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P/O Colin Robert Jarred

from: United Kingdom ... details
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P/O Roy Frank Cambridge

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W/O Arthur Stanley Appleton

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2022-01-26

P/O Derrick Henry de Paula Lopes

from: Brazil ... details
update: 2022-01-26

P/O Basil Wilfred Andrews

from: USA USA Chicago ... details
update: 2022-01-26

G/C Clive Robertson Caldwell

from: Australia New South Wales Lewisham, Sydney ... details
update: 2022-01-21

Sgt Malcolm Jack Ritchie

from: Australia Sydney ... details
update: 2022-01-21

F/L John Harold Shelmerdine

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2022-01-20

P/O Norman Sutton

from: United Kingdom St. Helens Merrseyside ... details
update: 2022-01-17

A/Cmdr Peter Malam Brothers

from: United Kingdom Lancashire Prestwich ... details
update: 2022-01-17

F/O William Turle

from: United Kingdom ... details
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F/O Oscar Phillip Jones

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2022-01-17

W/C George Hedley Stainforth

from: United Kingdom ... details
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S/L Hugh Selmes Jackson

from: United Kingdom Kent Chiselhurst ... details
update: 2022-01-17

W/C James Hodge

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2022-01-17
 
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TA772

stats: HFIX CBAF M70 ... details
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TA773

stats: LFIX BHM24 M66 ... details
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TA774

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

TA775

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

TA776

stats: LFIX CBAF M66 ... details
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TA777

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

TA778

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

TA779

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

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
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TA752

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* recent comments & questions

more info coming from local historians

more information coming from local geneolgy researcher / library ...

on: pilots, 2015-09-22 ... details

Didn't make it to the Channel

Service record indicates Poulton dived into Channel. He tried, but he actually baled out over land, at 800 feet, and was taken prisoner wit ...

on: aircraft, 2015-09-21 ... details

Caterpillar Club

The Caterpillar Club card photo is particularly exciting, given to members who used a parachute to save their lives. Bob parachuted from hi ...

on: pilots, 2015-09-21 ... details

Images or Pre-war information for Anthon

Does anyone have an image, background (pre-war) details on this pilot. He was 33 years old when he was killed. Commonwealth Graves indicat ...

on: pilots, 2015-09-19 ... details

616 had Meteors

Squadron 616 is known for being the first Squadron to fly the only operational allied jet, the meteor, in WWII. ...

on: pilots, 2015-09-19 ... details

Missing

F/Lt AW WILSON went missing in K9810 while leading Blue section off Flamborough Head on 21 February 1940, descended through mist to locate t ...

on: aircraft, 2015-09-19 ... details

Canadian Status?

Can anyone resolve if this pilot actually had Canadian citizenship when allowed to join the RAF, or, exactly under what terms he was allowed ...

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

kifa added

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

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