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Pilots in this category served in various ministries, commercial services, the Royal Air Force, the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, and the British Army Air Corps The main page for this category is Category:British military personnel of World War II .
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.
RAF Flying Aces of World War II www.acesofww2.com; Battle of Britain Memorial British Airmen List The Airmen's Stories; Bowman, Martin W (2015). Voices in Flight: RAF Fighter Pilots in WWII. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Aviation. ISBN 978-1-4738-6572-3. Brew, A. The Turret Fighters, Defiant and Roc.
Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane the pilot flew and the planes they flew against, how long they served, their opportunity to meet the enemy in the air (Allied to Axis disproportion), whether they were the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards their air ...
Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson, VC, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar (12 August 1918 – 19 September 1944) [1] was a distinguished bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He was the first Commanding Officer of No. 617 Squadron , which he led in the "Dam Busters" raid in 1943, resulting in the breaching of two large dams in the ...
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 .
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 ...
Pages in category "British World War II bomber pilots" The following 135 pages are in this category, out of 135 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .