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Mieczysław Adamek. Les Adams (rugby league) Jack Agazarian. Noel Agazarian. Napier Sturt, 3rd Baron Alington. Geoffrey Allard. Charles Allberry. John Allen (RAF officer) Michael Anderson (cricketer, born 1916)
RAF Bomber Command controlled the Royal Air Force 's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968. Along with the United States Army Air Forces, it played the central role in the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II. From 1942 onward, the British bombing campaign against Germany became less restrictive and increasingly targeted industrial sites and ...
Edward Addison. John Aiken (Royal Air Force officer) Frederick Alan Aikman. Cyril Aldred. Michael Aldridge. Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924–2016) Kenneth Alexander (economist) Nicholas Alkemade.
The aircrews of RAF Bomber Command during World War II operated a fleet of bomber aircraft carried strategic bombing operations from September 1939 to May 1945, on behalf of the Allied powers. The crews were men from the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries, and occupied Europe, especially Poland, France, Czechoslovakia and Norway, as ...
The Battle of Britain ( German: Luftschlacht um England, "air battle for England") was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany 's air force, the Luftwaffe.
1 dam lightly damaged. c. 1,600 civilians killed. (including c. 1,000 prisoners and slave labourers, mainly Soviet) Operation Chastise, commonly known as the Dambusters Raid, [ 1][ 2] was an attack on German dams carried out on the night of 16/17 May 1943 by 617 Squadron RAF Bomber Command, later called the Dam Busters, using special "bouncing ...
Distinguished Flying Cross & Bar. Mentioned in Despatches. Other work. Aviation consultant. Disabled activist. Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader, CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, DL, FRAeS ( / ˈbɑːdər /; 21 February 1910 – 5 September 1982) was a Royal Air Force flying ace during the Second World War.
Other work. King's Messenger, journalist. Raymond Towers Holmes (20 August 1914 – 27 June 2005) was a British Royal Air Force fighter pilot during the Second World War who is best known for an event that occurred during the Battle of Britain. He became famous when he reportedly saved Buckingham Palace from being hit by German bombing by ...