List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (V–Z)

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]

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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.

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]

V

Name Rank Nationality Sqn during Battle Awards Notes
Van-Den Hove d'Ertsenrijck, Albert Emmanuel Alix Dieudonne Jean Ghislain Plt Off BEL 501 & 43 Sqns KIA 11 September 1940
Van-Lierde, Willi E Plt Off BEL 87 Sqn
Van Mentz, Brian Fg Off SA 222 Sqn DFC KIA 26 April 1941 [9][10]
Van-Wayen Berghe, Arthur Albert Leopold Plt Off BEL 236 Sqn KIA 10 March 1941
Varley, George Wallace Plt Off BR 247 & 79 Sqns Died 11 February 1982
Vašátko, Alois Plt Off CZ 312 Sqn DFC KIA 23 June 1942
Velebrnovski, Antonin Plt Off CZ 1 Sqn KIA 16 July 1941
Venesoen, François Auguste "Sus" Sgt BEL 235 Sqn DFC KIA 6 June 1944 [11]
Verity, Victor Bosanquet Strachan Plt Off NZ 229 Sqn DFC Died 2 February 1979
Vesely, Vlastimil Plt Off CZ 312 Sqn
Vick, James Anderson Sqn Ldr BR 607 Sqn (CO)
Vigors, Timothy Ashmead Plt Off BR 222 Sqn DFC Died 14 November 2003 [12][13]
Viles, Leslie William Sgt BR 236 Sqn
Villa, John Wolferstan "Pancho" Flt Lt BR 72 & 92 Sqns DFC Died 1983
Vincent, Stanley Flamank Gp Capt BR 257 & 229 Sqns CB, DFC, AFC, DL Retired as AVM in 1950; died 13 March 1976.
Vindis, Frantisek Sgt CZ 310 Sqn
Vinyard, Frederick Fenton Sgt BR 64 Sqn MIA 6 October 1940
Voase-Jeff, Robert Flt Lt BR 87 Sqn DFC*, CdeG KIA 11 August 1940
Vokes, Arthur Frank Plt Off BR 19 Sqn KIA 5 September 1941 (Pilot)
Vopalecky, Josef Warrant Officer CZ 310 Sqn
Vrana, Adolf Fg Off CZ 312 Sqn
Vybiral, Tomas Plt Off CZ 312 Sqn DFC, DSO Died 21 February 1981 [14]
Vykoukal, Karel Jan Plt Off CZ 111 & 73 Sqns Born Chotebor, Czechoslovakia 20 December 1916; KIA 21 May 1942 [15]

W

Name Rank Nationality Sqn during Battle Awards Notes
Waddingham, John Plt Off BR 141 Sqn DFC KIA 27 September 1942 (Malta)
Wade, Trevor Sidney "Wimpey" Plt Off BR 92 Sqn DFC, AFC Later a test pilot for Hawker. KIFA 1951 when the Hawker P.1081 prototype crashed.
Wadham, John Victor Sgt BR 145 Sqn KIA 12 October 1940 aged 21 as a Pilot of Hurricane V7426 which was shot down by Bf 109s over Hastings and crashed near Cranbrook.[16]
Waghorn, Peter Harry Sgt BR 249 & 111 Sqns KIA 11 April 1941 (Malta)
Wagner, Alan Derek Sgt BR 151 Sqn KIA 17 July 1944 (Pilot)
Wainwright, Alec George Plt Off BR 151 Sqn KIA 21 January 1941
Wainwright, Michael Terry Plt Off BR 64 Sqn AFC Surviving aircrew (born 1919)
Waite, Edward Sgt BR 29 Sqn MIA 31 July 1940 aged 24 following a collision between Blenheims L6722 and L1408 over the Bristol Channel.[16]
Wake, Frederick William Sgt BR 264 Sqn
Wakefield, Herbert Kenneth Plt Off BR 235 Sqn DFC
Wakeham, Ernest Cecil John Plt Off BR 145 Sqn DFC MIA 8 August 1940
Wakeling, Sidney Richard Ernest Sgt BR 87 Sqn KIA 25 August 1940 when his Hurricane V7250 was shot down inflames over Portland.[16]
Walch, Stuart Crosby Flt Lt AUS 238 Sqn KIA 11 August 1940
Walker, George Arthur Sgt BR 232 Sqn
Walker, James Arthur "Johnnie" Fg Off CAN 111 Sqn DFC KIA 8 February 1944, Singapore
Walker, John Harold Gilbert Fg Off BR 25 Sqn KIA 9 May 1942 (Pilot)
Walker, James Ian Bradley Sgt NZ 600 Sqn Died 2010.
Walker, James Richard Fg Off CAN 611 & 41 Sqns KIFA when aircraft ran out of fuel at sea between HMS Argus and Malta (transfer to 261 Sqn), 16 November 1940, aged 20. Robert J. Boret died in the same incident.
Walker, Norman MacDonald Sgt BR 615 Sqn MIA 2 June 1941 (Malta)
Walker, Robert James Plt Off BR 72 Sqn DSO
Walker, Stanley Sgt BR 236 Sqn KIA 12 February 1942
Walker, William Louis Buchanan Plt Off BR 616 Sqn AE Surviving aircrew [17]
Walker-Smith, Francis Richard Sgt BR 85 Sqn KIA 13 March 1941 (Pilot)
Wallace, Clarence Alfred Blake Plt Off CAN 3 Sqn KIA 27 October 1941
Wallace, Thomas Young Sgt SA [18] 610 & 111 Sqns DFM KIA 11 November 1944[19] (Pilot)
Wallen, Dennis Stanley Flt Lt BR 604 Sqn
Wallens, Ronald Walter "Wally" Plt Off BR 41 Sqn DFC WIA 5 September 1940. Died 13 November 1995.[20][21]
Waller, George Alfred Sgt BR 29 Sqn DFC Died 1983
Walley, Peter Kenneth Sgt BR 615 Sqn KIA 18 August 1940 (Pilot)
Wallis, Donald Sylvester Sgt BR 235 Sqn KIA 22 February 1941
Walmsley, Harold William Sgt BR 248 Sqn MIA 13 December 1940
Walsh, Edmund Sgt BR 141 Sqn
Walsh, John Joseph Plt Off CAN 615 Sqn WIA 2 March 1941 (Malta)
Walsh, John Patrick Sgt BR 616 Sqn KIFA 4 August 1940 when his Spitfire N3271 spun into the ground during dog fight training.[16]
Walsh, Robert William Meade Sub Lt (FAA) BR 111 Sqn
Walton, Herbert Sgt BR 87 Sqn
Want, William Hudson Sgt BR 248 Sqn MIA 19 August 1940 when his Bristol Blenheim went missing of south Norwegian coast during a reconnaissance flight.[16]
Wapniarek, Stefan Plt Off POL 302 Sqn KIA 18 October 1940 when his Hurricane P3872 crashed during an attempted forced landing on return from a patrol in bad weather.[16]
Ward, Derek Harland Fg Off NZ 87 Sqn DFC* KIA 17 June 1942 (North Africa)[22]
Ward, The Hon Edward Frederick Sqn Ldr BR 601 Sqn Died April 1987
Ward, John Lewis Plt Off BR 32 Sqn KIA 20 March 1942
Ward, Rufus Arthur Sgt BR 66 Sqn KIA 8 October 1940 when he was killed following a bale out from his Spitfire N3043 which was shot down in combat with Bf 109s over Kent.[16]
Ward, William Bruce Sgt BR[notes 2] 604 Sqn KIA 6 April 1943
Ward-Smith, Peter Sgt BR 610 Sqn
Warden, Noel Proctor Sgt BR 610 Sqn KIA 1 October 1941
Ware, Ralph Taverham Sgt BR 3 Sqn KIA 21 January 1945
Wareham, Michael Percy Plt Off BR 1 Sqn DFC KIA 21 January 1945 (?)
Wareing, Philip Thomas Sgt BR 616 Sqn DCM Taken POW 26 August 1940 but escaped. Died May 1987[23]
Waring, William Sgt BR 23 Sqn
Warner, William Henry Cromwell Flt Lt BR 610 Sqn MIA 16 August 1940 when he failed to return in his Spitfire R6802 after combat with Bf 109s.[16]
Warren, Charles Plt Off BR 152 Sqn DFC Died 19 October 2005
Warren, Douglas Albert Palmer Plt Off BR 248 Sqn KIA 9 February 1941
Warren, John Benjamin William AC1 BR 600 Sqn KIA 8 August 1940 when Blenheim L8665 was shot down in flames into the sea near Ramsgate, Kent.[16]
Warren, Stanley Sgt BR 1 Sqn MIA 9 October 1940 when his Hurricane V7376 failed to return during a formation flight in cloud over the Wash.[16]
Warren, Thornton Arrowsmith Sgt BR 236 Sqn
Waterston, Robin McGregor Fg Off BR 603 Sqn KIA 31 August 1940 when his Spitfire X4273 was shot down by Bf 109s over London.[16]
Watkins, Douglas Herbert Fg Off BR 611 Sqn DFC Died 1969
Watkinson, Arthur Basil Plt Off SA 66 Sqn Died 18 October 1985
Watling, William Charles Plt Off BR 92 Sqn KIA 7 February 1941
Watson, Arthur Roy Plt Off BR 152 Sqn KIA 28 November 1940
Watson, Edward James Plt Off BR 605 Sqn KIA 26 February 1942
Watson, Evan Owens Plt Off BR 64 Sqn
Watson, Fredrick Stanley Plt Off CAN 3 Sqn KIA 11 October 1941
Watson, John Gordon AC2 BR 604 Sqn
Watson, Lionel George Plt Off BR 29 Sqn
Watson, Rafael F Fg Off BR 87 Sqn
Watson-Parker, Patrick Ian Sgt BR 610 Sqn KIA 13 July 1940 when his Spitfire R6807 crashed during a routine patrol, cause not known.[16]
Watters, Joseph Plt Off NZ 236 Sqn Died 18 April 1981
Watts, Edwin Leslie Sgt BR 248 Sqn KIA 13 April 1943
Watts, Roy Fredrick Flt Lt BR 253 Sqn
Watts, Reginald Douglas Haig Sgt BR 235 Sqn MIA 11 September 1940 when his Blenheim was shot down by Bf 109s and crashed into the sea.[16]
Way, Basil Hugh "Wonky" Flt Lt BR 54 Sqn KIA 25 July 1940 when his Spitfire R6707 crashed into the sea following combat with a Bf 109.[16][24]
Way, Lewis Benjamin Roger Plt Off BR 229 Sqn
Wczelik, Antoni Fg Off POL 302 Sqn KW** KIA 14 April 1942[25]
Weaver, Peter Stevenson Fg Off BR 56 Sqn MIA 31 August 1940 when his Hurricane V7378 was shot down by fighters and crashed into the River Blackwater.[16]
Webb, Paul Clifford Fg Off BR 602 Sqn Died 10 July 2007
Webber, Wyndham Frederick Peirson Plt Off BR 141 Sqn
Weber, Frantisek Plt Off CZ 145 Sqn
Weber, Jack Sgt BR 1 Sqn Died 1988
Webster, Ernest Reginald Sgt BR 73 Sqn
Webster, Frederick Kinnersley Plt Off BR 610 Sqn KIA 26 August 1940 (Pilot)
Webster, Herbert Garth Sgt BR 73 Sqn KIA 14 April 1941
Webster, John Terence "Terry" Fg Off BR 41 Sqn DFC KIA 5 September 1940 [26]
Wedgwood, Jefferson Heywood Flt Lt BR 253 Sqn DFC KIA 17 December 1942
Wedlock, Gordon Victor Sgt BR 235 Sqn DFM
Wedzik, Marian Sgt POL 302 Sqn Died 10 October 1977
Weir, Archibald Nigel Charles Plt Off BR 45 Sqn DFC MIA 7 November 1940 (his brother Maj. Adrian John Anthony Weir MC was also KIA)
Welch, Eric Sgt BR 604 Sqn KIA 17 December 1941
Welford, George Henry Ettrick Plt Off BR 607 Sqn
Wells, Edward Preston "Hawkeye" Plt Off NZ 266 & 41 Sqns DSO, DFC* Died 2005[27]
Wells, Patrick Hardy Vesey "Pat" Fg Off BR 249 Sqn DSO Died 2002
Wellum, Geoffrey Harris Augustus "Boy" Plt Off BR 92 Sqn DFC Surviving aircrew (born 1921)
Wendel, Kenneth Victor Fg Off NZ 504 Sqn KIA 7 September 1940[28]
Westlake, George Herbert Plt Off BR 43 & 616 Sqns DFC Died 18 January 2006.
Westmoreland, Thomas Emyrs Sgt BR 616 Sqn MIA 25 August 1940 when he failed to return in Spitfire R6966 after combat with Bf 109s over Canterbury.[16]
Whall, Basil Ewart Patrick Sgt BR 602 Sqn DFM KIA 7 October 1940
Wheatcroft, Nigel Ronald Plt Off BR 604 Sqn KIA 26 November 1940
Whipps, George Albert Sgt BR 602 Sqn KIA 26 August 1941
Whitbread, Herbert Laurance Plt Off BR 222 Sqn KIA 20 September 1940
White, Blair Eustace Galloway Flt Lt BR 504 Sqn MIA 5 July 1943 (Malta)
White, John Sgt BR 72 Sqn KIA 14 June 1941 (Egypt)
White, John William Plt Off BR 3 Sqn & FIU Surviving aircrew
White, Robert Sgt BR 235 Sqn Surviving aircrew
Whitehead, Clifford Sgt BR 56 Sqn KIA 4 July 1942
Whitfield, Joseph James Sgt BR 56 Sqn MIA 13 July 1940
Whitley, David "Bull" Plt Off BR 264 Sqn KIA 28 August 1940
Whitley, Eric William Sqn Ldr NZ 245 Sqn (CO) DSO, DFC Died 25 October 1973
Whitney, Douglas Mitchell Plt Off NZ 245 Sqn Died 1981
Whitsun, Alfred Daniel Sgt BR 236 Sqn MIA 6 May 1941
Whittick, Harry George Sgt BR 604 Sqn
Whittingham, Charles Derek Fg Off BR 151 Sqn Died 8 April 1958
Whitty, William Hubert Rigby Flt Lt BR 607 Sqn DFC Died 2003 Canada
Whitwell, Peter Coulson Sgt BR 600 Sqn MIA 6/7 November 1942
Wickings-Smith, Peter Claude Plt Off BR 235 Sqn MIA 11 September 1940
Wickins, Arthur Stanley Sgt BR 141 Sqn DFC
Wicks, Bryan John Fg Off BR 56 Sqn KIA 12 October 1942
Widdows, Stanley Charles Sqn Ldr BR 29 Sqn (CO) CB, DFC Died 10 January 2010
Wigg, Ronald George Fg Off NZ 65 Sqn Died 4 August 1976
Wigglesworth, John Spencer Plt Off BR 238 Sqn KIA 6 February 1942
Wight, Ronald Derek Gordon Flt Lt BR 213 Sqn KIA 11 August 1940
Wightman, Owen Maurice Mid (FAA) BR 151 Sqn KIA 30 June 1941
Wilcox, Charles Sgt BR 248 Sqn KIA 21 May 1942
Wilcox, Edgar John Fg Off BR 72 Sqn KIA 31 August 1940
Wildblood, Timothy Seddon Plt Off BR 152 Sqn MIA 25 August 1940 when he failed to return in Spitfire R6994 from combat over the channel.;[16]
Wilde, Denis Clifton Plt Off BR 236 Sqn Died 1989
Wilkes, Geoffrey Norman Sgt BR 213 Sqn MIA 12 August 1940
Wilkinson, Kenneth Astill Sgt BR 616 Sqn Surviving aircrew [29][30]
Wilkinson, Royce Clifford Fg Off BR 3 Sqn OBE, DFM* [31]
Wilkinson, Rodney Levett Sqn Ldr BR 266 Sqn KIA 16 August 1940
Wilkinson, Wilfred Arthur Sgt BR 501 Sqn
Willans, Derek Alan Plt Off BR 23 Sqn DFC KIA 28 May 1941[32]
Willcocks, Peter Hamilton Sgt BR 610 & 66 Sqn KIA 28 November 1940
Williams, Cedric Watcyn Sqn Ldr BR 17 Sqn MIA 25 August 1940 after Hurricane R4199 crashed near Portland after being badly damaged in a head-on attack with a Bf 110.[16]
Williams, Dennis Conon Fg Off BR 141 Sqn KIA 4 April 1941
Williams, Desmond Gordon Plt Off BR 92 Sqn KIA 10 October 1940
Williams, Eric Edward Flt Sgt BR 46 Sqn MIA 15 October 1940
Williams, Gwilym Trevor Sgt BR 219 Sqn OBE, DFM
Williams, Mark Alan Plt Off BR 604 Sqn
Williams, Thomas Draper Plt Off BR 611 Sqn DFC
Williams, William Dudley Plt Off BR 152 Sqn DFC Died April 1976.[33]
Williams, Wycliff Stuart Plt Off NZ Sqn KIA 21 October 1940 [34]
Willis, Ronald Frank AC BR 219 Sqn KIA 8 February 1941
Willis, William Owen Sgt NZ 600 Sqn Died 23 April 1969
Wills, William Claude Sgt BR 3 & 73 Sqn KIA 12 April 1941 (Libya)
Wilsdon, Albert Alfred Sgt BR 29 Sqn KIA 19 December 1940
Wilson, Donald Fraser Fg Off NZ 141 Sqn
Wilson, Douglas Strachan Flt Lt BR 610 Sqn Died 1985
Wilson, Leonard Donald Plt Off BR 29 Sqn Died 1987
Wilson, Robert Roy Plt Off CAN 111 Sqn MIA 11 August 1940
Wilson, William Sgt BR 235 Sqn DFM
Wilson, William Charles AC2 BR 29 Sqn KIA 12 April 1941
Wilson-Macdonald, D S Sqn Ldr BR 213 Sqn (CO)
Wingfield, Victor John Sgt BR 29 Sqn KIA 11 May 1941
Winn, Charles Vivian Fg Off BR 29 Sqn DSO, DFC
Winskill, Archibald Little "Archie" Plt Off BR 72 & 603 Sqns DFC Died 9 August 2005[35]
Winstanley, John Sgt BR 151 Sqn
Winter, Douglas Cyril Plt Off BR 72 Sqn KIA 5 September 1940 [36]
Winter, Richard Arthur Fg Off BR 247 Sqn Died 1970
Wise, John Francis Sgt BR 141 Sqn MIA 19 July 1940
Wiseman, William Douglas Plt Off BR 600 Sqn
Wissler, Denis Heathcote Plt Off BR 17 Sqn MIA 11 November 1940
Withall, Latham Carr Flt Lt AUS 152 Sqn MIA 12 August 1940
Witorzenc, Stefan Fg Off POL 501 Sqn
Wlasnowolski, Boleslaw Andrzej Plt Off POL 32, 607 & 213 Sqns VM, KW KIA 1 November 1940 [37]
Wojcicki, Antoni Sgt POL 213 Sqn MIA 11 September 1940
Wojciechowski, Miroslaw I Sgt POL 303 Sqn
Wojtowicz, Stefan Sgt POL 303 Sqn KIA 11 September 1940
Wolfe, Edward Chatham Flt Lt BR 219 & 141 Sqns DFC [38]
Wolton, Ralph Sgt BR 152 Sqn
Wood, Kenneth Russell Sgt BR S23 qn KIA 10 July 1941
Wood, Stanley Victor Sgt BR 248 Sqn POW 20 October 1940
Woodgate, Joseph Eric Sgt BR 141 Sqn MIA 24 August 1943
Woodger, David Noel Plt Off BR 235 Sqn MIA 24 August 1940
Woodhall, Alfred Basil Wg Cdr BR 310 Sqn Czechoslovak Military Cross
Woodland, Norman Naylor Sgt BR 236 Sqn
Woods-Scawen, Charles Anthony "Tony" Plt Off BR 43 Sqn DFC KIA 2 September 1940
Woods-Scawen, Patrick Philip "Woody" Fg Off BR 85 Sqn DFC KIA 1 September 1940
Woodward, Herbert John Fg Off BR 64 & 23 Sqns DFC KIA 30 October 1940 [39]
Woodward, Robert Sinckler Fg Off BR 600 Sqn DFC MIA 7 December 1942 [40]
Woolley, Arthur William Sgt BR 601 Sqn
Wootten, Ernest Wait "Bertie" BR 234 Sqn CBE, DFC*, AFC Died 1999
Wordsworth, Douglas Kenneth Alfred Fg Off BR 235 Sqn DFC KIA 30 October 1941 (El Alamein)[41]
Worrall, John "Barron" Sqn Ldr BR 32 Sqn DFC Retired as AVM in 1963. Died 14 January 1988
Worrall, Pyers Arthur Plt Off BR 85 & 249 Sqns KIA 8 June 1942 (India) (Pilot)
Worrall, Thomas Victor Sub Lt (FAA) BR 111 Sqn KIA 20 February 1941
Worsdell, Kenneth Wilson Fg Off BR 219 Sqn KIA 30 October 1940 (Pilot)[42]
Worthington, Alec Sillavan Fg Off BR 219 Sqn
Wotton, Harold John Sgt BR 234 Sqn KIA 25 January 1941
Wright, Alexander James Lt (FAA) BR 804 NAS
Wright, Allan Richard Fg Off BR 92 Sqn DFC*, AFC Surviving aircrew (born 1920)
Wright, Daniel Leslie Sgt BR 235 Sqn KIA 24 August 1940 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Wright, Eric William "Ricky" Sgt BR 605 Sqn CBE DFC DFM AE Retired as Air Cdre in 1973; died 5 November 2007
Wright, John Sgt BR 79 Sqn KIA 5 September 1940 (Pilot)
Wright, William Plt Off BR 604 Sqn KIA 26 August 1941
Wroblewski, Zbigniew T A Plt Off POL 302 Sqn
Wyatt, John Pile LAC BR 25 Sqn KIA 15 September 1940[43]
Wyatt-Smith, Peter Plt Off BR 263 Sqn KIA 5 January 1945 (Pilot)
Wydrowski, Bronislaw Plt Off POL 607 Sqn
Wynn, Richard Edward Ney Elias Plt Off BR 249 Sqn KIA 7 April 1941 (Pilot)

Y

Name Rank Nationality Sqn during Battle Awards Notes
Yapp, Derek Sydney Plt Off British 245 & 253 Sqns DFC Surviving aircrew
Yates, Gordon Sgt BR 604 Sqn
York, Ronald Lewis Sgt BR 610 Sqn KIA 28 March 1942; his brother Stanley Charles York also died on service with RAF (144 Sqn) in Norway in 1945.
Young, Cecil Reginald "Charlie" Plt Off BR 615, 607 & 46 Sqns KIA 5 December 1940[44][45]
Young, James Harold Plt Off BR 234 Sqn
Young, James Hugh Roumieu Plt Off BR 74 Sqn KIA 28 July 1940 aged 22. Shot down by a Bf 109 while flying Spitfire P9547 which crashed in the Channel near Goodwin Sands.[16][46]
Young, John Reginald Cass Fg Off BR 249 Sqn AFC, MiD, MiD Relinquished commission 18 March 1953 retaining rank of Flt Lt; died Oxfordshire 20 February 2007
Young, James Stewart Plt Off BR 234 Sqn
Young, Michael Hugh Plt Off BR 264 Sqn DFC died 1998
Young, Robert Bett Mirk Sgt NZ 264 Sqn KIA 8 October 1940; Killed while flying as an Observer in Defiant N1627 which crashed at Marlow, possibly due to enemy action.[16] aged 22[47][48]
Young, Randolph Charles Sgt BR 23 Sqn
Yuile, Arthur McL Fg Off CAN 1 Sqn RCAF
Yule, Robert Duncan Plt Off NZ 145 Sqn DSO, DFC* Killed in flying accident 11 September 1953[49]

Z

Name Rank Nationality Sqn during Battle Awards Notes
Zak, Walerian Plt Off Polish 303 Sqn [3]
Zaluski, Jerzy Sgt Polish 302 Sqn KIA 17 October 1940 [3] Hurricane V7417 overturned when attempting a forced landing at Colliers End.[16]
Zaoral, Vladimir Plt Off Czech 310 & 501 Sqns [3] KIA 19 November 1941
Zatonski, Alexander Roman Zatonski Plt Off Canadian 79 Sqn MIA 6 December 1941 1 November 1915 - 6 December 1941 (aged 26)[50]
Zavoral, Antonin Sgt Czech 1 Sqn MIA 31 May 1941[3]
Zenker, Pawel Plt Off Pol 501 Sqn MIA 24 August 1940 [3] Hurricane P3141 missing following combat with Do 17s and Bf 109s off Dover.[16]
Zima, Rudolph Sgt Czech 310 Sqn [3] Died 1970s
Zimprich, Stanislav Plt Off Czech 310 Sqn KIA 12 April 1942[3]
Zukowski, Aleksiej Plt Off Polish 302 Sqn KIA 18 October 1940 [3] Crashed in Hurricane V7651 when it ran out fuel following a routine patrol.[16]
Zumbach, Jan Eugeniusz Ludwig Plt Off Polish 303 Sqn DFC* [3] Died 3 January 1986
Zurakowski, Janusz "Jan" Plt Off Polish 234 & 609 Sqns KW**, VM Post war test pilot for Gloster and Avro Canada. Died 9 February 2004 in Canada [51][52]

Notes on table

Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Ireland, Jamaica, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Poland, Rhodesia, South Africa and the United States.[53]

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

Award Title Notes
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".
CB Companion in The Order of the Bath Awarded at the monarch's pleasure
CDeG Croix de guerre A military decoration of both France and Belgium, also commonly bestowed to foreign military forces allied to France and Belgium.
CdeL Croix de la Libération A decoration of France awarded for very meritorious conduct with the Free French Forces during World War II.
CdeLd'H Croix de Légion d'honneur A decoration of France awarded for excellent civil or military conduct delivered, upon official investigation.
CdeLL Croix de L'Ordre de Leopold Awarded to Belgian nationals or some distinguished foreign persons who made very important contributions to the Belgian state or society.
DFC Distinguished Flying Cross Awarded 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 Bar A bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DFC who received a second award.
DFC** Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar A second bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DFC and Bar who received a third award.
DFM Distinguished Flying Medal Awarded 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".
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 received 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 received a third award.
GCB Knight Grand Cross of The Order of the Bath Awarded at the monarch's pleasure
KCVO Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Awarded for personal service to the sovereign
KStJ Knight of the Order of Saint John
KZ Krzyz Zaslugi, Polish "Cross of Merit" Awarded for exemplary public service or humanitarian work that goes above and beyond the call of duty.
MBE Member of the Order of the British Empire Awarded at the monarch's pleasure
MC Military Cross Awarded for "an act or acts of exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy on land to all members, of any rank".
MM Military Medal Awarded for acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire
OBE Officer of the Order of the British Empire Awarded at the monarch's pleasure
OStJ Officer of the Order of Saint John
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

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. ^ Listed on CWGC website as Australian
Citations
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  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 site re Brian Van Mantz
  10. ^ Brian Van Mentz profile
  11. ^ François Venesoen's Battle of Britain London Monument profile
  12. ^ Battle of Britain London Monument site
  13. ^ Timothy Vigors' profile
  14. ^ Tomas Vybiral profile
  15. ^ Karel Vykoukal profile
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Ramsey 1996, pp. 314-533
  17. ^ William Louis Buchanan Walker profile
  18. ^ Listed as British
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  20. ^ http://brew.clients.ch/RAF41Sqdn.htm
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  24. ^ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/Way.htm
  25. ^ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/Wczelik_A.htm
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  30. ^ Kenneth Wilkinson profile
  31. ^ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/Wilkinson_RC.htm
  32. ^ "Casualty Details". CWGC. 1941-05-28. http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2723074. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
  33. ^ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots2/Williams_W.htm
  34. ^ "Casualty Details". CWGC. 1940-10-21. http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2721233. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
  35. ^ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/Winskill_A.htm
  36. ^ "Casualty Details". CWGC. http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2696568. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
  37. ^ "Battle of Britain London Monument - P/O B A WLASNOWOLSKI". Bbm.org.uk. http://www.bbm.org.uk/Wlasnowolski.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
  38. ^ http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/Wolfe_E.htm
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  40. ^ "Casualty Details". CWGC. http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1532070. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
  41. ^ "Casualty Details". CWGC. 1941-10-30. http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1283124. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
  42. ^ Beaufighter R2065 crashed into trees near Balcombe Place, Balcombe. Worsdell and Sgt E C Gardiner were killed
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  44. ^ Battle of Britain London Monument site
  45. ^ Cecil Reginald Young profile
  46. ^ Battle of Britain London Monument site
  47. ^ Battle of Britain London Monument site
  48. ^ CWGC entry
  49. ^ New Zealand Fighter Pilots Museum site
  50. ^ Battle of Britain London Monument site
  51. ^ Battle of Britain
  52. ^ Biography
  53. ^ Battle of Britain London Monument – participants Retrieved on 15 April 2009

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