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Pages in category "Royal Air Force pilots of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 465 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Royal Air Force personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,448 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
John Jellicoe Blair, DFC (1919-2004) was a Jamaican Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot and navigator for RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War. Having been assigned to 102 (Ceylon) Squadron in December 1944, he navigated Halifax Bombers. In 1945, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Goodman joined the Royal Air Force in 1939 and was granted a short service (six-year) commission on 2 September 1939 with the rank of Acting Pilot Officer. [5] He undertook Elementary & Reserve Flying Training and then attended Flying Training School, where he converted to the Hawker Hurricane. On 27 February 1940, he was assigned to No. 11 ...
Wing Commander Howard Peter "Cowboy" Blatchford DFC (25 February 1912 – 3 May 1943) was a flying ace, who achieved the first Canadian victory in World War II. Blatchford was born in Edmonton, Alberta on 25 February 1912, and enlisted in the Royal Air Force in February 1936. [1] He was posted to No. 41 Squadron RAF in early 1937.
Captain Don Gentile was a pilot with 133 Squadron, claiming two air victories, and by March 1944 had become the 4th Fighter Group's top ace in World War II, with 22 aerial kills. Colonel Chesley "Pete" Peterson had 130 sorties with the Eagle Squadrons and became the youngest squadron commander in the RAF. When the Eagle Squadrons were ...
Frank Reginald "Chota" Carey, CBE, DFC & Two Bars, AFC, DFM (7 May 1912 – 6 December 2004) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace who served during World War II. Born in Brixton, London, Carey was educated at Belvedere School before he joined the RAF in September 1927 at the age of 15 as an apprentice metal rigger.
He shot down a Piaggio P.108 heavy bomber of the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Air Force) around 90 miles (140 km) to the northeast of Bône on 1 March. [2] He was commissioned as a pilot officer soon afterwards. [4] Owen and McAllister's successes to date saw them both awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal. Gazetted on 21 May, the published ...