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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 .
The Royal Air Force received 20 B-17Cs in early 1940 from the USAAC, giving them the name Fortress I while in service. By September, after the RAF had lost eight B-17Cs in combat or to various accidents, RAF Bomber Command abandoned daylight bombing, due to the bomber's uneven high altitude performance.
Bruce Barrymore Halpenny-British military historian and Author, served Royal Air Force Police; Tony Hancock – Comic actor (RAF Regiment) Rex Harrison – Actor, reached the rank of Flight Lieutenant; Rollo Hayman – Rhodesian farmer and politician; Godfrey Hounsfield – Nobel laureate and co-inventor of Computed tomography.
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.
Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel-le-Ferne. The List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain is a summary regarding the lists of those 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 ...
This is a list of units of the Royal Air Force Regiment. The RAF Regiment is the ground fighting force of the Royal Air Force and is charged mainly with protecting military airfields, among other duties. First formed in 1942 to protect the airfields against enemy attack, the regiment's motto is Per Ardua - Through Adversity.
Pages in category "Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 335 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)
Pages in category "Military units and formations of the Royal Air Force in World War II" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .