List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (D–F)

The following is a list of pilots and other aircrew who flew during the Battle of Britain, and were awarded the Battle of Britain Clasp[1] to the 1939–45 Star by flying at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit of the Royal Air Force or Fleet Air Arm during the period from 0001 hours on 10 July to 2359 hours 31 October 1940.[2][3]


History

In 1942, the Air Ministry made the decision to compile a list from records of the names of pilots who had lost their lives as a result of the fighting during the Battle of Britain[notes 1] for the purpose of building a national memorial. This became the Battle of Britain Chapel at Westminster Abbey, which was unveiled by King George VI on 10 July 1947.[4] The Roll of Honour within the Chapel contains the names of 1,497 pilots and aircrew killed or mortally wounded during the Battle.[5]

Nothing was done officially, however, to define the qualifications for the classification of a Battle of Britain airman until 9 November 1960. AMO N850, published by the Air Ministry, stated for the first time the requirements for the awarding of the Battle of Britain Star, and listed the 71 units which were deemed to have been under the control of RAF Fighter Command.[6]

In 1955 Flt Lt John Holloway, a serving RAF officer, began a personal challenge to compile a complete list of "The Few". After fourteen years of research Flt Lt Holloway had 2,946 names on the list. Of these airmen, 537 were killed during the Battle or later died of wounds received.

Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel-le-Ferne

The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust, founded by Geoffrey Page, raised funds for the construction of the Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel-le-Ferne near Folkestone in Kent. The Memorial, unveiled by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother on 9 July 1993, shares the site with the Christopher Foxley-Norris Memorial Wall on which a complete list of "The Few" is engraved.[7]

More recently, the Battle of Britain Monument on the Victoria Embankment in London was unveiled on 18 September 2005 by Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. The idea for the monument was conceived by the Battle of Britain Historical Society which then set about raising funds for its construction. The outside of the monument is lined with bronze plaques listing all the Allied airmen who took part in the Battle.[8]

D

NameRankNationalitySqn during BattleAwardsNotes
Dafforn, Robert ChippendallFg OffBR501 SqnDFCKIA 9 September 1943
Dale, Peter AlanSgtBR141 SqnKIA 13 December 1941
Dalton, Robert WilliamSgtBR604 Sqn
Dalton-Morgan, Thomas FrederickFlt LtBR43 SqnDSO,OBE,DFC*Official Ace
Daly, John JSgtBR141 Sqn
Dann, James EdwinSgtBR23 SqnDied 1986
Dannatt, Alexander GeorgeAC2BR29 SqnDied 16 December 1982
D'Arcy-Irvine, Brian William JesseFg OffBR257 SqnMIA 8 August 1940
Dargie, Albert McDonald SmithSgtBR23 SqnKIA 13 July 1941
Darley, Horace Stanley "George"Sqn LdrBR609 Sqn (CO)Official Ace
Darling, Andrew SmittonSgtBR611 & 603 SqnsKIA 26 April 1941
Darling, Edward Vivian "Mitzi"SgtBR41 SqnDFCOfficial Ace. Born Wellington, India, 11 October 1914. Commissioned Jan 1941; MIA 2 June 1942; remembered on Panel 65 of the Runnymede Memorial
Darwin, Christopher William WartonPlt OffBR87 SqnKIA 7 August 1942; Son of Sqn Ldr Charles John Wharton Darwin DSO RAF who was also KIA 26 December 1941.
Daszewski, Jan Kazimierz MichalPlt OffPOL303 SqnKIA 4 April 1942
Davey, BrianPlt OffBR504, 32 & 254 SqnsKIA 12 June 1941
Davey, John Arthur JosephPlt OffBR1 SqnKIA 11 August 1940; Awarded a Cadetship to the RAF College Cranwell from RAF Halton.
David, William DennisFg OffBR87 & 213 SqnsOfficial Ace
Davidson, Henry JohnSgtBR249 SqnOfficial Ace, KIA 6 October 1942
Davies, Alfred EricPlt OffBR610 & 222 SqnsKIA 30 October 1940
Davies, Graham Gordon AyerstPlt OffBR222 SqnDFC
Davies, John AlfredSqn LdrBR604 SqnKIA 6 October 1940
Davies, John WilliamSgtBR600 SqnKIA 7 September 1940
Davies, LeonardSgtBR151 Sqn
Davies, Maurice PeterSgtBR1 & 213 SqnsDied 22 July 1953
Davies, P F MFg OffBR56 Sqn
Davies, Roy BlackburneFg OffBR29 SqnDied 1972
Davies-Cooke, Paul JohnFg OffBR72 & 610 SqnsKIA 27 September 1940
Davis, Alfred StewartSgtBR235 Sqn
Davis, Carl RaymondFg OffAME601 SqnKIA 6 September 1940[9]
Davis, Charles TrevorFg OffBR238 SqnOfficial Ace, KIA 26 March 1941
Davis, JackSgtBR54 Sqn
Davis, J NSgtBR600 Sqn
Davis, Peter EdgarSgtBR236 Sqn
Davis, Philip OscarSgtBR222 SqnKIA 10 August 1943
Davis, William LeeSgtBR249 SqnCaptured & taken POW 10 February 1941; Died 18 March 1941.
Davison, John TregonwellPlt OffBR235 SqnDied 9 October 1981
Davy, Thomas Daniel HumphreyFg OffBR266 & 72 SqnsDFCKIA 13 September 1942
Daw, Victor GeorgeFg OffBR32 SqnKilled 24 March 1953
Dawbarn, Peter LesliePlt OffBR17 SqnDied 4 July 2009[10]
Dawick, KennethSgtNZ111 Sqn
Dawson, Thomas 0-SgtBR235 Sqn
Day, Frank SamuelSgtBR248 SqnKIA 24 July 1942
Day, Robert Lionel FrankFg OffBR141 SqnDFCKIA 18 June 1944
Deacon, Arthur HarrySgtBR85 & 111 Sqns
Deansley, Edward ChristopherFlt LtBR152 Sqn
Debenham, Kenneth Barry LemprierePlt OffBR151 SqnKIA 16 December 1943
Debree, ?Plt OffBR264 SqnService Details unknown
Dee, Orlando JohnSgtBR235 SqnKIA 28 May 1941
Deere, Alan ChristopherFlt LtNZ54 SqnDFC*, DSO, CdeG, OBE, ADCDied 21 September 1995[11]
De Grunne, Compte Rudolph Ghislain Charles de HemricourtPlt OffBEL32 SqnKIA 25 May 1942
De Hamale, R ESgtBEL46 SqnKIA 1 November 1940
De Hemptinne, Baudovin Marie GhislainPlt OffBEL145 SqnKIA 5 May 1942
De Jace, L JPlt OffBEL236 SqnMIA 26 July 1942
De la Boucher, Francois Henri Edmond Joseph AndreAdjFF85 SqnKIA 5 September 1942
De la Perelle, Victor BretonPlt OffNZ245 SqnDied 11 June 1983
Deller, Alan Lawrence MartinSgtBR43 Sqn
De Mancha, Ricardo AdrianiPlt OffBR43 SqnMIA 21 July 1940
Demetriadi, Richard StephenFg OffBR601 SqnKIA 11 August 1940; Son of Sir Stephen and Lady Demetriadi, attached to the King's Estate at Sandringham.
De Montbron, Xavier de CheradeSgtFF64 SqnDied 21 April 1955
Demoulin, Rene Jean GhislainSgtBEL235 SqnCdeLL CdeGKIA 6 April 1944
De Mozay, Jean E2nd LtFR1 SqnKIA 19 December 1945
Denby, Gordon AlfredPlt OffBR600 SqnDFCMIA 12 December 1942
Denchfield, Herbert DavidSgtBR610 SqnSurviving aircrew
Denholm, George LovellSqn LdrBR603 Sqn (CO)[12]
Denison, Richard WarrenFlt LtCAN236 SqnKilled 6 February 1951
Denton, Denis AustinSgtBR236 SqnKIA 30 August 1944
Derbyshire, John MontaguePlt OffBR236 Sqn
De Scitivaux, C J M PCaptFR245 SqnDied 10 August 1986
Desloges, Jean Paul JosephFlt LtCAN1 Sqn RCAFKIA 8 May 1944
De Spirlet, Francois Xavier EgenoffPlt OffBEL87 Sqn26 June 1942
Deuntzer, Derrick CanutSgtBR247 Sqn
Devitt, Peter KennethSqn LdrBR152 Sqn (CO)
Dewar, John ScatliffeWg CdrBR87 & 213 SqnsDSO DFCKIA 12 September 1940[13]
Dewar, John Michael FirthPlt OffBR229 SqnKIA 30 March 1941
Dewey, Robert BasilPlt OffBR611 & 603 SqnKIA 27 October 1940
Dewhurst, Kenneth ShortlandFg OffBR234 Sqn
Dexter, Peter GrenfellSqn LdrBR603 & 54 SqnsDFCKIA 14 July 1941[14][15]
Dibnah, Ronald HaroldPlt OffCAN1 & 242 Sqns
Dickie, William GordonPlt OffBR601 SqnMIA 11 August 1940
Dickinson, John HoltSgtBR253 SqnKIA 30 August 1940
Dieu, Giovanni E FPlt OffBEL236 Sqn
Difford, Ivor BenisonFg OffSA607 SqnKIA 7 October 1940
Digby-Worsley, Maxwell PaulSgtBR248 SqnMIA 19 August 1940
Ditzel, John WilliamSgtBR25 Sqn
Dixon, Christopher Alexander WilfredSgtBR601 Sqn
Dixon, Frederick John PowellSgtBR501 SqnKIA 11 July 1940 (Pilot)[16]
Dixon, GeorgeSgtBRFIUPOW 13 September 1940; Blenheim Z5721 crashed in Channel off Calais during night patrol (circumstances unknown); Flt Lt Ker-Ramsay, Dixon and W/O "Paddy" Byrne baled out and were captured;[17] Died 28 February 1972.
Dixon, John AntonyPlt OffBR1 Sqn
Dixon, LawrenceAC2BR600 Sqn
Dobree, Nicholas RobertFg OffBR264 Sqn
Dodd, John DodgsonPlt OffBR248 SqnMIA 13 December 1940; Chartered Accountant
Dodge, Charles WilliamSgtBR219 SqnDied 1982
Doe, Robert Francis ThomasPlt OffBR234 & 238 SqnsDSO, DFC*Died 21 February 2010.[18]
Dolezal, FrantisekPlt OffCZ19 SqnDSO, DFCKIFA 4 October 1945[19]
Domagala, Marian BoguslawSgtPOL238 Sqn
Don, Ralph StidstonPlt OffBR501 SqnDFCKIA 22 January 1945
Donahue, Arthur Gerald "Art"Plt OffAME64 SqnKIA 11 September 1942
Donald, Ian David GrahameFlt LtBR141 SqnDFC1917-1940 KIA 19 July 1940 when as pilot of Defiant L7009 he was shotdown by Bf 109s and crashed at Dover, the Air Gunner Plt Off A.C. Hamilton also killed.[20]
Donaldson, Edward Mortlock "Teddy"Sqn LdrBR151 SqnOfficial Ace; Died June 1992
Dossett, William StanleySgtBR29 Sqn
Doughty, Neville Anthony RichardPlt OffBR247 Sqn
Douglas, William AndersonPlt OffBR610 Sqn
Doulton, Michael DukePlt OffBR601 SqnMIA 31 August 1940
Douthwaite, BasilPlt OffBR72 Sqn
Doutrepont, Georges Louis JosephPlt OffBEL229 SqnKIA 15 September 1940[21]
Dowding, The Hon. Derek Hugh TremenheerePlt OffBR74 SqnDied 1992; son of Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
Down, John KnightSgtBR64 & 616 SqnsDied 2008
Down, Peter Derrick McLeodPlt OffBR56 SqnDied 2010?
Drake, BillyPlt OffBR213 Sqn & 421 FlightDied 28 August 2011
Drake, George JamesPlt OffSA607 SqnKIA 9 September 1940[22]
Draper, Bryan VincentSgtBR74 SqnOfficial Ace, KIA 28 February 1945
Draper, Gilbert Graham FairleyFg OffBR41 & 610 SqnsBorn 7 December 1921, Rutland. Commissioned October 1939; shot down & baled out near Lille, France, and captured, 7 August 1941; released 1945; died 1997.
Draper, R ASgtBR232 Sqn
Dredge, Allan SydneySgtBR253 SqnDSO DFCKIFA 18 May 1945
Drever, Nigel GeorgeFg OffBR610 SqnSurviving aircrew [23]
Drew, Peter EdwardSqn LdrBR236 SqnKIA 1 August 1940
Drobinski, Boleslaw HPlt OffPOL65 Sqn
Drummond, John FraserFg OffBR46 & 92 SqnsDFCOfficial Ace, KIA 10 October 1940
Duart, John HowardPlt OffBR219 Sqn
Dubber, Ronald EdwinPlt Off (FAA)BR808 SqnDied 10 September 1951
Duckenfield, Byron LeonardPlt OffBR501 SqnDied 19 November 2010 [24]
Duda, JosefPlt OffCZ312 SqnDied 7 December 1977
Duff, Stanley SutherlandPlt OffBR23 Sqn
Duke-Woolley, Raymond Myles Beecham DukeFlt LtBR253 & 23 Sqns
Dulwich, William HowardSgtBR235 SqnKIA 2 August 1941
Duncan, ?SgtBR29 SqnService details unknown
Dundas, Hugh Spencer LisleFg OffBR616 SqnCBE, DSO*, DFC1920-1995 (Knighted 1987); younger brother of John Dundas
Dundas, John CharlesPlt OffBR609 SqnDFC and barOfficial Ace, MIA 28 November 1940[notes 2]; older brother of Hugh Dundas
Dunmore, Jack TownleySgtBR222 SqnKIA 17 May 1941
Dunn, Ian LoveSgtBR235 Sqndied 2/3/2004 Canberra Australia
Dunning-White, Peter WilliamFg OffBR145 SqnDied 2008[26]
Dunscombe, Raymond DouglasSgtBR213 & 312 SqnsMIA 31 May 1941
Dunworth, Felix Patrick RaphaelFlt LtBR66 & 54 Sqns (CO)[27]
Dupee, Osald ArthurSgtBR219 Sqn
Durrant, Carroll RonaldSgtNZ23 SqnKIA 28 October 1942[28]
Duryasz, MarianFlt LtPOL213 Sqn
Duszynski, StanislawSgtPOL238 SqnKIA 11 September 1940
Dutton, G WSgtBR604 Sqn
Dutton, Roy GilbertSqn LdrBR145 SqnDFCOfficial Ace; Died 14 September 1988.
Du Vivier, Reginald Albert LloydPlt OffBEL229 SqnKIA 30 March 1941
Dvorak, AloisSgtCZ310 SqnKIA 24 September 1941
Dye, Bertram ErnestSgtBR219 SqnDFM*31 August 1943
Dyer, Henry David PatrickSgtNZ600 SqnKIA 16 July 1941
Dygryn, JosefSgtCZ1 SqnDFMKIA 4 June 1942
Dyke, Leslie ArthurSgtBR64 SqnMIA 27 September 1940[29]
Dymond, William LawrenceSgtBR111 SqnDFMOfficial Ace, MIA 2 September 1940

E

NameRankNationalitySqn during BattleAwardsNotes
Eade, Arthur WilliamSgtBR266 & 602 Sqns
Earp, Richard LlewellynSgtBR46 Sqn
Easton, David AlbertSgtBR248 Sqn
Eckford, Alan FrancisFlt LtBR23, 253 & 242 SqnsOfficial Ace
Edge, Alexander RothwellFg OffBR609 SqnDied 1985
Edge, Gerald RichmondFlt LtBR253 & 605 SqnsDFCOfficial Ace[30]
Edgley, AlwynSgtBR601 & 253 Sqns
Edmiston, Guy Arthur FownesPlt OffBR151 SqnDied 1989
Edmond, Norman DouglasPlt OffCAN615 SqnKIA 20 April 1941
Edmunds, Eric RalphPlt OffNZ245 SqnDied 2010?
Edridge, Hilary Patrick MichaelPlt OffBR222 SqnKIA 30 October 1940[31][32]
Edsall, Eric FrankPlt OffBR54 & 222 SqnsWIA 12 April 1942
Edwards, A JACBR604 Sqn
Edwards, FrederickACBR29 Sqn
Edwards, Harry DaviesPlt OffCAN92 SqnKIA 11 September 1940 [33]
Edwards, Harold HardingSgtBR248 Sqn
Edwards, Ivor HerbertPlt OffBR234 Sqn
Edwards, Kenneth CharlesPlt OffBR600 SqnAEDied 2010?
Edwards, Robert Lesley[34]Fg OffCAN1 Sqn RCAFKIA 26 August 1940[35]
Edwards, Robert Sydney JamesFlt LtIRE56 SqnDied 2 May 1974
Edwards, Malcolm FinneySgtBR247 SqnJoined 247 Sqn on 1 September 1940 until 30 November 1940 where he piloted Gloster Gladiators. He also flew Typhoons and Tempest with 3 F Squadron from October 1943 until his death. Edwards had 12.5 confirmed V-1 Flying Bombs to his name. KIA 29 December 1944 whist flying Hawker Tempest EJ803 of 3 F Squadron. He is buried in the Reichswald War Cemetery.
Edworthy, Gerald HenrySgtBR46 SqnKIA 3 September 1940
Edy, Allan LairdPlt OffCAN602 SqnDFCKIA 12 December 1941[36]
Eeles, HSqn LdrBR263 SqnIt is believed that Eeles declined the Battle of Britain Clasp because his Sqn did not serve operationally in Southern England during defined period.
Egan, Edward JamesSgtBR600 & 501 SqnsKIA 17 September 1940[37]
Eiby, William ThorpePlt OffNZ245 Sqn
Ekins, Victor HowardSgtBR111 & 501 Sqns
Elcome, Douglas WilliamSgtBR602 SqnMIA 26 October 1940
Eley, Fredrick William "Tiger Tim"SgtBR74 SqnKIA 31 July 1940 [38]
Elger, Frank Richard CharlesPlt OffBR248 Sqn
Eliot, Hugh WilliamPlt OffBR73 SqnDSO, DFCKIA 4 March 1945 (Italy)[39]
Elkington, John Francis Durham "Tim"Plt OffBR1 SqnSurviving aircrew (Born 1920)
Ellacombe, John Lawrence WemyssPlt OffBR151 SqnCB, DFC*Surviving aircrew; Retired at the rank of Air Cdre (Born 1920)
Ellery, Cyril CharlesPlt OffBR264 Sqn
Elliott, George JPlt OffCAN607 Sqn
Elliott, Robert DeaconPlt OffBR72 Sqn
Ellis, Gordon EricFg OffBR64 Sqn(Discharged 1 February 1941)
Ellis, JohnFlt LtBR610 SqnDFCOfficial Ace
Ellis, John Hugh Mortimer "Cockney Sparrow"SgtBR85 SqnKIA 1 September 1940[40]
Ellis, Ronald VernonFlt SgtBR73 Sqn
Ellis, Walter ThomasSgtBR92 Sqn
Elsdon, Harry Donald BuchananSgtBR236 SqnMIA 18 July 1940
Elsdon, Thomas Arthur FrancisFlt LtBR72 Sqn
Else, PeterSgtBR610 Sqn
Emeny, Clifford StanleySgtNZ264 SqnDied 2010?
Emmett, GeoffreySgtBR236 Sqn
Emmett, William Alexander CooteFlt LtBR25 SqnBorn 1916; Died 2007
English, Charles EdwardPlt OffBR85 & 605 SqnsKIA 7 October 1940
Ensor, Philip Stephen BaddesleyFg OffBR23 SqnDFCKIA 8 September 1941 [41]
Etherington, Wilfred JohnSgtBR17 Sqn
Evans, Cecil RoySgtBR235 SqnMIA 23 March 1941
Evans, DavidPlt OffBR607 & 615 SqnsKIFA 28 May 1943 (Testing aircraft)
Evans, George JohnSgtBR604 Sqn
Evans, Harold Arthur CharlesPlt OffBR236 SqnDied 2010?; Retired at the rank of Air Cdre
Evans, Walter ReginaldSgtBR85 & 249 Sqns
Everitt, Alfred DouglasSgtBR235 SqnDied 1953
Everitt, Geoffrey CharlesSgtBR29 SqnMM, KZKIA 6 August 1942[42]
Eyles, Peter RaoulSgtBR92 SqnMIA 20 September 1940
Eyre, Anthony "Tony"Fg Off BR615 SqnDFCOfficial Ace, Captured 8 March 1942, imprisoned Stalag Luft III 1942-1945. KIFA 16 February 1946 while serving as Commanding Officer (rank of Wg Cdr) of RAF Fairwood Common. Buried with full military honours at St Cenydd's Church, Llangennith in South West Wales[43]

