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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 335 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)
The Rüsselsheim massacre was a war crime that involved the lynching and killing of six American airmen by townspeople of Rüsselsheim during World War II.. The incident happened on August 26, 1944, two days after a Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber of the United States Army Air Forces was shot down by heavy anti-aircraft fire over Hanover.
Pages in category "Royal Air Force personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,447 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Squadron Leader William Geoffrey Foxley (17 August 1923 – 5 December 2010) was a trainee navigator with RAF Bomber Command during World War II who suffered severe burns following a crash. He was notable for the support he gave to other burns victims and for a film appearance that gave awareness of the facial burns suffered by World War II ...
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 ...
Aircrew and groundcrew of a No. 428 Squadron RCAF Lancaster bomber.. A further four squadrons served outside North America during the war: No. 162 Squadron RCAF, which in 1944 was transferred from RCAF Eastern Air Command to RAF Coastal Command, from airfields in Iceland and Scotland and; three air observation post (AOP; artillery spotter) squadrons, composed of RCAF and Royal Canadian ...
On 24 September 1939, the Royal Air Force formally took over the "Heston Flight", a civilian photo reconnaissance unit headed by Sidney Cotton based at Heston Aerodrome. [4] The unit had previously been contracted by MI6 to perform clandestine photographic reconnaissance over Europe, using civilian-registered Lockheed 12A aircraft. [4]
Pages in category "Aircraft squadrons of the Royal Air Force in World War II" The following 173 pages are in this category, out of 173 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .