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  • Pilot Officer Alfred Roberts Tidman

    Pilot Officer Alfred Roberts Tidman

    ALFRED ROBERTS TIDMAN was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, in 1918, the son of Arthur Roberts Tidman and Christian Laing Tidman.
  • Pilot Officer Arthur Leslie Holden

    Pilot Officer Arthur Leslie Holden

    On 16th May, 1927, luck ran out for one of 32 squadron’s most daring and colourful characters – 21 year old Pilot Officer Arthur Leslie Holden.
  • Pilot Officer Arthur Reinagle Woodyatt

    Pilot Officer Arthur Reinagle Woodyatt

    On 22nd May 1925, No.32 Squadron had flown from Kenley to Northolt, to take part in an event entitled 'London Defended.' Among them was 21 year old, Arthur Reinagle Woodyatt.
  • Pilot Officer Cecil Robert Montgomery

    Pilot Officer Cecil Robert Montgomery

  • Pilot Officer Claude Weaver III, DFC, DFM and Bar

    Pilot Officer Claude Weaver III, DFC, DFM and Bar

    On 28th January 1944, P/O Claude Weaver DFM, an American flying with 403 squadron, RCAF, was reported as missing after a fighter sortie, bringing to a close a short, but eventful flying career.
  • Pilot Officer Colin Dunstone Francis

    Pilot Officer Colin Dunstone Francis

    Colin Dunstone Francis was born in July 1921, in Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey. He was the only child of Frank Warner Francis, who served in the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War, and his wife, Emmie Francis. Colin joined the RAF on a short service commission in April 1939.
  • Pilot Officer Douglas Keith Milne

    Pilot Officer Douglas Keith Milne

    Pilot Officer Milne has no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Runnymede memorial and also appears on the Meigle War Memorial at the entrance to Victory Park, Meigle, Perth and Kinross.
  • Pilot Officer Edward Fred Chandler

    Pilot Officer Edward Fred Chandler

    Fred Chandler was the eldest son of Edward and Evelyn Chandler and grew up in Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Pilot Officer Frank Cooper McWilliams

    Pilot Officer Frank Cooper McWilliams

    Frank Cooper McWiliams was born on the 23rd April 1922 in Nokomis, Saskatchewan. He was the son of William McWilliams, an Irishman, and Mary, his wife, who was English.
  • Pilot Officer Frederick William Ratford

    Pilot Officer Frederick William Ratford

    Frederick William Ratford was born on 14 October 1916, in Essex, to Frederick George and Alice Maud Ratford (nee Glover). During January 1940, he had married Doreen K Lees in London.
  • Pilot Officer George Rawson Brown

    Pilot Officer George Rawson Brown

    George Rawson Brown was the son of Walter George Brown, a merchant, and Marjorie Brown (nee. Holland) of Bartonville, Ontario. Both of his parents were born in England but had taken Canadian citizenship. He had one sister, also called Marjorie.
  • Pilot Officer Gerald Peabody MacKay

    Pilot Officer Gerald Peabody MacKay

    Gerald Peabody MacKay was born 24th October, 1918, in Sweetsburg, Quebec, the only child of Donald Russell MacKay, a dentist, and Alice Maud Peabody.
  • Pilot Officer Herbert Branwell Hackney

    Pilot Officer Herbert Branwell Hackney

    Herbert Branwell Hackney was born during July 1913, in Yarmouth on the Norfolk coast, to Herbert and Helen Wilhelmina, nee Shephard, Hackney.
  • Pilot Officer Hugh Edward McGraw

    Pilot Officer Hugh Edward McGraw

    Hugh Edward McGraw was born 5th January, 1920, at Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada.
  • Pilot Officer Hugh Henry-May

    Pilot Officer Hugh Henry-May

    On the 10th May 1938, a formation of No.3 Squadron Hurricanes, returning from practice flying, were on final approach to land at Kenley when, at 200 feet, one of them (L1579) stalled and fell to the ground.
  • Pilot Officer Ian Malcolm Scott

    Pilot Officer Ian Malcolm Scott

    On 25th March 1925, Pilot Officer Ian Malcolm Scott lost his life on the eve of his 21st birthday, when his Sopwith Snipe crash landed at Tilling Down.
  • Pilot Officer Ivors Russell Forster

    Pilot Officer Ivors Russell Forster

    Ivors Russell Forster was born 21st June 1921, in St. Catherine's, Ontario.
  • Pilot Officer Jack Driscol Mills

    Pilot Officer Jack Driscol Mills

    On 10th February 1939, Pilot Officer Jack Driscol Mills, of No.3 squadron, lost his life when his Gloster Gladiator (K7955) crashed into Firle Beacon, south-east of Lewes, Sussex, in thick fog.
  • Pilot Officer John Edward Shrimpton

    Pilot Officer John Edward Shrimpton

    On 24th November, 1931, Flight Lieutenant Ernest Lacey and Pilot Officer John Edward Shrimpton were both killed when their De Havilland Gypsy Moth 60M (K1210) collided with one of 23 Squadron's Bristol Bulldogs (K1615), flown by Pilot Officer Frank Stokes, at 9.30am over Kenley Airfield.
  • Pilot Officer John Richard Lloyd

    Pilot Officer John Richard Lloyd

    John Richard Lloyd was the youngest of five children born to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Conway Lloyd MC of Brecon.
  • Pilot Officer Keith Victor Keen

    Pilot Officer Keith Victor Keen

    On 23rd November, 1937, Pilot Officers Keith Victor Keen and Montague Percival Richards, of 17 squadron were killed when their Gloster Gauntlets (K5344 and K5348) collided at 6.45pm near Old Coulsdon. They were carrying out a night railway signals detection duty.
  • Pilot Officer Lewis Cameron Rowe

    Pilot Officer Lewis Cameron Rowe

    Lewis Cameron Rowe was born on 22nd February, 1922, the son of William Edgar Rowe and his wife, Viola May Rowe. He had three sisters and the family lived in St.Thomas, Ontario, and attended the Disciples of Christ Church there.
  • Pilot Officer Matthew Charles Hayter

    Pilot Officer Matthew Charles Hayter

    On 24th October, 1922, Pilot Officer Matthew Charles Hayter became the first of roughly half a dozen members of No.24 squadron to be killed in flying accidents during the squadron's long stay at Kenley, between 1920 and 1927.
  • Pilot Officer Montague Percival Richards

    Pilot Officer Montague Percival Richards

    On 23rd November, 1937, Pilot Officers Keith Victor Keen and Montague Percival Richards, of 17 squadron were killed when their Gloster Gauntlets (K5344 and K5348) collided at 6.45pm near Old Coulsdon. They were carrying out a night railway signals detection duty.
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