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.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.
O NameRankNationalitySqn during BattleAwardsNotesOaks, Trevor WalterSgtNZ235 SqnO'Brian, Peter Geoffrey St.GeorgeFlt LtCAN152 & 257 SqnsDFC*, ADC, OBEDied 15 April 2007O'Brien, Joseph SomertonSqn LdrBR92 & 234 SqnsKIA 7 September 1940O'Byrne, PeterSgtBR73 & 501 SqnsDied 13 June 1998O'Connell, AnthonyFg OffBR264 SqnDied 17 December 1976O'Leary, Arthur AlexanderSgtBR604 SqnDFC, DFM Died 21 April 1987O'Malley, Derek Keppel ColeridgeFg OffBR264 SqnKIA 4 September 1940 (Pilot)O'Meara, James JosephPlt OffBR64, 72 Sqns & 421 FltDSO, DFC*Died 1974O'Neill, Desmond HughFg OffBR611 & 41 SqnsKIFA 11 October 1940: Mid-air collision with Sgt L R Carter; bailed out but parachute failed aged 25; son of Lt Col Edward M. M. & Ethel M. O'Neill of Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland; husband of Muriel O'Neill. Buried in Streatham Park Cemetery, Surrey, Square 7A, Grave 12104.O'Neill, John AnthonyFlt LtBR601 & 238 SqnsDFCDied May 2008Oelofse, Johannes Roelof StephanusPlt OffSA43 SqnKIA 8 August 1940Odbert, Norman CyrilSqn LdrBR64 SqnOBEOffenberg, Jean Henri Marie "Pyker"Plt OffBEL145 SqnKIFA 22 January 1942Ogilvie, Alfred Keith "Skeets"Plt OffCAN609 SqnDFCLater bailed out and taken POW 9 January 1941Oglivie, Donald BrucePlt OffBR601 SqnCaptured November 1943 and made POWOgilvy, Charles Alexander "Alastair"Flt LtBR610 SqnDFC(30 November 1915 – 1995) Last name to be added to the Battle of Britain London MonumentOldfield, Trevor GuestSgtBR64 & 92 SqnsKIA 27 September 1940 (Pilot)Olesen, Wilfrid PallasenPlt OffBR607 SqnDied 6 July 1950Olenski, ZbigniewFg OffPOL234 & 609 SqnsKWDied 20 June 1970Olewinski, BoleslawSgtPOL111 SqnKIA 3 November 1940Olive, Charles Gordon ChalonerFlt LtAUS65 SqnDFCDied 1987Oliver, George DixonSgtBR23 SqnKIA 8 September 1941Olver, PeterPlt OffBR603 SqnsDFCShot down, captured and taken POW 11 June 1943; Surviving aircrew Died 14 February 2013Ommanney, Rupert JohnSgtBR229 SqnKIA 12 February 1942Orchard, Harold CharlesSgtBR65 SqnKIA 5 February 1941 (Pilot)Orgias, EricPlt OffNZ23 SqnKIA 25 September 1940 aged 25 when as part of the crew of Blenheim L8369 it stalled and crashed on approach to landing near Stourbridge.Ramsey 1996, pp. 314–533Ortmans, Victor Marcel M "Vicky"Plt OffBEL229 SqnCaptured and made POW 21 October 1941, KIFA 8 August 1950Orzechowski, JerzyPlt OffPOL607 SqnVM, KW**, DFCDied 1988 in Canada.Osmand, Alexander GordonPlt OffBR3 & 213 SqnsKIA 20 October 1943Ostaszewski-Ostoja, PiotrFg OffPOL609 SqnKW**, DFCDied 1965 LondonOstowicz, AntoniFg OffPOL145 SqnKW*MIA 11 August 1940Overton, Charles Nevil "Teeny"Fg OffBR43 SqnDFCOwen, Arthur EdwardACBR600 SqnKIA 24 July 1941Owen, HenrySgtBR219 SqnOwen, William GethinSgtBR235 SqnDFCOxspring, Robert Wardlow "Bobby"Flt LtBR66 SqnDFC**, AFCDied 8 August 1989
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