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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.
In March 1943, No. 145 Squadron pilots who came from the United States, Britain, New Zealand, Argentina, Trinidad, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and Poland were credited with 20 Axis aircraft destroyed, over one third of the total destroyed by the entire RAF in the MTO for that month. [2] On 19 August 1945, the Squadron disbanded in northern ...
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)
No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF. No. 61 Group RAF. No. 83 Group Support Unit RAF. No. 665 Squadron RCAF. No. 1409 Flight RAF. No. 1425 (Communication) Flight RAF. No. 1435 Flight RAF. Northwest African Air Service Command. Northwest African Photographic Reconnaissance Wing.
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 ...
Bristol Blenheim (RAF) long range fighter and night fighter. Curtiss Mohawk (RAF) Curtiss Kittyhawk and Tomahawk (RAF) de Havilland Mosquito (RAF) night fighter & fighter-bomber. de Havilland Vampire (RAF) prototype jet fighter. Douglas Havoc (RAF) night fighter. Fairey Fulmar (FAA) fleet fighter. Fairey Firefly (FAA) fleet fighter.
The airfield was originally built in 1941 for RAF Bomber Command, then expanded to Class A airfield standards for use by American heavy bombers during 1942. Kimbolton was assigned to the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Eighth Air Force. It was given the designation USAAF Station 117.
The Eagle Squadrons were three fighter squadrons of the Royal Air Force (RAF) formed with volunteer pilots from the United States during the early days of World War II (1940), prior to the United States' entry into the war in December 1941. With the United States still neutral, many Americans simply crossed the border and joined the Royal ...