Service Members
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✈ The Few — Battle of Britain
2,488 airmen in the database who flew with RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain (10 July – 31 October 1940) and qualified for the Battle of Britain clasp. Listed alphabetically.
| Name | 📖 Bio | Rank | Service number | Died | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravenhill, Malcolm ✈ | — | Flying Officer | 40750 | 30 Sep 1940 | — |
| Rawlence, Anthony James ✈ | — | Plt Off<!-- 90106 --> | — | — | — |
| Rawnsley, Cecil Frederick ✈ | — | Sgt<!-- 102089 --> | — | — | — |
| Ray, R W ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Raymond, P ✈ | — | Flying Officer | — | — | — |
| Rayner, Roderick Malachi Seaburne ✈ | — | Plt Off<!-- 40138 --> | — | — | — |
| Read, William Albert Alexander ✈ | — | Flying Officer | — | — | — |
| Ream, Charles Alfred ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Řechka, Josef ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Redfern, Eric Arthur ✈ | — | Flight Sergeant | 754694 | 17 Aug 1941 | 27 |
| Redman, John ✈ | — | Flight Lieutenant | 41952 | 20 Apr 1943 | — |
| Reece, Lawrence Hugh Murrell ✈ | — | Sergeant | 747825 | 18 Jul 1940 | — |
| Reed, Horace ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Rees, Brian Victor ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | — | — | — |
| Reilley, Hugh William ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | 43043 | 17 Oct 1940 | 22 |
| Reilly, Charles Christopher ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | 40629 | 28 Oct 1942 | 29 |
| Renvoize, James Verdun ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Reynell, Richard Carew ✈ | 📖 | Flight Lieutenant | 32091 | 7 Sep 1940 | 28 |
| Reyno, Edwin Michael ✈ | — | Flight Lieutenant | — | — | — |
| Rhodes, Richard Arthur ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | 42529 | 25 Aug 1940 | — |
| Rhodes-moorhouse, William Henry ✈ | — | Flight Lieutenant | 90140 | 6 Sep 1940 | 26 |
| Ricalton, Alan Leslie ✈ | — | Flying Officer | 70872 | 17 Oct 1940 | 26 |
| Rich, Peter Godfrey ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Richards, Duncan Hamilton ✈ | — | Sub Lt (FAA) | — | — | — |
| Richards, William Charles ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | 102978 | 11 Aug 1941 | — |
| Richardson, Eric ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Richardson, George Frederick ✈ | — | Squadron Leader | — | — | — |
| Richardson, Roland Wharrier ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Richardson, William Arthur ✈ | — | Squadron Leader | — | — | — |
| Richardson, Cecil James ✈ | — | Sergeant | 509309 | 31 Jul 1940 | 29 |
| Richardson, Ronald William ✈ | — | Sergeant | 2207432 | 12 Aug 1943 | — |
| Ricketts, Victor Anthony ✈ 🎖 | 📖 | Flight Lieutenant | 77341 | 12 Jul 1942 | 29 |
| Ricks, Leo Patrick Vincent John ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Riddell-hannam, John Derrick ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Riddle, Christopher John Henry ✈ | — | Flying Officer | — | — | — |
| Riddle, Hugh Joseph ✈ | — | Flying Officer | — | — | — |
| Ridley, Marmaduke ✈ | — | Sergeant | 565201 | 26 Aug 1940 | 24 |
| Rigby, Robert Harold ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | 42149 | 18 Jul 1940 | 24 |
| Riley, Frederick ✈ | — | Flight Lieutenant | 42024 | 7 Dec 1942 | 30 |
| Riley, William ✈ | 📖 | Wing Commander | 37422 | 16 Jul 1942 | 25 |
| Rimmer, Reginald Frank ✈ | — | Flight Lieutenant | 39683 | 27 Sep 1940 | 21 |
| Ringwood, Eric Alfred ✈ | — | Sergeant | 629710 | 27 Aug 1940 | — |
| Ripley, William George ✈ 🎖 | — | Flying Officer | 139951 | 16 Nov 1943 | 30 |
| Rippon, Anthony John ✈ 🎖 | — | Flight Lieutenant | 42262 | 25 Aug 1944 | — |
| Riseley, Arthur Harry ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Ritcher, Geoffrey Louis ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | — | — | — |
| Ritchie, Ian Smail ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | — | — | — |
| Ritchie, James Ritchie ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | — | — | — |
| Ritchie, John Millar ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | — | — | — |
| Ritchie, Robert Douglas ✈ | — | Sergeant | 745702 | 9 Aug 1940 | 24 |