Thread: Surviving BoB Pilots-Do you personally know any?

Surviving BoB Pilots-Do you personally know any?
This is the list I had from 2000/2001. I wonder how many would still be alive today?
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Flight Lieutenant Charles Aindow, 23 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant Leslie Henry Allen, 141 Squadron, Scotland, Defiants.
Squadron Leader John Denis Anderson, 604 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant Alexander Appleford, 66 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.
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Flight Lieutenant George Baird, from New Zealand, 248 Squadron, London, Blenheims.
Squadron Leader Cyril Bamberger, DFC, 610 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.
Flying Officer Frederick Barker, DFM, 264 Squadron, Essex, Defiants.
Flight Lieutenant Eric Barnard, AE, 600 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant Norman 'Beam' Barron, 236 Squadron, Oxfordshire.
Wing Commander 'Paddy' Barthropp, DFC, AFC, 602 Squadron, West Sussex, Spitfires.
Group Captain Leonard Bartlett, DSO, 17 Squadron, Perth, Australia, Hurricanes.
Wing Commander Robert Barton DFC&Bar, 249 Squadron, Canada, Hurricanes.
Wing Commander Eric Barwell, DFC, 264 Squadron, Suffolk, Defiants.
Wing commander Hugh 'Beazle' Beazley, DFC, 249 Squadron, Yorkshire, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Alan Bennison, AE, New Zealander, 25 Squadron, Essex, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant Benjamin Bent, DFC, 25 Squadron, Essex, Blenheims.
Squadron Leader John Bentley-Beard, AFC, DFM, 249 Squadron, Yorkshire, Hurricanes.
Squadron Leader Colin Birch, AFC, 1 Squadron, West Sussex, Hurricanes.
Wing Commander Archibald McNeill Boyd, DSO, DFC, 600 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.
Air Commodore Peter Brothers, CBE, DSO, DFC, 32 Squadron, Kent, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Bernard Brown, New Zealander, 610 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.
Squadron Leader Maurice Brown, AFC, 611 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.
Pilot Officer Norman McHardy Brown, 41 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.
Mr Robert Brown, 604 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant Alan Burdekin, AE, JP, 600 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant ‘OV’ Owen Burns, 235 Squadron, Norfolk, Blenheims.
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Flight Lieutenant Gerald Carthew, 253, 85,145 Squadrons, Canada, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant William Terence Clark, DFM, 219 Squadron, North Yorkshire, Blenheims.
Squadron Leader Douglas Gerald Clift, 79 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.
Flight Lieutenant Douglas Clifford Cooper, 235 Squadron, Australia, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant William James Corbin, DFC, 610 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.
Squadron Leader Alan Henry ‘Corky’ Corkett, 253 Squadron, Kent, Hurricanes.
Air Commodore James Baird Coward, AFC, 19 Squadron, Australia, Spitfires.
Flight Lieutenant Michael Ernest Croskell, 213 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Wallace Cunningham, DFC, 19 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.
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Squadron Leader Peter Leslie Dawbarn, 17 Squadron, Shrewsbury, Hurricanes.
Mr Herbert David Denchfield, 610 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.
Wing Commander Robert Francis Thomas Doe, DSO, DFC, 234 Squadron, Yorkshire, Spitfires.
Flight Lieutenant John Knight Down, 616 Squadron, North Lincolnshire, Spitfires.
Squadron Leader Peter Derrick McLeod Down, 56 Squadron, Essex, Hurricanes.
Group Captain Billy Drake, DSO, DFC, 213 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant John Howard Duart, FCA, 219 Squadron, North Yorkshire, Blenheims.
Wing Commander Ian Love Dunn, 235 Squadron, Norfolk, Blenheims.
Wing Commander Peter William Dunning-White, DFC, AE, 145 Squadron, West Sussex, Hurricanes.
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Flight Lieutenant Eric Ralph Edmunds, New Zealander, 245 Squadron, East Lothian, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Charles Edwards, AE, 600 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant Frank Richard Charles Elger, 248 Squadron, North London, Blenheims.
Wing Commander John Francis Durham Elkington, 1 Squadron, West Sussex, Hurricanes.
Air Commodore John Lawrence Wemyss Ellacombe, CB, DFC, 151 Squadron, Suffolk, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Clifford Stanley Emeny, New Zealander, 264 Squadron, Essex, Defiants.
Squadron Leader William Alexander Coote Emmett, 25 Squadron, Essex, Blenheims.
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Wing Commander Frantisek Fajtl, DFC, Czechoslovakian, 17 Squadron, Essex, Hurricanes.
Wing Commander Paul Caswell Farnes DFM, British, 501 Squadron, Hurricanes.
Group Captain Thomas Bernard Fitzgerald, DFC, New Zealander, 141 Squadron, Scotland, Defiants.
Sergeant Hubert Luiz Flower, 248 Squadron, Derbyshire, Blenheims.
Wing Commander Robert William Foster, DFC, AE, 605 Squadron, West Sussex, Hurricanes.
Wing Commander John Connell Freeborn, DFC, 74 Squadron, Essex, Spitfires.
Pilot Officer Robert Carl Fumerton, AFC, DFC, 32 Squadron, Toronto Canada, Hurricanes.
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Group Captain, John Rushton Gard’ner, New Zealander, 141 Squadron, Scotland, Defiants.
Warrant Officer Geoffrey Garside, 236 Squadron, Oxfordshire, Blenheims.
Squadron Leader Alan Antill Gawith, DFC, New Zealander, Scotland, Defiants.
Pilot Officer Mieczyslaw Gorzula, 607 Squadron, Australia, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Reginald Clive Gosling, 266 Squadron, Lincolnshire, Spitfires.
Warrant Officer Frederick William Woodridge Green, 600 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant William James Green, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant John Peter Bowtell Greenwood, 253 Squadron, Australia, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Albert Edward Gregory, DFC, AE, 219 Squadron, North Yorkshire, Blenheims.
Warrant Officer Reginald Henry Gretton, DFC, 266 Squadron, Lincolnshire, Spitfires.
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Group Captain Richard Cummins Haine, DFC, 600 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant Peter Raymond Hairs, MBE, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.
Squadron Leader John Stewart Hart, 54 & 602 Squadrons, British Columbia, Spitfires.
Wing Commander Thomas Norman Hayes, DFC, 600 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.
Commander Ronald Cuthbert Hay, DSO, DSC, RNR, 808 Squadron, Scotland, Fulmars.
Squadron Leader James Chilton Francis Hayter, DFC, 605 Squadron, New Zealand, Hurricanes.
Sgt Leopold Heimes, 235 Squadron, Belgium, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Arthur Hewett, 607 Squadron, United States, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Gerald Arthur Holder, 236 Squadron, Oxfordshire, Blenheim.
Squadron Leader John Browning Holderness, Rhodesian, 1 Squadron, Zimbabwe, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Bruce Hollowell, AFC, 25 Squadron, Essex, Blenheims.
Group Captain Dudley Sandry Garton Honor, DFC, 145 Squadron, Scotland, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Laurence Edward Hooper-Smith, AE, 234 Squadron, Jersey, Spitfires.
Flight Lieutenant William Robert Kent Hughes, DFC, AE, 23 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Blenheims.
Sgt Donald James Hulbert, 257 & 501 Squadrons, Surrey, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant David Walter Hunt, 257 Squadron, New Zealand, Hurricanes.
Flight Sergeant Douglas John Hunter, 29 Squadron, Britain, Blenheims.
Squadron Leader Ian Hutchinson, TD RAF Ret’d, 222 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.
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Squadron Leader Thomas Clifford Iveson, DFC, AE, 616 Squadron, North Lincolnshire, Spitfires.
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Wing Commander Donald MacFarlane Jack, AE, 602 Squadron, West Sussex, Spitfires.
Flight Lieutenant Richard Leoline Jones, 64 Squadron, London, Spitfires.
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Wing Commander Terence Michael Kane, 234 Squadron, Yorkshire, Spitfires.
Mr John 'Bugs' Keatings, 219 Squadron, Yorkshire, Blenheims.
Squadron Leader Raymond Alan Kellow, 213 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Hurricanes.
Squadron Leader Robert Austin Kings, 238 Squadron, St Eval, Hurricanes.
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Colonel Henry Gaston Lafont, French, 615 Squadron, Paris, Hurricanes.
Mr Keith Ashley Lawrence, DFC, 234 Squadron, Canada, Spitfires.
Squadron Leader Kenneth 'Hawkeye' Lee, DFC, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.
Squadron Leader Graham Leggett, 615 Squadron, London, Hurricanes.
Squadron Leader Kenneth Roy Lusty, 25 Squadron, Essex, Blenheims.
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Wing Commander Kenneth William MacKenzie, DFC, AFC, AE, 501 Squadron, Cyprus, Hurricanes.
Wing Commander Charles Hector MacLean, 602 Squadron, Spitfires.
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Edward Makins, 247 Squadron, Devon, Gladiators.
Squadron Leader Ludwik Martel, 54, 603 Squadrons, Wimbledon, Spitfires.
Squadron Leader Roy Andrew McGowan, 46 Squadron, New Zealand, Hurricanes.
Squadron Leader Peter Reginald McGregor, 46 Squadron, Lincolnshire, Hurricanes.
Pilot Officer James Cosmo Melvill, 264 Squadron, Hurricanes.
Wing Commander George Holmes Melville-Jackson, DFC, 236 Squadron, Spain, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant John Charles Merrett, AE, 235 Squadron, Norfolk, Blenheims.
Squadron Leader Jocelyn "Joce" George Power Millard, AE, KSG, 1 Squadron, West Sussex, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant John Archibald Milne, Canadian, 605 Squadron, Canada, Hurricanes.
Group Captain Arthur Montagu-Smith, DL RAF Ret’d, 264 Squadron, Essex, Defiants.
Wing Commander Roger Edward Guy Morewood, 248 Squadron, London, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant Maurice Hewlett Mounsdon, 56 Squadron, Spain, Hurricanes.
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Squadron Leader Kenneth Edward Naish, DFC, 235 Squadron, Norfolk, Blenheims.
Wing Commander Thomas Francis Neil, DFC, AFC, 249 Squadron, Yorkshire, Hurricanes.
Squadron Leader Douglas Benjamin Fletcher Nicholls, DFC, 151 Squadron, Suffolk, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Dennis Hugh Nichols, 56 Squadron, Essex, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant John Norwell, AFC, 54 & 41 Squadrons, England, Spitfires and Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Reginald Charles Nutter, DFC, 257 Squadron, Canada, Hurricanes.
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Group Captain Peter Geoffrey St George O’Brian, OBE, DFC, Canadian, 247 Squadron, Canada, Gladiators.
Wing Commander Peter Olver, DFC, 611 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.
Group Captain John Anthony O’Neill, DFC, 601 Squadron, Exeter, Hurricanes.
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Flight Lieutenant George Charles Calder Palliser, DFC, 249 Squadron, Australia, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Eric Gordon Parkin, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant James Pickering, AFC, AE, 64 Squadron, Leicester, Spitfires.
Squadron Leader Tony Garforth Pickering, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.
Group Captain Herbert Moreton Pinfold, 56 Squadron, Essex, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Harry Arthur Robin Prowse, 266 Squadron, Brazil, Spitfires.
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Squadron Leader Christopher John Henry Riddle, 601 Squadron, Exeter, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Hugh Joseph Riddle, 601 Squadron, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Denis Norman Robinson, 152 Squadron, Northumberland, Spitfires.
Wing Commander Jack Rose, CMG, MBE, DFC, 32 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.
Wing Commander Blair Dalzell Russel, DFC and BAR, DSO, 1(RCAF) Squadron, Quebec, Canada, Hurricanes.
F/Lt Anthony Gerald Russell, 43 Squadron, West Sussex, Hurricanes.
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Flying Officer Tadeusz Sawicz, DFC, KW, 303 Squadron, Canada, Hurricanes.
