List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (O–R)

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]

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NameRankNationalitySqn during BattleAwardsNotes
Oaks, Trevor WalterSgtNZ235 Sqn
O'Brian, Peter Geoffrey St.GeorgeFlt LtCAN152 & 257 SqnsDFC*, ADC, OBEDied 15 April 2007[9]
O'Brien, Joseph SomertonSqn LdrBR92 & 234 SqnsKIA 7 September 1940
O'Byrne, PeterSgtBR73 & 501 SqnsDied 13 June 1998
O'Connell, AnthonyFg OffBR264 SqnDied 17 December 1976
O'Leary, Arthur AlexanderSgtBR604 SqnDFC, DFM Died 21 April 1987
O'Malley, Derek Keppel ColeridgeFg OffBR264 SqnKIA 4 September 1940 (Pilot)[10]
O'Meara, James JosephPlt OffBR64, 72 Sqns & 421 FltDSO, DFC*Died 1974
O'Neill, Desmond HughFg OffBR611 & 41 SqnsKIFA 11 October 1940: Mid-air collision with Sgt L R Carter; bailed out but parachute failed aged 25; son of Lt Col Edward M. M. & Ethel M. O'Neill of Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland; husband of Muriel O'Neill. Buried in Streatham Park Cemetery, Surrey, Square 7A, Grave 12104.
O'Neill, John AnthonyFlt LtBR601 & 238 SqnsDFCDied May 2008
Obelofse, Johannes Roelof StephanusPlt OffSA43 SqnKIA 8 August 1940
Odbert, Norman CyrilSqn LdrBR64 SqnOBE
Offenberg, Jean Henri Marie "Pyker"Plt OffBEL145 SqnKIA 22 January 1942
Ogilvie, Alfred Keith "Skeets"Plt OffCAN609 SqnDFCLater bailed out and taken POW 9 January 1941[9]
Oglivie, Donald BrucePlt OffBR601 SqnCaptured November 1943 and made POW
Ogilvy, Charles Alexander "Alastair"Flt LtBR610 SqnDFC(30 November 1915 – 1995) Last name to be added to the Battle of Britain London Monument [11]
Oldfield, Trevor GuestSgtBR64 & 92 SqnsKIA 27 September 1940[12] (Pilot)
Olesen, Wilfrid PallasenPlt OffBR607 SqnDied 6 July 1950
Olenski, ZbigniewFg OffPOL234 & 609 SqnsDied 20 June 1970
Olewinski, BoleslawSgtPOL111 SqnKIA 3 November 1940
Olive, Charles Gordon ChalonerFlt LtAUS65 SqnDFCDied 1987
Oliver, George DixonSgtBR23 SqnKIA 8 September 1941[13]
Olver, PeterPlt OffBR603 SqnsDFCShot down, captured and taken POW 11 June 1943; Surviving aircrew Died 14 February 2013
Ommanney, Rupert JohnSgtBR229 SqnKIA 12 February 1942
Orchard, Harold CharlesSgtBR65 SqnKIA 5 February 1941 (Pilot)
Orgias, EricPlt OffNZ23 SqnKIA 25 September 1940 aged 25 when as part of the crew of Blenheim L8369 it stalled and crashed on approach to landing near Stourbridge.[14]
Ortmans, Victor Marcel M "Vicky"Plt OffBEL229 SqnCaptured and made POW 21 October 1941, KIFA 8 August 1950
Orzechowski, JerzyPlt OffPOL607 SqnDied 1988.
Osmand, Alexander GordonPlt OffBR3 & 213 SqnsKIA 20 October 1943
Ostowicz, AntoniFg OffPOL145 SqnMIA 11 August 1940
Overton, Charles Nevil "Teeny"Fg OffBR43 SqnDFC
Owen, Arthur EdwardACBR600 SqnKIA 24 July 1941
Owen, HenrySgtBR219 Sqn
Owen, William GethinSgtBR235 SqnDFC
Oxspring, Robert Wardlow "Bobby"Flt LtBR66 SqnDFC**, AFCDied 8 August 1989

P

NameRankNationalitySqn during BattleAwardsNotes
Page, Anthony Durrant "Tony"SgtBR111 SqnKIA 8 November 1940 (Pilot)
Page, Alan GeoffreyPlt OffBR56 SqnOBE, DSO, DFC*Died 3 August 2000.
Page, Arthur JohnSgtBR257 SqnKIA 24 October 1941 (Pilot)
Page, Cyril LeslieFlt LtBR234 Sqn
Page, Vernon DouglasSgtBR610 & 601 SqnsDFC
Page, Wilfrid ThomasSgtBR1 SqnKIA 16 November 1943 (Malta)
Pain, John FrancisPlt OffBR32 SqnDied 12 September 1980
Paisey, Frederick GeorgeSgtBR235 SqnDFC
Palak, JSgtPOL303 & 302 Sqns
Palliser, George Charles Calder "Titch"SgtBR43 & 249 SqnsDFC, AEDied 25 Sep 2011
Palmer, Norman NelsonSgtBR248 SqnKIA 8 Feb 1942
Palusinski, Jerzy HipolitPlt OffPOL303 SqnDied 1984
Pankratz, WilhelmFlt LtPOL145 SqnMIA 12 August 1940
Pannell, Geoffrey Charles RussellSgtNZ3 SqnDFC, CdeGBorn Christchurch, New Zealand 22 August 1913. Commissioned August 1941; transferred to reserve January 1946; retired July 1962. Died Christchurch, 3 May 1980
Parke, Thomas Robert VernerSub Lt (FAA)BR804 NASKIA 7 July 1941
Parker, Denis KeithSgtBR66 Sqn
Parker, Kenneth BruceSgtBR64 & 92 SqnsKIA 15 October 1940 (Pilot)
Parker, Thomas CampbellPlt OffBR79 SqnOBE
Parker, VincentPlt OffBR234 SqnCrashed taken as POW 15 August 1940; KIFA 29 January 1946[15]
Parkes, William BertSgtBR501 Sqn
Parkin, Eric GordonPlt OffBR501 SqnDied 23 July 2008
Parkinson, CecilSgtBR238 SqnWIA 20 July 1940; Died 21 July 1940 (Pilot)
Parnall, Denis GeachFlt LtBR249 SqnKIA 18 September 1940 (Pilot)
Parnall, Stuart BoydPlt OffBR607 SqnKIA 9 September 1940 (Pilot)
Parr, Douglas JohnSgtBR29 SqnKIA 7 November 1941
Parr, Leslie AlfredSgtBR79 SqnDied 1986
Parrott, Dennis ThomasFg OffBR19 SqnKIA 22 June 1941 (Pilot)
Parrott, Peter LawrenceFg OffBR145 & 605 SqnsDFC, AFCRetired as a Wg Cdr in 1965
Parrott, Reginald JamesSgtBR32 SqnKIA 5 May 1941 (Pilot)
Parry, EmlynAC2BR23 SqnKIA 28 May 1943 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Parry, M ESgtBR604 Sqn
Parsons, Claude ArthurSgtBR66 & 610 SqnsKIA 20 August 1941
Parsons, Edwin ErnestSgtNZ23 SqnDied 4 October 1977,
Parsons, John GrahamSgtBR235 Sqn
Parsons, Philip TrevorFg OffBR504 SqnKIA 2 October 1942 (Pilot)
Pasziewicz, Ludwik WitoldFg OffPOL303 SqnDFCKIA 7 September 1940
Paszkiewicz, Konrad JozefFg OffPOL303 SqnDecorated with the Silver Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari (21 November 1941), the Cross of Valour (28 June 1941), and two subsequent occasions, and the Air Medal four times.Born 29 November 1920, Gorzkowice, Poland; discharged in 1948; died 29 May 2001 (aged 80) at Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, England.[16]
Paterek, EdwardSgtPOL302 & 303 SqnsMIA 28 March 1941[17]
Paterson, Brian "Blinkers"Sub Lt (FAA)BR804 NAS
Paterson, James AlfredFlt LtNZ92 SqnMBEKIA 27 September 1940 (Pilot); Posthumously awarded the MBE on 1 January 1941 for services in France during May 1940 (Battle of France).[18]
Patrick, Leon FredSgtBR222 Sqn
Patston, Arthur GeorgeSgtBR604 Sqn
Patten, Hubert Paul FrederickFg OffBR64 SqnDied 24 December 2002.[19]
Patterson, Leonard JohnSgtBR501 SqnKIA 28 November 1940
Patterson, Peter JohnMid (FAA)BR242 SqnKIA 20 August 1940
Patterson, Norris HenrySub Lt (FAA)BR804 NASKIA 22 December 1941 (HMS Audacity)
Patterson, Robert LawsonPlt OffBR242 SqnMIA 18 July 1940
Pattinson, Aberconway John SeftonFg OffBR616, 23 & 92 SqnsKIA 12 October 1940 (Pilot)
Pattison, John DavidFg OffCAN1 RCAF Sqn
Pattison, John GordonFg OffNZ266 SqnDSO, DFC, CdeLd'HDied 11 September 2009[20][21]
Pattison, Kenneth CliftonSgtBR611 SqnWIA 13 October 1940 (Pilot)
Pattullo, William BlairPlt OffBR151, 249 & 46 SqnsWIA 26 October 1940 (Pilot)
Paul, Frank DawsonSub Lt (FAA)BR64 SqnWIA 30 July 1940
Pavitt, Harold JohnSgtBR235 SqnDied 1972
Pavlu, OttoSgtCZ1 SqnKIA 28 April 1943
Payne, Alec DawsonSgtBR610 Sqn Died 16 December 2010.[22]
Payne, Roy AinleyPlt OffBR602 Sqn
Payne, Reginald IrvingAC2BR23 Sqn1909-1940 KIA 25 September 1940 when as radio operator/air gunner of Blenheim L8369 it stalled and crashed on approach to landing near Stourbridge.[14]
Peachment, Charles Barton GowerPlt OffBR236 SqnRetired as a Sqn Ldr in 1947; Died 1979
Peacock, Dennis CharlesSgtBR605 SqnKIA 15 September 1942
Peacock, Reginald JohnFg OffBR235 SqnDFCKIA 5 February 1943 (North Africa)
Peacock, William AlbertSgtBR46 SqnMIA 11 September 1940
Peacock-Edwards, Spencer RitchiePlt OffBR253 & 615 SqnsDFCDied 1983
Pearce, Leonard Harold BorlaseSgtBR32 & 615 SqnsKIA 9 April 1941
Pearce, Peter GriffinSgtBR600 SqnKIA 15 December 1941
Pearce, RoySgtBR29 Sqn
Pearce, William JohnSgtBR236 & 23 SqnsKIA 5 November 1941
Pearcy, Dennis JackSgtBR219 SqnKIA 15 November 1940 (Air Gunner)
Pearman, Stanley JamesPlt OffBR141 Sqn
Pearse, Leslie LewisSgtBR236 Sqn
Pearson, D ESgtBR236 Sqn
Pearson, Geoffrey WilberforceSgtBR501 SqnKIA 6 September 1940 (Pilot)
Pearson, PhilipSgtBR238 SqnKIA 29 May 1942 (Egypt)
Pease, Arthur PeterPlt OffBR74 Sqn & 603 SqnsKIA 15 September 1940 (Pilot)
Peebles, WilliamSgtBR235 SqnKIA 7 May 1941
Peel, Charles DavidFg OffBR603 SqnMIA 17 July 1940
Peel, John Ralph AlexanderSqn LdrBR145 Sqn (CO)DFC
Pegge, Constantine Oliver JosephPlt OffBR603 SqnDFC*Died 9 May 1950[23]
Pemberton, David AlwyneSqn LdrBR1 Sqn (CO)DFCKIA 3 November 1940
Penfold, Paul EricPlt OffBR29 Sqn
Penfold, William DavidSgtBR236 Sqn
Penford, Vernon William RexFlt SgtBR23 SqnDied 1976
Pennington, Denis ArthurPlt OffBR263 & 245 SqnsDFC
Pennington-Leigh, Alan WilliamFlt LtBR232 & 248 SqnsKIA 1 June 1943 (Singapore)
Pennycuick, BruceSgtBR236 Sqn
Percy, Hugh HaroldPlt OffBR264 SqnKIA 22 May 1944
Perkin, Frederick StanleySgtBR73 Sqn & 421 FltDied 1988
Perrin, Georges CamilleAdjutantFree FR615 & 249 SqnsDied 1981
Perry, Harry ThomasSgtBR23 SqnKIA 30 October 1940
Peters, George Charles BoyceFg OffBR79 SqnKIA 29 September 1940 (Pilot)
Peterson, Otto JohnPlt OffCAN1 Sqn RCAFKIA 27 September 1940[24](Pilot)
Pettet, Alexander HenryPlt OffBR248 SqnMIA 13 December 1940
Pettit, Henry WilliamSgtBR605 & 1 SqnsKIA 2 February 1941
Pexton, Richard DunningFg OffBR615 SqnDFC, AFC
Pfeiffer, Jan PiotrPlt OffPOL257 & 32 SqnsMIA 20 December 1943
Philipart, Jacques Arthur LaurentPlt OffBEL213 SqnKIA 25 August 1940 when he was shot down in Hurricane V7226, Philipart baled out into the sea and was killed.[14]
Phillip, JamesSgtBR25 SqnKIA 17 May 1942
Phillips, AustinACBR604 Sqn
Phillips, Ernest RussellPlt OffBR25 SqnKIA 14 February 1941 (Pilot)
Phillips, Norman TaylorFlt SgtBR65 SqnKIA 8 August 1940 (Pilot)
Phillips, Randall Frederick PrenterSgtBR602 SqnDied 28 March 1998
Phillipson, John RossSgtBR604 SqnDFCKIA 5 January 1943 (Wireless Operator/Observer)
Philo, Robert FergusonPlt OffBR151 Sqn
Piatkowski, StanislawPlt OffPOL79 SqnKIA 25 October 1940
Pickering, JamesSgtBR64 SqnAFC
Pickering, John HarcourtPlt OffBR66 SqnKIA 15 March 1942 (Pilot)
Pickering, Tony GarforthSgtBR32 & 501 SqnsMID,AEDied 04 April 2016 | Aged 70 years of age | True, genuine and a modest hero to Britain (Pilot)
Pickford, James ThomasSgtBR604 Sqn
Pidd, LeslieSgtBR238 SqnKIA 15 September 1940 (Pilot)
Pigg, Oswald St JohnFg OffBR72 SqnKIA 1 September 1940 (Pilot)
Pilch, Edward RomanPlt OffPOL302 SqnKIA 20 February 1941
Pilkington, AlfredSgtBR23 Sqn
Pilkington-Miksa, W JPlt OffPOL303 Sqn
Pinckney, David John ColinFg OffBR603 SqnKIA 23 January 1942
Pinfold, Herbert Moreton [25]SgtBR56 Sqn[26] (1913 – 19 October 2009)
Pinfold, Herbert MoretonFlt LtBR56 Sqn (CO)Died 19 October 2009
Pinkham, Philip CampbellSqn LdrBR19 SqnAFCKIA 5 September 1940 (Pilot)
Pípa, JosefSgtCZ [27]43 SqnCdeG, MC***Died 2 January 1977.[28]
Piper, Arthur HowardSgtBR236 SqnDFC
Pippard, Harold AlfredPlt OffBR29 Sqn
Pippet, John GilbertFg OffBR64 SqnKIA 23 February 1941[29]
Pisarek, MarianFg OffPOL303 SqnMIA 29 April 1942
Pitcher, Paul BrookeFg OffCAN401 SqnMiD
Pittman, Geoffrey EdwardPlt OffBR17 Sqn
Pizak, StanislavSgtCZ310 & 19 SqnsMIA 7 August 1941 (surname also spelt as Plzak)[30]
Plant, Ronald EricSgtBR603KIA 21 November 1940 (Pilot)
Pledger, Geoffrey Frank ColmanPlt OffBR141 SqnKIA 4 April 1941 (Air Gunner)
Plenderleith, RobertSgtBR73 SqnDFC
Plummer, Richard PryerFg OffBR46 SqnWIA 4 September 1940; died 14 September 1940
Pocock, Maurice HenrySgtBR72 Sqn
Pollard, John KennethSgtBR232 SqnKIA 12 December 1941
Pollard, Phillip Selwyn CoveyFg OffBR611 SqnKIA 22 June 1941
Pond, Arthur Herbert DorrienFlt SgtBR601 SqnAFC
Ponting, William AlanPlt OffBR264 SqnKIA 24 August 1940
Pool, Peter DesmondPlt OffBR266 & 72 SqnsMIA 19 August 1942
Poole, Eric Leonard RonaldSgtBR604 Sqn
Poplawski, JerzyPlt OffPOL111 & 229 Sqns
Porter, Edward FrancisSgtBR [31]141 SqnKIA 2 July 1941 (Pilot)
Porter, John AnthonySgtBR615, 19 & 242 Sqns
Porter, Owen WellsSgtBR111 SqnKIA 31 July 1944 (France)
Posener, Frederick HyamPlt OffSA152 SqnMIA 20 July 1940
Potter, John AlfredSgtBR19 SqnWounded and taken POW 15 September 1940; died 1977
Poulton, Harry Robert GodfreyPlt OffBR64 SqndfcCaptured and taken POW January 1944
Pound, Reginald Robert CharlesSgtBR25 Sqn(Wireless Operator)
Powell, EdwinSgtBR25 SqnKIA 21 November 1940
Powell, Robin Peter ReginaldFlt LtBR111 SqnDied 28 January 1970
Powell, Ronald JamesPlt OffBR248 SqnKIA 2 July 1941
Powell, Sydney William MartinSgtBR141 SqnDied 1979
Powell-Shedden, George FfolliottFlt LtBR242 SqnDSO*DFCDied November 1994 [32][33]
Power, Richard MauriceFlt LtAUS236 Sqn
Prchal, Eduard MSgtCZ310 SqnDied 4 December 1964[34]
Preater, Stanley GeorgeSgtBR235 Sqn → died 2 December 2008.
Prevot, Leon O JPlt OffBEL235 Sqn
Priak, KPlt OffBEL32 & 257 SqnsKIA - details unknown
Price, Arthur OwenPlt OffBR236 SqnDied 1982
Price, JamesSgtBR29 SqnDFMDied 16 March 1988
Price, Norman Albert JosephSgtBR236 Sqn
Price, Robert BucktonSgtBR245, 222 & 73 SqnsKIA 15 November 1941[35]
Priestley, John SinclairFg OffNZ235 SqnKIA 30 August 1940
Prihoda, JosefSgtCZ1 SqnMIA 6 March 1943
Pritchard, Charles ArthurFlt LtBR600 SqnDFC
Proctor, JackSgtBR602 SqnKIA 18 April 1941 (Pilot)
Proctor, John ErnestPlt OffNZ32 SqnDFC
Prosser, Percy RolloSgtBR235 SqnKIA 16 December 1940
Proudman, Douglas HarrySgtBR248 SqnWIA 27 April 1941 (Wirless Operator/Air Gunner)
Prowse, Harry Arthur RobinPlt OffBR256 & 603 Sqns(1921-2010)
Ptacek, RudolfSgtCZ43 SqnKIA 28 March 1942
Pùda, RajmundSgtCZ310 & 605 SqnsDied 17 March 2002[36]
Pudney, Geoffrey BruceSub Lt (FAA)BR64 SqnKIA 26 August 1941
Pugh, John StuartSgtBR25 SqnDFC
Pugh, Thomas PatrickFlt LtBR263 Sqn (CO)DFCKIA 2 August 1943
Pushman, George RupertPlt OffCAN23 SqnDFCDied 2001
Putt, Alan RobertFlt LtBR501 SqnDied 1977
Puxley, William George VernonSgtBR236 Sqn
Pye, John WalterSgtBR25 Sqn
Pyman, Lawrence LeePlt OffBR65 SqnMIA 16 August 1940 (Pilot)
Pyne, Colin CampbellSgtNZ219 SqnDied 19 February 1975.

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NameRankNationalitySqn during BattleAwardsNotes
Quelch, Basil HerbertSgtBR235 SqnDFC(1919—1994)
Quill, Jeffrey KindersleyFg OffBR65 SqnAFC[3][37] Development and production test pilot for Spitfire. Only flew in combat for 19 days to gain experience. Died 20 February 1996
Quinn, JamesSgtBR236 SqnDFC[3]

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NameRankNationalitySqn during BattleAwardsNotes
Rabagliati, Alexander Coultate "Sandy"Flt LtBR43 SqnDFC and BarKIA 6 July 1943[38][39][40][41]
Rabone, John Henry MichaelFg OffBR604 Sqn
Rabone, Paul WattlingPlt OffBR[42]145 SqnKIA 24 July 1944 (Belgium)
Radomski, JerzyPlt OffPOL303 SqnDied 1978.
Radwanski, GustawPlt OffPOL151, 56 & 607 Sqns
Rafter, William Pearce HoughtonPlt OffBR603 SqnKIA 29 November 1940
Raine, WoodrowSgtBR610 SqnKIA 21 August 1941 (France)(Pilot)
Rains, Douglas NormanSgtBR248 SqnKIA 12 August 1942 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Ralls, Leslie FrancisSgtBR605 Sqn(1916–1976)
Ramsay, John BasilPlt OffBR151 SqnKIA 18 August 1940
Ramsay, John StrachanSgtBR235 SqnKIA 27 April 1941
Ramsay, Norman Hugh DonaldSgtBR610 Sqn & 222 SqnsDFC
Ramshaw, John WilliamSgtBR222 SqnKIA 4 September 1940 (Pilot)
Rasmussen, Laurie Andrew WoodneySgtNZ264 SqnKIA 4 September 1940[43]
Ravenhill, MalcolmPlt OffBR229 SqnKIA 30 September 1940 (Pilot)
Rawlence, Anthony JamesPlt OffBR600 Sqn
Rawnsley, Cecil FrederickSgtBR604 SqnDSO, DFC, DFM
Ray, R WSgtBR56 SqnDied 1985
Raymond, PFg OffBR609 Sqn
Rayner, Roderick Malachi SeaburnePlt OffBR87 SqnDFCDied 1982
Read, William Albert AlexanderFg OffBR603 SqnAFC
Ream, Charles AlfredSgtBR235 SqnDied 1947
Reardon-Parker, JohnSub Lt (FAA)BR804 NASKIA 7 June 1944
Rechka, JosefSgtCZ310 SqnDied 1984[44]
Reddingon, Leslie Arthur EdwinSgtBR152 SqnMIA 30 September 1940
Redfern, Eric ArthurSgtBR232 SqnKIA 17 August 1941
Redman, JohnPlt OffBR257, 245 & 43 SqnsKIA 20 April 1943
Reece, Lawrence Hugh MurraySgtBR235 SqnMIA 18 July 1940
Reed, HoraceSgtBR600 Sqn
Rees, Brian VictorPlt OffBR610 SqnDied 1979
Reid, RobertPlt OffBR46 SqnMIA 23 March 1945
Reilley, Hugh WilliamPlt OffCAN/AME64 & 66 SqnsKIA 17 October 1940[3][45][46]
Reilly, Charles ChristopherSgtNZ23 SqnKIA 28 October 1942[47]
Renvoize, James VerdunSgtBR247 Sqn[3]
Reynell, Richard CarewFlt LtAUS [48]43 SqnKIA 7 September 1940 [3][49]
Reyno, Edwin MichaelFlt LtCAN1 Sqn RCAFAFC, CD[3] Died 10 February 1982.
Rhodes, Richard ArthurPlt OffBR29 SqnMIA 25 August 1940[3] when Blenheim L1330 was probably shot down in combat off Wainfleet and crashed into the sea, of the other two crew members one missing and one killed.[14]
Rhodes-Moorhouse, William HenryFlt LtBR601 SqnDFC[3] KIA 6 September 1940
Ricalton, Alan LesliePlt OffBR74 SqnKIA 17 October 1940[3][50]
Rich, Peter GodfreySgtBR25 Sqn
Richards, Duncan HamiltonSub Lt (FAA)BR111 SqnDied 2 September 1955.
Richards, William CharlesSgtBR235 SqnMIA 11 August 1941
Richardson, Cecil JamesSgt BR29 SqnMIA 31 July 1940 aged 29 following a collision between Blenheims L6722 and L1408 over the Bristol Channel.[14]
Richardson, EricSgtBR242 SqnDFC
Richardson, George FrederickSqn LdrBR54 SqnDied 2007
Richardson, Roland WharrierSgtBR610 SqnAFCDied 18 November 1988.
Richardson, Ronald WilliamSgtBR610 SqnDied December 1970.
Richardson, William ArthurSqn LdrBR141 Sqn (CO)Died 1970.
Ricketts, Herbert WainSgtBR235 SqnKIA 31 March 1945
Ricketts, Victor AnthonyPlt OffBR248 SqnDFCKIA 12 July 1942
Flew De Havilland Comet racer Grosvenor House from England to New Zealand and back in 1938.
Ricks, Leo Patrick Vincent JohnSgtCAN235 SqnDied 8 January 1985.
Riddell-Hannam, John DerrickSgtBR236 Sqn
Riddle, Christopher John Henry "Jack"Fg OffBR601 Sqn Died 8 August 2009.[51]
Riddle, Hugh JosephFg OffBR601 SqnDied 16 April 2009.
Ridley, MarmadukeSgtBR616 SqnKIA 26 August 1940 (Pilot)[3]
Rigby, Robert HaroldPlt OffBR236 SqnKIA 18 July 1940[3] (Pilot)
Riley, FrederickPlt OffBR236 SqnKIA 7 December 1942 (Pilot)
Riley, WilliamFlt LtBR302 SqnDFCKIA 16 July 1942 (North Africa)
Rimmer, Reginald FrankFlt LtBR229 SqnKIA 27 September 1940 (Pilot)
Ringwood, Eric AlfredSgtBR248 SqnMIA 27 August 1940
Ripley, William GeorgeSgtBR604 SqnDFMKIA 16 November 1943 (Belgium) (Navigator/Wireless Operator)
Rippon, Anthony JohnPlt OffBR601 SqnDFCKIA 25 August 1944 (Pilot)
Riseley, Arthur HarrySgtBR600 SqnDSO
Ritcher, Geoffrey LouisPlt OffBR234 SqnDied 1999[52]
Ritchie, Ian SmailPlt OffBR603 Sqn
Ritchie, John MillarPlt OffBR141 Sqn
Ritchie, James RitchiePlt OffBR111 Sqn
Ritchie, Robert DouglasSgtBR605 SqnKIA 9 August 1940 (Pilot)
Ritchie, Thomas Glyn FinlaysonPlt OffBR602 SqnKIA 21 July 1941 (Pilot)
Roach, Robert James BainPlt OffBR266 Sqn
Robb, Robert Andrew LindsayPlt OffBR236 Sqn
Robbins, Robert HorleySgtBR54 & 66 Sqns[53]
Roberts, Arthur John AlanSgtBR29 SqnDFC
Roberts, David FrancisSgtBR25 SqnKIA 3 April 1941 (Wireless Operator)
Roberts, David NealWg CdrBR609 & 328 SqnsAFC
Roberts, Elwyn CooperSgtBR23 Sqn
Roberts, George WilliamMid (FAA)BR808 NAS
Roberts, RalphPlt OffBR615 & 64 SqnsDied 1994
Robertson, Basil LionelSgtBR54 SqnKIA 12 February 1942[54]
Robertson, Frederick NealSgtBR66 SqnDFMKIA 31 August 1943 (Pilot)
Robinson, Andrew IanFlt LtBR222 SqnDied 1958
Robinson, Denis NormanSgtBR152 SqnSurviving aircrew
Robinson, GeraldPlt OffBR264 Sqn
Robinson, JamesSgtBR111 SqnAFCKIFA 2 July 1956
Robinson, James Clifton EdmestonPlt OffBR1 SqnKIA 21 May 1941
Robinson, MarcusSqn LdrBR616 SqnAFC
Robinson, Maurice Wilbraham SandfordSqn LdrBR73 SqnCBEDied 1977
Robinson, Michael ListerFlt LtBR610, 619, 238 & 66 SqnsDSO, DFCMIA 10 April 1942
Robinson, Peter BeverleyFlt LtBR601 Sqn
Robinson, Peter TrevorSgtBR257 SqnDied 3 October 1975
Robinson, Peter Ethelbert MerrickSgtBR56 SqnKIA 17 June 1941 (Pilot)
Robshaw, Frederick AspinallPlt OffBR229 Sqn
Robson, Norman Charles HaroldPlt OffBR72 Sqn Died 18 January 1954
Roden, Henry Adrian CharlesSgtBR19 SqnWIA 15 November 1940; died 16 November 1940 (Pilot)
Rofe, Bernard JohnPlt OffBR25 SqnKIA 12 January 1942
Rogers, Bruce ArthurPlt OffBR242 SqnKIA 17 June 1941 (France)
Rogers, Everett BryanPlt OffBR501 & 615 SqnsDFCDied 1960
Rogers, George WadeSgtBR234 SqnKIA 16 January 1941
Rogowski, Jan AleksanderSgtPOL303 & 74 SqnKIA 28 May 1943
Rohacek, Rudolf BohumilPlt OffCZ238 & 601 SqnsKIA 27 April 1942
Rolls, William Thomas EdwardSgtBR72 SqnDFC,DFM, AE[55]Died July 1988
Roman, Charles LouisPlt OffBEL236 SqnDFCDied 1951
Romanis, Andrew LunnSgtBR25 SqnKIA 16 November 1940 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Rook, Anthony HartwellFlt LtBR504 SqnDFC, AFCDied 1976
Rook, MichaelPlt OffBR504 SqnKIFA 13 March 1948
Roscoe, Geoffrey LawrenceFg OffBR87 SqnKIA 24 February 1942 (Pilot)
Rose, Edward Brian MortimerPlt OffBR234 SqnDFC*Pilot KIA 1943 (correct surname is Mortimer-Rose but appears in records as Rose)
Rose, JackFg OffBR32 & 3 SqnsCMG, MBE, DFCDied 10 October 2009.[56]
Rose, James StanleySgtBR23 SqnKIA 4 March 1941 (Pilot)
Rose, Stuart NigelPlt OffBR602 SqnMID,AE[57]
Rose-Price, Arthur ThomasPlt OffBR501 SqnKIA 2 September 1940
Rosier, Fredrick ErnestSqn LdrBR229 SqnGCB, CBE, DSODied 10 September 1998
Ross, Alexander RichardPlt OffBR25 & 610 SqnKIA 15 April 1941 (Pilot)
Ross, Jack KennethPlt OffBR17 SqnDFCKIA 6 January 1942.
Rothwell, John HedleyPlt OffBR601, 605 & 32 SqnsKIA 22 February 1941 (Pilot)
Round, James HenrySgtBR248 SqnKIA 19 August 1940
Rourke, JohnSgtBR248 SqnDied 1966
Rouse, Geoffrey WalterSgtBR236 Sqn
Rowden, John HamptonPlt OffBR64 & 616 SqnsKIA 9 April 1941 (Pilot)
Rowell, Peter ArchibaldSgtBR249 SqnAFC
Rowley, Richard Michael BernardPlt OffBR145 Sqn
Royce, Michael Elliot AppelbeeFg OffBR504 Sqn
Royce, William BarringtonFg OffBR504 SqnDFCDied 1979.
Rozwadwski, MieczyslawPlt OffPOL151 SqnMIA 15 August 1940
Rozycki, WlasyslawPlt OffPOL238 Sqn
Ruddock, Wilfred ShepherdSgtBR23 SqnDied 6 November 1980.
Rudland, Clifford PercivalSgtBR263 SqnDFC
Rushmer, Frederick WilliamFlt LtBR603 SqnKIA 5 September 1940 (Pilot)[58]
Russel, Blair Dalzell "Dal"Fg OffCAN1 Sqn RCAFDFC*, DSO, CdeGDied 20 November 2007 [59]

[60][61][62]

Russell, Anthony GeraldSgtBR43 SqnSurviving aircrew
Russell, Godfrey FredrickLt (FAA)BR804 NAS; HMS MerlinKIA 13 December 1940
Russell, Graham HerbertPlt OffBR236 SqnDFC
Russell, John TrevorPlt OffBR141 Sqn
Russell, Leslie PlimmerSgtNZ264 SqnKIA 19 May 1942 (Air Gunner)
Russell, Humphrey a'BeckettFlt LtBR32 SqnDFC
Rust, C ASgtBR85 & 249 Sqns
Ruston, PaulFlt LtBR604 SqnDied 11 January 1954.
Rutter, Robert DurhamPlt OffBR73 Sqn
Ryall, BrowneCplBR29 SqnMIA 7 May 1941
Ryalls, Derek LangPlt OffBRFIUKIA 26 December 1944 (Belgium) (Pilot)
Ryder, Edgar NormanFlt LtBR41 SqnDFC*, MiDBorn Risalpur, India, 28 November 1914
Commissioned October 1936; shot down and taken POW, 31 October 1941 (while CO of Kenley Wg; retired October 1960, retaining Gp Capt; died October 1995 (aged 80)
Rypl, FrantisekPlt OffCZ310 Sqn

Notes on table

Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Ireland, Jamaica, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Poland, Rhodesia, South Africa and the United States.[63]

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

References

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  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/roll.html Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Roll of Honour
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  5. ↑ The Royal Air Force Chapel, Westminster Abbey RAF media files. Retrieved on 15 April 2009.
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  17. ↑ Edward Paterek profile
  18. ↑ James Alfred Paterson profile
  19. ↑ Hubert Patten profile
  20. ↑ John Pattison obituary in The Telegraph
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  22. ↑ Alec Dawson Payne profile
  23. ↑ Constantine Pegge profile
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  30. ↑ Stanislav Pizak profile
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  40. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 35329. p. 6314. 28 October 1941.
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  42. ↑ Paul Wattling Rabone was born in England later emigrated to New Zealand and listed as a New Zealander by the CWGC when he died
  43. ↑ Laurie Rasmussen profile
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  52. ↑ Geoffrey Ritcher profile
  53. ↑ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/Robbins.htm
  54. ↑ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/Robertson.htm
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  63. ↑ Battle of Britain London Monument – participants Retrieved on 15 April 2009

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.

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