List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (L–N)

The following is a list of pilots and other aircrew who flew during the Battle of Britain, and were awarded the Battle of Britain ClaspThe MOD 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.http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/roll.html Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Roll of Honour

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.

L NameRankNationalitySqn during BattleAwardsNotesLacey, Edward RichardSgtBR219 SqnDSOLacey, James Harry "Ginger"SgtBR501 SqnCdeG, DFM*Lackie, William LeckieSgtBR141 SqnLafont, Henrie GastonAdjFree FR615 SqnSurviving aircrewLaguna, PiotrFlt LtPOL302 SqnVM, KWKIA 27 June 1941Laing, AlanSgtBR151 SqnLaing, Alexander James AlanFg OffBR64 SqnResigned RAF Commission in 1948Lake, Donald MillarFg OffBR219 SqnKIA 4 September 1941Lamb, AlbertSgtBR25 SqnDied 5 January 1948Lamb, Owen EdwardPlt OffNZ151 SqnKIA 14 April 1941Lamb, Peter GilbertFg OffBR610 SqnAFCLamb, Robert LionelPlt OffBR600 SqnLamb, Roderick RussellSub Lt (FAA)BR804 NASKIA 24 August 1942Lambert, Hugh Michael Standford "Mike"Flt LtBR25 SqnKIA 15 September 1940 when Beaufighter R2067 crashed near Biggin Hill.Ramsey 1996, pp. 314–533Lambie, William Gavib MeinPlt OffBR219 SqnKIA 15 November 1940Lammer, AlfredPlt OffBR141 SqnDFC & BarLandels, Leslie NinlanPlt OffBR32 & 615 SqnsKIA 20 January 1942Lane, Brian John Edward "Sandy"Flt LtBR19 Sqn (CO)DFCAuthor of Spitfire!, published in 1942 under the pseudonym B.J. Ellan; one of only a few contemporaneous, autobiographical accounts of the life of a Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot. MIA 13 December 1942Lane, RoyPlt OffBR43 SqnKIA 20 June 1944 (by Japanese in Burma)Langdon, Charles EdwardPlt OffBR43 SqnMIA 26 February 1941Langham-Hobart, Neville CharlesPlt OffBR73 Sqn As a pilot of Hawker Hurricane P2036 he was badly injured following combat with a Bf 109 on 23 September 1940 and became a member of the Guinea Pig Club.Langley, Gerald ArchibaldPlt OffBR41 SqnKIA 15 September 1940 when Spitfire P9324 was shot down in combat with Bf 109s.Langley, LeonardSgtBR23 SqnDied 26 September 1953Lanning, Francis Charles AnthonyPlt OffBR141 SqnDFCLansdell, JohnSgtBR607 SqnKIA 17 September 1940; Name also incorrectly spelt as LandsellLapka, StanislawPlt OffPOL302 SqnVM, KW**Died 1978Lapkowski, WaclawPlt OffPOL303 SqnVM, KW***KIA 2 July 1941Larbalestier, Basil DouglasPlt OffBR600 SqnDied 1994Laricheliere, Joseph Emile PaulPlt OffCAN213 SqnDFCMIA 16 August 1940 when he failed to return in his Hurricane from combat near Portland.Latta, John Blandford Plt OffCAN242 SqnDFCMIA 12 January 1941RCAF aces archives K-L aged 27Lauder, Arnold JohnSgtBR264 SqnLaughlin, John HamiltonFg OffBR235 SqnMBELaurence, GeorgeSgtBR141 SqnDFMKIA 9 November 1944 Law, K SPlt OffBR605 SqnRefer to Kennith Schadtler-LawLawford, Derek NapierSgtBR247 SqnLawler, Edgar StanleySgtBR604 SqnLawrence, John ThornettSgtBR235 SqnOBE, AFCLawrence, Keith AshleyPlt OffNZ Listed as British242, 603, 234 Sqns & 421 FltDFCSurviving aircrewLawrence, Norman AnthonySgtBR54 SqnDied 22 August 1958Laws, Adrian FrancisPlt OffBR64 SqnDFMKIA 30 September 1940Laws, George Godfrey StoneSgtBR501 & 151 SqnsKIA 28 March 1941 (Pilot)Lawson, Richard ChesterPlt OffBR601 SqnKIA 10 February 1941Lawson, Walter JohnPlt OffBR19 SqnKIA 28 August 1941Lawson-Brown, JohnPlt OffBR64 SqnKIA 12 May 1941Lawton, Philip Charles FennerFg OffBR604 SqnDFCLaycock, Herbert KeithPlt OffBR79 & 87 SqnsKIA 18 August 1943Lazoryk, WłodzimierzFlt LtPOL607 SqnVM, KW**Leary, David CooperPlt OffBR17 SqnKIA 18 December 1940Leatham, Ernest George CuthbertPlt OffBR248 SqnDFCLeathart, James Anthony "The Prof"Sqn LdrBR54 SqnDSODied 1998; retired from RAF in 1962 at the rank of Air Cdre Leather, William JohnsonFlt LtBR611 SqnLe Cheminant, JerroldSgtBR616 SqnDFCLeckrone, Philip HowardPlt OffAME616 SqnKIFA 5 January 1941 (practice flight) Lecky, John GagePlt OffBR610 & 41 SqnsKIA 11 October 1940 Le Conte, Edgar FrancisSgtBRFIUOBEDied 4 May 1981Ledger, LeslieSgtBR236 SqnLe Dong, TerrySgtBR219 SqnKIA 8 February 1941 (Wireless Operator)Lee, Kenneth Norman Thomas "Hawkeye"Fg OffBR501 SqnDFCDied 15 January 2008Lee, Maurice Alexander WilliamSgtBR72 Sqn & 421 FltKIA 31 December 1940 (Pilot)Lee, Richard Hugh AntonyFlt LtBR85 SqnDSO, DFCMIA 18 August 1940 when he was last seen in his Hurricane P2923 chasing an enemy formation of the east coast.Lees, Alan Farquhar YoungFlt LtBR236 SqnDSO, DFCDied 27 October 1987Lees, Ronald BeresfordSqn LdrAUS72 SqnCB, CBE, DFC*, MID**, LoM(Cdr)(US)Later CO RAF Coltishall (9 January 1941 – 11 September 1942); Died 18 May 1991; Retired from RAF with the rank of Air MarshalLefevre, Peter WilliamPlt OffBR46 SqnMIA 6 February 1944Legg, Richard JamesPlt OffBR601 SqnDied 1959Legge, Brian PauncefootePlt OffBR601 SqnDFCLeggett, Percival GrahamPlt OffBR245 SqnSurviving aircrewLeigh, Arthur CharlesSgtBR64 & 72 SqnsDFMLeigh, Rupert Henry ArchibaldSqn LdrBR66 Sqn (CO)Le Jeune, O GSgtBEL235 SqnDied 10 April 1947Lenahan, John DesmondPlt OffBR607 SqnKIA 9 September 1940 when his Hurricane P3177 crashed following combat with Do 17s and Bf 109s near Mayfield.Leng, Maurice EquitySgtBR73 SqnShot down, captured & made POW 30 September 1942Lennard, Paul LennardMid (FAA)BR501 SqnKIA 26 March 1942Lenton, Edwin ClaudePlt OffBR56 SqnLe Rougetel, StanleyFg OffBR600 SqnLe Roy Du Vivier, Daniel Albert Raymond GeorgesPlt OffBEL43 SqnDied 2 September 1981Lerway, Frederick ThomasSgtBR236 SqnLeslie, George MennieSgtBR219 SqnKIA 17 December 1940 (Wireless Operator)Levenson, Stephen AustinSgtBR611 SqnKIA 17 September 1942 (Pilot)Lewis, Albert Gerald "Zulu"Plt OffSA85 & 249 SqnsDFC*Lewis, Charles SydneySgtBR600 SqnDied 1954Lewis, Raymond GrantPlt OffCAN401 SqnMIA 5 February 1941Lewis, William GeorgeSgtBR25 SqnKIA 14 July 1941Leyland, Reginald HarrySgtBRFIUKIA 23 October 1942Lilley, RobertSgtBR29 SqnDFCKIA 28 April 1944 (Wireless Operator/Navigator)Lillie, PSgtBR264 SqnLimpenny, Eric RonaldSgtBR64 SqnLindsay, Alec IanPlt OffBR72 SqnKIA 23 October 1943Lindsey, Patrick ChalonerFg OffBR601 SqnKIA 26 July 1940 when he was shot down in the channel in Hurricane P2753.Lines, Arthur PeterFg OffBR17 SqnLingard, John GranvillePlt