F

NameRankNationalitySqn during BattleAwardsNotes
Fajtl, FrantišekFlt LtCZ17 & 1 SqnsDied 4 October 2006
Falkowski, Jan PawelFg OffPOL32 Sqn
Farley, Walter RonaldFlt LtBR156 & 46 SqnsDFCKIA 21 April 1942 (as Wg Cdr, CO of 138 Sqn)
Farmer, James Nigel WattsFlt LtBR302 Sqn
Farnes, EricPlt OffBR141 SqnDied 23 September 1985
Farnes, Paul Caswell PoweSgtBR501 SqnDFMOfficial Ace, Surviving aircrew (Born 1918)
Farquhar, Andrew DouglasWg CdrBR257 SqnDFCDied mid-1960s
Farrow, John RobinsonSgtBR229 SqnKIA 8 October 1940 (Pilot)
Fathing, JohnSgtBR235 Sqn
Fawcett, Derek PSgtBR29 SqnKIA 15 September 1941
Fayolle, Emile Francois Marie LeoncePlt Off (Adj)Free FR85 SqnDFC, CdeLKIA 14 August 1942 [44]
Fearns, FrancisSgtBR601 SqnService details unknown
Feary, Alan NormanSgtBR609 SqnOfficial Ace, KIA 7 October 1940 (Pilot)
Feather, John LeslieSgtBR235 SqnKIA 18 September 1940
Fechtner, EmilPlt OffCZ310 SqnDFCKIA 29 October 1940[45]
Fejfar, StanislavPlt OffCZ310 SqnKIA 17 May 1942[46]
Fenemore, Stanley AllenSgtBR245 & 501 SqnKIA 15 October 1940
Fenn, Cecil FrancisSgtBR248 SqnDied 27 December 1987
Fenton, Harold ArthurSqn LdrBR238 Sqn (CO)CBE, DSO, DFCRetired 1957
Fenton, John OllisPlt OffBR235 SqnKIA 28 May 1941
Fenton, Walter GordonSgtNZ604 Sqn
Fenwick, Charles RaymondPlt OffBR610 Sqn
Fenwick, Samuel GreenPlt OffBR601 SqnBuried with RAF honours in Devon 2007
Ferdinand, Roy FredrickPlt OffBR263 SqnKIA 12 June 1941
Ferguson, Eric HannahSgtBR141 SqnKIA 11 April 1943
Ferguson, Peter JohnSqn LdrBR602 Sqn
Feric, MiroslawPlt OffPOL303 SqnVM, DFC, KW (2x)KIFA Feb 1942
Ferriss, Henry MichaelFlt LtBR111 SqnDFCOfficial Ace, KIA 16 August 1940
Fildes, FrankACBR25 Sqn
FinchSgtBR615 SqnService details unknown
Finch, T R HFg OffBR151 SqnService details unknown
Finlay, Donald Osborne "Don"Sqn LdrBR41 & 54 SqnsDFC, AFC, MiDOfficial Ace; Died 19 April 1970
Finnie, ArchibaldPlt OffBR54 SqnKIA 25 July 1940
Finnis, John Frederick FortescueFlt LtSR1 & 229 Sqns
Finucane, Brendan Eamonn Fergus "Paddy"Wg CdrIRE65 SqnDSO, DFC**KIA 15 July 1942[47][48]
Fisher, Anthony George AnsonFg OffBR111 SqnDied July 1988
Fisher, Basil MarkFg OffBR111 SqnKIA 15 August 1940
Fisher, GeraldFg OffBR602 SqnDied 1973
Fiske, William Meade Lindsley "Billy"Plt OffAME601 SqnKIA 17 August 1940
Fitzgerald, Thomas BernardFg OffNZ141 SqnDFCBorn Timaru, New Zealand, 11 July 1917
Short Service Commission in RAF, Jun 1938; made war’s first single-engined operational flight when he dropped leaflets over Frankfurt and tested night defences, 19 September 1939; Personal Assistant to Gen Hoyt D. Vandenberg, USAAF, Feb 1945; relinquished commission as Flt Lt (Temp. Sqn Ldr) on appointment to RNZAF, Feb 1946; retired Dec 1947.
Died Christchurch, New Zealand, 12 August 2006
Fizel, Joseph FrancisAC1BR29 SqnDied 29 August 1976; Also spelt "Fizell"
Fleming, JohnFg OffNZ605 SqnMBE
Fleming, Robert David SpittallPlt OffBR249 SqnKIA 7 September 1940
Fletcher, Andrew WilliamSqn LdrCAN235 SqnDFC
Fletcher, John DenysSgtBR3 SqnKIA 8 February 1942
Fletcher, John Gordon BewleySgtBR604 SqnKIA 25 August 1940 Blenheim L6782' crashed near Witheridge, Exeter, cause unknown.[20]
Fletcher, Walter ThomasSgtNZ23 Sqn
Flinders, John L "Polly"Plt OffBR32 SqnDied 1988[49]
Flood, Fredrick WilliamFlt LtAUS235 SqnMIA 11 September 1940
Flower, Hubert LuizSgtBR248 SqnSurviving aircrew
Foglar, VaclavSgtCZ245 SqnKIFA Dec 1947
Foit, Emil AntoninPlt OffCZ85 SqnDFCDied 1976
Fokes, Ronald HenrySgtBR92 SqnDFMKIA 12 June 1944
Folliard, James HenryACBR604 SqnDied 1981
Fopp, DesmondSgtAUS17 SqnAFC
Forbes, Athol StanhopeFlt LtBR303 & 66 SqnsOfficial Ace; Died 1981
Ford, Ernest GeorgeSgtCAN3 & 232 SqnKIA 12 December 1942 (Canada)
Ford, Roy Clement "Henry"SgtBR41 SqnBorn Hastings, Sussex, 1915
Commissioned Nov 1940; released from RAF, Oct 1945; commissioned in RAFVR, Sep 1947; retired May 1952
Died December 2002 [50]
Forde, Derek NigelFg OffBR145 & 605 SqnsDFCDied 16 January 1979
Forrest, Dudley HenrySgtBR66 Sqn & 421 Flt
Forrester, George MathwinPlt OffBR605 SqnKIA 9 September 1940 (collided with He111)
Forshaw, Terence Henry TrimbleFlt LtBR19, 616 & 609 Sqns
Forster, Anthony DouglasFg OffBR151 & 607 SqnsDFC
Forsyth, Colin Leo MalcolmSgtNZ23 SqnDFC, DFMKIA 8 May 1944 [51]
Forward, Ronald VictorSgtBR257 Sqn
Foster, Robert WilliamPlt OffBR605 SqnDFCSurviving aircrew[52]
Fotheringham, Allan CookSgtBR3 SqnCaptured and made POW 15 February 1941 Died 1984
Fott, E APlt OffCZ310 SqnService details unknown
Fowler, Alfred LawrencePlt OffNZ248 SqnDFCKIFA 23 August 1941
Fowler, Reginald JohnSgtBR247 Sqn
Fox, LawrenceAC1BR29 Sqn
Fox, Peter HuttonSgtBR56 SqnCaptured and made POW 28 June 1941; Died[53][54]
Foxley-Norris, Christopher NeilFg OffBR3 SqnDSO, OBE, GCBRetired 1974 with the rank of AVM. Died 28 September 2003
Fox-Male, Dennis HumbertPlt OffBR152 SqnDied 1 April 1986
Francis, ASgtBR3 SqnService details unknown
Francis, Colin DunstonePlt OffBR253 SqnKIA 30 August 1940
Francis, Clarence William "Bill"SgtBR74 & 3 Sqns[55]
Francis, Douglas NormanSgtBR257 SqnDied 7 January 1961
Francis, JohnSgtBR23 Sqn
Francis, Noel Inglis ChalmersSgtBR247 SqnKIA 9 December 1941
Franklin, Walter Derrick KerrFg OffJAM74 SqnDied 25 October 2001[56]
Franklin, William HenryPlt OffBR65 SqnDFM*Official Ace, MIA 12 December 1940
Frantisek, JosefSgtCZ303 SqnCdeG, DFM*, VMKIA 8 October 1940[57]
Fraser, Robert Henry BraundSgtBR257 SqnKIA 22 October 1940
Freeborn, John ConnellFg OffBR74 SqnDFC*Official Ace, (1 December 1919 – 28 August 2010)[58][59]
Freeman, Richard PowellSgtBR29 Sqn
Freer, Peter FosterPOBR29 SqnKIA 11 May 1941
Freese, Laurence EricSgtBR611 & 74 SqnKIA 10 January 1941
French, Thomas LennoxSgtBR29 SqnKIA 14 December 1942
Frey, Juliusz A K WFlt LtPOL607 Sqn
Friend, Jack RichardSgtBR25 SqnKIA 7 December 1940
Friendship, Alfred Henry BasilPlt OffBR3 SqnDFM
Fripp, Joffre HarrySgtBR248 SqnDied 1973
Frisby, Edward MurrayFg OffBR504 SqnKIA 5 December 1941
Frith, Eric Thomas GSgtBR611 & 92 SqnsWIA 9 October 1940, Died 17 October 1940 [60]
Frizell, Charles GeorgePlt OffCAN257 Sqn
Frost, Jack LynchPlt OffBR600 Sqn
Fulford, DavidSgtBR64 & 19 SqnsDFCKIA 2 November 1942[14][61]
Fumerton, Robert Carl "Moose"Plt OffCAN32 SqnDFC*, AFC[62][63]
Furneaux, Rex HortonSgtBR3 & 73 Sqns
Furst, BohumirSgtCZ310 & 605 SqnsDied 2 January 1978

Notes on table

Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Ireland, Jamaica, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Poland, Rhodesia, South Africa and the United States.[64]

Abbreviations

Nationalities

AME American
AUS Australian
BEL Belgian
BR British
CAN Canadian
CZ Czechoslovakian
FR French
IRE Irish
NZ New Zealander
POL Poland
RHO Rhodesian
SA South African

Awards

AwardTitleNotes
AE Air Efficiency Award Awarded for ten years' efficient service in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force
AFC Air Force Cross Awarded for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying, though not in active operations against the enemy".
CBCompanion in The Order of the BathAwarded at the monarch's pleasure
CDeGCroix de guerreA military decoration of both France and Belgium, also commonly bestowed to foreign military forces allied to France and Belgium.
CdeLCroix de la LibérationA decoration of France awarded for very meritorious conduct with the Free French Forces during World War II.
CdeLd'H Croix de Légion d'honneurA decoration of France awarded for excellent civil or military conduct delivered, upon official investigation.
CdeLLCroix de L'Ordre de LeopoldAwarded to Belgian nationals or some distinguished foreign persons who made very important contributions to the Belgian state or society.
DFCDistinguished Flying CrossAwarded to Royal Air Force commissioned officers and Warrant Officers for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy".
DFC*Distinguished Flying Cross and BarA bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DFC who received a second award.
DFC**Distinguished Flying Cross and BarA second bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DFC and Bar who received a third award.
DFMDistinguished Flying MedalAwarded to military below commissioned rank, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy".
DSODistinguished Service OrderAwarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.
DSO*Distinguished Service Order and BarA bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DSO who received a second award.
DSO**Distinguished Service Order and Two BarsA second bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DSO and Bar who received a third award.
GCBKnight Grand Cross of The Order of the BathAwarded at the monarch's pleasure
KCVOKnight Commander of the Royal Victorian OrderAwarded for personal service to the sovereign
KStJKnight of the Order of Saint John
KZKrzyz Zaslugi, Polish "Cross of Merit"Awarded for exemplary public service or humanitarian work that goes above and beyond the call of duty.
MBEMember of the Order of the British EmpireAwarded at the monarch's pleasure
MCMilitary CrossAwarded for "an act or acts of exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy on land to all members, of any rank".
MMMilitary MedalAwarded for acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire
OBEOfficer of the Order of the British EmpireAwarded at the monarch's pleasure
OStJOfficer of the Order of Saint John
VCVictoria CrossHighest British military decoration, awarded for valour in the face of the enemy.
VMVirtuti MilitariHighest Polish military award for courage in the face of the enemy.

See also

Notes

Notes
  1. ↑ This was initially regarded as being from 8 August to 31 October 1940; however, the dates were later amended to also include those who lost their lives between 10 July and 7 August.
  2. ↑ Most likely shot down by Oberleutnant Rudolf Pflanz shortly after Dundas shot down Major Helmut Wick.[25]
Citations
  1. ↑ The MOD
  2. ↑ "The Battle of Britain Historical Society". Battleofbritain1940.net. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  3. 1 2 http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/roll.html Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Roll of Honour
  4. ↑ Ramsay 1989, p.253.
  5. ↑ The Royal Air Force Chapel, Westminster Abbey RAF media files. Retrieved on 15 April 2009.
  6. ↑ Ramsay 1989, p.254.
  7. ↑ Home page The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust. Retrieved on 15 April 2009.
  8. ↑ Battle of Britain London Monument – project history Retrieved on 15 April 2009.
  9. ↑ "Battle of Britain London Monument - Pilot's Stories - F/Lt. C R Davis". Bbm.org.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  10. ↑ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/
  11. ↑ "Battle of Britain London Monument - F/Lt. A C DEERE". Bbm.org.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  12. ↑ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/Denholm_G.htm
  13. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=62212720
  14. 1 2 "611 Squadron - Roll of Honour". 611squadronrauxaf.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  15. ↑ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/Dexter.htm
  16. ↑ Shot down by Oberleutenant Ludwig Franzisket of JG 27 flying a Bf 109, Dixon bailed out of his Hurricane, but was drowned.
  17. ↑ Ramsay 1989, p. 447.
  18. ↑ http://www.bbm.org.uk/news-2010.htm
  19. ↑ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/Dolezal_F.htm
  20. 1 2 Ramsey 1996, pp. 314-533
  21. ↑ "Battle of Britain London Monument - P/O G L J Doutrepont". Bbm.org.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  22. ↑ "Battle of Britain London Monument - P/O G J DRAKE". Bbm.org.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  23. ↑ http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/news/Life-cockpit-wartime-Spitfire-ace/article-2701570-detail/article.html
  24. ↑ http://disc.yourwebapps.com/discussion.cgi?disc=105008;article=29876;title=The%20Battle%20of%20Britain%20Historical%20Society%20Discussion%20Forum
  25. ↑ Ringlstetter 2005, pp.124–127.
  26. ↑ The Telegraph
  27. ↑ Felix Dunworth profile
  28. ↑ Carroll Durrant profile
  29. ↑ Leslie Dyke profile
  30. ↑
  31. ↑ http://thefew.info/H_P_M_Edridge.html
  32. ↑ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/Edridge_HPM.htm
  33. ↑ "Casualty Details". CWGC. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  34. ↑ His birth registration (Ontario, 1912) gives his name as Robert Lesley Edwards. The Certificate of Registration of Death spells his name Robert Leslie Edwards.
  35. ↑ "Battle of Britain London Monument - F/O R L EDWARDS". Bbm.org.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  36. ↑ "Casualty Details". CWGC. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  37. ↑ "Battle of Britain London Monument - Sgt. E J EGAN". Bbm.org.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  38. ↑ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/Eley.htm
  39. ↑ "Casualty Details". CWGC. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  40. ↑ "Battle of Britain London Monument - Sgt. J H M Ellis". Bbm.org.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  41. ↑ "Casualty Details". CWGC. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  42. ↑ "Casualty Details". CWGC. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  43. ↑ "Anthony Eyre DFC". Retrieved 2011-08-14.
  44. ↑ "Battle of Britain London Monument - ADJ EFM FAYOLLE". Bbm.org.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  45. ↑ "Battle of Britain London Monument - P/O E FECHTNER". Bbm.org.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  46. ↑ "Battle of Britain London Monument - P/O S Fejfar". Bbm.org.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  47. ↑ "Battle of Britain London Monument - Pilot's Stories-Finucane". Bbm.org.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  48. ↑ Correct name for Paddy Finucane as per CWGC website
  49. ↑ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/Flinders.htm
  50. ↑ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/Ford_RC.htm
  51. ↑ http://www.bbm.org.uk/Forsyth.htm
  52. ↑ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/foster.htm
  53. ↑ "Battle of Britain London Monument - Pilot's Stories - Sgt. P H FOX". Bbm.org.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  54. ↑ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/Fox_P.htm
  55. ↑ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/Francis.htm
  56. ↑ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/Franklin.htm
  57. ↑ "Battle of Britain London Monument - Sgt. J FRANTISEK". Bbm.org.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  58. ↑ Shapiro, T. Rees (20 September 2010). "RAF pilot John C. Freeborn dies at 90; shot down fellow British pilots in WWII". The Washington Post.
  59. ↑ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/Freeborn.htm
  60. ↑ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/Frith_E.htm
  61. ↑ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots2/Fulford_D.htm
  62. ↑
  63. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20090624034907/http://rcaf.com:80/archives/archives_general/aces/aces_ef.htm. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  64. ↑ Battle of Britain London Monument – participants Retrieved on 15 April 2009

Bibliography

  • Ramsay, Winston, ed. The Battle of Britain Then and Now Mk V. London: Battle of Britain Prints International Ltd, 1989. ISBN 0-900913-46-0.
  • Ringlstetter, Herbert (2005). Helmut Wick, An Illustrated Biography Of The Luftwaffe Ace And Commander Of Jagdgeschwader 2 During The Battle Of Britain. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0-7643-2217-6.
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