Category: Royal Air Force

Categories: British Armed Forces

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The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world. - Wikipedia

For units and personnel who served during non-conflict periods see the sub-categories listed below.

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Subcategories (141)

Royal Air Force, World War I (7, 118, 0)
Royal Air Force, World War II (122, 340, 2)

1

No. 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 1, 0)
No. 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)
No. 102 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 11, 0)
No. 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 3, 0)
No. 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 3, 0)
No. 109 Squadron, Royal Air Force (1, 1, 0)
No. 110 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)
No. 111 Squadron, Royal Air Force (1, 1, 0)
No. 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force (1, 6, 0)
No. 121 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 1, 0)
No. 122 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 1, 0)
No. 124 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 1, 0)
No. 126 Squadron, Royal Air Force (1, 1, 0)
No. 133 Squadron, Royal Air Force (1, 1, 0)
No. 144 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 1, 0)
No. 14 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force (1, 2, 0)
No. 15 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 9, 0)
No. 156 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 6, 0)
No. 178 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 1, 0)
No. 17 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 1)
No. 17 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 3, 0)
No. 180 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)
No. 189 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)
No. 19 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 3, 0)

2

No. 205 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)
No. 205 Group, Royal Air Force (1, 2, 0)
No. 206 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 1, 0)
No. 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 7, 0)
No. 209 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 1, 0)
No. 212 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 1, 0)
No. 218 Squadron, Royal Air Force (2, 1, 0)
No. 222 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 4, 0)
No. 226 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)
No 22 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force, World War II (0, 4, 0)
No. 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)
No. 232 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 1, 0)
No. 24 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 1, 0)
No. 257 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)
No. 26 Squadron, Royal Air Force (1, 1, 0)
No. 268 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)
No. 28 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)

3

No. 3 Group, Royal Air Force (1, 1, 0)
No. 3 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 1, 0)
No. 32 Squadron, Royal Air Force (1, 0, 0)
No. 34 Squadron, Royal Air Force
No. 357 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)

3 cont.

No. 358 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 1, 0)
No. 38 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)

4

No. 4 Group, Royal Air Force (2, 0, 0)
No. 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 5, 0)
No. 41 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)
No. 42 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 1, 0)
No. 43 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 4, 0)
No. 46 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 1, 0)
No. 460 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)
No. 49 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 4, 0)

5

No. 5 Group, Royal Air Force (1, 0, 0)
No. 5 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)
No. 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 10, 0)
No. 51 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 3, 0)
No. 511 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)
No. 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)
No. 58 Squadron, Royal Air Force

6

No. 60 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 6, 0)
No. 601 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 4, 0)
No. 605 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)
No. 609 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)
No. 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force (2, 1, 0)
No. 617 Squadron, Royal Air Force (2, 59, 0)
No. 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 1, 0)
No. 627 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 1, 0)
No. 63 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 1, 0)
No. 630 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 9, 1)

7

No. 7 Group, Royal Air Force (0, 1, 0)
No. 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 3, 1)
No. 72 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 3, 0)
No. 73 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 5, 0)
No. 75 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 7, 0)

8

No. 8 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)
No. 80 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 3, 0)
No. 83 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 7, 0)
No. 84 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)

9

No. 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force (1, 3, 0)
No. 92 Squadron, Royal Air Force (1, 4, 0)
No. 97 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 4, 0)
No. 99 Squadron, Royal Air Force (0, 2, 0)

C

Central Flying School (0, 3, 0)

P

Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (1, 1, 0)

R

RAF Amport (0, 1, 0)
RAF Bassingbourn (0, 2, 0)
RAF Boddington (0, 2, 0)
RAF Bomber Command (0, 16, 0)
RAF Bridgnorth (0, 1, 0)

R cont.

RAF Brize Norton (0, 1, 0)
RAF Cardington (0, 1, 0)
RAF Coastal Command (0, 1, 0)
RAF Coldblow Lane (0, 2, 0)
RAF Compton Basset (0, 2, 0)
RAF Cottesmore (1, 1, 0)
RAF Driffield (0, 2, 0)
RAF Duxford (0, 1, 0)
RAF Elsham Wolds (0, 1, 0)
RAF Episkopi (0, 1, 0)
RAF Filton (0, 2, 0)
RAF Foulsham (0, 1, 0)
RAF Gutersloh (0, 1, 0)
RAF Habbaniya (0, 1, 0)
RAF Halton (0, 4, 0)
RAF Henlow (0, 3, 0)
RAF Honington (0, 1, 0)
RAF Innsworth (0, 2, 0)
RAF Kelstern (0, 1, 0)
RAF Kenley (0, 1, 0)
RAF Kirton in Lindsey (0, 1, 0)
RAF Laarbruch (0, 1, 0)
RAF Leeming (0, 2, 0)
RAF Locking (0, 3, 0)
RAF Marham (0, 2, 0)
RAF Martlesham Heath (0, 2, 0)
RAF Mossy Hill (0, 2, 0)
RAF Nicosia (0, 2, 0)
RAF Northwood (0, 1, 0)
RAF Pocklington (0, 7, 0)
RAF Pucklechurch (0, 1, 0)
RAF Scampton (1, 41, 0)
RAF St Eval (0, 1, 0)
RAF Stanbridge (0, 2, 0)
RAF Sumburgh (0, 1, 0)
RAF Swinderby (0, 2, 0)
RAF Tangmere (0, 5, 0)
RAF Transport Command (1, 0, 0)
RAF Upavon (1, 0, 0)
RAF Weeton (0, 1, 0)
RAF West Malling (0, 3, 0)
RAF Wildenrath (0, 1, 0)
RAF Yatesbury (0, 1, 0)
Royal Air Force Regiment (0, 3, 0)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (1, 114, 0)
Royal Air Force, Korean War

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Person Profiles (143)

A

bef 01 Apr 1934 Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 10 Jan 2014
27 Aug 1898 Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 1984
1880 North Curry, Somerset, England, United Kingdom - 1956
abt 24 Apr 1914 England - 31 Jan 1943
24 Feb 1902 Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom - abt Jun 1995

B

abt Nov 1912 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
16 Aug 1938 Bryanston Square, London, England - 07 Feb 2012
1878 Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom - 1944
28 Mar 1919 Dacca, Dhaka, Bangladesh - 18 Apr 2001
02 Nov 1905 Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom - 11 Feb 1988
abt 1897 Cardiff, Wales - 28 Jul 1924
27 Nov 1937 Bingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 21 Nov 2017
1906 Harrow, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 25 Dec 1962
23 Oct 1940 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England - 05 May 2002 Privacy Level: Public (Green) photo
1950s Privacy Level: Private with Public Family Tree (Yellow) photo Active member821
1930s - 2010s Privacy Level: Private with Public Biography and Family Tree (Yellow) photo
1916 - 07 Jan 1940
1896 - 11 Sep 1918
17 May 1907 Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom - 09 Apr 1995
31 Oct 1930 Dingle, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 21 May 2013
18 Sep 1898 Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 11 Nov 1960
23 Jul 1921 Silvertown, West Ham, London, England - 10 Nov 1988
08 Apr 1905 Norfolk, Ontario, Canada - 26 Sep 1989 Privacy Level: Public (Green) photo
26 Mar 1895 England - 02 Sep 1964
08 Sep 1929 Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 06 Feb 1958 photo

C

15 May 1912 Siverstream, Wellington, New Zealand - 07 Nov 1999 Privacy Level: Public (Green) photo
11 Jan 1921 Gisborne, North Island, New Zealand - 20 Jul 1940 photo
23 Feb 1903 Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom - abt 1976
1892 Port Said, Egypt - 1953
04 Sep 1891 Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom - 23 Jun 1945
09 Aug 1913 Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada - 05 Jan 1938
21 Mar 1935 Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 20 Sep 2004
16 Aug 1912 Sawley, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom - 07 Dec 1949
17 Dec 1895 Tokyo, Japan - 17 Jun 1958 photo
19 May 1929 Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - 25 Oct 2020 photo
bef 1902
06 May 1899 St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 25 Mar 1969 photo
18 May 1915 Teddington, Middlesex, England. - 25 Jul 2012 photo
25 Jul 1897 Auckland, New Zealand - 09 Feb 1919 photo
18 Aug 1891 36 Eglington Street, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland - 08 Sep 1941
Living Cullen
1920 Westhampnett, Sussex, England - 14 Sep 1940 photo

D

1950s Privacy Level: Private with Public Family Tree (Yellow) photo Active member9066
03 Dec 1890 Wandsworth, London, England - 08 Apr 1972
04 Nov 1901 Cork, Ireland - 03 Aug 1988
1921 Swansea, Wales - Dec 2009

E

Sep 1882 Great Houghton, Northamptonshire, England - Sep 1963
22 Jun 1902 Gorton, Lancashire, England - abt 1967 photo
18 Jul 1908 Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 26 Apr 1984

E cont.

14 Jul 1897 Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
22 Jan 1922 Minster in Sheppey, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 10 Apr 1952
05 May 1899 Deptford, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 30 Dec 1974

F

03 Jul 1918 Dartford, Kent, England - 2000 photo
1894 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States - 10 Jun 1919
21 Mar 1924 Pancras, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 13 Feb 1944
26 Oct 1918 Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 22 Oct 1986 photo
1910s - 1990s Privacy Level: Private with Public Family Tree (Yellow)
19 Apr 1874 Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom - 1954
29 Jul 1922 Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Dec 2006 Privacy Level: Public (Green) photo

G

30 Mar 1876 Streatham, Surrey, England - 04 Feb 1961 photo

H

19 Apr 1903 - 1982
07 Mar 1921 Builth, Breconshire, Wales - 1995
1923 - 02 Mar 1955
08 Mar 1901 Burnley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 17 Aug 1978
10 Nov 1899 Burnley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 1964
17 Nov 1890 Cockermouth, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom - 1952
1930s - 2020s Privacy Level: Private with Public Family Tree (Yellow) photo
1904 Westhampnett, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - 1992
15 May 1894 Brighton, Sussex, England

I

26 Sep 1875 - 01 Jun 1958

J

07 Dec 1930 Reigate, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 27 Nov 1968 Privacy Level: Public (Green)
1918 Holywell, Sir y Fflint, Cymru - 04 Oct 1957

K

abt 07 Feb 1896 Hackney Wick, London, England, United Kingdom - abt 10 Dec 1989
03 Feb 1914 Mountain Rd, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand - 03 Jul 1994
1895 England, United Kingdom - 1939
27 Jul 1915 Clontibret, County Monaghan, Ireland - 11 Apr 1991 photo
22 Jan 1910 Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia - 31 Jan 1988

L

20 Sep 1892 North Shields, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom - 1973
1920 Gorton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 06 Aug 1942 photo
Jan 1887 Brentford, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 17 Dec 1965
01 Dec 1916 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 07 Feb 1943 photo
Living Loader
02 Sep 1915 Sandwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 20 Mar 1998

M

21 Jun 1923 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 23 Sep 1993 photo
06 May 1900 Tullynacross, County Down, Ireland - 1973
1910 Cobham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 19 Mar 1944
Living Martin
27 Feb 1918 Edgecliff, New South Wales, Australia - 03 Nov 1988
25 Aug 1891 Gateshead, Durham, England - 1953 photo
- 14 Dec 1942
14 Jul 1894 Scotland - 1980
1912 Cobham, Surrey, England, united kingdom - 11 Oct 1945 photo
1920 Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom - 30 May 1943
17 Sep 1872 Yorkshire, England - 28 Jun 1936 photo
22 May 1926 London, England, United Kingdom - 22 Mar 2000
Living Mosley

N

06 Oct 1897 Folkestone, Kent, England, United Kingdom - abt 03 Dec 1918

O

1896 Hinwick, Bedfordshire, England - 04 Aug 1943
30 Mar 1925 Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom - 13 Dec 2002 photo

P

24 Jul 1899 Salford, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
02 Nov 1916 Calcutta, West Bengal, India - 29 Dec 2002 Privacy Level: Public (Green) photo
abt Jan 1912 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 12 Jun 1942
14 Mar 1922 Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - Sep 1996
26 Feb 1929 Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 24 Jul 1982
1930s - 2010s Privacy Level: Private with Public Biography (Orange) photo
1940s Privacy Level: Private with Public Biography and Family Tree (Yellow) photo Active member719
29 Mar 1932 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 23 Apr 2018 Privacy Level: Public (Green) photo
19 Oct 1916 Sheerness, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 10 Jun 1977
06 Sep 1902 Brighton, Sussex, England - Sep 1976 photo

R

13 Dec 1920 Lucknow, Bengal, India - 25 Feb 1941
abt 1922 Walthamstow, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 10 Jan 1945 photo
1920s - 2020s Privacy Level: Private with Public Family Tree (Yellow) photo
1901 Horsforth, Yorkshire, England - 1993

S

29 May 1908 Bristol, England, United Kingdom - 11 Jun 1941
09 Dec 1893 Grantshouse, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
13 Nov 1897 Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom - 1969
- 06 Jun 1944
1910s - 1990s Privacy Level: Private (Red) photo
28 Oct 1921 Bridport, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 19 Jul 2005 photo
22 Sep 1888 Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom - 29 Jan 1965
18 Jan 1910 Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 08 May 1941
1926 Wandsworth, London, England, United Kingdom - 2019
1924 Kendal, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom - 02 Sep 2018 photo

T

04 Jul 1900 Swindon, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom - Dec 1993
14 May 1874 Bath, Somerset, England - abt 11 Sep 1943
bef 1895
14 Apr 1915 Nelson, New Zealand - 19 May 1986 photo
23 May 1916 Roche, Cornwall, England - 12 Oct 2008 Privacy Level: Public (Green) photo

U

16 Jul 1897 Hampstead, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 18 Oct 1918 photo

V

29 Jul 1892 Barton Regis, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom - 1985
07 Apr 1897 Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom - 13 Mar 1976
17 Mar 1936 Finchley, Barnet, London, England, United Kingdom - 02 Dec 2000 photo

W

21 Mar 1898 Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland - 21 Feb 1920 photo
16 Aug 1985 Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom - 24 Jun 2020 Privacy Level: Public (Green) photo
19 May 1901 Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
26 May 1908 Doncaster,Yorkshire,England,UK - Mar 1996 Privacy Level: Public (Green)
1896 Fulham, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 1965
19 May 1929 Milton, Kent, England - 09 Nov 2020 photo
30 May 1919 Rodmersham, Kent, England - 26 Jan 2009 photo
1940s Privacy Level: Private with Public Biography and Family Tree (Yellow) photo Active member28193
1940s Privacy Level: Private with Public Biography and Family Tree (Yellow) photo
1921 Hubei, China - abt 2016
27 May 1887 Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 18 Oct 1978




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