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Johnny Johnson

"Johnnie"

James Edgar Johnson

 

38 (+ 3 prob, 10 dam)

Paddy Finucane

"Paddy"

* Brendan Eamon Fergus Finucane     

(KIA 15jul42, Irish)

32

Cherry Vale

"Cherry"

William Vale  *

31  (+ 6 damaged)

Bob Tuck

"Bob"

Robert Roland Stanford Tuck  *  

(participated in the
  Great Escape 1feb45)
30    (POW   28jan42)

     

Victory Salute by Robert Taylor
"Victory Salute" by Robert Taylor

Bob Braham

"Bob"

John Randall Daniel Braham   

(POW 19jun44)

29 (19 at night, *

Ginger Lacey

"Ginger"

James Henry Lacey  *  *

28 (+4 prob & 9 dam)

Neville Duke

Neville Frederick Duke

28

Frank Carey

Frank Reginald Carey  *

28

Sawn-Off Lock

"Sawn-Off Lockie"

* Eric Stanley Lock  *

(MIA 3aug41)

26 - 25

Billy Drake

Billy Drake

25 - 23   (+ 15 OTG)

Sammy Allard

"Sammy"

* Geoffrey Allard

(KIFA 13mar41)

24 - 17

Douglas Bader

Douglas Robert Stewart Bader

(POW 9aug41,
  had artificial legs)
23 - 22  * *

Don Kingaby

"Don"

Donald Ernest Kingaby

23 - 21.66 *

Finlay Boyd

Finlay

Robert Finlay Boyd

(Scot)

23 - 16.25

Maurice Stephens

Maurice Michael Stephens

(Scot)

22.5

Mike Crossley

Michael Nicholson Crossley

22 - 18

Archie McKellar

* Archibald Ashmore McKellar

(KIA 1nov40,
   Scot)
21

Brans Burbridge

"Brans"

Bransome Arthur Burbridge

21 (20 at night) +3 V-1s)

James Rankin

James E. Rankin

(Scot)

21 - 19

Jim Hallowes

"Jim"

Herbert James Lempriere Hallowes  

21 - 17.83

Sheep Gilroy

"Sheep"

George Kemp Gilroy

(Scot)

21 - 17.31

Cats-Eyes Cunningham

"Cats-Eyes" 

John Cunningham

 

20 (19 at night)

Ray Harries

Raymond Hiley Harries  *

20 - 16.75 (+5 V-1s) *

Bill David

"Bill"

William Dennis David

20 - 15.83

Donald Alistair Stewart McKay 20 - 14
Gerald Richmond Edge 20 - 13
Desmond Annersley Peter McMullen    

(DSO & 2 Bars,
  DFC & Bar)
19

Smitty Duncan-Smith

"Smitty" "Smithy"

Wilfred George Gerald Duncan-Smith *   

(DSO & Bar,
   DFC & 2 Bars)
19 - 18 

Newell Orton 18 - 17
Adrian Hope Boyd 18 - 16
Andrew McDowall 18 - 11
* Alfred Ernest Marshall

(+ 1 V-1)

17  (KIFA 16dec41)

Charles Les Glandore Evans 16.5
Ape Cullen

"Ape"

* Richard Nigel Cullen  *

(KIA 4mar41
   Australian born)
16 (+ 2prob &1dam)

Ted Hewett

"Ted"

Edward William Foott Hewett  *

16 (+ 2 probs)
Gareth Leofric Nowell 16
Raz Berry

"Raz"

Ronald Berry

16
Alan Owen 16 (at night)
James Sanders James Gilbert Sanders  
Desmond Hughes 16 - 15.5
Pete Brothers

"Pete"

Peter Malam Brothers

16 - 15
* Michael Lister Robinson

(KIA 10apr42)

16 - 12

* Ernest Michelson Mason 15.7  (KIA 5feb42)
Cristopher Frederick Currant 15
Frederick William Higginson 15
Ian Richard Gleed 15
Robert Francis Thomas Doe 15
Roy Gilbert Dutton 15
John Wolferstan Villa 15 - 14.66
John Evelyn Scoular 15 - 12
* John Terrance Webster

(KIA 5sep40)

15 - 12

     

"Moonlight Strike" by Robert Bailey ©
"Moonlight Strike" by Robert Bailey

William Henry Franklin 14.5
Richard Milne Richard Maxwell Milne

(POW 14mar43)

14.5

John Elliss 14
Nevil Everard Reeves 14

"Killy"

* John Ignatus Kilmartin

(Irish)

14 -11 

* Frederick Harry King

(MIA 24aug40
  Phil Hunter's gunner)
14 - 9

Grumpy Unwin

"Grumpy"

George Cecil Unwin

13.66 - 10
Ginger Neil

"Ginger""Tom"

Thomas Francis Neil

13.58
John Charles Dundas 13.5
John Connell Freeborn 13.5
Reginald Thomas Llewellyn 13.5 - 13
Cas Casbolt

"Cas"

Charles Edward Casbolt *

13.33 (+1prob & 3dam)
Bobby Oxspring

"Bobby"

Robert Wardlow Oxspring

(+ 4 V-1s)

13.33

Manfred Beckett Czernin 13
* Richard John Cork

(KiFA 14apr44)

13 - 9.75 

James Eric Storrar  12.53 - 9
Harbourne Mackay Stephen 12.38

"Tony"

Anthony Charles Bartley

12.33
* Stanley Dudley Pierce Connors

(KIA 18aug40)

12 

Mike Cooper-Slipper

"Mike"

Thomas Paul Michael Cooper-Slipper  

12
* Harold Norman Howes

(KIFA 22dec40)

12 

Jeff Page Geoffrey Alan Page 12
Edward Rowland Thorn 12
George Harman Bennions 12 - 11
Stanley Gordon Orr 12 - 9
James Storrs Morton 12 - 7.66
Joe Kayll Joseph Robert Kayll 12 - 7.16
Orange O'meara

"Orange"

James Joseph O'Meara

11.7
Len Cottingham

"Len"

Leonard Cottingham *

11.5
* Peter Alfred Nash 11.5 (KIA 17may42)
John Albert Axel Gibson

John Albert Axel Gibson

11.5 - 8  *

* Patrick Philip Woods-Scawen

(KIA 1sep40
  1 day before his brother)
11.16 - 10.5

Desmond Ibbotson 11
* William Lawrence Dymond

(KIA 2sep40)

11 - 10.33

* Harold Derrick Atkinson

(KIA 25aug40)

11 - 9.48

Hugh Spencer Leslie Dundas 11 - 6.66
Timothy Ashmead Vigors 11 - 6
* Ronald Henry Fokes

(KIA 12jun44)

10.58

* Philip Algernon Hunter

(MIA 24aug40)

10.5 - 9.5 

Aeness Ronald Donald MacDonell    

(POW 13mar41)

10.5 - 9.5

Teddy Donaldson

"Teddy"

Edward Mortlock Donaldson

10.5 - 5.5
* Ronald Derek Gordon Wight

(KIA 11aug40)

10.5 - 5.4

Alan Francis Eckford 10.16 - 9.16

"Ben"

James Ghillies Benson

10 (+6 V-1s)
James Michael Bazin 10
Albert Lippett 10
* Nicholas Gresham Cooke

(MIA 31may40)

10 - 8  (all on 29may40)

Michael Vassiliades

"Vas"

* Michael Vassiliades

(KIA 25mar45 (Greek)

10 - 7.83

     

 

Michael Hugh Young 9.66
Joe Fraser

"Joe"

Joseph Frederick Fraser *

9.25 (+ 3 dam)
Brian Kingcome

Brian

Charles Brian Fabris Kingcome

9.16
* Robert W. Turkington

(KIFA apr45,
   Irish)
9.16

Anthony Eyre

(POW 8mar42)

9

Reginald John Foster 9
George Eric Clifford Genders 9
Howard Charles Kelsey 9
Dickie Lee

"Dickie""

Richard Hugh Anthony Lee

9

"Jack"

John Ronald Urwin-Mann

9 - 8.66 (+ 4 probs & 1 dam)

Dudley Honor Dudley Sandry Garton Honor

(born in Argentina)

9 - 7.5  *

Stanley Charles Norris 8.5
Peter Melville Gardner

(POW 11jul41)

8.33

* Hugh William Eliot

(KIA 4mar45)

8.25 

Dennis Crowley-Milling Dennis Crowley-Milling * 8
Paul Caswell Powe Farnes 8
Henry Michael Ferriss 8
Athol Stanhope Forbes 8
Aubrey Richard D. Inniss

(B.W.I. born)

