Aces were seen as the heroes of the Royal Air Force – especially those pilots who attained ace status during the Battle of Britain. While few would argue that the aces deserved the fame they acquired, some of the unsung heroes of the Battle of Britain were the teams on the ground that kept the Hurricanes and Spitfires airworthy so that the Luftwaffe could be taken on by those who were strove to become aces. It was the higher scoring aces that became schoolboy heroes during the Battle of Britain. The figures below for kills and shared are from July 1st 1940 to October 31st 1940 and include where necessary, where a pilot was in more than one squadron.

 

Allard, G (Sergeant) – 9 kills, 3 shared

 

Atkinson, H (Pilot Officer) – 6 kills

 

Babbage, C (Sergeant) – 6 kills

 

Bader, D (Squadron Leader) – 11 kills

 

Badger, J (Squadron Leader) – 8 killed, 2 shared – Died of Wounds 1941

 

Barclay, R (Pilot Officer) – 5 kills

 

Barton, A R (Pilot Officer) – 5 kills, 3 shared – Killed in Action in 1943

 

Bayne, A W A (Flight Lieutenant) – 5 kills, 6 shared

 

Bazin, J (Flying Lieutenant) – 10 kills

 

Beard, J (Sergeant) – 5 kills

 

Beaumont, W (Pilot Officer) – 6 kills, 2 shared – Killed in Action 23/09/40

 

Bennions, G (Pilot Officer) – 11 kills

 

Berry, R (Pilot Officer) – 8 kills, 3 shared

 

Blake, A G (Sub Lieutenant) – 6 kills, 1 shared

 

Boddington, M (Sergeant) – 5 kills, 1 shared

 

Bodie, C (Pilot Officer) – 7 kills, 3 shared – Killed in Flying Accident 1942

 

Boitel-Gill, D (Flying Lieutenant) – 8 kills – Killed in Flying Accident 1941

 

Boyd, A (Flight Lieutenant) – 6 kills, 1 shared

 

Boyd, R (Flight Lieutenant) – 9 kills, 6 shared

 

Boyle, J (Flight Lieutenant) – 5 kills, 2 shared – Killed in Action 28/09/40

 

Brothers, P M (Flight Lieutenant) – 10 kills

 

Burnell-Phillips, P (Pilot Officer) – 5 kills, 1 shared – KIFA 1941

 

Carbury, B (Flying Officer) – 15 kills, 1 shared

 

Carey, F (Pilot Officer) – 5 kills – Killed in Action 1944

 

Clouston, W (Flight Lieutenant) – 4 kills, 2 shared

 

Clyde, W (Flying Officer) – 6 kills, 2 shared

 

Cock, J (Pilot Officer) – 5 kills

 

Connors, S (Flying Officer) – 5 kills, 1 shared – Killed in Action 18/08/40

 

Cork, R (Sub-Lieutenant) – 5 kills

 

Crook, D (Flying Officer) – 5 kills, 3 shared

 

Crossley, M (Flight Lieutenant) – 13 kills, 1 shared

 

Curchin, J (Flying Lieutenant) – 7 kills, 3 shared

 

Currant, B (Pilot Officer) – 9 kills 5 shared

 

Czernin Manfred (Flying Officer) – 7 kills, 4 shared

 

Dalton-Morgan, T (Flight Lieutenant) – 7 kills, 1 shared

 

David, W (Pilot Officer) – 6 kills, 1 shared

 

Davis, C (Pilot Officer) – 4 kills, 6 shared – Killed in Flying Accident 1941

 

Davis, C (Flying Officer) – 9 kills, 1 shared – Killed in Action 06/09/40

 

Deere, A (Flying Officer) – 6 kills

 

Doe, R (Pilot Officer) – 14 kills, 2 shared

 

Dundas, J (Flying Lieutenant) – 11 kills, 3 shared

 

Dutton, R (Flying Officer) – 7 kills, 3 shared

 

Dymond, W (Sergeant) – 5 kills

 

Eckford, A F (Pilot Officer) – 4 kills

 

Ellis, J (Flying Officer) – 8 kills, 1 shared

 

Elsdon, T (Pilot Officer) – 6 kills

 

Eyre, T (Flying Officer) – 6 kills, 2 shared

 

Farnes, P (Sergeant) – 6 kills

 

Feary, A (Sergeant) – 5 kills, 1 shared – Killed in Action 07/10/40

 

Fechtner, E (Pilot Officer) – 6 kills, 4 shared – KIFA 27/09/40

 

