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Pages in category "Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 332 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)
On 30 January 2005 a Royal Air Force Lockheed C-130K Hercules C1, serial number XV179, callsign Hilton 22, was shot down in Iraq, probably by Sunni insurgents, killing all 10 personnel on board. 2006 2 September 2006 - XV230 , Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2 of No. 120 Squadron explodes over Afghanistan whilst supporting NATO operations, killing all ...
Pages in category "Royal Air Force personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,442 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The auction was cancelled after Michael Ashcroft donated £75,000 (equivalent to £105,000 in 2023) to the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund towards the upkeep, with a further NZ$19,500 donated by the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland, New Zealand, to whom Munro then offered his medals for display. [16] Munro, aged 96, died that ...
On 21 March 1944, a Royal Air Force Handley Page Halifax bomber crashed in Moordown, Hampshire (now Dorset) soon after take-off from RAF Hurn (now known as Bournemouth Airport) killing nine people. Crash
At the time, no precise records were kept monitoring the exact number of workers at the facility. While the exact death toll is uncertain as a result of this, it appears that about 70 people died in the explosion. The official report stated that 90 were killed, missing or injured, [8] [9] including:
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 ...
Geoffrey "Sammy" Allard DFC, DFM & Bar (12 August 1912 – 13 March 1941) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) flying ace of the Second World War. He is credited with having shot down at least nineteen aircraft, with several more shared and unconfirmed. Born in York, Allard joined the RAF in 1929 as an aircraft apprentice. Qualifying as a metal rigger ...