OffBR25 SqnDFCLinney, Anthony StuartPlt OffBR229 SqnOBEDied 1983Lipscombe, Alfred JohnSgtBR600 SqnKIA 20 September 1941 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)Lister, Robert Charles FranklinSqn LdrBR41 (CO) & 92 SqnsDFCDied March 1998Litchfield, PeterPlt OffBR610 SqnMIA 18 July 1940 when Spitfire P9452 was shot down in combat just north of Calais.Litson, Frederick William RonaldSgtBR141 SqnDFCLittle, Arthur GuthriePlt OffBR235 SqnLittle, Bernard WilliamsonFg OffBR609 SqnOBEDied 1986Little, James HaywardFlt LtBR219 Sqn (CO)DFCKIA 12 June 1943Little, RonaldSgtBR238 SqnMIA 28 September 1940 when Hurricane N2400 crashed into the sea after being shot down by Bf 109s over the Isle of Wight.Little, Thomas BurgessFg OffCAN401 SqnMIA 27 August 1941Llewellin, Arthur John AlexanderFg OffBR29 SqnKIA 7 February 1942Llewellyn, Reginald ThomasSgtBR213 SqnDFMLloyd, ?ACBR29 SqnFlew only 1 operational sortieLloyd, David EdwardSgtBR19 & 64 SqnsKIA 17 March 1942Lloyd, John PhillipPlt OffBR72 & 64 SqnsLloyd, Philip DavidSgtBR41 SqnKIA 15 October 1940 when his Spitfire X4178 was shot down in a surprise attack by Hptmn Fözö of 4/JG51.Lochnan, Peter WilliamFg OffCAN1 Sqn RCAFKIFA 21 May 1941Lock, Erick Stanley "Sawn Off Lockie"Plt OffBR41 SqnDSO, DFC*, MiDMIA 3 August 1941Lockhart, JamesPlt OffBR85 & 213 SqnsKIA 5 April 1942Lockton, Eric EdwardSgtBR236 SqnMIA 20 July 1940 when Blenheim L1300 was shot down into the sea off Cherbourg.Lockwood, Joseph CharlesSgtBR54 SqnKIA 3 March 1941Lofts, Keith TemplePlt OffBR615 & 249 SqnsKIFA 20 May 1951Logan, ColinPlt OffBR266 SqnKIA 27 March 1941Logie, Ormonde ArthurPlt OffBR29 Sqn{1909–1989)Lokuciewski, Witold "Tolo"Plt OffPOL303 SqnVM, KW**, PR, DFC, CdeGDied 17 April 1990 in WarsawLong, ?SgtBR236 SqnService details unknownLonsdale, JohnPlt OffBR3 SqnKIA 26 November 1942Lonsdale, Robert HenrySgtBR242 & 501 SqnsLooker, David JohnPlt OffBR615 SqnLoudon, Malcolm JohnFlt LtBR141 SqnDFCLovell, Anthony Desmond JosephPlt OffBR41 SqnDSO*, DFC*, DFC (US)KIA 17 August 1945Lovell-Gregg, Terence GunionSqn LdrNZ87 SqnKIA 15 August 1940 when his Hurricane P3215 crashed near Abbotsbury after being shot down by enemy fighters over Portland.Loverseed, John EricSgtBR501 SqnAFCDied 1962Lovett, Reginald EricFlt LtBR73 SqnDFCKIA 7 September 1940Lowe, JosephSgtBR236 SqnDied 1973Loweth, Philip AnthonyPlt OffBR249 SqnLowther, WalterSgtBR219 SqnLoxton, Wilfred William "Bill"Sqn LdrBR25 Sqn (CO)Died 15 November 1992Lucas, Robin Morton McTaggart DelightPlt OffBR141 SqnSurviving aircrewLucas, Sidney EdwardSgtBR32 & 257 SqnsLukaszewicz, KazimierzFg OffPOL501 SqnKWMIA 12 August 1940Lumsden, Dugald Thomas MoorePlt OffBR236 SqnLumsden, John ClappertonSgtBR248 SqnLund, John WilfredPlt OffBR611 & 92 SqnsKIA 2 October 1941Lusk, Harold StewartPlt OffNZ25 SqnLusty, Kenneth RoySgtBR25 SqnDied 18 September 2009Lyall, Alastair McLarenFlt LtBR25 SqnLyall, Archibald "Pat"Plt OffBR602 SqnKIA 28 November 1940Lynch, JamesACBR25 SqnMIA 22 January 1944Lyons, Emanuel BarrettPlt OffBR65 SqnDFCLysek, AntoniSgtPOL302 SqnKWMIA 5 July 1942

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