Double Aces were pilots who were credited with shooting down 10 or more enemy aircraft. The Battle of Britain produced many aces (men who had shot down 5 or more enemy aircraft) but double aces were a lot more rare. The figures below for double ace 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.
Bader, D (Squadron Leader) – 11 kills
Bazin, J (Flying Lieutenant) – 10 kills
Bennions, G (Pilot Officer) – 11 kills
Brothers, P M (Flight Lieutenant) – 10 kills
Carbury, B (Flying Officer) – 15 kills, 1 shared
Crossley, M (Flight Lieutenant) – 13 kills, 1 shared
Doe, R (Pilot Officer) – 14 kills, 2 shared
Dundas, J (Flying Lieutenant) – 11 kills, 3 shared
Frantisek, J (Sergeant) – 17 kills – Killed in Action 08/10/40
Gray, C (Pilot Officer) – 15 kills, 1 shared
Hallowes, H (Sergeant) – 11 kills, 1 shared
Hughes, P (Pilot Officer) – 13 kills, 4 shared
Lacey, J (Sergeant) – 18 kills
Lock, E (Pilot Officer) – 21 kills
Llewellyn, R T (Flight Sergeant) – 10 kills, 1 shared
MacDowell, A (Sergeant) – 11 kills, 2 shared
McGrath, J (Pilot Officer) – 15 kills
McKellar, A (Flight Lieutenant) – 17 kills, 1 shared
Sinclair, G (Flying Officer) – 10 kills
Urbanowicz, W (Flying Officer) – 15 kills
Upton, H (Flying Officer) – 10 kills, 1 shared
Villa, J (Flight Lieutenant) – 10 kills, 4 shared
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