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NOTE: KIA = Killed In Action. WIA = Wounded In Action. KIFA = Killed in Flying Accident.

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The Battle of Britain clasp (worn on the 1939-45 Star – or a silver gilt rosette if medal ribbons only are worn) is restricted to aircrew from 71 defined units
of RAF Fighter Command, Coastal Command or the Fleet Air Arm, who flew at least one operational sortie between 00:01 July 10 1940 and 23:59 October 31 1940.

To see a larger database covering the entirety of WWll, refer to our Allied Losses and Incidents database. This database is the result of research into all known sources of information on the crews which fought the Battle of Britain on the Allied side. It is surprising that for the most significant air battle of WW2, and even after 80+ years, there remains any uncertainty at all about who took part and in some cases, what they did. We have made it our objective to develop this database into a most comprehensive and accurate record which brings to life those heroic deeds. You can help: send corrections and additional information via our Helpdesk.
We believe this database to be among the most useful records extant in terms of its searchability: for example, it is easy to determine all Blenheim crews, or losses on a specific date or the members of a particular squadron.

Readers are referred to the following sites which we have used to cross-check information and we acknowledge and thank them as respected sources for some of the material in this database:
VintageWings.ca: comprehensive listing of artworks
bbm.org: Comprehensive listing of RAF personnel and service records
Wikipedia: Life stories of leading pilots and crew
AircrewRemembered Paradie Canadian Archive Database: 45,000 Service Records of RCAF personnel
AircrewRemembered Allied Losses and Incidents Database: Covering 120,000+ Allied aircrew 1939 - 1945
AircrewRemembered Archiwum: specialist database with details of Polish personnel (in Polish)
AircrewRemembered Kracker Luftwaffe Archive: 31,000 Luftwaffe pilot and crew details
AircrewRemembered LOST: Rob Philips Memorial Archive: Dutch losses in Europe
bel-memorial.org: Comprehensive site on Belgian aircrew

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#	Name SORT (↑)	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Air Force	Country of Origin*	Squadrons	Awards	Aircraft	Victories	Fate in Battle	Fate After Battle	DateOfDeath	************Notes************
1	Bernard	Frantisek Antonin	Sgt (later Flt Lt)	787543 120209	RAFVR	Czechoslovakia	238Sqn 601Sqn 238Sqn 32Sqn 313Sqn Czechoslovakia 310Sqn Czechoslovakia		Hurricane	2		Died	1980-07-17	Died New Zealand
2	Burda	František	Plt Off (later Flt Lt)	82540	RAFVR	Czechoslovakia	310Sqn Czechoslovakia		Hurricane	2		Died	1988-02-23	Died Brno
3	Chábera	František	Sgt (later Flt Lt)	787698 115117	RAFVR	Czechoslovakia	312Sqn Czechoslovakia 96Sqn 68Sqn		Hurricane	5		Died	1999-10-21	Departure 6.1939 to Poland then via ship Chrobny to France, retraining in Chartres, from 12.1939 service at GC II / 5 on Hawk H-75, 5 kills, 20.6.1940 departure to Algiers. 8.1940 admitted to the RAF 312 Sqd Hurricane, participant in the Battle of Britain, from 3.1941 night fighter at 96 Sqd on Defiants and then 68 Sqd on Beaufighter. From 5.1942 to IR. 8.1942 return to the 312 Sqd on Spitfire. 2.1944 with a group of F. Fajtla to the USSR, Commander of the 2nd Squadron 1st MS. SSLP, SNP, 1st prev. down. 4.1945 fighting in Silesia. Return 5.1945. Zalétávací pilot at VTLÚ in Letňany, 12.1948 arrested, 6.1949 sentenced to 5 years, imprisoned at the camp Vojna near Příbram. 1953 released, working class, persecuted by the Communists. 1990 rehabilitation. Patron of the 211th Tactical Squadron. Died Litomērice
4	Doležal	František	Plt Off (later W/C)	82593	RAFVR	Czechoslovakia	19Sqn	DSO DFC	Spitfire	6		KIFA	1945-10-04	P/O František 'Dolly' Doležal was posted to No 310 Squadron RAF on 6 August 1940 at RAF Duxford, from where he was loaned to No 19 Squadron RAF at RAF Fowlmere on 24 August. One of the first Czech airmen to fly the Supermarine fighter, the 30-year-old veteran of the French air war had a tally of 2 destroyed, 2 probables and 1 damaged in September. On 11 September, he was wounded in the leg and Spitfire Mk I QV-L severely damaged in combat over London. (courtesy Claudio Montani-Adams)
5	Fajtl	František	Flt Lt (later Sqd Ldr)	82544	RAFVR	Czechoslovakia	17Sqn 1Sqn	DFC	Hurricane	4		Died	2006-10-04
6	František	Józef	Sgt	793451	PAF	Czechoslovakia	303Sqn Polish	Virtuti Militari Krzyz Walecznych Medal Lotniczy DFM & BarDFM Croix de Guerre	Hurricane I R4175 RF-R	17	KIA		1940-10-08	Fled to Poland when country was overrun. Joined Polish Air Force, then when Poland fell, he went to France (via North Africa) and joined the Armee de l'Air, and received the Croix de Guerre for an air-to-air victory.Then went to England when France fell, joined the RAF, and was a founding member of No 303 (Polish) Squadron. In the space of a month, he shot down 17 aircraft, 9 of which were Bf 109s. DFM but otherwise received no official recognition for his exploits. Killed when his Hurricane I (R4175) crashed on the 8th of October 1940, the cause was unknown, but suspected of flying to impress his fiancée.He had absolutely no concept of discipline or teamwork. He would fly in formation with the squadron until the enemy was sighted, then would go his own way. His exasperated British Squadron Leader finally decided enough was enough; for all his results, such behaviour couldn't be tolerated. He offered to arrange for Frantisek to transfer to a Czechoslovakia squadron, but Frantisek preferred to stay and fight alongside his Polish friends. He was too good to be grounded, and all pilots were valuable, so a compromise was made. Frantisek was replaced in the Squadron formation, but allotted a "spare" aircraft so he could fly as a "guest" of the Squadron as and when - and how - he saw fit. Thus freed to fight his own private war, he would still accompany the squadron on intercepts sometimes, but at other times he would take off after them to fly a lone patrol over Kent, in the area through which he knew the German aircraft being intercepted would fly on their way back to base. it is a mystery why his tactic of lying in wait at the coast was not copied officially. Northwood Cemetery Age 26 Allied Losses Database Archive Report Archiwum Database
7	Hradil	František	Plt Off	81889	RAFVR	Czechoslovakia	310Sqn Czechoslovakia 19Sqn		Spitfire/Hurricane			KIA	1940-11-05	Southend on Sea Sutton Road Cemetery Age 28
8	Kordula	František	Plt Off (later W/C)	82156	RAFVR	Czechoslovakia	310Sqn Czechoslovakia 1Sqn 17Sqn		Hurricane	2		Died	1979-09-19	Died UK
9	Marek	Frantisek	Sgt	787975	RAFVR	Czechoslovakia	310Sqn Czechoslovakia 19Sqn		Hurricane/Spitfire		KIA		1940-09-14	Killed 14 September 1940 at 16:20hrs. Crashed Spitfire I (R6625) near to Orsett, Essex, possibly oxygen failure. Eastbrookend Dagenham Cemetery Age 27
10	Rypl	Frantisek	Plt Off (later W/C)	82900	RAFVR	Czechoslovakia	310Sqn Czechoslovakia		Hurricane			Died	1973-08-02	1.1940 left via Balkan route to France. 7.1940 Great Britain, RAF VR. 310 Sqd, B Squadron Commander, participant of the Battle of Britain, 8.1941 IDL, President's Office, night fighter training, 9.1942 to 307 Sqd Polish sq., 8.11.1942 crashed with Beaufighter, He
11	Vindiš	František	Sgt (later FO)	787550 158968	RAFVR	Czechoslovakia	310Sqn Czechoslovakia	DFC	Hurricane	2		Died	1991-01-27	Crashed Hurricane at Sudbury, Suffolk on 1 November 1940.
12	Weber	Frantisek	Plt Off		RAFVR	Czechoslovakia	145Sqn		Hurricane					Served in France before joining 145 Sqd. On 27 October 1940 baled out Hurricane I (V6888) off the Isle of White safely after combat with a Bf 109 at 17:15hrs . Rescued from the Channel.