Thorstein Elton Jonssen

(Icelander)

Alexander Vallance Riddell Johnstone 8
Philip Stanley Kendall 8
* James R. B. Meaker

(KIA 27sep40 (Irish)

8

John Oliver William Oliver 8 - 3
Noel leChevalier Agazarian 7.83  (KIA 16may41)
Jeff Garton Geoffrey William Garton 7.83
Richard Ackworth Richard Alvin Ackworth  * 7.5
* Dudley Trevor Jay 7.5  (KiFA 24oct40)
Sidney Linnard  * 7.5 -6.5 (+3 prob & 5 dam)
Timber Woods

"Timber"

* Woods William Joseph  *

(KIA 20apr41)

7.5 - 6.5  (+ 2 prob & 1 dam)

Richard Exton Gardner 7.33
Denys Gillam Denys Edgar Gillam 7.33
Douglas Frank Kitchener Edghill 7
* Henry Grahame Edwards

(KiFA 6may43)

7

Thomas Arthur Francis Elsdon 7
Michael William Kinmonth 7
* Charles Anthony Woods-Scawen

(KIA 2sep40,
  the day after his brother)

William Geoffrey Eagle 7 - 5
Joseph Richard Kilner 7 - 3.83
Alfred Henry Basil Friendship 6.65
Bob Foster Robert William Foster 6.5
Norman Garston Jones 6.5
Michael Plaistowe Kilburn 6.5
Roland Prosper Beamont

(POW 12oct44)

6.33  (+ 32 V-1s)

Jack Groves Jack Lawson Groves  * 6.33 - 6.25
Phil Archer * Phillip Leslie Irving Archer (RCAF)   

(MIA 17jun43,
  Barbados born)
6

A. H. Edgar 6
Joseph Scarisbrick Ekbery 6
John Hill Etherton 6
Anthony Douglas Forster 6
N. H. Josling 6
* Brian Rushworth Keele 6  (KiFA  nov44)
Henry Treweeke Nicholls 6  (POW 28sep44)
Rupert Frederick Smythe 6 (Irish)
Tap Jones

"Tap"

Edward Gordon Jones *

6 - 5
Henry Collingham Baker 5.83
John Hamilton Nicholls 5.7
Eric Malcomb Gibbs 5.5
Dennis Mayvore Jeram 5.5
Charles Nevill Overton 5.5
John L. Flinders 5.33
William John Johnson 5.25
Hugh Anthony Stephen Johnston 5.25
* James Gillies

(KIA 12apr44)

5.16

Arthur William Varey 5.16
Jimmie Kettlewell

"Jimmie"

George Victor Wildeman Kettlewell  *  

5  (+ 1 prob)
Stanley Vincent *

(+ 2 in WWI)

5

John Martin Bruen (FAA) 5 (Irish)
Robert W. Bungey 5
Roald Dahl Roald Dahl

(Became a famous -
     author after the war)
*   (Norwegian)

"Dixie"

Ernest Henry Dean

5
* Philip Stephen Baddesly Ensor

(KiFA 8sep41)

5

Ken William Samuels Evans 5
* Alan Norman Feary

(KIA 7oct40)

5

Keith Irvine Geddes 5
Ceasar Hull 5
Ronald Gustave Kellett 5
Peter Saxton Newhouse 5
* Michael Alan Newling

(MIA 6jun41)

5 -

Peter Olver 5
Peter G. Ottewill 5
Dennis Charles Usher 5
Kevin Thomas Anthony O'Sullivan 5 - 4
* Robert Voase-Jeff

(KIA 11aug40)

5 - 4

Jack Neville Yates 5 - 3.5
     

footnote :
Since many lists - including my own - sometimes have pilots listed in lists because of parentage,
I felt it only right to put Gordon Gollob in this list.
However, I couldn't bring myself to put him at the top, where he could belong.

Gordon McGollob

Gordon Gollob *           

(Scottish father -  McGollob)

150 *

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Most Honorable Mentions

Guy Gibson

Guy Penrose Gibson  V.C

(India born)
(Dambuster Bomber Hero)

4   (flying Beaufighters)

Milislav Semiz 4   (Yugoslavian)
"Hoppy" Hodgkinson

"Hoppy"

Colin Gerald Shaw Hodgkinson *    

(had metal legs)

2

 

(workin on it. this one's gonna take awhile ;)

 

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