Pilot Officer Norman Patrick Watkins Hancock
Born on 4 August 1919 in Streatham, south London, Pat Hancock was educated at Croydon High School and Wimbledon Technical School. He went on to…
Flying Officer Colin Falkland Gray
Gray and his twin brother Kenneth were born in Christchurch, New Zealand on 9 November 1914. They applied for RAF short service commissions in April…
Pilot Officer Noel John Victor Benson
Benson was born in 1918 in the village of Great Ouseburn, Yorkshire. His father was a local doctor. Noel Benson went to Sedbergh School and…
Sergeant Rufus Arthur Ward
Born in Croydon on 2 February 1917, Ward was known as “Rufus” to his parents, but later his wife would prefer to call him “Arthur”.…
Sergeant Bernard James Jennings
Jennings was born on 21 March 1915 and joined the RAF, as an Aircrafthand, on 1 May 1933. After training, he was posted to the…
Flying Officer Guy Rawstron Branch
Branch was born on 27 October 1913. His father, Charles Churchill Branch, was a barrister and Alpine mountaineer. Educated at Eton like his father, G…
Flight Lieutenant George Edward Bowes Stoney
One of the most published photographs of aircrew in the Battle of Britain shows a group of Hurricane pilots of No 501 Squadron at Hawkinge…
Sergeant Leonard Harold Bartlett
Leonard Bartlett, born in Muswell Hill, Middlesex on 20 June 1916, joined the RAFVR in May 1939, as an Airman u/t Pilot. He worked in…
