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253 squadron

  • Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) William Percival Cambridge

    Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) William Percival Cambridge

    William Percival Cambridge was born in India in 1912. He was the son of Sidney John Cambridge, a civil servant, and his wife Agnes.
  • Flight Lieutenant Harry Thomas James Anderson

    Flight Lieutenant Harry Thomas James Anderson

    Harry Thomas James Anderson had arrived in Britain as a young boy with his family in May 1920. He had been born on 19 September 1911 in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba; the son of Harry and Kate (nee Dales) Anderson.
  • Flying Officer Alec Albert Gray Trueman

    Flying Officer Alec Albert Gray Trueman

    Alec was Canadian. He was killed on 4th September 1940, his Hurricane crashing in Tudor Close, Banstead. Alec was buried in St. Luke's, Whyteleafe.
  • Pilot Officer (Pilot) David Nicholas Owen Jenkins

    Pilot Officer (Pilot) David Nicholas Owen Jenkins

    Pilot Officer Jenkins was born in May 1919 and was the son of the Revd. Canon William Owen Jenkins, D.D. and Horatia Mary Jenkins, of St. Andrews. Fife. 
  • Pilot Officer (Pilot) John Kenneth Grahame Clifton

    Pilot Officer (Pilot) John Kenneth Grahame Clifton

    John Kenneth Grahame Clifton, (known as "Kenneth"), was born in Plymouth in October 1918. He was the son of John Henry and Susie Dorothy Anderson Clifton. The family moved to Somerset in 1928 where Kenneth was educated at Taunton School.
  • Pilot Officer (Pilot) Wlodzimierz Michal Czech Samolinski

    Pilot Officer (Pilot) Wlodzimierz Michal Czech Samolinski

    Wlodzimierz Michal Czech Samolinski was born in Poland in October 1916 and after school, joined the Polish Air Force where he conducted his training at Deblin. He then joined 122 Fighter Squadron in October 1938 as a 2nd Lieutenant.
  • 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 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.
  • Sergeant (Pilot) John Holt Dickinson

    Sergeant (Pilot) John Holt Dickinson

    John Holt Dickinson was born in Bolton on 1 March, 1919. His parents, Norman and Mary Dickinson moved to Southport, where John attended King George V School.
  • Sergeant (Pilot) William Burley Higgins

    Sergeant (Pilot) William Burley Higgins

    At the time of the Battle of Britain, William Burley Higgins was older than most fighter pilots having been born at Sherwood Cottage in Belph, part of the Welbeck Abbey estate in Derbyshire, in September 1913.
  • Sergeant Gilbert MacKenzie

    Sergeant Gilbert MacKenzie

    Gilbert Mackenzie was born on 1 July 1916. His father, also Gilbert, was a soldier and had married Eva Woodhams in January 1915.
  • Sergeant Harold Henry Allgood

    Sergeant Harold Henry Allgood

    Harold Henry Allgood was born in Cambridge in July 1915 and educated at the Central School. On leaving school, in July 1931, he joined the RAF at Halton as an apprentice metal rigger that September.
  • Squadron Leader Harold Morley Starr

    Squadron Leader Harold Morley Starr

    Harold Morley Starr was one of two brothers who both served with the RAF during World War II. Harold was born in Swindon in September 1914. He was the son of Morley Walter Watson Starr and his wife, Ellen Louise (nee Flocks).
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