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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watts, Roy Fredrick ✈ | — | Flight Lieutenant | — | — | — |
| Watts, Edwin Leslie ✈ | — | Warrant Officer | 755917 | 13 Apr 1943 | — |
| Watts, Reginald Douglas Haig ✈ | — | Sergeant | 746868 | 11 Sep 1940 | 35 |
| Way, Lewis Benjamin Roger ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | — | — | — |
| Way, Basil Hugh ✈ | — | Flight Lieutenant | 33402 | 25 Jul 1940 | 22 |
| Weaver, Percy Stevenson ✈ | — | Flight Lieutenant | 70719 | 31 Aug 1940 | 25 |
| Webb, Paul Clifford ✈ | — | Flying Officer | — | — | — |
| Webber, Wyndham Frederick Peirson ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | — | — | — |
| Weber, Frantisek ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | — | — | — |
| Weber, Jack ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Webster, Ernest Reginald ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Webster, Herbert Garth ✈ | — | Flight Sergeant | 519739 | 14 Apr 1941 | — |
| Webster, John Terence ✈ | — | Flight Lieutenant | 37436 | 5 Sep 1940 | — |
| Wedgwood, Jefferson Heywood ✈ | 📖 | Squadron Leader | 37645 | 17 Dec 1942 | — |
| Wedlock, Gordon Victor ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Wedzik, Marian ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Weir, Archibald Nigel Charles ✈ | — | Flying Officer | 73593 | 7 Nov 1940 | 21 |
| Welch, Eric ✈ | — | Sergeant | 1050617 | 17 Dec 1941 | 21 |
| Welford, George Henry Ettrick ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | — | — | — |
| Wells, Edward Preston ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | — | — | — |
| Wells, Patrick Hardy Vesey ✈ | — | Flying Officer | — | — | — |
| Wellum, Geoffrey Harris Augustus ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | — | — | — |
| Wendel, Kenneth Victor ✈ | — | Flying Officer | 40651 | 7 Sep 1940 | 24 |
| Westlake, George Herbert ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | — | — | — |
| Westmoreland, Thomas Emrys ✈ | — | Sergeant | 741143 | 25 Aug 1940 | — |
| Whall, Basil Ewart Patrick ✈ | — | Sergeant | 740484 | 7 Oct 1940 | 22 |
| Wheeler, Norman John ✈ | — | Flight Lieutenant | — | — | — |
| Whipps, George Albert ✈ | — | Flight Sergeant | 741028 | 26 Aug 1941 | — |
| Whitbread, Herbert Laurance ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | 42034 | 20 Sep 1940 | 26 |
| White, Blair Eustace Galloway ✈ | — | Squadron Leader | 41510 | 5 Jul 1943 | 28 |
| White, John ✈ | — | Flight Sergeant | 741363 | 14 Jun 1941 | 25 |
| White, John William ✈ | — | Flight Sergeant | 430197 | 23 Nov 1944 | 19 |
| White, Robert ✈ | — | Sergeant | 1351788 | 28 Apr 1942 | 62 |
| Whitehead, Clifford ✈ | — | Flying Officer | 45299 | 4 Jul 1942 | 27 |
| Whitfield, Joseph James ✈ | — | Sergeant | 526295 | 13 Jul 1940 | 25 |
| Whitley, Eric William ✈ | — | Squadron Leader | — | — | — |
| Whitley, David ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | 42036 | 28 Aug 1940 | 21 |
| Whitney, Douglas Mitchell ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | — | — | — |
| Whittick, Harry George ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Whittingham, Charles Derek ✈ | — | Flying Officer | — | — | — |
| Whitty, William Hubert Rigby ✈ | — | Flight Lieutenant | — | — | — |
| Whitwell, Peter Coulson ✈ | — | Flying Officer | 40613 | 7 Nov 1942 | 22 |
| Wickings-smith, Peter Claude ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | 42929 | 11 Sep 1940 | 22 |
| Wickins, Arthur Stanley ✈ | — | — | 47997 | — | — |
| Wicks, Bryan John ✈ | — | Squadron Leader | 40774 | 12 Oct 1942 | 22 |
| Widdows, Stanley Charles ✈ | — | Squadron Leader | — | — | — |
| Wigg, Ronald George ✈ | — | Flying Officer | — | — | — |
| Wigglesworth, John Spencer ✈ | — | Flying Officer | 42930 | 6 Feb 1942 | 21 |
| Wight, Ronald Derek Gordon ✈ | — | Flight Lieutenant | 34187 | 11 Aug 1940 | 24 |
| Wilcox, Edgar John ✈ | — | Flying Officer | 70830 | 31 Aug 1940 | 23 |
