch. |
| Stokoe, Jack | 9 | |||
| Stone, Cedric Arthur C. ("Bunny") | 7 | |||
| Stones, Donald William A. ("Dimsie") | 12 | DFC | ||
| Storrar, James Eric ("Jas") | 14 | DFC | ||
| Stott, John Philip | 5 | 1770 | Fleet Air Arm (FAA). He was the first and only World War II pilot to become an ace in a Fairey Firefly. | |
| Strickland, James Murray | 9 | DFC | Died in battle on August 14, 1941. | |
| Stuckey, Vincent Allan J. ("Heimar") | 6 | |||
| Styles, Lawrence Hinton | 5 | 219, 153, 600 | DFC* | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter with L. Smith; J. Ritchie and H. J. Wilmer as his Navigator/Radio Operators. |
| Surman, John Clarke | 5 | 604 | He shot down 1 plane while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with Clarence E. Weston as his Navigator/Radio Operator. | |
| Sutherland, C. | 7 | |||
| Sutton, Fraser Barry | 5 | |||
| Talalla, Cyril Lionel F. ("Jimmy") | 5 | 118, 122 | DFC* | He was Malayan. |
| Taylor, Edwin Murray | 6 | |||
| Taylor, Frederic Frank ("Eric") | 7 | |||
| Taylor, John Stuart | 15 | |||
| Taylor, Norman | 7 | Died in a flying accident on April 28, 1948. | ||
| Taylour, Edward Winchester Tollemache | 7 | DSC | Fleet Air Arm (FAA). Died in battle on September 13, 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 | 600 | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter with White and Gerald Beaumont as his Navigator/Radio Operators. | |
| Thompson, John Marlow | 10 | DFC, DSO, AFC | ||
| Thompson, Peter Douglas | 6 | DFC | ||
| Thompson, William L. | 5 | |||
| Thorn(e), Edward Rowland | 13 | 264 | DFC*, DFM* | He flew a Boulton Paul Defiant, so all his victories were also credited to his air gunner, Sergeant F.J. Barker. Thorn and Barker were the top-scoring Defiant crew. Died in a flying accident on February 2, 1946. |
| Thornton, Cyril Brooking | 9 | |||
| Thornton-Brown, Patrick Glynn | 5 | |||
| Thwaites, Bernard John | 6 | DFC* | ||
| Tillard, Rupert Claude | 6 | DSC | Fleet Air Arm (FAA). Died in battle on May 8, 1941. | |
| Tinsey, Thomas Davy ("Tommy") | 9 | DFC | Died in October 1944: Road Traffic Collision in England. | |
| Topham, E. | 10 | 91 | ||
| Topham, John K. Groves | 14 | 219 | DSO, DFC* | He shot down 9 planes while flying a Bristol Beaufighter with H. W. Berridge as his Navigator/Radio Operator. |
| Townsend, Kenneth Norman Varwell | 5 | |||
| Townsend, Peter Wooldridge | 11 | DFC*, DSO | ||
| Toyne, William Arthur | 6 | |||
| Tuck, Robert Roland Stanford | 29 | DFC**, DSO, AFC | Became a prisoner of war on January 28, 1942. | |
| Tuckwell, George Arthur | 5 | 272 | DFM | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter with K. F. Hubbard as his Navigator/Radio Operator. |
| Tull, Desmond Trevor | 8 | FIU | He shot down 1 plane while flying a Bristol Beaufighter. | |
| Turkington, Robert W. | 9 | 124, 611, 43, 72, 241, 601 | He was Irish. Died in a flying accident in April 1945. | |
| Turner, Percival Stanley | 14 | 242, 145, 411, 249 | DSO, DFC* | He was Canadian. He remained in the Royal Canadian Air Force until 1965 and died in Ottawa on July 23, 1985. |
| Turner, Robert Charles | 6 | 264 | He was a turret gunner on a two-person Boulton Paul Defiant fighter piloted by P/O D. Whitley. Died in battle on August 28, 1940. | |
| Unwin, George Cecil ("Grumpy") | 15 | 19, 613 | DSO, DFM* | He retired in 1961 as a Wing Commander. |
| Upton, Hamilton Charles | 11 | DFC | ||
| Usher, Dennis Charles | 5 | DFC, DFM | He retired as a Squadron Leader. | |
| Vale, William ("Cherry") | 33 | 33, 80 | DFC*, AFC | |
| Varey, Arthur William | 6 | |||
| Vassiliades, Basilios Michael ("Basil") | 10 | He was Greek, but flew with the RAF. Died in battle on March 25, 1945. | ||
| Vigors, Timothy Ashmead | 6 | DFC | ||
| Villa, John Wolferstan ("Pancho") | 17 | DFC | ||
| Voase-Jeff, Robert | 5 | DFC*, CdeG | Died in battle on August 11, 1940. | |
| Wade, Trevor Sidney ("Wimpy") | 10 | 92 | DFC, AFC | He became a test pilot after the war. Died in a flying accident on April 3, 1951. |
| Wake, Frederick William | 5 | 264, No. 96 Squadron RAF | DFM | He was a turret gunner on a two-person Boulton Paul Defiant 96 Night Fighter Squadron piloted by New Zealander F/O V.B.S. Verity. |
| Wakeham, Ernest John Cecil | 7 | DFC | ||
| Wallens, Ronald Walter | 5 | DFC | ||
| Walmsley, Harold Edward | 11½ | 130, 350 | DFC* | He was promoted to Group Captain after the war. |
| Watkins, Desmond John ("Des") | 7⅓ | DFC, CdeG + palm | 1921–2003 | |
| Watson, Anthony | 6 | 203, 272 | DFC | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter. |
| Weaver, Percy Stevenson | 9 | 56 | Died in battle on August 31, 1940. | |
| Webb, Paul Clifford | 6 | |||
| Webster, John Terence | 13 | DFC | ||
| Welsh, Terence Deane | 7 | 264, 125 | DFC | He flew a Boulton Paul Defiant and scored all his victories in it, so all victories were also credited to his air gunner L.D. Hayden. In 1945, he left the RAF as a Flight Lieutenant. Died in 1980. |
| Whall, Basil Ewart Patrick | 9 | 602 | DFM | Died in battle on October 7, 1940. |
| White, Derek | 6 | BCRF, 39 | DFC | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter with Sergeant A. Coldman as his Navigator/Radio Operator. He retired as a Squadron Leader in 1968. |
| White, John | 5 | 72 | DFM | Died in battle in June 1940. |
| Whitley, David ("Bull") | 6 | 264 | He flew a Boulton Paul Defiant, so all his victories were also credited to his air gunner Sergeant R.C. Turner. Died in battle on August 28, 1940. | |
| Wickham, Peter Reginald Whalley | 17 | Born in Nairobi, Kenya. | ||
| Wight, Ronald Derek Gordon | 5 | 213 | DFC | Died in battle on August 11, 1940. |
| Williams, Cedric Watcyn | 5 | |||
| Williams, J.E.M. | 5 | 264 | He was a turret gunner on a two-person Boulton Paul Defiant fighter piloted by P/O E.G. Barwell. | |
| Williams, William Dudley | 6 | |||
| Willson, John Ellis | 10 | 219, 153 | He flew a Bristol Beaufighter with D. C. Burch as his Navigator/Radio Operator. Died in battle on August 27, 1943, in Malta. | |
| Woodman, Ronald George ("Tim") | 7 | 169, 85, BSDU, 410, No. 96 Squadron RAF | DSO, DFC | He was a Mosquito ace. |
| Woods-Scawen, Charles Anthony | 7 | 43 | DFC | Died in battle on September 2, 1940. Brother of Patrick Woods-Scawen. |
| Woods-Scawen, Patrick Philip | 14 | 85 | DFC | Died in battle on September 1, 1940. Brother of Charles Woods-Scawen. |
| Wright, Allan Richard | 14 | 92, 29 | DFC, AFC | He shot down 1 plane while flying a Bristol Beaufighter. |
| Wright, Eric William ("Ricky") | 6 | |||
| Yates, Jack Neville ("Banger") | 5 | 607, 60, 802 | DFC | |
| Yaxley, Robert Gordon | 5 | 252, 272, 117 | DSO, MC, DFC | Died in battle on June 3, 1943, while returning to El Djem Airfield from the UK. |
| Young, Michael Hugh | 13 | 264 | DFC | He flew a Boulton Paul Defiant and won his first 11 victories with air gunner LAC S.B. Johnson (who died in battle on May 31, 1940), and his final 2 with Sergeant L.P. Russell. |
Pilot Terms Explained
- KIA: Killed in action (died in battle). Dates are included when possible.
- KIFA: Killed in Flying Accident (died in a flying accident).
- MIA: Missing in action (went missing during a mission).
- WIA: Wounded in action (got hurt in battle). Sometimes, this led to death months later.
- POW: Prisoner of war (captured by the enemy).
- RTC: Road traffic collision.
- FAA: This means the person served with the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, not the Royal Air Force.
- N/RO: Navigator/Radio Operator (a crew member who helped with navigation and radio communication).
Awards for Bravery
| Award | What it Means | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AE | Air Efficiency Award | Given for ten years of good service in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force. | ||
| AFC | Air Force Cross | At this time, it was given for "acts of courage or dedication to duty while flying, but not in active operations against the enemy." It was for officers and warrant officers. Since 1993, it can be given to all ranks. | ||
| CdeG | Croix de Guerre | A military medal from France and Belgium, often given to allied foreign military forces. | ||
| DFC | Distinguished Flying Cross | At this time, it was given for "acts of bravery when flying in active operations against the enemy." It was for officers and warrant officers. Since 1993, it can be given to all ranks. | ||
| DFC* | Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar | A small bar is added to the ribbon if someone receives the DFC a second time. | ||
| DFC** | Distinguished Flying Cross and two Bars | A second bar is added if someone receives the DFC a third time. | ||
| DFM | Distinguished Flying Medal | At this time, it was given for "acts of bravery when flying in active operations against the enemy" to non-officer ranks. This award stopped being given in 1993. | ||
| DSO | Distinguished Service Order | Given for excellent or special service by officers in the armed forces during wartime, usually in actual combat. | ||
| DSO* | Distinguished Service Order and Bar | A bar is added to the ribbon if someone receives the DSO a second time. | ||
| DSO** | Distinguished Service Order and two Bars | A second bar is added if someone receives the DSO a third time. | ||
| MC | Military Cross | At this time, it was given for "distinguished and excellent services" to officers of Captain rank or below, and warrant officers. Since 1993, it can be given to all ranks. | ||
| MiD | Mentioned in despatches | This means a person's name was mentioned in an official report for bravery or other good service. | ||
| VC | Victoria Cross | This is the highest British military award, given for extreme bravery when facing the enemy. | ||
| VM | Virtuti Militari | This is the highest Polish military award for courage when facing the enemy. |
See Also
- List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain
- List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons
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