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2/Lt G Curnick

from: South Africa ... details
update: 2022-01-14

F/L Douglas Ralph Edwards

from: Australia Queensland Longreach ... details
update: 2022-01-14

S/L Phillip Leslie Irving Archer

from: Barbados BWI ... details
update: 2022-01-14

F/L Allan Douglas Taylor

from: Canada Ontario Grey City ... details
update: 2022-01-13

P/O Cecil Henry Hight

from: New Zealand Christchurch ... details
update: 2022-01-13

P/O Percy Byng-Hall

from: United Kingdom Nova Scotia Guildford ... details
update: 2022-01-13

S/L Ignacy Olszewski

from: Poland ... details
update: 2022-01-13

F/L Marcel Bouguen

from: France Le Faou Finistère ... details
update: 2022-01-06

F/L Alfred John White

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2022-01-06

P/O John James Hawke Copley

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2022-01-05

W/C Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane

from: Ireland Dublin Dublin ... details
update: 2022-01-03

F/O Jiri Jaromir Machacek

from: Czeck Republic Sedlcany ... details
update: 2022-01-03

W/C Jean Demozay

from: France Pays de la Loire Nantes ... details
update: 2022-01-02

F/O Leslie Warwick Jones

from: Canada UK ... details
update: 2022-01-02

F/O Lloyd Peter Hedley

from: Canada Ontario ... details
update: 2022-01-02
 
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TA780

stats: HFIX CBAF M70 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA793

stats: LFIX CBAF M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA794

stats: HFIX CBAF M70 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA795

stats: HFIX CBAF M70 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA796

stats: HFIX CBAF M70 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA797

stats: LFIX CBAF M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA752

stats: LFIX CBAF M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA753

stats: LFIX CBAF M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA754

stats: LFIX CBAF M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA755

stats: LFIX CBAF M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA756

stats: LFIX BHM24 M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA757

stats: LFIX CBAF M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA758

stats: LFIX CBAF M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA759

stats: LFXVI ? M266 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

SX356

stats: Seafire-XVII West GVI ... details
update: 2025-10-27
 
* recent comments & questions

kifa added

Should be addressed now as 'kifa' status added, thanks. ...

on: pilots, 2015-09-17 ... details

Thankyou, yes, issue is missing code

You are correct -- and you've hit on a BETA issue with the site -- kia was used temporarily until 'kifa' (killed in flying accident) could b ...

on: pilots, 2015-09-17 ... details

Beurling - KIA?

Hi. Having read the entry for F/L George Beurling on the Pilots page, I have to ask, is "status: kia" appropriate? In the words of Wikipedia ...

on: pilots, 2015-09-17 ... details

Pics

Would anyone have any images of this pilot from the war years? ...

on: pilots, 2015-09-12 ... details

Spitfire Serial

Spitfire serial unknown - on date of rescue (26 Aug, 1940, B of B), after being shot by Bf.109. Anyone? ...

on: pilots, 2015-09-11 ... details

Additional Information?

Anyone have additional information on this pilot, don't have much. ...

on: pilots, 2015-09-11 ... details

High Flight

High Flight is a famous poem quoted extensively by aviation enthusiasts, it seems to capture the bond between aircraft and pilot, in particu ...

on: pilots, 2015-09-07 ... details

RCAF book mention

Referred to on No. 402 Squadron page in book RCAF Squadron histories and Aircraft 1924-1968, Kostenuk. Page 85, photo at Wunstorg, Germany 1 ...

on: aircraft, 2015-09-06 ... details