Squadron Leader Donald Stuart Scott, DFC, 73 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Raymond Frederick Sellers, AFC, 46 Squadron, Lincolnshire, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Michael Moray Shand, DFC, New Zealander, 54 Squadron, New Zealand, Spitfires.
Squadron Leader Herbert Ronald Sharman, AFC, 248 Squadron, London, Blenheims.
Wing Commander Wilfred Max Sizer, DFC, AFC, 213 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Hurricanes.
Wing Commander Edward Brian Bretherton Smith, DFC, 610 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.
Wing Commander Norman Henry Jackson Smith, DFC, 235 Squadron, Norfolk, Blenheims.
Flying Officer Leonard Smith, 219 Squadron, Australia, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Henry Smyth, DFC, 111 Squadron, London, Hurricanes.
Wing Commander Vivian Robert Snell, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Henry Sprague, 3 Squadron, Canada, Hurricanes.
Squadron Leader Basil Gerald ‘Stapme’ Stapleton, DFC, South African, 603 Squadron, Prestwick, Spitfires.
Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Stevens, 213 Squadron, West Sussex, Hurricanes.
Flight Sergeant William Ronald Stevens, DFM, 23 Squadron, Northamptonshire, Blenheims.
Warrant Officer H G Stewart, 236 Squadron, Blenheims.
Wing Commander Sir Kenneth Maxwell Stoddart, KCVO, KStJ, AE, JP, LLD, 611 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.
Wing Commander Richard Gordon Battensby Summers, OBE, OStJ, AFM, 219 Squadron, Yorkshire, Blenheims.
Wing Commander George William Swanwick, AE, 54 Squadron, Essex, Spitfires.
Lieutenant Commander John Humphrey Charlesworth Sykes, RN Ret’d, 64 Squadron, London, Spitfires.
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Flight Lieutenant Alexander Hendry Thom, DFC, FRICS, 79 Squadron, South Wales, Hurricanes.
Wing Commander Frederick Mytton Thomas, 152 Squadron, Northumberland, Spitfires.
Captain Antony Robert Fletcher Thompson, DFC, JP, 249 Squadron, Yorkshire, Hurricanes.
Group Captain Peter Douglas Thompson, DFC, 605 Squadron, Spain, Hurricanes.
Wing Commander James Anderson Thomson, 302 Squadron, Yorkshire, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant John Richard Toombs, 236 Squadron, Blenheims.
Mr Thomas William Townshend, 600 Squadron, South Africa, Blenheims.
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Wing Commander George Cecil ‘Grumpy’ Unwin, DSO, DFM, 19 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.
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Squadron Leader Michael Terry Wainwright, AFC, 64 Squadron, London, Spitfires.
Warrant Officer James Ian Bradley Walker, New Zealander, 600 Squadron, New Zealand, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant William Louis Buchanan Walker, 616 Squadron, Lincolnshire, Spitfires.
Group Captain Roy Frederick Watts, 253 Squadron, London, Hurricanes.
Air Commodore Paul Clifford Webb, CBE, DFC, AE, 602 Squadron, West Sussex, Spitfires.
Squadron Leader Geoffrey Harris Augustus ‘Boy’ Wellum, DFC, 92 Squadron, London, Spitfires.
Wing Commander Sydney Anthony Hollingsworth Whitehouse, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.
Group Captain John William White, MBE, 3 Squadron, Scotland, Hurricanes.
Mr Robert White, 235 Squadron, Norfolk, Blenheims.
Air Commodore Stanley Charles Widdows, CB, DFC, 29 Squadron, Guernsey, Blenheims.
Flying Officer Kenneth Astill Wilkinson, 616 Squadron, London, Spitfires.
Group Captain Allan Richard Wright, DFC, AFC, 92 Squadron, West Sussex, Spitfires.
Air Commodore Eric William Wright, CBE, DFC, DFM, 605 Squadron, Scotland, Hurricanes.
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Squadron Leader Derek Sydney Yapp, DFC, 245 Squadron, Yorkshire, Hurricanes.
Wing Commander John Reginald Cass Young, AFC, 249 Squadron, Yorkshire, Hurricanes.
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Definately an anomoly/ommission. He's in the Men of the Battle of Britain: