List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (D–F)

The following is a list of pilots and other aircrew who flew during the Battle of Britain, and were awarded the Battle of Britain Clasp to the 1939–45 Star by flying at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit of the Royal Air Force or Fleet Air Arm during the period from 0001 hours on 10 July to 2359 hours 31 October 1940.

History In 1942, the Air Ministry made the decision to compile a list from records of the names of pilots who had lost their lives as a result of the fighting during the Battle of BritainThis was initially regarded as being from 8 August to 31 October 1940; however, the dates were later amended to also include those who lost their lives between 10 July and 7 August. for the purpose of building a national memorial. This became the Battle of Britain Chapel at Westminster Abbey, which was unveiled by King George VI on 10 July 1947.Ramsay 1989, p.253. The Roll of Honour within the Chapel contains the names of 1,497 pilots and aircrew killed or mortally wounded during the Battle.The Royal Air Force Chapel, Westminster Abbey RAF media files. Retrieved on 15 April 2009.

Nothing was done officially, however, to define the qualifications for the classification of a Battle of Britain airman until 9 November 1960. AMO N850, published by the Air Ministry, stated for the first time the requirements for the awarding of the Battle of Britain Star, and listed the 71 units which were deemed to have been under the control of RAF Fighter Command.Ramsay 1989, p.254.

In 1955 Flt Lt John Holloway, a serving RAF officer, began a personal challenge to compile a complete list of "The Few". After fourteen years of research Flt Lt Holloway had 2,946 names on the list. Of these airmen, 537 were killed during the Battle or later died of wounds received.

The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust, founded by Geoffrey Page, raised funds for the construction of the Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel-le-Ferne near Folkestone in Kent. The Memorial, unveiled by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother on 9 July 1993, shares the site with the Christopher Foxley-Norris Memorial Wall on which a complete list of "The Few" is engraved.Home page The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust. Retrieved on 15 April 2009.

More recently, the Battle of Britain Monument on the Victoria Embankment in London was unveiled on 18 September 2005 by Charles, Prince of Wales and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. The idea for the monument was conceived by the Battle of Britain Historical Society which then set about raising funds for its construction. The outside of the monument is lined with bronze plaques listing all the Allied airmen who took part in the Battle.Battle of Britain London Monument – project history Retrieved on 15 April 2009.

D NameRankNationalitySqn during BattleAwardsNotesDafforn, Robert Chippendall Fg OffBR501 SqnDFCKIA 9 September 1943Dale, Peter AlanSgtBR141 SqnKIA 13 December 1941Dalton, Robert WilliamSgtBR604 SqnDalton-Morgan, Thomas FrederickFlt LtBR43 SqnDSO, OBE, DFC*Official AceDaly, John JSgtBR141 SqnDann, James EdwinSgtBR23 SqnDied 1986Dannatt, Alexander GeorgeAC2BR29 SqnDied 16 December 1982D'Arcy-Irvine, Brian William JesseFg OffBR257 SqnMIA 8 August 1940Dargie, Albert McDonald SmithSgtBR23 SqnKIA 13 July 1941Darley, Horace Stanley "George"Sqn LdrBR609 Sqn (CO)Official AceDarling, Andrew SmittonSgtBR611 & 603 SqnsKIA 26 April 1941Darling, Edward Vivian "Mitzi"SgtBR41 SqnDFCOfficial Ace. Born Wellington, India, 11 October 1914. Commissioned Jan 1941; MIA 2 June 1942; remembered on Panel 65 of the Runnymede MemorialDarwin, Christopher William WartonPlt OffBR87 SqnKIA 7 August 1942; Son of Sqn Ldr Charles John Wharton Darwin DSO RAF who was also KIA 26 December 1941.Daszewski, Jan Kazimierz MichalPlt OffPOL303 SqnVM, KW***KIA 4 April 1942Davey, BrianPlt OffBR504, 32 & 254 SqnsKIA 12 June 1941Davey, John Arthur JosephPlt OffBR1 SqnKIA 11 August 1940; Awarded a Cadetship to the RAF College Cranwell from RAF Halton.David, William DennisFlt LtBR87 & 213 SqnsDFC*11 kills during the Battle of France Davidson, Henry JohnSgtBR249 SqnOfficial Ace, KIFA 6 October 1942Davies, Alfred EricPlt OffBR610 & 222 SqnsKIA 30 October 1940Davies, Graham Gordon AyerstPlt OffBR222 SqnDFCDavies, John AlfredSqn LdrBR604 SqnKIA 6 October 1940Davies, John WilliamSgtBR600 SqnKIA 7 September 1940Davies, LeonardSgtBR151 SqnDavies, Maurice PeterSgtBR1 & 213 SqnsDied 22 July 1953Davies, Peter Frederick McDonaldFg OffBR56 SqnDavies, Roy BlackburneFg OffBR29 SqnDied 1972Davies-Cooke, Paul JohnFg OffBR72 & 610 SqnsKIA 27 September 1940Davis, Alfred StewartSgtBR235 SqnDavis, Carl RaymondFg OffAME601 SqnKIA 6 September 1940Davis, Charles TrevorFg OffBR238 SqnOfficial Ace, KIA 26 March 1941Davis, JackSgtBR54 SqnDavis, J NSgtBR600 SqnDavis, Peter EdgarSgtBR236 SqnDavis, Philip OscarSgtBR222 SqnKIA 10 August 1943Davis, William LeeSgtBR249 SqnCaptured & taken POW 10 February 1941; Died 18 March 1941.Davison, John TregonwellPlt OffBR235 SqnDied 9 October 1981Davy, Thomas Daniel HumphreyFg OffBR266 & 72 SqnsDFCKIA 13 September 1942Daw, Victor GeorgeFg OffBR32 SqnKilled 24 March 1953Dawbarn, Peter LesliePlt OffBR17 SqnDied 4 July 2009Dawick, KennethSgtNZ111 SqnDawson, Thomas 0-SgtBR235 SqnDay, Frank SamuelSgtBR248 SqnKIA 24 July 1942Day, Robert Lionel FrankFg OffBR141 SqnDFCKIA 18 June 1944Deacon, Arthur HarrySgtBR85 & 111 SqnsDeansley, Edward ChristopherFlt LtBR152 SqnDebenham, Kenneth Barry LemprierePlt OffBR151 SqnKIA 16 December 1943Debree, ?Plt OffBR264 SqnService Details unknownDee, Orlando JohnSgtBR235 SqnKIA 28 May 1941Deere, Alan ChristopherFlt LtNZ54 SqnDFC*, DSO, CdeG, OBE, ADCDied 21 September 1995De Grunne, Compte Rudolph Ghislain Charles de HemricourtPlt OffBEL32 SqnKIA 25 May 1942De Hamale, R ESgtBEL46 SqnKIA 1 November 1940De Hemptinne, Baudovin Marie GhislainPlt OffBEL145 SqnKIA 5 May 1942De Jace, L JPlt OffBEL236 SqnMIA 26 July 1942De la Boucher, Francois Henri Edmond Joseph AndreAdjFF85 SqnKIA 5 September 1942De la Perelle, Victor BretonPlt OffNZ245 SqnDied 11 June 1983Deller, Alan Lawrence MartinSgtBR43 SqnDe Mancha, Ricardo AdrianiPlt OffBR43 SqnMIA 21 July 1940Demetriadi, Richard StephenFg OffBR601 SqnKIA 11 August 1940; Son of Sir Stephen and Lady Demetriadi, attached to the King's Estate at Sandringham.De Montbron, Xavier de CheradeSgtFF64 SqnDied 21 April 1955Demoulin, Rene Jean GhislainSgtBEL235 SqnCdeLL CdeGKIA 6 April 1944Demozay, Jean2nd LtFR1 SqnKIFA 19 December 1945Denby, Gordon AlfredPlt OffBR600 SqnDFCMIA 12 December 1942Denchfield, Herbert DavidSgtBR610 SqnSurviving aircrewDenholm, George LovellSqn LdrBR603 Sqn (CO)Denison, Richard WarrenFlt LtCAN236 SqnKilled 6 February 1951Denton, Denis AustinSgtBR236 SqnKIA 30 August 1944Derbyshire, John MontaguePlt OffBR236 SqnDe Scitivaux, Charles Jean Marie PhillipeCaptFR245 SqnDied 10 August 1986Desloges, Jean Paul JosephFlt LtCAN1 Sqn RCAFKIA 8 May 1944De Spirlet, Francois Xavier EgenoffPlt OffBEL87 Sqn26 June 1942Deuntzer, Derrick CanutSgtBR247 SqnDevitt, Peter KennethSqn LdrBR152 Sqn (CO)Dewar, John ScatliffeWg CdrBR87 & 213 SqnsDSO DFCKIA 12 September 1940Dewar, John Michael FirthPlt OffBR229 SqnKIA 30 March 1941Dewey, Robert BasilPlt OffBR611 & 603 SqnKIA 27 October 1940Dewhurst, Kenneth ShortlandFg OffBR234 SqnDexter, Peter GrenfellSqn LdrBR603 & 54 SqnsDFCKIA 14 July 1941Dibnah, Ronald HaroldPlt OffCAN1 & 242 SqnsDickie, William GordonPlt OffBR601 SqnMIA 11 August 1940Dickinson, John HoltSgtBR253 SqnKIA 30 August 1940Dieu, Giovanni E FPlt OffBEL236 SqnDifford, Ivor BenisonFg OffSA607 SqnKIA 7 October 1940Digby-Worsley, Maxwell PaulSgtBR248 SqnMIA 19 August 1940Ditzel, John WilliamSgtBR25 SqnDixon, Christopher Alexander WilfredSgtBR601 SqnDixon, Frederick John PowellSgtBR501 SqnKIA 11 July 1940 (Pilot)Shot down by Oberleutenant Ludwig Franzisket of JG 27 flying a Bf 109, Dixon bailed out of his Hurricane, but was drowned.Dixon, GeorgeSgtBRFIUPOW 13 September 1940; Blenheim Z5721 crashed in Channel off Calais during night patrol (circumstances unknown); Flt Lt Ker-Ramsay, Dixon and W/O "Paddy" Byrne baled out and were captured;Ramsay 1989, p. 447. Died 28 February 1972.Dixon, John AntonyPlt OffBR1 SqnDixon, LawrenceAC2BR600 SqnDobree, Nicholas RobertFg OffBR264 SqnDodd, John DodgsonPlt OffBR248 SqnMIA 13 December 1940; Chartered AccountantDodge, Charles WilliamSgtBR219 SqnDied 1982Doe, Robert Francis ThomasPlt OffBR234 & 238 SqnsDSO, DFC*Died 21 February 2010.Doležal, FrantišekPlt OffCZ19 SqnDSO, DFCKIFA 4 October 1945Domagala, Marian BoguslawSgtPOL238 SqnKW*Don, Ralph StidstonPlt OffBR501 SqnDFCKIA 22 January 1945Donahue, Arthur Gerald "Art"Plt OffAME64 SqnKIA 11 September 1942Donald, Ian David GrahameFlt LtBR141 SqnDFC1917-1940 KIA 19 July 1940 when as pilot of Defiant L7009 he was shot down by Bf 109s and crashed at Dover, the Air Gunner Plt Off A.C. Hamilton also killed.Ramsey 1996, pp. 314-533Donaldson, Edward Mortlock "Teddy"Sqn LdrBR151 SqnOfficial Ace; Died June 1992Dossett, William StanleySgtBR29 SqnDoughty, Neville Anthony RichardPlt OffBR247 SqnDouglas, William AndersonPlt OffBR610 SqnDoulton, Michael DukePlt OffBR601 SqnMIA 31 August 1940Douthwaite, BasilPlt OffBR72 SqnDoutrepont, Georges Louis JosephPlt OffBEL229 SqnKIA 15 September 1940Dowding, The Hon. Derek Hugh TremenheerePlt OffBR74 SqnDied 1992; son of Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh DowdingDown, John KnightSgtBR64 & 616 SqnsDied 2008Down, Peter Derrick McLeodPlt OffBR56 SqnDied 2010?Drake, BillyPlt OffBR213 Sqn & 421 FlightDied 28 August 2011Drake, George JamesPlt OffSA607 SqnKIA 9 September 1940Draper, Bryan VincentSgtBR74 SqnOfficial Ace, KIA 28 February 1945Draper, Gilbert Graham FairleyFg OffBR41 & 610 SqnsBorn 7 December 1921, Rutland. Commissioned October 1939; shot down & baled out near Lille, France, and captured, 7 August 1941; released 1945; died 1997.Draper, R ASgtBR232 SqnDredge, Allan SydneySgtBR253 SqnDSO DFCKIFA 18 May 1945Drever, Nigel GeorgeFg OffBR610 SqnSurviving aircrewDrew, Peter EdwardSqn LdrBR236 SqnKIA 1 August 1940Drobinski, Boleslaw HPlt OffPOL65 SqnVM, KW***Drummond, John FraserFg OffBR46 & 92 SqnsDFCOfficial Ace, KIA 10 October 1940Duart, John HowardPlt OffBR219 SqnDubber, Ronald EdwinPlt Off (FAA)BR808 SqnDied 10 September 1951Duckenfield, Byron LeonardPlt OffBR501 SqnDied 19 November 2010Duda, JosefPlt OffCZ312 SqnDied 7 December 1977Duff, Stanley SutherlandPlt OffBR23 SqnDuke-Woolley, Raymond Myles Beecham DukeFlt LtBR253 & 23 SqnsDulwich, William HowardSgtBR235 SqnKIA 2 August 1941Duncan, ?SgtBR29 SqnService details unknownDundas, Hugh Spencer LisleFg OffBR616 SqnCBE, DSO*, DFC1920-1995 (Knighted 1987); younger brother of John DundasDundas, John CharlesPlt OffBR609 SqnDFC and barOfficial Ace, MIA 28 November 1940; older brother of Hugh DundasDunmore, Jack TownleySgtBR222 SqnKIA 17 May 1941Dunn, Ian LoveSgtBR235 Sqndied 2/3/2004 Canberra AustraliaDunning-White, Peter WilliamFg OffBR145 SqnDied 2008The TelegraphDunscombe, Raymond DouglasSgtBR213 & 312 SqnsMIA 31 May 1941Dunworth, Felix Patrick RaphaelFlt LtBR66 & 54 Sqns (CO)Felix Dunworth profile Dupee, Osald ArthurSgtBR219 SqnDurrant, Carroll RonaldSgtNZ23 SqnKIA 28 October 1942Carroll Durrant profile Duryasz, MarianFlt LtPOL213 SqnVM, KW*, DFCDuszynski, StanislawSgtPOL238 SqnKIA 11 September 1940Dutton, G WSgtBR604 SqnDutton, Roy GilbertSqn LdrBR145 SqnDFCOfficial Ace; Died 14 September 1988.Du Vivier, Reginald Albert LloydPlt OffBEL229 SqnKIA 30 March 1941Dvořák, AloisSgtCZ310 SqnKIA 24 September 1941Dye, Bertram ErnestSgtBR219 SqnDFM*31 August 1943Dyer, Henry David PatrickSgtNZ600 SqnKIA 16 July 1941Dygrýn, JosefSgtCZ1 SqnDFMKIA 4 June 1942Dyke, Leslie ArthurSgtBR64 SqnMIA 27 September 1940Leslie Dyke profile Dymond, William LawrenceSgtBR111 SqnDFMOfficial Ace, MIA 2 September 1940

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