Feric, M (Pilot Officer) – 7 kills – Killed in Action 1942

 

Forbes, A (Flight Lieutenant) – 7 kills

 

Franklin, W (Sergeant) – 8 kills – Killed in Action December 1940

 

Frantisek, J (Sergeant) – 17 kills – Killed in Action 08/10/40

 

Freeborn, J (Pilot Officer) – 7 kills, 1 shared

 

Gardner, P (Pilot Officer) – 4 kills

 

Gaunce, L (Flying Officer) – 4 kills, 1 shared – Killed in Action 1941

 

Gibson, J (Pilot Officer) – 8 kills

 

Gillam, D (Flight Lieutenant) – 8 kills

 

Gleed, I (Flying Officer) – 5 kills – Killed in Action 1943

 

Glowacki, A (Sergeant) – 8 kills

 

Goodman, G E (Pilot Officer) – 4 kills, 3 shared – Killed in Action in 1941

 

Gracie, E (Pilot Officer) – 5 kills, 2 shared – Killed in Action 1944

 

Gray, C (Pilot Officer) – 15 kills, 1 shared

 

Gribble, D (Pilot Officer) – 5 kills, 1 shared

 

Grier, T (Pilot Officer) – 8 kills, 5 shared – Killed in Action 1941

 

Griffiths, G (Flight Sergeant) – 5 kills, 1 shared

 

Guy, L (Sergeant) – 3 kills, 2 shared – Killed in Action 18/08/40

 

Hallowes, H (Sergeant) – 11 kills, 1 shared

 

Haines, L A (Flying Officer) – 6 kills, 1 shared – Killed in Action in 1941

 

Hamlyn, R (Sergeant) – 8 kills, 1 shared

 

Harker, A (Sergeant) – 7 kills, 2 shared

 

Henneberg, Z (Flying Officer) – 8 kills, 1 shared

 

Hillary, R (Pilot Officer) – 5 kills – Killed in Flying Accident 1943

 

Higgins, W (Flight Sergeant) – 4 kills

 

Higginson, F (Sergeant) – 9 kills

 

Hodgson, W (Pilot Officer) – 5 kills, 2 shared – Killed in Flying Accident 1943

 

Hogan, H (Squadron Leader) – 5 kills, 3 shared

 

Holden, E (Flight Lieutenant) – 4 kills, 1 shared

 

Hopewell, J (Sergeant) – 5 kills – Killed in Flying Accident 1942

 

Howell, F (Flying Officer) – 5 kills, 3 shared

 

Howes, H (Sergeant) – 4 kills, 1 shared

 

Hughes, D (Flying Officer) – 5 kills – Killed in Action 11/09/40

 

Hughes, P (Pilot Officer) – 13 kills, 4 shared

 

Jay, D (Pilot Officer) – 5 kills, 1 shared – Killed in Action 24/10/40

 

Johnstone, A (Flight Lieutenant) – 6 kills, 2 shared

 

Karubin, S (Sergeant) – 6 kills

 

Kellett, R (Squadron Leader) – 5 kills

 

Kingcome, C (Flying Officer) – 5 kills, 4 shared

 

Lacey, J (Sergeant) – 18 kills

 

Laricheliere, J (Pilot Officer) – 6 kills

 

Lewis, A (Pilot Officer) – 9 kills, 1 shared.

 

Lock, E (Pilot Officer) – 21 kills

 

Lofts, K (Pilot Officer) – 4 kills, 4 shared

 

Lovell, A (Flying Officer) – 5 kills, 1 shared – Killed in Flying Accident 1945

 

Llewellyn, R T (Flight Sergeant) – 10 kills, 1 shared

 

MacDonald, H (Flying Lieutenant) – 5 kills – Killed in Action 28/09/40

 

MacDonnell, A (Squadron Leader) – 8 kills, 1 shared

 

MacDowell, A (Sergeant) – 11 kills, 2 shared

 

MacKenzie, K (Sergeant) – 6 kills, 3 shared

 

MacKnight, W (Pilot Officer) – 6 kills, 2 shared

 

MacMullen, D (Flying Officer) – 9 kills, 4 shared

 

McArthur, J (Flying Lieutenant) – 8 kills

 

McGrath, J (Pilot Officer) – 15 kills

 

McGregor, G (Flight Lieutenant) – 5 kills

 

McKellar, A (Flight Lieutenant) – 17 kills, 1 shared

 

McKenzie, J (Pilot Officer) – 6 kills

 

Malan, A (Flying Officer) – 6 kills, 1 shared

 

Marrs, E (Pilot Officer) – 5 kills, 2 shared – Killed in Action 1941

 

Mayers, H (Pilot Officer) – 7 kills

 

Meaker, J (Pilot Officer) – 7 kills, 2 shared – Killed in Action 27/09/40

 

Mike, R (Flying Officer) – 5 kills, 1 shared

 

Millington, W (Pilot Officer) – 9 kills, 2 shared – Killed in Action 30/10/40

 

Mungo-Park, J (Flying Officer) – 7 kills – Killed in Flying Accident 1941

 

Neil, T (Pilot Officer) – 8 kills, 4 shared

 

Nelson, W (Flying Officer) – 5 kills – Killed in Action 01/11/40

 

Norris, S (Pilot Officer) – 6 kills, 1 shared

 

O’Meara, J (Flight Lieutenant) – 8 kills, 2 shared

 

Oxspring, B (Pilot Officer) – 8 kills, 1 shared

 

Paszkiewicz, L (Flying Officer) – 6 kills – Killed in Action 27/09/40

 

Paul, F (Sub Lieutenant) – 7 kills, 1 shared – Killed in Action July 1940

 

Pegge, C (Pilot Officer) – 7 kills

 

Philipport, J (Pilot Officer) – 6 kills – Killed in Action 25/08/40

 

Pniak, K (Pilot Officer) – 5 kills, 1 shared

 

Rabagliati, A (Flight Lieutenant) – 6 kills – Killed in Action 1943

 

Rhodes-Moorhouse (Flying Officer) – 5 kills, 4 shared – Killed in Action 6/9/40

 

Robinson, M (Flight Lieutenant) – 6 kills, 1 shared

 

Rolls, W (Sergeant) – 7 kills

 

Ryder, E (Flying Officer) – 5 kills, 1 shared

 

Scott, E (Sergeant) – 5 kills

 

Skalski, S (Pilot Officer) – 7 kills

 

Sinclair, G (Flying Officer) – 10 kills

 

Sing, J (Flying Officer) – 7 kills, 2 shared

 

Smith, I (Pilot Officer) – 5 kills, 1 shared

 

Smythe, R F (Pilot Officer) – 5 kills

 

Snowdon, E (Sergeant) – 5 kills

 

Staples, M (Pilot Officer) – 5 kills, 1 shared – Killed in Action 09/11/40

 

Stapleton, B (Flying Officer) – 5 kills, 2 shared

 

Stephen, H (Flying Officer) – 9 kills, 1 shared

 

Stevenson, P (Pilot Officer) – 5 kills, 1 shared – Killed in Action 1943

 

Storrar, J (Pilot Officer) – 5 kills, 3 shared

 

Strickland, J (Flying Officer) – 5 kills, 1 shared – Killed in Action 1941

 

Szapoznikow, E (Sergeant) – 8 kills

 

Szczesny, H (Flight Lieutenant) – 3 kills

 

Tamblyn, H (Flying Officer) – 5 kills, 1 shared – Killed in Action 1941

 

Thompson, J (Flying Lieutenant) – 5 kills

 

Townsend, P (Squadron Leader) – 6 kills

 

Tuck, R (Flight Lieutenant) – 9 kills, 3 shared

 

Urbanowicz, W (Flying Officer) – 15 kills

 

Unwin, G (Flight Sergeant) – 9 kills

 

Unwin-Mann, J (Pilot Officer) – 8 kills, 2 shared

 

Upton, H (Flying Officer) – 10 kills, 1 shared

 

Vigors, T (Pilot Officer) – 4 kills, 2 shared

 

Villa, J (Flight Lieutenant) – 10 kills, 4 shared

 

Wallace, T (Sergeant) – 6 kills, 2 shared

 

Weaver, P (Flying Officer) – 7 kills, 2 shared – Killed in Action 31/08/40

 

Webb, P (Flying Officer) – 6 kills

 

Webster, J (Flying Officer) – 9 kills, 1 shared – Killed in Action 05/09/40

 

Whall, B (Sergeant) – 6 kills, 3 shared – Killed in Action 07/10/40

 

Woods-Scawen, C (Pilot Officer) – 7 kills – Killed in Action 02/09/40

 

Woods-Scawen, P (Flying Officer) – 5 kills, 2 shared – KIA 01/09/40

 

Wlasowilski, B (Pilot Officer) – 5 kills

 

Wright, A (Pilot Officer) – 6 kills, 1 shared

 

Zumbach, J (Pilot Officer) – 8 kills

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