List of World War II aces from the United Kingdom facts for kids
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.
For "turret fighters" such as the Boulton Paul Defiant, the pilot put the aircraft into position with the enemy and it was the gunner who controlled the armament, air victories are credited to both.
List
| Name | Victories | Squadron(s) | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acworth, Richard Alvin | 8 | 112, 80 | DFC | |
| Agazarian, Noel Le Chavalier ("Aggy") | 7 | 274, 609 | KIA 16 May 1941, North Africa | |
| Aitken, Sir John William Maxwell ("Max") | 15 | 46, 68, 601 | DSO, DFC | 6 Victories in a Beaufighter Became a Conservative MP |
| Allan, Ian | 14 | 256, 151, 29 | DSO, DFC, AFC | RAFVR. Retired in 1973 with rank of Air Commodore |
| Allard, Geoffrey ("Sammy") | 24 | 85, 87 | DFC, DFM* | KIFA 13 March 1941 |
| Allen, Hubert Raymond ("Dizzy") | 8 | 66 | DFC | |
| Allen, John Laurance | 8 | 54 | DFC | KIA 24 July 1940 |
| Allen, James Alan Sandeman ("Sandy") | 7 | |||
| Allen, Derek Hurlestone | 6 | 85 | DFC | KIA 18 May 1940 |
| Allen, Percy Frank | 5 | 68 | Flew a Beaufighter with N/RO Bennett, G. | |
| Osgood-Finney, Macleod Hamish | 6 | |||
| Ambrose, H. | 9 | |||
| Andrew, James Richard | 6 | 607 | DFM | KIA 25 June 1945 |
| Archer, Philip Leslie Irving | 6 | DFC | Born in Barbados, KIA 17 June 1943 flying with RCAF | |
| Aries, Ellis Walter | 6 | |||
| Ashton, John Henry | 5 | |||
| Atcherley, David Francis William | 5 | 25 | CB, CBE, DSO, DFC | 3 Victories in a Beaufighter Was lost at sea on 8 June 1952 as an Air Vice-Marshal 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 | |||
| Babbage, Cyril Fredrick | 8 | 602 | DFM | |
| Bader, Douglas | 22 | 222, 242, Tangmere Wing | DSO*, DFC* | Prisoner of war from 9 August 1941 |
| Badger, John Vincent Clarence ("Tubby") | 8 | DFC | WIA 30 August 1940; DOW 30 June 1941 | |
| Baker, Henry Collingham ("Harry","Butch") | 7 | 41, 19, 74 | ||
| Baldwin, John Robert ("Johnny") | 15 | DSO*, DFC*, AFC | Highest scorer on Typhoons. MIA 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 | |
| Barker, Frederick James | 13 | 264 | DFM* | Turret gunner on two-man Boulton Paul Defiant fighter piloted by Sgt. Edward "Ted" Thorn. Thorn and Barker were the top-scoring Defiant crew. |
| Barwell, Eric Gordon ("Dickie") | 9 | 264, 125 | DFC* | Flew a Boulton Paul Defiant during the Battle of Britain so his 5 first victories also credited to his air gunner P/O J.E.M. Williams, and the next 2 to Sgt. A. Martin. Barwell left the RAF on 2 September 1945 as a Wing Commander. |
| Bartley, Anthony Charles | 12 | 92, 74, 65 | DFC* | |
| Barton, Anthony Richard Henry | 9 | 32, 126 | DFC* | KIFA 4 April 1943 |
| Bayne, Alfred William Alexander | 11 | |||
| Bazin, James Michael | 10 | |||
| Beamish, Victor | 10 | DSO*, DFC, AFC | KIA 28 March 1942 | |
| Beamont, Roland ("Bee") | 9 | DSO*, DFC* | Spent part of war as production test pilot for Hawker, responsible for introduction of Hawker Typhoon and Hawker Tempest into operational use | |
| Beard, John Maurice Bentley | 6 | |||
| Beaumont, Walter | 8 | DFC | MIA 23 September 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* | 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 | FAA, KIA 29 October 1940 | ||
| Boardman, Hubert Stanley | 5 | 600, 153 | DFC | Flew a Beaufighter with N/RO F/Sgt James Roy Mordan |
| Boddington, Michael Christopher B. | 11 | |||
| Bodie, Crelin Arthur W. ("Bogle") | 11 | 66 | KIFA 24 February 1942 | |
| Boitel-Gill, Derek Pierre Aumale | 8 | 152 | DFC | KIFA 18 September 1941 |
| Boulter, John Clifford | 6 | DFC | KIA 17 February 1941 | |
| Boyd, Adrian Hope ("Ginger") | 18 | 145, 501 | DSO, DFC* | |
| Boyd, Archibald Douglas McNeill ("Archie") | 10 | 600, 219 | DSO, DFC | Flew a Beaufighter with N/RO Alexander Joseph Glegg |
| Boyd, Robert Finlay | 21 | 54 | DSO, DFC* | |
| Braham, John Randall Daniel ("Bob") | 29 | 29, 51 OTU, 141 | DSO**, DFC**, AFC | 19 victories as a night fighter. Flew a Beaufighter with different N/RO's (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 | FAA |
| Bungey, Robert W. | 5 | 226,145,452 | DFC | Died 10 June 1943 in Australia. Bungey was an Australian |
| Burbridge, Bransome Arthur ("Branse") | 21½ | 85 | DSO*, DFC* | 20 Victories as a night fighter |
| Burnell-Phillips, Peter Anthony | 5 | 607 | DFM | KIFA 9 February 1941 |
| Butler, Thomas Roy | 5 | 46 | DFC | Flew a Beaufighter night fighter with N/RO Graham, R. F. |
| Butterfield, Samuel Leslie | 5 | 213 | DFM | KIA 11 August 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 | 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") | 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 24 May 1974 | |
| Chase, Frederick John Allison | 5 | |||
| Chisholm, Roderick Aeneas | 9 | 604 | DSO, DFC | Flew a Beaufighter with N/RO Ripley, W. G. |
| Chisholm, John Henry Mackellar | 7 | KIA 15 September 1944 | ||
| Churchill, Walter Myers | 6 | DSO, DFC | KIA 26 August 1942 | |
| Clapperton, Raymond Hedley | 0 (+24 V-1s) | DFC | 24 V-1's destroyed | |
| Cleaver, Gordon Neil S. ("Mouse") | 7 | DFC | ||
| Clerke, Rupert Francis Henry | 7 | 125 | DFC | 2 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Wheldon, J. R. |
| Clift, Douglas Gerald ("Duggie") | 5 | |||
| Clowes, Arthur Victor ("Taffy") | 10 | DFC, DFM | ||
| Clyde, William Pancoast ("Billy") | 10 | |||
| Cobley, Peter Charles | 5 | 272 | DFC* | 2 Victories in a Beaufighter |
| Coghlan, John Hunter | 6 | DFC | KIA 17 August 1940 | |
| Cole, Robert Walton | 0 (+20.75 V-1s) | |||
| Cole, Robert Bruce | 6 | |||
| Coleman, George Byrne Stanislaus | 7 | 256, MNFU, 46, 272, 600 | DFC | Flew a Beaufighter |
| 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 | 604 | DSO, DFC | 2 Victories in a Beaufighter |
| Conway, Alfred Gordon | 7 | DFC | ||
| Cook, Harry | 6 | |||
| Cooke, Charles Alfred | 5 | 66, 264 | DFC | Retired on 11 July 1958 as a Squadron Leader. |
| Cooke, Nicholas Gresham ("Lanky") | 12 | 264 | DFC | Flew a Boulton Paul Defiant so all victories also credited to his air gunner, Cpl. A. Lippett. On 29 May 1940 during the Dunkirk evacuation they claimed 2 Messerschmitt Bf 109's and a Messerschmitt Bf 110 during their 1st sortie, plus 5 Junkers Ju 87's in their 2nd that day, becoming Britain's first "aces in a day" in the Second World War. KIA 31 May 1940 |
| Cooper-Slipper, Thomas Paul Michael | 8 | DFC | ||
| Cork, Richard John ("Dickie") | 11 | DSO, DSC | flew with RAF and FAA, KIA 14 April 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* | 4 Victories in a Beaufighter |
| Craig, John Teasdale ("Bobby") | 8 | DFM | KIA 2 June 1941 | |
| Creed, Ernest William Durham ("Bill") | 11 | DFC | ||
| Crew, Edward Dixon | 12 | 604 | DSO*, DFC*, CB | 8 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO's Guthrie, Norman and Duckett, Basil |
| Crook, David Moore | 8 | DFC | KIA 18 December 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 | KIA 4 March 1941 | |
| Cunningham, John ("Cats Eyes") | 20 | 604, 85 | DSO, AE, DFC* | 19 Victories in a Beaufighter night fighter with N/RO's Phillipson, J. R and Rawnsley, C. F. |
| 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 operated in occupied Europe for the SOE. | |
| Daber, John | 5 | |||
| Daddo-Langlois, William Raoul | 6 | WIA 10 June 1943 over Sicily, DOW same day. Born England. Commemorated on Malta Plinth | ||
| Dafforn, Robert Chippindall | 8 | 501, 229 | DFC | KIA 9 September 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 | 7 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Missing presumed KIA 5 July 1944, aged 23 |
| Darley, Horace Stanley ("George") | 5 | 609 (S/Ldr) | ||
| Darling, Edward Vivian ("Mitzi") | 6 | 41 | DFC | MIA 2 June 1942 |
| David, William Dennis | 17 | 87, 213 | CBE, DFC*, AFC, MiD | |
| Davidson, Henry John | 6 | 249 | KIA 6 October 1942 | |
| Davies, James William Elias | 8 | |||
| Davis, Charles Trevor | 10 | 238 | KIFA 26 March 1941 | |
| Davison, Michael Metcalfe | 13 | 46, 108 | DFC* | 8 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Dye, Bertram E. |
| Davy, Dennis Henry | 10 | |||
| Daw, Victor George ("Jack") | 6 | |||
| Dawson-Paul, Francis | 7.5 | 64 | FAA voluntarily seconded to RAF. Joined squadron 1 July 1940. Died of wounds on 30 July 1940, five days after 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 (S/Ldr) | ||
| Dewar, John Scatliff | 9 | DSO | India,KIA 12 September 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 | FLT SGT |
| Downing, Alwyn Berriman ("Berry") | 12 | 600 | Flew a Beaufighter with N/RO John P. Lyons | |
| Drake, Billy | 22 | 213, 421 Flt | DSO, DFC* | |
| Draper, Bryan Vincent | 6 | 74 | DFC | KIA 28 February 1945 |
| Dredge, Alan Sydney | 9 | |||
| Drummond, John Fraser | 9 | 46, 92 | DFC | KIA 10 October 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 | 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 | 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 | DFC | Ceylon |
| Dymond, William Lawrence | 11 | 111 | DFM | KIA 2 September 1940 |
| Dyson, Charles Harold | 9 | |||
| Eagle, William Geoffrey | 7 | 274, 198 | DFC | KIA 30 June 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 | Squadron Leader. A Malta night fighter ace. Flew a Beaufighter with N/RO Phillipson, J. R. Also received two King's Commendations for Brave Conduct. Recommended for the George Medal for saving a cadet from a burning aircraft in 1941. KIFA aged 30 in an air crash over Malta on 6 May 1943. Buried in the Malta (Cappucini) Naval Cemetery. |
