List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (S–U)

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
Sadler, Herbert SamuelFlt SgtBR611 SqnKIA 5 February 1941
Sadler, Norman AlfredPlt OffBR235 SqnMIA 16 December 1940
St Aubyn, Edward FitzroyFlt LtBR616 SqnKIA 27 May 1943 (Surname also spelt St Aubin)
St James-Smith, Ronald GodfreySgtBR600 SqnKIA 13 April 1941
St John, Peter Cape BeauchampFg OffBR74 SqnKIA 22 October 1940[9]
Salmon, Harold Nigel EgertonFg OffBR1 & 229 SqnsMIA 6 December 1943
Salmond, William Noel ComptonPlt OffBR64 SqnDied 26 September 1985
Salway, ErnestSgtBR141 SqnKIA 20 June 1942[10] (Air Gunner)
Samolinski, Wlodzimierz Michal C "Sammy"Plt OffPOL253 SqnMIA 26 September 1940[11]
Sample, JohnSqn LdrBR504 Sqn (CO)DFCKOAS 28 October 1941
Sampson, ArthurSgtBR23 Sqn
Sanders, Donald JosephFlt LtBR54 SqnKIA 7 September 1940
Sanders, James GilbertFlt LtBR615 SqnDied August 2002
Sanders, Philip JamesSqn LdrBR92 Sqn (CO)DFCDied 1989
Sandifer, Alfred KempSgtBR604 Sqn
Sargent, Robert Edward ButlerSgtBR219 SqnAFC
Sarre, Alfred RichardSgtBR603 SqnDied 1980[12]
Sasak, WilhelmSgtPOL32 SqnKIA 30 November 1940
Satchell, William Arthur JohnSqn LdrBR302 Sqn (CO)DSODied March 1986
Saunders, Albert Fredrick CharlesPlt OffBR92 SqnKIA 7 September 1940
Saunders, Cecil HenryPlt OffBR92 Sqn
Saunders, Gerald Alfred WellesleyFlt LtBR65 SqnDFC
Savage, Thomas WoodSgtBR64 SqnKIA 10 July 1943
Savill, Joseph ErnestSgtBR242, 151 & 501 Sqns
Saward, Cyril JosephSgtBR615 & 501 SqnsDied 1988
Sawicz, TadeuszFg OffPOL303 SqnDFC, KWDied 19 October 2011 in Toronto, Canada, as last living Polish pilot participating in Battle of Britain. In 2006 promoted by President of Poland to rank of Brigade General.
Sawyer, Henry CecilSqn LdrBR65 SqnKIA 2 August 1940
Sayers, James Edgar "Jimmy"Flt SgtBR41 SqnBorn 10 April 1910; Re-mustered to engine fitter October 1940; discharged from RAF as Warrant Officer January 1953
Schadtler-Law, KennithPlt OffBR605 SqnDied 1986; After war changed name to Law
Schollar, Edward CranstonPlt OffBR248 Sqn
Schumer, Francis HerbertPlt OffBR600 SqnKIA 12 July 1941 (Pilot)
Schwind, Lionel HaroldFlt LtBR257, 43 & 213 SqnsKIA 27 September 1940 (Pilot)
Sclander, Kirkpatrick MaclurePlt OffCAN242 SqnKIA 9 September 1940 (Pilot)
Scott, Alfred EnochSgtBR73 Sqn & 422 FltMIA 19 August 1942
Scott, Alec Maxtone WrightPlt OffBR3 & 607 SqnsKIA 2 January 1941 (Pilot)
Scott, Douglas ReginaldFlt LtBR605 SqnAFCKIA 8 November 1941 (Pilot)[13]
Scott, Donald StuartPlt OffBR73 SqnDFC
Scott, ErnestSgtBR222 SqnKIA 27 September 1940 (AIR ACE 5/3/0 KILLS)
Scott, George WardropSgtBR64 & 19 SqnsAFCDied 1986
Scott, John AlanSgtBR246 SqnKIA 27 October 1940
Scott, Ronald HamiltonFg OffBR604 Sqn
Scott, William JackSgtNZ246 Sqn
Scott, William John Moir "Jack" & "Scotty"Fg OffBR41 SqnBorn Dundee, Scotland 14 June 1915; KIA 8 September 1940 off Dover aged 25. He was the son of William Moir Scott and Katherine Ellen Scott, of South Kensington, London, and is buried in Dundee Western Cemetery, Angus, Scotland, Section 19, Grave 25C[14]
Scott-Malden, David Francis StephenFg OffBR611 & 603 SqnsDSO, DFC*, NWC[15]
Scrase, George Edward ThomasFg OffBR600 SqnKIA 28 September 1941
Seabourne, Eric WilliamSgtBR238 SqnDFC
Sears, Lionel ArgentPlt OffBR145 SqnMIA 8 August 1940
Secretan, DennisPlt OffBR54 & 72 SqnsDFC[16]
Seda, KarelSgtCZ310 SqnDied 15 June 1992
Seddon, John WilfredPlt OffBR601 SqnKIA 31 March 1941 (Pilot)
Seghers, Eugene Georges AachillesPlt OffBEL46 & 32 SqnsKIA 26 July 1944
Sellers, Raymond FrederickSgtBR111 & 46 SqnsAFCDied 16 May 2010[17]
Selway, John BarryFg OffBR604 SqnDFC
Senior, BenjaminSgtBR600 Sqn
Senior, John NormanSgtBR23 SqnKIA 21 March 1941 (Pilot)
Seredyn, AntoniSgtPOL32 Sqn
Service, ArthurSgtBR29 SqnKIA 15 October 1941 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sewell, Donald AlecSgtBR17 SqnMIA 19 March 1944
Shanahan, Martin MichaelPlt OffBR1 SqnMIA 16 August 1940
Shand, Michael MorayPlt OffNZ54 SqnDied 22 December 2007[18][19][20] Took part in the The Great Escape[21][22]
Sharman, Herbert RonaldPlt OffBR248 Sqn
Sharp, Bruce RobertsonSgtBR235 SqnMIA 11 September 1940
Sharp, Leslie MarkPlt OffBR111 SqnKIA 28 December 1940 (Pilot)
Sharp, Ronald JamesSgtBR236 Sqn
Sharpley, HughSgtBR234 SqnKIA 16 November 1940
Sharratt, William GordonSgtBR248 SqnMIA 2 July 1941
Shaw, Frederick JamesPO (FAA)BR804 NASMIA 2 August 1942
Shaw, Ian GarstinFg OffBR264 SqnMIA 24 August 1940[23]
Shaw, Robert HenryPlt OffBR1 SqnMIA 3 September 1940
Shead, Harold Frederick WilliamSgtBR257 & 32 SqnsDied 1981
Sheard, HoraceSgtBR236 SqnMIA 21 March 1941
Sheen, Desmond Frederick BurtFg OffAUS72 SqnDFC*Died November 2001[24]
Shepherd, Frederick Ernest RichardSgtBR611 SqnKIA 11 September 1940 (Pilot)
Shepherd, Franics WilliamSgtBR264 SqnKIA 27 July 1944 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Shepherd, John Bean "Shep"SgtBR234 SqnDFC**Born Edinburgh 20 July 1919; Commissioned August 1941; CO, 8 April 1945 – 22 January 1946; KIA 22 January 1946 at Wunsdorf, aged 26; son of William & Rosetta Shepherd of Edinburgh; buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Germany, Grave 5A, G9
Shepley, Douglas ClaytonPlt OffBR152 SqnMIA 12 August 1940
Shepperd, George EdwardSgtBR219 SqnKIA 30 September 1940 (Air Gunner)
Sheppherd, Edmund EricSgtBR152 SqnKIA 18 October 1940 (Pilot)
Sheridan, SSgtBR236 Sqn
Sherrington, Thomas Baldwin AloysiusPlt OffBR92 SqnDied 1 March 2008[25]
Shipman, Edward Andrew "Shippy"Plt OffBR41 SqnAFCBorn Stathern, Melton Mowbray 9 December 1909; Commissioned April 1940; retired December 1959 retaining Wg Cdr; died August 1998
Shirley, Sidney Harry JamesSgtBR604 SqnKIA 24 July 1941 (Air Gunner)
Shorrocks, Norman BasilPlt OffBR235 SqnMIA 11 September 1940
Sibley, Frederick AlbertSgtBR238 SqnMIA 1 October 1940
Sika, JaroslavSgtCZ43 Sqn
Silk, Frank HarrySgtBR111 SqnDFCDied 25 August 1970
Silver, William GeraldSgtBR152 SqnKIA 25 September 1940 (Pilot)
Silvester, George FrederickSgtBR229 SqnDFC
Sim, Roderick ForbesSgtBR111 SqnKIA 6 November 1941 (Pilot)
Simmonds, Vernon ChurchillPlt OffBR238 SqnDied 23 February 2003[26]
Simpson, Geoffrey MervynPlt OffNZ229 SqnMIA 26 October 1940
Simpson, John William CharlesFlt LtBR43 SqnDFC
Simpson, Leslie WilliamPlt Off141 & 264 Sqns
Simpson, Peter JamesPlt Off111 & 64 SqnsDied 1987
Sims, Ivor ReginaldSgtBR248 SqnKIA 13 January 1945
Sims, James AyscoughPlt OffBR2 & 232 SqnsDied 1977
Sinclair, Gordon LeonardFg OffBR310 SqnDFCDied 26 June 2005
Sinclair, JohnPlt OffBR219 SqnDied 5 September 2001
Sing, John Eric James "Jackie"Flt LtBR213 Sqn
Siudak, AntoniSgtPOL303 SqnKIA 6 October 1940
Sizer, Wilfred Max "Bill"Plt OffBR213 SqnDied 22 December 2007
Skalski, StanisławPlt OffPOL302 & 501 SqnsDied 12 November 2004
Skillen, Victor HallSgtBR29 SqnKIA 11 March 1941
Skinner, Charles David EvelynFg OffBR604 Sqn
Skinner, Wilfred MalcomSgtBR74 SqnDFMDied 26 June 2003[27]
Skinner, Stanley HewittFlt LtBR604 SqnMIA 19 August 1942
Skowron, HenrykSgtPOL303 SqnKIA 18 June 1941
Slade, John WilliamSgtBR64 SqnDFCKIA 19 September 1945 (Greece)
Slatter, Dudley MalinsPlt OffBR141 SqnKIA 19 July 1940
Sleigh, James WallaceLt (FAA)BR804 NAS
Slouf, VaclavSgtCZ312 SqnDied 13 April 1976
Sly, Oswald KennethSgtBR29 SqnMIA 13 October 1940
Smallman, JamesSgtBR23 Sqn
Smart, ThomasPlt OffBR65 SqnDFC*KIA 12 April 1943
Smith, AlexanderSgtBR600 SqnMIA 22 August 1941
Smith, Arthur DumbbellSgtBR66 SqnKIA 6 September 1940 (Pilot)
Smith, Arthur JosephPlt OffBR74 Sqn[28]
Smith, Andrew ThomasSqn LdrBR610 SqnKIA 25 July 1940 (Pilot)
Smith, Arthur WilliamPlt OffBR141 SqnKIA 28 March 1941
Smith, Christopher Dermont SalmondFlt LtBR25 SqnDFCMIA 22 December 1941
Smith, Denis Norman EvelynPlt OffBR74 SqnKIA 11 August 1940 (Pilot)[29]
Smith, Donald SydneyFg OffBR616 SqnKIA 28 September 1940 (Pilot)[30]
Smith, Edward Brian BrethertonFlt LtBR610 SqnDFCSurviving aircrew
Smith, Eric ClaudSgtBR600 Sqn
Smith, Eric LeighPlt OffBR604 SqnDied 5 November 1978
Smith, Edward StanleyFg OffBR600 SqnSFC
Smith, FrankSgtBR604 SqnMIA 5 September 1942
Smith, Francis AlanSub Lt (FAA)BR145 SqnMIA 8 August 1940
Smith, Forgrave Marshall "Hiram"Fg OffCAN72 SqnDFC[31][32]
Smith, Godfrey ErnestSgtBR254 SqnDied 1980
Smith, Irving StanleyPlt OffNZ151 SqnDFC*, OBE, CBEDied 1999[33][34]
Smith, James DuncanPlt OffCAN229 SqnKIA 14 April 1941 (Pilot)
Smith, Kenneth BartonSgtBR247 SqnMIA 8 August 1940
Smith, LeonardSgtBR219 SqnDied 2010
Smith, Leslie ErnestSgtBR234 & 602 Sqn
Smith, Norman Henry JacksonPlt OffBR235 SqnDFCSurviving aircrew After war changed name to Jackson-Smith
Smith, Percy RonaldSgtBR236 SqnMIA 24 November 1940
Smith, Phillip RichardPlt OffBR25 SqnMIA 4 April 1943
Smith, Reginald CyrilSgtBR236 SqnMIA 19 July 1941
Smith, Roddick LeeFlt LtBR151 Sqn
Smith, Robert RutherfordFg OffCAN229 SqnDFCDied in 1960s[31]
Smith, William AlexanderFlt LtBR229 Sqn
Smith, William BruceSgtCAN602 SqnDied 17 June 1975
Smith, Wynford Ormonde LeoniFlt LtBR263 SqnKIA 29 December 1940 (Pilot)
Smither, RossFg OffCAN1 Sqn RCAFKIA 15 September 1940[35] (Pilot)
Smithers, Julian Langley "Jakes"Plt OffBR601 SqnKIA 11 August 1940 (Pilot)
Smithson, RichardSgtBR249 SqnKIA 22 July 1941 (Pilot)
Smyth, Ronald HenrySgtBR25, 111 & 249 SqnsAFCSurviving aircrew (born 1922)
Smythe, GeorgeSgtBR56 SqnMBE, DFM
Smythe, Derek Myles AltamontFg OffBR264 Sqn
Smythe, Rupert FrederickPlt OffBR32 Sqn
Snell, Vivian RobertPlt OffBR151 & 501 Sqns
Snowdon, Ernest GeorgeSgtBR213 SqnDied 20 November 1947
Soars, Harold JohnSgtBR74 SqnDied 1975[36]
Sobey, Philip AlfredSgtBR235 SqnKIA 9 November 1940
Soden, John FlewellingPlt OffBR266 & 603 SqnKIA 12 September 1942[37]
Solak, Jerzy Jakub "George"Plt OffPOL151 & 249 SqnKW**, VMBorn Przecław, Kraków, Poland, 22 August 1910; Commissioned March 1941; shot down southwest of Caen, France, 10 August 1944 captured but escaped; emigrated to USA 1946; died 5 March 2002
Solomon, Neville DavidPlt OffBR29 & 17 SqnKIA 18 August 1940
Sones, Lawrence CharlesSgtBR605 Sqn
Southall, GeorgeSgtBR23 SqnKIA 22 December 1940 (Air Gunner)
Southorn, George AlbertSgtBR235 Sqn
Southwell, John SydneySgtBR245 SqnKIA 22 March 1941
Spears, Arthur William PeterSgtBR222 Sqn & 421 Flt[38]
Speke, HughFlt LtBR604 SqnDFCKIA 26 July 1941
Spence, Douglas JamesPlt OffNZ245 SqnKIA 30 April 1941
Spencer, Desmond Gerard HeathSqn LdrBR266 SqnMBE
Spencer, Gordon HamiltonSgtBR504 Sqn
Spiers, Aubrey HSgtBR236 SqnDied 1988
Spires, John HenrySgtBR235 SqnDFC, DFM
Sprague, HenryPlt OffCAN3 SqnSurviving aircrew
Sprague, Mervyn HerbertSgtBR602 SqnKIA 11 September 1940
Sprenger, William PatersonFg OffCAN1 Sqn RCAFKIA 26 November 1940
Spurdle, Robert LawrencePlt OffNZ74 SqnDFC*Died 5 March 1994[39]
Spyer, Richard AlfredSgtBR607 SqnKIA 22 March 1941
Squier, John William CopousSgtBR64 SqnQCVSADied 30 January 2006[40]
Stanger, Noel MizpahSgtNZ235 SqnKIA 14 February 1941
Stanley, Donald ArthurPlt OffBR64 SqnKIA 25 February 1941
Stanley, Douglas OwenSgtNZ151 SqnWIA 26 October 1940; DOW 27 October 1940[41]
Stansfield, Noel KarlPlt OffCAN242 & 229 SqnsDFC*, Czech Medal for Bravery[31]
Staples, LSgtBR85, 242 & 151 Sqns
Staples, Michael EdmundPlt OffBR609 SqnKIA 9 November 1941
Staples, Robert Charles JohnSgtBR72 SqnDied 1986
Stapleton, Basil Gerald "Stapme"Plt OffSA603 SqnDFCDied 13 April 2010[17][42]
Starr, Harold MorleySqn LdrBR245 & 253 SqnsKIA 31 August 1940
Stavert, Charles MichaelPlt OffBR1 & 504 Sqns
Steadman, Dennis JamesSgtBR54 & 245 Sqns
Steborowski, Michal JanFg OffPOL238 SqnMIA 11 August 1940
Steele, Rodney MurreySgtBR235 Sqn
Steer(e), HarrySgtBR19 SqnDFMKIA 9 June 1944
Steere, JackFSgtBR72 SqnDFC
Stefan, JSgtCZ1 Sqn
Stegman, SPlt OffPOL229 SqnKIA 17 June 1943
Stehlik, JosefSgtCZ312 SqnDied 30 May 1991
Stein, DavidPlt OffBR263 SqnKIA 30 October 1941
Stenhouse, SSgtBR43 Sqn
Stephen, Harbourne MackayPlt OffBR74 SqnDFC
Stephens, CyrilSgtBR23 SqnKIA 8 August 1940
Stephens, Maurice MichaelFg OffBR232 Sqn (CO)DFC**, DSODied 23 September 2004
Stephenson, Ian RaittFg OffBR264 SqnKIA 26 November 1943[43]
Stephenson, Patrick Joseph ThomasPlt OffBR607 SqnDFCDied May 2003
Stephenson, Stanley PhilipFg OffBR85 Sqn
Sterbacek, JaroslavPlt OffCZ310 SqnMIA 31 August 1940[44]
Stevens, Eldred JohnPlt OffBR141 Sqn
Stevens, GeoffreySgtBR213 & 151 SqnsSurviving aircrew
Stevens, Leonard WalterPlt OffBR17 SqnKIA 21 May 1941
Stevens, Robert EdwardSgtBR29 SqnMIA 11 October 1940
Stevens, Richard PlayneSgtBR151 SqnDSO, DFC*KIA 15 December 1941
Stevens, William RonaldSgtBR23 SqnDFMSurviving aircrew
Stevenson, Peter Charles FaskenPlt OffBR74 SqnDFCKIA 13 February 1943
Steward, George ArthurSgtBR17 SqnDFMKIA 23 October 1941
Stewart, CharlesPlt OffNZ54 & 222 SqnsKIA 15 March 1941
Stewart, Charles Noel DouglasSgtBR604 SqnKIA 31 May 1942
Stewart, Donald George AlexanderFg OffBR615 SqnKIA 15 February 1941
Stewart, H GSgtBR236 SqnSurviving aircrew
Stewart-Clarke(e), DudleyPlt OffBR603 SqnKIA 9 September 1941
Stickney, Philip Ambrose MeynellFlt LtBR235 Sqn
Stillwell, Ronald LeslieSgtBR65 SqnDFM
Stock, EricAC2BR604 Sqn
Stocks, Norman JamesSgtBR248 SqnMIA 20 October 1940
Stockwell, W E JPO (FAA)BR804 NAS
Stoddart, Kenneth MaxwellFlt LtBR611 SqnKCVO, KStJ, AEDied 26 December 2008[45]
Stokes, Richard WilliamSgtBR254 SqnKIA 29 May 1942
Stokoe, JackPlt OffBR603 Sqn[46]
Stokoe, SydneySgtBR29 SqnKilled Flying Accident 19 December 1940
Stone, Cedric Arthur CuthbertFlt LtBR263 & 245 SqnsDFC
Stones, Donald William AlfredPlt OffBR79 SqnDFC
Stoney, George Edward BowesFlt LtBR501 SqnKIA 18 August 1940[47]
Stoodley, Donald RaymondSgtBR43 SqnKIA 24 October 1940
Storie, J MPlt OffBR615 & 607 Sqns
Storrar, James Eric "Jas"Plt OffBR145 & 73 Sqns & 603 FltDFC
Storrie, Alexander JamesPlt OffBR264 SqnKIA 20 November 1940
Straight, Whitney WillardPlt OffAME601 SqnCBE, MC, DFCDied 5 April 1979
Strang, John TalbotFg OffNZ253 SqnDied 17 July 1979
Streatfield, Victor Charles FrederickSqn LdrBR248 SqnOBELater dismissed from the RAF by sentence of General Court Martial, 9 June 1950.
Stretch, Reginald RobertSgtBR235 Sqn
Strickland, Claude DobreePlt OffBR615 SqnKIA 27 October 1941
Strickland, James MurrayFlt LtBR213 SqnKIA 14 August 1941
Strihavka, JaromirFSgtCZ85 & 310 SqnsAfter war changed name to Scott
Stroud, George AlfredSgtBR504, 32 & 249 Sqns
Stuart, MichaelACBR23 Sqn
Stubbs, Dennis Raymond WPlt OffBR601 SqnDSO, OBE, DFCDied February 1973[48]
Stuckey, Sidney GeorgeSgtBR213 SqnMIA 12 August 1940
Studd, John A PPlt OffBR66 SqnKIA 19 August 1940
Sulman, John EdwardPlt OffBR607 SqnKIA 23 November 1941[49]
Summers, Richard Gordon BattensbySgtBR219 SqnOBE, OStJ, AFMSurviving aircrew (Born 1921)
Sumner, FrankSgtBR23 SqnKIA 30 November 1941[50]
Sumpter, Claude Harry SidneyACBR604 Sqn
Surma, FranciszekPlt OffPOL151, 607 & 257 SqnsKIA 8 November 1941
Sutcliffe, William AlfredSgtBR610 SqnKIA 17 December 1940
Sutherland, Ian WelshPlt OffBR19 SqnKIA 4 August 1940
Sutton, Fraser BartonFg OffBR56 SqnDFCDied 16 March 1988
Sutton, Frederick CharlesPlt OffBR264 SqnDied 1981
Sutton, Harold RobertSgtBR235 Sqn
Sutton, James Ronald GabertSgtBR611 SqnKIA 23 July 1941
Sutton, Kenwyn RolandFg OffNZ264 SqnDFC
Sutton, NormanPlt OffBR611 & 72 SqnsKIA 8 October 1940
Swanwick, George WilliamSgtBR54 SqnAEBorn New York (USA) 10 November 1915; joined RAF as Air Gunner, March 1934; Accepted for pilot training October 1938; commissioned October 1941; retired April 1970, retaining rank of Wg Cdr. Died, aged 95, in 2011.
Swanwick, N T CSgtBR141 Sqn
Switon, LeonSgtPOL54 & 303 Sqns
Sword-Daniels, Albert ThomasPlt OffBR25 Sqn
Sydney, CharlesFSgtBR19, 266 & 92 SqnsKIA 27 September 1940
Sykes, Duncan BroadfordSgtBR145 Sqn
Sykes, John Humphrey CharlesworthSub Lt (FAA)BR64 SqnSurviving aircrew
Sylvester, Edmund John HilaryPlt OffBR501 SqnDFCMIA 20 July 1940
Symonds, John EdwardSgtBR236 Sqn
Szafranciec, WilhelmSgtPOL151, 607 & 56 SqnsKIA 23 November 1940
Szaposznikow, EugeniuszSgtPOL303 SqnAfter war changed surname to Sharman
Szczesny, HenrykPlt OffPOL74 SqnLater in 317 Polish Fighter Squadron. Died 25 July 1996 in London.
Szlagowski, JozefSgtPOL234 & 152 SqnsDied 4 December 1993
Szulkowski, WladyslawPlt OffPOL65 SqnKIA 27 March 1941[51]

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NameRankNationalitySqn during BattleDecorationsNotes
Tabor, George WilliamSgtBR65 & 152 SqnsKIA 23 July 1941 (over France)
Tait, Kenneth WilliamFg OffBR87 SqnDFCMIA 6 July 1941
Talman, James MacGillPlt OffBR213
145		DFCMIA 10 July 1944
Tamblyn, Hugh NormanFlt LtCAN141
242		DFCKIA 3 April 1941[31]
Tanner, John HenryFlt SgtBR610 SqnKIA 11 August 1940 (Pilot)
Tatnell, Reginald FrederickSgtBR235 SqnKIA 18 May 1941 (Pilot)
Taylor, Dennis EdwardPO (FAA)BR808 NASDied 7 October 1978
Taylor, Donald MurrayFg OffBR64 SqnDFCDied 1977
Taylor, Edgar FrancisACBR29 & 600 SqnKIA 22 October 1943 (Air Gunner)
Taylor, Graham NevilleSgtBR236 SqnAFC
Taylor, George StringerSgtNZ3 SqnKIA 9 February 1943
Taylor, KennethSgtBR29 SqnDFC
Taylor, ReginaldPlt OffBR235 SqnDied 10 June 1950
Taylor, Ronald Henry WilliamSgtBR604 SqnKIA 26 November 1940 (Air Gunner)
Taylor, NormanSgtBR601 SqnAce; KIFA 28 April 1948
Taylour, Edward Winchester TollemacheLt (FAA)BR808 NASDSCKIA 13 September 1942[52]
Tearle, Francis JosephSgtBR600 SqnDFC
Temlett, Cyril BernardPlt OffBR3 SqnDFCKIA 3 July 1942[53]
Terry, Patrick Hugh Richard RuncimanSgtBR72 & 603 Sqn
Tew, Philip HarryFlt SgtBR54 SqnAFCDied 1984
Thacker, David JohnPlt OffBR32 Sqn
Theasby, Alec JohnAC1BR25 SqnKIA 16 November 1940 (Radio Operator)
Theilmann, John GrahamFlt SgtBR234 Sqn died April 1985
Thomas, Alexander HendrySgtBR79
87		DFC, FRICS Surviving aircrew
Thomas, Charles Raymond DelauneyFg OffBR236 SqnKIA 18 July 1940 (Pilot)
Thomas, Gordon SinclairSgtBR604 Sqn
Thomas, Eric HughFg OffBR222
266 		DFCDied 1972
Thomas, Frederick MyttonFlt LtBR152 Sqn
Thomas, Richard CeredigPlt OffBR235 SqnKIA 9 October 1940 (Observer)
Thomas, Robert TudorSgtBR247 SqnKIA 21 November 1940
Thomas, Samuel RichardPlt OffBR264 SqnDFC, AFCCaptured as PoW.
Thompson, Anthony Robert FletcherFg OffBR85
249		DFCDied 9 March 2008[25]
Thompson, Frank NoblePlt OffBR248 Sqn
Thompson, Joseph BeckettSgtBR25 SqnKIA 31 July 1940 (Pilot) following a collision between Blenheims L6722 and L1408 over the Bristol Channel.[54]
Thompson, John MarlowSqn LdrBR111 Sqn (CO)DFC, DSO, AFC, CBE[55] Later Air Commodore; died 1994
Thompson, John RauthmellSgtBR236 SqnMIA 10 March 1941
Thompson, Peter DouglasPlt OffBR32 & 605 SqnsDFCSurviving aircrew
Thompson, William WatsonSgtBR234 SqnDied 1986
Thomson, James AndersonFlt LtBR302 Sqn
Thomson, Ronald AlexanderFg OffBR72 Sqn
Thomson, Thomas RussellPlt OffBR607
213		OBEDied 31 March 2008[25]
Thorn, Edward RolandSgtBR264 SqnDFC*DFM*Thorne (pilot) and air gunner F J Barker, were the most successful Boulton Paul Defiant crew of the war with more than 13 kills.[56] KIFA 12 February 1946
Thorogood, Laurence ArthurSgtBR87 Sqn
Thorpe, PeterSgtBR145 Sqn
Tidman, Alfred RobertsPlt OffBR64 SqnKIA 17 September 1941 (Pilot)
Till, JohnSgtBR248 SqnKIA 12 June 1941
Tillard, Rupert ClaudeLt (FAA)BR808 NASDSCKIA 8 May 1941[57]
Tillett, JamesPlt OffBR238 SqnKIA 6 November 1940
Titley, Edward GeorgePlt OffBR609 SqnKIA 17 July 1943[58]
Tobin, Eugene Quimby "Red"Plt OffAME609 SqnKIA 7 September 1941[59]
Tomlinson, Paul AnthonyPlt OffBR29 Sqn
Tongue, Reginald EllisPlt OffBR3
504
Toogood, Leonard VivianSgtBR43 SqnKIA 27 October 1940 (Pilot)
Toombs, Frank AlbertPlt OffBR264 SqnKIA 15 November 1940 (Pilot)[60]
Toombs, John RichardSgtBR236 & 264 Sqn
Topham, John K GrovesPlt OffBR219 SqnDSO DFCAce; Died 1987
Topolnicki, JuliuszFg OffPOL601 SqnKIA 21 September 1940
Touch, Donald FrankSgtBR235 SqnAFC
Tower-Perkins, WilliamPlt OffBR238 Sqn
Townsend, Peter WooldridgeSqn LdrBR85 Sqn (CO)DFC*, DSODied June 1995[61]
Townshend, Thomas WilliamSgtBR600 SqnSurviving aircrew
Tracey, Owen VincentPlt OffNZ79 SqnDFCKIA 8 December 1941 (Pilot)[62]
Trevana, Charles WarrenFg OffCAN1 RCAF Sqn
Trousdale, Richard MacklePlt OffNZ266 SqnKIFA 16 May 1947
Trueman, Alec Albert GrayFg OffCAN253 SqnKIA 4 September 1940[notes 2]
Truhlar, JanSgtCZ312 SqnDied 25 October 1973
Trumble, Anthony John "Tony"Flt LtBR264 SqnTaken POW in Greece, April 1941. Died 2004.[63]
Truran, Anthony John JamiesonPlt OffBR615 SqnKIA 5 November 1940
Tuck, Robert StanfordFlt LtBR92 Sqn & 257 Sqn (CO)DSO, DFC**, AFCDied 5 May 1987[64]
Tucker, Aidan BoysFg OffBR151 SqnDied 1987
Tucker, Bernard EricPlt OffBR266 & 66 Sqn
Tucker, Frank DaySgtBR236 Sqn
Tucker, Ronald YeomanSgtBR235 SqnMIA 18 July 1940 when his Blenheim N3541 failed to return from a sortie.[54]
Turley-George, Douglas RichardPlt OffBR54 SqnDFC
Turnbull, Robert NesbitSgtBR25 SqnDFCDied 18 September 1980
Turner, Donald EricFlt LtBR238 SqnMIA 8 August 1940 when his Hurricane P3823 was shot down in combat south of the Isle of Wight.[54]
Turner, GuyFlt SgtBR32 SqnDied 5 December 1982
Turner, Robert CharlesSgtBR264 SqnAce, KIA 28 August 1940 (Defiant Air Gunner)
Turner, Percival Stanley "Stan"Fg OffCAN242 SqnDSO, DFC*[31] Died 23 July 1985
Tweed, Leslie JohnSgtBR111 Sqn(17 October 1920 – 1985)
Tweed, Thomas ReginaldSgtBR56 SqnKIA 15 September 1940 when his Hurricane P3660 crashed during a practice dog fight.[54]
Twitchett, Francis JohnSgtBR229 & 43 Sqn died 1998
Tyrer, EdwardSgtBR46 Sqn
Tyson, Frank HastingsSqn LdrBR213 & 3 SqnDied 30 December 1979

U

NameRankNationalitySqn during BattleAwardsNotes
Unett, John WindsorSgtBR235 SqnKIA 27 December 1940 (Germany) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)[65]
Unwin, George Cecil "Grumpy"Flt SgtBR19 SqnDSO, DFM*[66] Retired as Wg Cdr in 1961; Died 29 June 2006 (died aged 93)
Upton, Hamilton Charles "Deryk"Plt OffBR43 & 607 SqnsDFCDied 1965 in Truro Nova Scotia - one son, Robin Charles Deryk Upton. Deryk transferred over to RCAF post Battle of Britain. In a training capacity - taught among others Buzz Berling. new Book titled I Would Have Gone On and On[67]
Urbanowicz, WitoldFg OffPOL145 & 303 SqnsVM, DFC, KW (4x), Air Medal (US), Flying Cross ? (China)In 1943 pilot of US 75th Squadron (Flying Tigers) in China. In 1995 promoted to the rank of General by President Walesa. Died 17 August 1996 in New York.
Urie, John DunlopSqn LdrBR602 Sqn[68][69]
Urwin-Mann, John Ronald "Jack"Plt OffCAN238 SqnDSO, DFC*[67] (died 1999)
Usmar, FrankSgtBR41 SqnMiDBorn West Malling, Kent 16 September 1915; Shot down and seriously WIA (leg and face) 27 September 1940 and did not return to flying duties until June 1941; Commissioned December 1941; Retired September 1964 retaining rank of Sqn Ldr; Died 1998.

Notes on table

Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Ireland, Jamaica, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Poland, Rhodesia, South Africa and the United States.[70]

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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  5. ↑ The Royal Air Force Chapel, Westminster Abbey RAF media files. Retrieved on 15 April 2009.
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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. ↑ Listed as British by CWGC

Bibliography

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