List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (V–Z)

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 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 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 15 April 2009.

V NameRankNationalitySqn during BattleAwardsNotesVan-Den Hove d'Ertsenrijck, Albert Emmanuel Alix Dieudonne Jean GhislainPlt OffBEL501 & 43 SqnsKIA 11 September 1940Van-Lierde, Willi EPlt OffBEL87 SqnVan Mentz, BrianFg OffSA 222 SqnDFCKIA 26 April 1941Battle of Britain London Monument site re Brian Van Mantz Brian Van Mentz profile Van-Wayen Berghe, Arthur Albert LeopoldPlt OffBEL236 SqnKIA 10 March 1941Varley, George WallacePlt OffBR247 & 79 Sqns Died 11 February 1982 Vašátko, AloisPlt OffCZ312 SqnDFCKIA 23 June 1942Velebnovský, AntonínPlt OffCZ1 SqnKIA 16 July 1941Venesoen, François Auguste "Sus"SgtBEL235 SqnDFCKIA 6 June 1944François Venesoen's Battle of Britain London Monument profile Verity, Victor Bosanquet StrachanPlt OffNZ229 SqnDFC Veselý, VlastimilPlt OffCZ312 SqnVick, James AndersonSqn LdrBR607 Sqn (CO)Vigors, Timothy AshmeadPlt OffBR222 SqnDFC Died 14 November 2003Battle of Britain London Monument site Timothy Vigors' profile Viles, Leslie WilliamSgtBR236 SqnVilla, John Wolferstan "Pancho"Flt LtBR72 & 92 SqnsDFCDied 1983Vincent, Stanley FlamankGp CaptBR257 & 229 SqnsCB, DFC, AFC, DLRetired as AVM in 1950; died 13 March 1976.Vindiš, FrantišekSgtCZ310 SqnVinyard, Frederick FentonSgtBR64 SqnMIA 6 October 1940Voase-Jeff, RobertFlt LtBR87 SqnDFC*, CdeGKIA 11 August 1940Vokes, Arthur FrankPlt OffBR19 SqnKIA 5 September 1941 (Pilot)Vopálecký, JosefWarrant OfficerCZ310 SqnVrána, AdolfFg OffCZ312 SqnVybíral, TomášPlt OffCZ312 SqnDFC, DSODied 21 February 1981Tomas Vybiral profile Vykoukal, Karel JanPlt OffCZ111 & 73 SqnsBorn Chotěboř, Czechoslovakia 20 December 1916; KIA 21 May 1942Karel Vykoukal profile

W NameRankNationalitySqn during BattleAwardsNotesWaddingham, JohnPlt OffBR141 SqnDFCKIA 27 September 1942 (Malta)Wade, Trevor Sidney "Wimpy"Plt OffBR92 SqnDFC, AFCLater a test pilot for Hawker. KIFA 1951 when the Hawker P.1081 prototype crashed.Wadham, John VictorSgtBR145 SqnKIA 12 October 1940 aged 21 as a Pilot of Hurricane V7426 which was shot down by Bf 109s over Hastings and crashed near Cranbrook.Waghorn, Peter HarrySgtBR249 & 111 SqnsKIA 11 April 1941 (Malta)Wagner, Alan DerekSgtBR151 SqnKIA 17 July 1944 (Pilot)Wainwright, Alec GeorgePlt OffBR151 SqnKIA 21 January 1941Wainwright, Michael Terry Plt OffBR64 SqnAFCSurviving aircrew (born 1919)Waite, EdwardSgtBR29 SqnMIA 31 July 1940 aged 24 following a collision between Blenheims L6722 and L1408 over the Bristol Channel.Ramsey 1996, pp. 314-533Wake, Frederick WilliamSgtBR264 SqnWakefield, Herbert KennethPlt OffBR235 SqnDFCWakeham, Ernest Cecil JohnPlt OffBR145 SqnDFCMIA 8 August 1940Wakeling, Sidney Richard ErnestSgtBR87 SqnKIA 25 August 1940 when his Hurricane V7250 was shot down inflames over Portland.Walch, Stuart CrosbyFlt LtAUS238 SqnKIA 11 August 1940Walker, George ArthurSgtBR232 SqnWalker, James Arthur "Johnnie"Fg OffCAN111 SqnDFCKIA 8 February 1944, SingaporeWalker, John Harold GilbertFg OffBR25 SqnKIA 9 May 1942 (Pilot)Walker, James Ian BradleySgtNZ600 SqnDied 2009.Walker, James RichardFg OffCAN611 & 41 SqnsKIFA when aircraft ran out of fuel at sea between HMS Argus and Malta (transfer to 261 Sqn), 16 November 1940, aged 20. Robert J. Boret died in the same incident.Walker, Norman MacDonaldSgtBR615 SqnMIA 2 June 1941 (Malta)Walker, Robert JamesPlt OffBR72 SqnDSOWalker, StanleySgtBR236 SqnKIA 12 February 1942Walker, William Louis BuchananPlt OffBR616 SqnAESurviving aircrewWilliam Louis Buchanan Walker profile Walker-Smith, Francis RichardSgtBR85 SqnKIA 13 March 1941 (Pilot)Wallace, Clarence Alfred BlakePlt OffCAN3 SqnKIA 27 October 1941Wallace, Thomas YoungSgtSAListed as British610 & 111 SqnsDFMKIA 11 November 1944 (Pilot)Wallen, Dennis StanleyFlt LtBR604 SqnWallens, Ronald Walter "Wally"Plt OffBR41 SqnDFCWIA 5 September 1940. Died 13 November 1995.Waller, George AlfredSgtBR29 SqnDFCDied 1983Walley, Peter KennethSgtBR615 SqnKIA 18 August 1940 (Pilot)Wallis, Donald SylvesterSgtBR235 SqnKIA 22 February 1941Walmsley, Harold WilliamSgtBR248 SqnMIA 13 December 1940Walsh, EdmundSgtBR141 SqnWalsh, John JosephPlt OffCAN615 SqnWIA 2 March 1941 (Malta)Walsh, John PatrickSgtBR616 SqnKIFA 4 August 1940 when his Spitfire N3271 spun into the ground during dog fight training.Walsh, Robert William MeadeSub Lt (FAA)BR111 SqnWalton, HerbertSgtBR87 SqnWant, William HudsonSgtBR248 SqnMIA 19 August 1940 when his Bristol Blenheim went missing of south Norwegian coast during a reconnaissance flight.Wapniarek, StefanPlt OffPOL302 SqnVM, KWKIA 18 October 1940 when his Hurricane P3872 crashed during an attempted forced landing on return from a patrol in bad weather.Ward, Derek HarlandFg OffNZ87 SqnDFC*KIA 17 June 1942 (North Africa)Ward, The Hon Edward FrederickSqn LdrBR601 SqnDied April 1987Ward, John LewisPlt OffBR32 SqnKIA 20 March 1942Ward, Rufus ArthurSgtBR66 SqnKIA 8 October 1940 when he was killed following a bale out from his Spitfire N3043 which was shot down in combat with Bf 109s over Kent.Ward, William BruceSgtBRListed on CWGC website as Australian604 SqnKIA 6 April 1943Ward-Smith, PeterSgtBR610 SqnWarden, Noel ProctorSgtBR610 SqnKIA 1 October 1941Ware, Ralph TaverhamSgtBR3 SqnKIA 21 January 1945Wareham, Michael PercyPlt OffBR1 SqnDFCKIA 21 January 1945 (?)Wareing, Philip ThomasSgtBR616 SqnDCMTaken POW 26 August 1940 but escaped. Died May 1987Waring, WilliamSgtBR23 SqnWarner, William Henry CromwellFlt LtBR610 SqnMIA 16 August 1940 when he failed to return in his Spitfire R6802 after combat with Bf 109s.Warren, CharlesPlt OffBR152 SqnDFCDied 19 October 2005Warren, Douglas Albert PalmerPlt OffBR248 SqnKIA 9 February 1941Warren, John Benjamin WilliamAC1BR600 SqnKIA 8 August 1940 when Blenheim L8665 was shot down in flames into the sea near Ramsgate, Kent.Warren, StanleySgtBR1 SqnMIA 9 October 1940 when his Hurricane V7376 failed to return during a formation flight in cloud over the Wash.Warren, Thornton ArrowsmithSgtBR236 SqnWaterston, Robin McGregorFg OffBR603 SqnKIA 31 August 1940 when his Spitfire X4273 was shot down by Bf 109s over London.Watkins, Douglas HerbertFg OffBR611 SqnDFCDied 1969Watkinson, Arthur BasilPlt OffSA66 SqnDied 18 October 1985Watling, William CharlesPlt OffBR92 SqnKIA 7 February 1941Watson, Arthur RoyPlt OffBR152 SqnKIA 28 November 1940Watson, Edward JamesPlt OffBR605 SqnKIA 26 February 1942Watson, Evan OwensPlt OffBR64 SqnWatson, Fredrick StanleyPlt OffCAN3 SqnKIA 11 October 1941Watson, John GordonAC2BR604 SqnWatson, Lionel GeorgePlt OffBR29 SqnWatson, Rafael FFg OffBR87 SqnWatson-Parker, Patrick IanSgtBR610 SqnKIA 13 July 1940 when his Spitfire R6807 crashed during a routine patrol, cause not known.Watters, JosephPlt OffNZ236 SqnDied 18 April 1981Watts, Edwin LeslieSgtBR248 SqnKIA 13 April 1943Watts, Roy FredrickFlt LtBR253 SqnWatts, Reginald Douglas HaigSgtBR235 SqnMIA 11 September 1940 when his Blenheim was shot down by Bf 109s and crashed into the sea.Way, Basil Hugh "Wonky"Flt LtBR54 SqnKIA 25 July 1940 when his Spitfire R6707 crashed into the sea following combat with a Bf 109.Way, Lewis Benjamin RogerPlt OffBR229 SqnWczelik, AntoniFg OffPOL302 SqnKW**KIA 14 April 1942Weaver, Percy StevensonFg OffBR56 SqnMIA 31 August 1940 when his Hurricane V7378 was shot down by fighters and crashed into the River Blackwater.Webb, Paul CliffordFg OffBR602 SqnDFC, CBEWebber, Wyndham Frederick PeirsonPlt OffBR141 SqnWeber, FrantisekPlt OffCZ145 SqnWeber, JackSgtBR1 SqnDied 1988Webster, Ernest ReginaldSgtBR73 SqnWebster, Frederick KinnersleyPlt OffBR610 SqnKIA 26 August 1940 (Pilot)Webster, Herbert GarthSgtBR73 SqnKIA 14 April 1941Webster, John Terence "Terry"Fg OffBR41 SqnDFCKIA 5 September 1940Wedgwood, Jefferson HeywoodFlt LtBR253 SqnDFCKIA 17 December 1942Wedlock, Gordon VictorSgtBR235 SqnDFMWedzik, MarianSgtPOL302 SqnVM, KW***, DFCDied 10 October 1977Weir, Archibald Nigel CharlesPlt OffBR45 SqnDFCMIA 7 November 1940 (his brother Maj. Adrian John Anthony Weir MC was also KIA)Welch, EricSgtBR604 SqnKIA 17 December 1941Welford, George Henry EttrickPlt OffBR607 SqnWells, Edward Preston "Hawkeye"Plt OffNZ266 & 41 SqnsDSO, DFC*Died 2005Wells, Patrick Hardy Vesey "Pat"Fg OffBR249 SqnDSODied 2002Wellum, Geoffrey Harris Augustus "Boy" Plt OffBR92 SqnDFCDied 18 July 2018 (born 1921)Wendel, Kenneth VictorFg OffNZ504 SqnKIA 7 September 1940Westlake, George HerbertPlt OffBR43 & 616 SqnsDFCDied 18 January 2006.Westmoreland, Thomas EmyrsSgtBR616 SqnMIA 25 August 1940 when he failed to return in Spitfire R6966 after combat with Bf 109s over Canterbury.Whall, Basil Ewart PatrickSgtBR602 SqnDFMKIA 7 October 1940Wheeler, Norman John Flt LtBR 610 Sqn & 615 SqnAFC