| Edwards, Malcolm Finney ("Eddie") | 12 | 247, 587, 3 | Served with 247 Sqn during the B.O.B. KIA 29 December 1944 whilst flying Hawker Tempest JF-V, EJ803, of 3(f) Sqn. Crashed into moorland next to the railroad track near the town of Spelle, Germany. |
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| Ekbery, Joseph Scarisbrick | 6 | |||
| Elcock, Arthur Richard ("Big") | 8 | 91 | KIFA 14 May 1945 | |
| Eliot, Hugh William ("Chubby") | 9 | 255 | 2 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Ibbotson, D. R. | |
| 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 | Flew a 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 | Stalag Luft III 1942–1945; KIFA 16 February 1946 |
| Farnes, Paul Caswell Powe | 8 | 501 | DFM | |
| Farquhar, Andrew Douglas | 5 | 257 | DFC | |
| Faulkner, J. A. | 7 | 91 | ||
| Feary, Alan Norman | 5 | 609 | KIA 7 October 1940 | |
| Ferriss, Henry Michael | 11 | 111 | DFC | KIA 16 August 1940 |
| Finlay, Donald Osborne | 6 | 41, 54 | ||
| Finucane, Brendan Eamon Fergus ("Paddy") | 32 | 65, 452 RAAF, 602 | DSO, DFC** | KIA 15 July 1942 in Ramrod mission over France. ( Irish) |
| Flinders, John Layton ("Polly") | 6 | 32 | ||
| Fokes, Ronald Henry ("Ronnie") | 13 | 92, 257 | DFC | KIA 12 June 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 | 4 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Newton, M. F. | |
| Foster, Robert William | 7 | 605 | DFC | |
| Foster, William Morley Culver | 5 | |||
| Fowlow, Norman Ralph | 5 | Newfoundland | ||
| Franklin, William Henry | 16 | 65 | DFM* | MIA 12 December 1940 |
| Fras(i)er, Joseph Frederick | 10 | Ceylon | ||
| Freeborn, John Connell | 14 | 74 | DFC* | |
| Friendship, Alfred Henry Basil | 8 | 3 | DFM | |
| Fulford, David | 4 | 64, 19 | DFC | KIA 2 November 1942 |
| Garden, Mowbray | 5 | (1914–1978) | ||
| Gardner, Peter Melvill | 10 | DFC | (1918–1984) | |
| Gardner, Richard Exton ("Jimmy") | 10 | (1914–1999) FAA | ||
| Garton, Geoffrey William | 11 | DSO, DFC | (1915–1976) | |
| Gash, Fred | 5 | 264 | DFM | Turret gunner on two-man Boulton Paul Defiant fighter piloted by P/O F.D. Hughes Sergeant Warrant Officer in May 1943 and released from the RAF in 1945 as a Flight Lieutenant |
| Geddes, Keith Irvine | 5 | 604 | DFC, | Flew a 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) 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 | 66 | KIA 4 October 1940 over the channel. | |
| Gilmour, William MacMillan | 9 | |||
| Gilroy, George Kemp ("Sheep") | 24 | 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 | 255 | DFC* | 5 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Oswald, James F. |
| Godfrey, Donald Ling | 10 | |||
| Goode, J. | 7 | |||
| Goodman, George Ernest ("Randy") | 16 | DFC | KIA 14 June 1941 | |
| Goodman, Geoffrey Horace | 9 | 29 | DSO, DFC | 1 Victory in a Beaufighter with N/RO Wall, R. C. B. |
| Goucher, Richard Tannatt | 7 | |||
| Gough, William John | 8 | 68 | 1 Victory in a Beaufighter with N/RO Matson | |
| 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 | 255 | DFC* | 5 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Robbins, F. Milton Borb 4 April 1917 Leeds. Died Nov 2006 |
| Green, Charles Patrick ("Paddy") | 14 | 600 | DSO, DFC | 9 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Gillies, Reginald Joseph. Died 10 April 1999 |
| Green, Wilfrith Peter | 27 | DSO, DFC | ||
| 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 | DFM | ||
| Gunnis, Herbert H. Kitchener ("Alec") | 5 | 252 | Flew a Beaufighter | |
| Guthrie, Giles Connop McEachern | 5 | |||
| Guy, Leonard Northwood ("Len") | 7 | MIA 18 August 1940 | ||
| Hackwood, Gerald Henry | 8 | 264 | Flew a Boulton Paul Defiant so all victories also credited to his air gunner LAC G.E. Lille. KIFA 20 November 1940 |
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| 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 | DFC* | ||
| Hallett, Nigel George ("Buster") | 6 | |||
| Hallowes, Herbert James L. ("Darkie") | 19 | DFC, DFM* | ||
| 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 | One of four pilots that became an "ace in a day"" in the Battle of Britain, | ||
| Hanbury, Osgood Villiers | 12 | 602, 260 | DSO, DFC* | KIA 3 June 1943 |
| Hancock, John Allan | 7 | |||
| Hanks, Peter Prosser | 15 | |||
| Hardacre, John Reginald | 5 | KIA 30 September 1940 | ||
| Hards, Maurice Sydney | 10 | 250, 92 | DFC, DFM | Later Chief Inspector of Police (Reserve) in Kenya |
| Harker, Alan Stuart ("Budge") | 7 | |||
| Harries, Raymond Hiley | 24 | DFC* | KIFA 14 May 1950 | |
| Harrison, Geoffrey Austen | 5 | KIA 12 June 1944 | ||
| Hart, Kenneth Graham | 9 | DFC | KIA 28 December 1944 ( Italy) | |
| Hartley, James | 12 | |||
| Hastings, I. | 5 | |||
| Havercroft, Ralph Edward | 6 | 92 | ||
| 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* | Sole Royal Marine fighter ace | |
| Hayden, Lawrence Hamilton | 7 | 264 | DFM | Turret gunner on two-man Boulton Paul Defiant fighter piloted by P/O T.D. Welsh. Released from the RAF in 1945 as a Flight Lieutenant. |
| Hayley-Bell, Dennis | 5 | 68 | 2 Victories in a Beaufighter | |
| 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 | 806 NAS | DSC | Fleet Air Arm. Norway, Dunkirk, Mediterranean, Pacific |
| Heppell, Phillip W. Ellis ("Nip") | 5 | |||
| Hetherington, Erik Lawson | 5 | DFC | KIFA 31 October 1942 ( Gibraltar) | |
| Hewett, Edward William F. ("Ted") | 16 | 80 | DFM, AFC | |
| 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 | 219 | DSO, DFC* | 8 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Dye, Bertram E. 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 | DFC* | Service number: 40113. Was born at Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina Died in 2007 |
| Hope, Sir Archibald Philip | 6 | 601 | OBE, DFC | |
| Hopewell, James | 5 | KIA 21 January 1942 | ||
| Hopkin, William P. ("John Willie") | 5 | |||
| Horne, Angus William | 7 | 219, 6 | Flew a Beaufighter with N/RO Rex Browne | |
| Howard, Donald Ridgwell ("Podge") | 6 | |||
| Howard-Williams, Peter Ian | 5 | |||
| Howell, Frank Jonathan | 10 | 25, 80, 609, 118, 243, 54 | DFC* | KIFA 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 | 264, 145, 600, 604 | DFC*, DSO | Flew a Boulton Paul Defiant during the B.O.B. so his 5 first victories also credited to his air gunner Sgt. F. Gash. 12 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Dixon, L. Hughes was awarded the DFC (1954), made a CBE (1962), CB (1972) and retired on 6 June 1974 as an Air Vice-Marshal. Died on 11 January 1992. |
| 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 | Marshal of the Royal Air Force | ||
| Hunter, Philip Algernon | 10 | 264 | DSO | Flew a Boulton Paul Defiant so all victories also credited to his air gunner LAC F.H. King KIA 24 August 1940 |
| Hurst, John | 5 | |||
| Hussey, Roy Jack Hubert | 14 | |||
| 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 | 236, 248 | DFC | . Barbados, British West Indies. 2 Victories in a Beaufighter. |
| 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 | ||
| Johnson, James Edgar ("Johnnie") | 38 | DSO**, DFC*, CB, CBE, DFC (US), Air Medal (US), Legion of Merit (US) | Top British ace of the war, retired Air Vice-Marshal | |
| Johnson, Stanley B. | 11 | 264 | Turret gunner on two-man Boulton Paul Defiant fighter piloted by P/O M.H. Young KIA 31 May 1940 |
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| Johnson, William John ("John") | 7 | |||
| Johnston, Hugh Anthony Stephen ("Tim") | 6 | |||
| Johnstone, Alexander Vallance Riddell ("Sandy") | 9 | DFC | Retired with the rank of Air Vice-Marshal | |
| Joll, Ian Kenneth Sefton | 5 | 604 | DFC | 4 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO O'Leary M. |
| Jones, Edward Gordon ("Tap") | 6 | DSO, DFC | ||
| Jones, Norman Garston | 7 | |||
| Jonsson, Thorsteinn Elton ("Tony") | 5 | DFM | 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 | 5 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Cowles, George H. | |
| Keighley-Peach, Charles Lindsay | 5 | |||
| Kellet, Ronald Gustave | 5 | DFC, DSO, AE* | ||
| Kelsey, Howard Charles | 9 | 141 | 4 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Smith, Edward M. | |
| Kendall, Philip Stanley | 8 | 255 | 5 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Hill, C. R. | |
| Kettlewell, George Victor Wildeman | 5 | |||
| Kilburn, Michael Plaistowe | 7 | 124, 56 | DFC, CdeG, | Irish |
| Kilmartin, John Ignatus ("Killy") | 13 + 2sh | DFC | Irish | |
| Kilner, Joseph Richard | 6 | |||
| King, Frederick Harry | 10 | 264 | DFM | Turret gunner on two-man Boulton Paul Defiant fighter piloted by S/Ldr P.A. Hunter KIA 24 August 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 | Flew a Beaufighter with N/RO Edgar | |
| Kitchener, Herbert Horatio | 6 | |||
| Kynaston, Norman Arthur | 5 | 91 | DFC* | Also 17 V-1s destroyed, MIA 15 August 1944 |
| 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 | |
| Lapsley, John Hugh | 11 | |||
| Latimer-Jefferies, Jerrard | 9 | DFC | Latimer-Jefferies was killed on 15 April 1943, as a Squadron Leader with 106 Squadron, flying in a Lancaster and is buried in Sauvillers-Mongival Communal Cemetery along with the other crew members who were lost. | |
| Laws, Adrian Francis | 5 | DFM | KIFA in training accident 30 September 1940 | |
| Lawson, Walter John | 7 | KIA 28 August 1941 | ||
| Le Cheminant, Jerrold Le ("Chem") | 6 | |||
| Leary, David Cooper | 8 | |||
| Leathart, James Anthony Leathart ("The Prof") | 8 | 89 | DSO | 1 Victory in a Beaufighter with N/RO Glass, G. J. 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 | 6 | DFC | KIA 27 September 1941 | |
| LeFevre, Peter William ("Pip") | 10 | DFC | MIA 6 February 1944 | |
| Libbert, Albert | 12 | |||
| Lille, George Edward | 8 | 264 | Turret gunner on two-man Boulton Paul Defiant fighter piloted by P/O G.H. Hackwood. Retired from the RAF on 18 December 1957 as a Squadron Leader, retaining the rank of Wing Commander. |
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| Lindsay, William Roy Mackintosh | 6 | |||
| Linnard, Sidney ("Sid") | 7 | |||
| Lippett, Albert | 12 | 264 | DFM | Turret gunner on two-man Boulton Paul Defiant fighter piloted by F/C N.G. Cooke On 29 May 1940 during the Dunkirk evacuation, they claimed two Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter and a Messerschmitt Bf 110 during their 1st sortie, plus five Junkers Ju 87 Stukas in their 2nd that day, becoming Britain's first "aces in a day" in the Second World War. KIA 31 May 1940 |
| 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 | |
| Lovell, Anthony Desmond Joseph | 22 | DSO*, DFC* | born in Ceylon,KIFA 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 | ||
| MacArthur, James Henry Gordon | 8 | |||
| MacDonald, Harold Kennedy | 8 | KIA 28 August 1940 | ||
| MacDonald-Hall, Robert ("Sam") | 7 | |||
| MacDonnell, Aeneas Ranald Donald | 10 | |||
| McDowall, Andrew | 13 | DFM* | Later became the first leader of an RAF jet fighter squadron (616) | |
| McGrath, John Keswick Ulick Blake | 18 | DFC | ||
| McIntosh, Wallace | 8 | |||
| McKay, Donald Alistair Stewart | 17 | DFM* | ||
| McKellar, Archie | 20 | DSO, DFC* | One of four pilots that became an "ace in a day"" in the Battle of Britain. 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 |
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| 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 | MIA nr Cap Rosa 2-1-43 |
| Manger, Kenneth | 8 | |||
| Mann, Jack | 5 | |||
| Marland, Rainford Gent | 7 | |||
| Marples, Roy | 7 | |||
| Marrs, Eric Simcox ("Boy") | 11 | 152 | DFC | KIA 24 July 1941 aged 20 |
| Marshall, Alfred Ernest | 18 | 73, 250, 25 | DFC, DFM | KIFA 27 November 1944 |
| Marshall, William Cyril | 9 | DFC | ||
| Martin, Richard Frewen | 8 | |||
| Mason, Ernest Mitchelson ("Imshi") | 17 | 112, 80, 274, 94 | DFC | KIA 15 February 1942 |
| Mason, Frank | 5 | |||
| Masterman, Cedric Audley | 6 | 227 | 3 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Burnside, G. B. | |
| Mathews, John Owen ("Jimmy") | 14 | |||
| Matthews, Peter Gerald Hugh | 9 | |||
| Mayne, Ernest | 5 | |||
| Meager, Patrick Edward | 9 | 107, 41, 602, 211 | DFC, DSO | 5 Victories in a Beaufighter. Promoted Group Captain in 1945. |
| Meaker, James Reginald Bryan | 8 | 46,263,249 | (Irish). KIA 27 September 1940 | |
| Measures, William Edward G. ("Tink") | 5 | |||
| Mellersh, Francis Richard Lee ("Togs") | 8 | 600 | DFC* | 8 Victories as in a Beaufighter nightfighter, 39 V-1 flying bombs |
| Mellor, Frank | 5 | |||
| Melville-Jackson, George Holmes | 5 | 248 | DFC | Flew a Beaufighter |
| Miller, Wilfred Handel ("Andy") | 11 | 125 | 3 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Bone, F. C. | |
| Miller, Reginald Arthur ("Dusty") | 7 | 1435 Flt | 4 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Tearle, Francis J. | |
| 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 | 227 | 5 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Hodges | |
| 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 | 4 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Rix, A. V. | |
| Morris, Thomas Charles ("Tom") | 5 | |||
| Mortimer-Rose, Edward Brian | 13 | |||
| Morton, James Storrs ("Black") | 10 | 603, 54, 539, 219 | 2 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Bailey, C. | |
| Mottram, Roy | 5 | 92, 54 | KIA 31/8/1941 Neuf-Berquin, France Nord | |
| Mould, Peter William Olbert ("Boy") | 11 | DFC* | MIA 1 October 1941 after an air battle with Italian Macchi C.202s North of Gozo, Malta | |
| Muirhead, Ian James | 7 | |||
| Mulliner, Reginald W. L. | 5 | DFC* | ||
| Mungo-Park, John Colin | 13 | DFC* | KIA 27 June 1941. Credited with 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 | Flew a Beaufighter with N/RO Tate, Gerald |
| 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 | 602,485,322 | DFC and Bar | Died 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 | 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 | 255 | 3 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Hood, W. G. | |
| Oldham, R. | 5 | |||
| Oliver, John Oliver William | 8 | |||
| Olver, Peter | 6 | DFC | Shot down, captured and made POW 11 June 1943; . Died 14 February 2013 | |
| Orr, Stanley Gordon | 17 | DSC**, AFC | Top Royal Navy ace | |
| Orton, Newell ("Fanny") | 17 | 73, 242, 54 | DFC* | Born Warwick, KIA 17 September 1941. |
| Osborne, Anthony Frederick | 7 | |||
| Ottewill, Peter Guy | 7 | |||
| Overton, Charles Nevill | 6 | DFC | ||
| Owen, Alan Joseph ("Red") | 16 | 600, 85 | DFC* | 6 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO S.V. (Vic) MacAllister North Africa, then bomber support and intruder operations over Germany |
| Oxspring, Robert Wardlow | 21 | DFC**, AFC | ||
| Page, Alan Geoffrey | 15 | DSO, DFC* | ||
| Pain, Derek Sydney | 5 | 68, 89 | Flew a Beaufighter with N/RO Briggs, John Victor | |
| 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 | 219 Sqn top scorer. Test pilot post-war, KIFA 19 February 1963. |
| Parker, Bernard James ("Jimmy") | 5 | |||
| Parker, Dennis Coates | 5 | |||
| Parker, Thomas Campbell ("John") | 6 | |||
| Parker-Rees, Alastair | 12 | |||
| Parnall, Denis Geach | 6 | KIA 18 September 1940 | ||
| Parrott, Peter Lawrence | 9 | DFC*, AFC | Retired as a Wing Commander in 1965, Died 2003 | |
| Parsons, Claude Arthur | 5 | KIA 8 November 1941 | ||
| Passy, Cyril Wolrich | 5 | |||
| Paton, Donald Pearson | 5 | 600, 114 | DFC* | Flew a Beaufighter with N/RO's John McAnulty and Alec William Acting Wing Commander. Squadron Leader retaining rank of Wing Commander |
| Pattullo, William Blair | 5 | WIA 26 October 1940 | ||
| Paul, Frank Dawson | 6 | FAA, WIA 30 July 1940 | ||
| Paul, Harold George ("Ginger") | 6 | |||
| Pavey, Alan Francis | 7 | 122 | DFC | KIA 27 July 1944 Normandy |
| Payne, A. D. ("Jammy") | 5 | |||
| Payne, William John | 9 | |||
| Payton, James Joseph ("Joe") | 7 | |||
| Peacock, Reginald John | 5 | 122 | DFC | KIA 5 February 1943 (North Africa) |
| Pedley, Michael George Foxter | 5 | |||
| Peel, John Ralph Alexander | 5 | DFC | ||
| Pegge, Constantine Oliver Joseph | 9 | |||
| Phillips, James William Bristowe | 6 | 54 | DFM | KIFA 25 March 1942 near Ford, Sussex |
| Pike, Thomas Geoffrey | 6 | 219 | Flew a Beaufighter | |
| Pinches, Maurice Henry | 8 | |||
| Pinckney, David John Colin | 7 | 603 | DFC | KIA 23 January 1942 (Singapore) |
| Pleasance, Harold Percival ("Flash") | 5 | 25 | Flew a 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 | 6 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Phillips, C. T. | |
| Proctor, John Ernest | 11 | DFC | ||
| Provan, William Wright | 5 | DFC | ||
| Rabagliati, Alexander Coultate ("Sandy") | 21 | 46, 126, Ta Kali Wing | DFC* | KIA 6 July 1943 |
| Rabone, Paul Wattling | 9 | |||
| Ramsey, Charles Maurice | 8 | 153 | 2 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Morton | |
| Ranger, Geoffrey Harold | 6 | |||
| Rankin, James E. ("Jamie") | 22 | DSO*, DFC* | ||
| Rayment, Kenneth Gordon | 7 | 153 | DFC | 5 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO's Lanning; Ayliffe, H. D. and Bone Died in the Munich air disaster on 15 March 1958. |
| Rayner, Roderick Malachi Seaborne | 10 | |||
| Read, James Alfred Avory ("Jasper") | 10 | 89, 46, 108 | Flew a Beaufighter. | |
| Redhead, E. | 5 | |||
| Reeves, Nevil Everard | 14 | 89 | DSO, DFC | Won 9 of his victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO O'Leary, Arthur Alexander |
| Reynolds, Richard Henry | 6 | |||
| Reynolds, Robert Edward | 5 | 255 | Flew a Beaufighter with N/RO Wingham, M. | |
| Rhodes-Moorhouse, William Henry | 9 | DFC | KIA 6 September 1940 | |
| Richey, Paul Henry Mills | 10 | DFC*, CdeG (France), CdeG (Belgium) | ||
| Rigler, Thomas Charles | 8 | |||
| Riley, William | 6 | 263, 302, 145, 252,272 | DFC | . Flew a Beaufighter with N/RO F/Sgt. J Martin Both Riley and Martin KIFA 16 July 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 | MIA 8 June 1942 | |
| Rolls, William Thomas Edward | 17 | DFC, DFM | ||
| Rook, Michael ("Mickey") | 6 | |||
| Rose, Maurice James Alexander | 14 | |||
| Ross, Jack Kenneth | 7 | DFC | KIA 6 January 1942 | |
| Ruchwaldy, Desmond Fred | 16 | |||
| Rudland, Clifford Percival | 7 | DFC* | ||
| Russell, Noel | 5 | 272 | 1 Victory in a Beaufighter | |
| Ryder, Edgar Norman | 8 | DFC | POW 1944 | |
| Sabey, Albert | 5 | |||
| Sage, Paul Christopher Wendover | 5 | 89, 46 | DFC | Flew a Beaufighter with N/RO Cockburn, John KIA 22 February 1945 |
| St John, Peter Cape Beauchamp | 5 | KIA 22 October 1940 | ||
| Samouelle, Charles James ("Sammy") | 11 | 41 92 130 | DFC* | Retired as a Wing Commander |
| Sampson, Ralph W. Fraser ("Sammy") | 5 | DFC | 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 | KIA 10 July 1943 (Malta) | ||
| Schade, Patrick Alfred ("Paddy") | 18 | 91 | DFM | KIA 31 July 1944 |
| Scott, Allan Hugh | 5 | |||
| Scott, Ernest ("Ernie") | 5 | KIA 27 September 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 | Flew a Beaufighter with N/RO Curtis | |
| Shepherd, John Bean | 13 | 234, 118, 610, 41 | DFC** | + 7 V-1 flying bombs. 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 | 25 | 1 Victory in a Beaufighter with N/RO Bradshaw, Chris | |
| Sizer, Wilfred Max ("Wilf") | 12 | DFC* | Retired as Wing Commander in 1963 | |
| Skinner, Wilfred Malcom | 11 | |||
| Slade-Betts, Kenneth Gordon | 20 | DFC | ||
| Smart, Thomas | 8 | DFC* | KIA 12 April 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 | 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 | KIA 9 November 1941 | ||
| Stapleton, Frederick Snowden | 7 | |||
| Stark, Lawrence W. F. ("Pinkie") | 6 | |||
| Starr, Norman John ("Jack") | 5 | 605 | DFC* | KIA 8 Jan 1945 Dunkirk |
| Stavert, Charles Michael | 6 | |||
| Steere, Harry | 11 | DFM, DFC | KIA 8 June 1944 | |
| Steere, Jack | 6 | |||
| Stephen, Harbourne Mackay | 9 | DSO, DFC** | Also credited with eight confirmed shared kills, plus at least four unconfirmed. Achieved 600th victory for squadrons flying from Biggin Hill with J.C. Mungo-Park – their pairing was known as the "Deadly Twins." Died 22 August 2001 | |
| Stephens, Maurice Michael ("Mike") | 23 | DSO, DFC** | ||
| Stephenson, Leslie | 10 | 153 | DFC* | 6 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Hall, G. A. |
| 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 | 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 | FAA. First and only WW2 pilot to become an Ace in a Fairey Firefly | |
| Strickland, James Murray | 9 | DFC | KIA 14 August 1941 | |
| Stuckey, Vincent Allan J. ("Heimar") | 6 | |||
| Styles, Lawrence Hinton | 5 | 219, 153, 600 | DFC* | Flew a Beaufighter with N/RO's Smith, L.; Ritchie, J. and Wilmer, H. J. |
| Surman, John Clarke | 5 | 604 | 1 Victory in a Beaufighter with N/RO Weston, Clarence E. | |
| Sutherland, C. | 7 | |||
| Sutton, Fraser Barry | 5 | |||
| Talalla, Cyril Lionel F. ("Jimmy") | 5 | 118, 122 | DFC* | Malayan. . |
| 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 | 600 | Flew a Beaufighter with N/RO's White and Beaumont, Gerald | |
| Thompson, John Marlow | 10 | DFC, DSO, AFC | ||
| Thompson, Peter Douglas | 6 | DFC | ||
| Thompson, William L. | 5 | |||
| Thorn(e), Edward Rowland | 13 | 264 | DFC*, DFM* | Flew a Boulton Paul Defiant so all victories also credited to his air gunner, Sgt. F.J. Barker. . Thorn and Barker were the top-scoring Defiant crew. KIFA 2 February 1946. |
| 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 | DFC | Died October 1944: RTC in England. | |
| Topham, E. | 10 | 91 | ||
| Topham, John K. Groves | 14 | 219 | DSO, DFC* | 9 Victories in a Beaufighter with N/RO Berridge, H. W. |
| Townsend, Kenneth Norman Varwell | 5 | |||
| Townsend, Peter Wooldridge | 11 | DFC*, DSO | ||
| Toyne, William Arthur | 6 | |||
| Tuck, Robert Roland Stanford | 29 | DFC**, DSO, AFC | Prisoner of war from 28 January 1942 | |
| Tuckwell, George Arthur | 5 | 272 | DFM | Flew a Beaufighter with N/RO Hubbard, K. F. |
| Tull, Desmond Trevor | 8 | FIU | 1 Victory in a Beaufighter | |
| Turkington, Robert W. | 9 | 124, 611, 43, 72, 241, 601 | Irish. KIFA Apr 1945 | |
| Turner, Percival Stanley | 14 | 242, 145, 411, 249 | DSO, DFC* | Canadian. . He remained in the RCAF until 1965 and died in Ottawa on 23 July 1985. |
| Turner, Robert Charles | 6 | 264 | Turret gunner on two-man Boulton Paul Defiant fighter piloted by P/O D. Whitley. KIA 28 August 1940 |
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| Unwin, George Cecil ("Grumpy") | 15 | 19, 613 | DSO, DFM* | Retired in 1961 as Wing Commander |
| Upton, Hamilton Charles | 11 | DFC | ||
| Usher, Dennis Charles | 5 | DFC, DFM | Retired as Squadron Leader | |
| 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 | |
| Wade, Trevor Sidney ("Wimpy") | 10 | 92 | DFC, AFC | Test pilot post war. KIFA 3 April 1951 |
| Wake, Frederick William | 5 | 264, No. 96 Squadron RAF | DFM | Turret gunner on two-man Boulton Paul Defiant 96 Night Fighter Sqn 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* | Promoted to Group Captain postwar. |
| Watkins, Desmond John ("Des") | 7⅓ | DFC, CdeG + palm | 1921–2003 | |
| Watson, Anthony | 6 | 203, 272 | DFC | Flew a Beaufighter |
| Weaver, Percy Stevenson | 9 | 56 | KIA 31 August 1940 | |
| Webb, Paul Clifford | 6 | |||
| Webster, John Terence | 13 | DFC | ||
| Welsh, Terence Deane | 7 | 264, 125 | DFC | Flew a Boulton Paul Defiant and scored all his victories in it, so all victories also credited to his air gunner L.D. Hayden In 1945 released from the RAF as a Flight Lieutenant. Died in 1980. |
| Whall, Basil Ewart Patrick | 9 | 602 | DFM | KIA 7 October 1940 |
| White, Derek | 6 | BCRF, 39 | DFC | Flew a Beaufighter with N/RO Sgt A. Coldman Retired as a S/Ldr in 1968. |
| White, John | 5 | 72 | DFM | KIA June 1940 |
| Whitley, David ("Bull") | 6 | 264 | Flew a Boulton Paul Defiant so all victories also credited to his air gunner Sgt. R.C. Turner. KIA 28 August 1940 |
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| Wickham, Peter Reginald Whalley | 17 | Born in Nairobi, Kenya | ||
| Wight, Ronald Derek Gordon | 5 | 213 | DFC | KIA 11 August 1940 |
| Williams, Cedric Watcyn | 5 | |||
| Williams, J.E.M. | 5 | 264 | Turret gunner on two-man Boulton Paul Defiant fighter piloted by P/O E.G. Barwell | |
| Williams, William Dudley | 6 | |||
| Willson, John Ellis | 10 | 219, 153 | Flew a Beaufighter with N/RO Burch, D. C. KIA 27 August 1943 Malta |
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| Woodman, Ronald George ("Tim") | 7 | 169, 85, BSDU, 410, No. 96 Squadron RAF | DSO, DFC | Mosquito ace. |
| Woods-Scawen, Charles Anthony | 7 | 43 | DFC | KIA 2 September 1940. Brother of Patrick Woods-Scawen |
| Woods-Scawen, Patrick Philip | 14 | 85 | DFC | KIA 1 September 1940. Brother of Charles Woods-Scawen |
| Wright, Allan Richard | 14 | 92, 29 | DFC, AFC | . 1 Victory in a 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 | KIA 3 June 1943 returning to El Djem Airfield from UK |
| Young, Michael Hugh | 13 | 264 | DFC | Flew a Boulton Paul Defiant and won the first 11 of his victories with air gunner LAC S.B. Johnson (KIA 31 May 1940), and the final 2 with Sgt. L.P. Russell |
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.
- "RTC": Road traffic collision.
- "FAA"denotes that the person served with the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, rather than with the Royal Air Force.
- N/RO; Navigator/Radio operator
Awards
| Award | Title | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AE | Air Efficiency Award | Awarded for ten years' efficient service in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force | ||
| AFC | Air Force Cross | At this time, awarded "for acts of courage or devotion to duty whilst flying, though not in active operations against the enemy" to commissioned officers and warrant officers. Extended to all ranks in 1993. | ||
| CdeG | Croix de Guerre | A military decoration of both France and Belgium, also commonly bestowed to foreign military forces allied to France and Belgium. | ||
| DFC | Distinguished Flying Cross | At this time, awarded "for acts of gallantry when flying in active operations against the enemy" to commissioned officers and warrant officers. Extended to all ranks in 1993. | ||
| DFC* | Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar | A bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DFC who receive a second award. | ||
| DFC** | Distinguished Flying Cross and two Bars | A second bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DFC and Bar who receive a third award. | ||
| DFM | Distinguished Flying Medal | At this time, awarded "for acts of gallantry when flying in active operations against the enemy" to non-commissioned officers and men. Discontinued in 1993. | ||
| DSO | Distinguished Service Order | Awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. | ||
| DSO* | Distinguished Service Order and Bar | A bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DSO who receive a second award. | ||
| DSO** | Distinguished Service Order and two Bars | A second bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DSO and Bar who receive a third award. | ||
| MC | Military Cross | At this time, awarded for "distinguished and meritorious services" to officers of the rank of Captain or below, and warrant officers. Extended to all ranks in 1993. | ||
| MiD | Mentioned in despatches | Awarded for gallantry or otherwise commendable service. | ||
| VC | Victoria Cross | Highest British military decoration, awarded for valour in the face of the enemy. | ||
| VM | Virtuti Militari | Highest Polish military award for courage in the face of the enemy |
See also
- List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain
- List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons
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