Surviving BoB Pilots-Do you personally know any?

Surviving BoB Pilots-Do you personally know any?
[FONT=Times New Roman,Times][SIZE=+3]This is the list I had from 2000/2001. I wonder how many would still be alive today?
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[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Charles Aindow, 23 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Leslie Henry Allen, 141 Squadron, Scotland, Defiants.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader John Denis Anderson, 604 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Alexander Appleford, 66 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant George Baird, from New Zealand, 248 Squadron, London, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Cyril Bamberger, DFC, 610 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flying Officer Frederick Barker, DFM, 264 Squadron, Essex, Defiants.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Eric Barnard, AE, 600 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Norman 'Beam' Barron, 236 Squadron, Oxfordshire.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander 'Paddy' Barthropp, DFC, AFC, 602 Squadron, West Sussex, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Group Captain Leonard Bartlett, DSO, 17 Squadron, Perth, Australia, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Robert Barton DFC&Bar, 249 Squadron, Canada, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Eric Barwell, DFC, 264 Squadron, Suffolk, Defiants.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing commander Hugh 'Beazle' Beazley, DFC, 249 Squadron, Yorkshire, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Alan Bennison, AE, New Zealander, 25 Squadron, Essex, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Benjamin Bent, DFC, 25 Squadron, Essex, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader John Bentley-Beard, AFC, DFM, 249 Squadron, Yorkshire, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Colin Birch, AFC, 1 Squadron, West Sussex, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Archibald McNeill Boyd, DSO, DFC, 600 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Air Commodore Peter Brothers, CBE, DSO, DFC, 32 Squadron, Kent, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Bernard Brown, New Zealander, 610 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Maurice Brown, AFC, 611 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Pilot Officer Norman McHardy Brown, 41 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Mr Robert Brown, 604 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Alan Burdekin, AE, JP, 600 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant ‘OV’ Owen Burns, 235 Squadron, Norfolk, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Gerald Carthew, 253, 85,145 Squadrons, Canada, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant William Terence Clark, DFM, 219 Squadron, North Yorkshire, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Douglas Gerald Clift, 79 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Douglas Clifford Cooper, 235 Squadron, Australia, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant William James Corbin, DFC, 610 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Alan Henry ‘Corky’ Corkett, 253 Squadron, Kent, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Air Commodore James Baird Coward, AFC, 19 Squadron, Australia, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Michael Ernest Croskell, 213 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Wallace Cunningham, DFC, 19 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Peter Leslie Dawbarn, 17 Squadron, Shrewsbury, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Mr Herbert David Denchfield, 610 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Robert Francis Thomas Doe, DSO, DFC, 234 Squadron, Yorkshire, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant John Knight Down, 616 Squadron, North Lincolnshire, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Peter Derrick McLeod Down, 56 Squadron, Essex, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Group Captain Billy Drake, DSO, DFC, 213 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant John Howard Duart, FCA, 219 Squadron, North Yorkshire, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Ian Love Dunn, 235 Squadron, Norfolk, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Peter William Dunning-White, DFC, AE, 145 Squadron, West Sussex, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Eric Ralph Edmunds, New Zealander, 245 Squadron, East Lothian, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Charles Edwards, AE, 600 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Frank Richard Charles Elger, 248 Squadron, North London, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander John Francis Durham Elkington, 1 Squadron, West Sussex, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Air Commodore John Lawrence Wemyss Ellacombe, CB, DFC, 151 Squadron, Suffolk, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Clifford Stanley Emeny, New Zealander, 264 Squadron, Essex, Defiants.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader William Alexander Coote Emmett, 25 Squadron, Essex, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Frantisek Fajtl, DFC, Czechoslovakian, 17 Squadron, Essex, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Paul Caswell Farnes DFM, British, 501 Squadron, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Group Captain Thomas Bernard Fitzgerald, DFC, New Zealander, 141 Squadron, Scotland, Defiants.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Sergeant Hubert Luiz Flower, 248 Squadron, Derbyshire, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Robert William Foster, DFC, AE, 605 Squadron, West Sussex, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander John Connell Freeborn, DFC, 74 Squadron, Essex, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Pilot Officer Robert Carl Fumerton, AFC, DFC, 32 Squadron, Toronto Canada, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Group Captain, John Rushton Gard’ner, New Zealander, 141 Squadron, Scotland, Defiants.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Warrant Officer Geoffrey Garside, 236 Squadron, Oxfordshire, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Alan Antill Gawith, DFC, New Zealander, Scotland, Defiants.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Pilot Officer Mieczyslaw Gorzula, 607 Squadron, Australia, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Reginald Clive Gosling, 266 Squadron, Lincolnshire, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Warrant Officer Frederick William Woodridge Green, 600 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant William James Green, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant John Peter Bowtell Greenwood, 253 Squadron, Australia, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Albert Edward Gregory, DFC, AE, 219 Squadron, North Yorkshire, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Warrant Officer Reginald Henry Gretton, DFC, 266 Squadron, Lincolnshire, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Group Captain Richard Cummins Haine, DFC, 600 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Peter Raymond Hairs, MBE, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader John Stewart Hart, 54 & 602 Squadrons, British Columbia, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Thomas Norman Hayes, DFC, 600 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Commander Ronald Cuthbert Hay, DSO, DSC, RNR, 808 Squadron, Scotland, Fulmars.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader James Chilton Francis Hayter, DFC, 605 Squadron, New Zealand, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Sgt Leopold Heimes, 235 Squadron, Belgium, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Gordon Arthur Hewett, 607 Squadron, United States, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Gerald Arthur Holder, 236 Squadron, Oxfordshire, Blenheim.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader John Browning Holderness, Rhodesian, 1 Squadron, Zimbabwe, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Bruce Hollowell, AFC, 25 Squadron, Essex, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Group Captain Dudley Sandry Garton Honor, DFC, 145 Squadron, Scotland, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Laurence Edward Hooper-Smith, AE, 234 Squadron, Jersey, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant William Robert Kent Hughes, DFC, AE, 23 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Sgt Donald James Hulbert, 257 & 501 Squadrons, Surrey, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant David Walter Hunt, 257 Squadron, New Zealand, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Sergeant Douglas John Hunter, 29 Squadron, Britain, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Ian Hutchinson, TD RAF Ret’d, 222 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Thomas Clifford Iveson, DFC, AE, 616 Squadron, North Lincolnshire, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Donald MacFarlane Jack, AE, 602 Squadron, West Sussex, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Richard Leoline Jones, 64 Squadron, London, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Terence Michael Kane, 234 Squadron, Yorkshire, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Mr John 'Bugs' Keatings, 219 Squadron, Yorkshire, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Raymond Alan Kellow, 213 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Robert Austin Kings, 238 Squadron, St Eval, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Colonel Henry Gaston Lafont, French, 615 Squadron, Paris, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Mr Keith Ashley Lawrence, DFC, 234 Squadron, Canada, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Kenneth 'Hawkeye' Lee, DFC, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Graham Leggett, 615 Squadron, London, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Kenneth Roy Lusty, 25 Squadron, Essex, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Kenneth William MacKenzie, DFC, AFC, AE, 501 Squadron, Cyprus, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Charles Hector MacLean, 602 Squadron, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Arthur Edward Makins, 247 Squadron, Devon, Gladiators.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Ludwik Martel, 54, 603 Squadrons, Wimbledon, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Roy Andrew McGowan, 46 Squadron, New Zealand, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Peter Reginald McGregor, 46 Squadron, Lincolnshire, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Pilot Officer James Cosmo Melvill, 264 Squadron, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander George Holmes Melville-Jackson, DFC, 236 Squadron, Spain, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant John Charles Merrett, AE, 235 Squadron, Norfolk, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Jocelyn "Joce" George Power Millard, AE, KSG, 1 Squadron, West Sussex, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant John Archibald Milne, Canadian, 605 Squadron, Canada, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Group Captain Arthur Montagu-Smith, DL RAF Ret’d, 264 Squadron, Essex, Defiants.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Roger Edward Guy Morewood, 248 Squadron, London, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Maurice Hewlett Mounsdon, 56 Squadron, Spain, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Kenneth Edward Naish, DFC, 235 Squadron, Norfolk, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Thomas Francis Neil, DFC, AFC, 249 Squadron, Yorkshire, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Douglas Benjamin Fletcher Nicholls, DFC, 151 Squadron, Suffolk, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Dennis Hugh Nichols, 56 Squadron, Essex, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant John Norwell, AFC, 54 & 41 Squadrons, England, Spitfires and Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Reginald Charles Nutter, DFC, 257 Squadron, Canada, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Group Captain Peter Geoffrey St George O’Brian, OBE, DFC, Canadian, 247 Squadron, Canada, Gladiators.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Peter Olver, DFC, 611 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Group Captain John Anthony O’Neill, DFC, 601 Squadron, Exeter, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant George Charles Calder Palliser, DFC, 249 Squadron, Australia, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Eric Gordon Parkin, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant James Pickering, AFC, AE, 64 Squadron, Leicester, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Tony Garforth Pickering, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Group Captain Herbert Moreton Pinfold, 56 Squadron, Essex, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Harry Arthur Robin Prowse, 266 Squadron, Brazil, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Christopher John Henry Riddle, 601 Squadron, Exeter, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Hugh Joseph Riddle, 601 Squadron, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Denis Norman Robinson, 152 Squadron, Northumberland, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Jack Rose, CMG, MBE, DFC, 32 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Blair Dalzell Russel, DFC and BAR, DSO, 1(RCAF) Squadron, Quebec, Canada, Hurricanes. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]F/Lt Anthony Gerald Russell, 43 Squadron, West Sussex, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Flying Officer Tadeusz Sawicz, DFC, KW, 303 Squadron, Canada, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Donald Stuart Scott, DFC, 73 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Raymond Frederick Sellers, AFC, 46 Squadron, Lincolnshire, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Michael Moray Shand, DFC, New Zealander, 54 Squadron, New Zealand, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Herbert Ronald Sharman, AFC, 248 Squadron, London, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Wilfred Max Sizer, DFC, AFC, 213 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Edward Brian Bretherton Smith, DFC, 610 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Norman Henry Jackson Smith, DFC, 235 Squadron, Norfolk, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flying Officer Leonard Smith, 219 Squadron, Australia, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Ronald Henry Smyth, DFC, 111 Squadron, London, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Vivian Robert Snell, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Henry Sprague, 3 Squadron, Canada, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Basil Gerald ‘Stapme’ Stapleton, DFC, South African, 603 Squadron, Prestwick, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Stevens, 213 Squadron, West Sussex, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Sergeant William Ronald Stevens, DFM, 23 Squadron, Northamptonshire, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Warrant Officer H G Stewart, 236 Squadron, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Sir Kenneth Maxwell Stoddart, KCVO, KStJ, AE, JP, LLD, 611 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Richard Gordon Battensby Summers, OBE, OStJ, AFM, 219 Squadron, Yorkshire, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander George William Swanwick, AE, 54 Squadron, Essex, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Lieutenant Commander John Humphrey Charlesworth Sykes, RN Ret’d, 64 Squadron, London, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant Alexander Hendry Thom, DFC, FRICS, 79 Squadron, South Wales, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Frederick Mytton Thomas, 152 Squadron, Northumberland, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Captain Antony Robert Fletcher Thompson, DFC, JP, 249 Squadron, Yorkshire, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Group Captain Peter Douglas Thompson, DFC, 605 Squadron, Spain, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander James Anderson Thomson, 302 Squadron, Yorkshire, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant John Richard Toombs, 236 Squadron, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Mr Thomas William Townshend, 600 Squadron, South Africa, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander George Cecil ‘Grumpy’ Unwin, DSO, DFM, 19 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Michael Terry Wainwright, AFC, 64 Squadron, London, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Warrant Officer James Ian Bradley Walker, New Zealander, 600 Squadron, New Zealand, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flight Lieutenant William Louis Buchanan Walker, 616 Squadron, Lincolnshire, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Group Captain Roy Frederick Watts, 253 Squadron, London, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Air Commodore Paul Clifford Webb, CBE, DFC, AE, 602 Squadron, West Sussex, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Geoffrey Harris Augustus ‘Boy’ Wellum, DFC, 92 Squadron, London, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander Sydney Anthony Hollingsworth Whitehouse, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Group Captain John William White, MBE, 3 Squadron, Scotland, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Mr Robert White, 235 Squadron, Norfolk, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Air Commodore Stanley Charles Widdows, CB, DFC, 29 Squadron, Guernsey, Blenheims.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Flying Officer Kenneth Astill Wilkinson, 616 Squadron, London, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Group Captain Allan Richard Wright, DFC, AFC, 92 Squadron, West Sussex, Spitfires.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Air Commodore Eric William Wright, CBE, DFC, DFM, 605 Squadron, Scotland, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Squadron Leader Derek Sydney Yapp, DFC, 245 Squadron, Yorkshire, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Wing Commander John Reginald Cass Young, AFC, 249 Squadron, Yorkshire, Hurricanes.[/SIZE]
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The list was "updated" in August 2007 but I'm not sure how definative it is:

BOBHSOC/Surviving Few

 

Stapleton wrote this - and there's a lovely recent photo of him. A few more wrinkles, and grey hair but he looks just the same:

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

 

Down to 143 from 175 in 2000 which is a loss of 32

As they get older the numbers per year deaths should sadly increase.

At the end of this year, there maybe only the low 130's remaining.

 

Out of a total of 2353.

544 died during the BoB
Another 791 were killed during the war
Total WW2 casualties was 1335, leaving 1018 who survived the war.

 

Death of BoB pilots 2000-2007

This seems to be the list of those that have died in the period 2000 - 2007


Flight Lieutenant Leslie Henry Allen, 141 Squadron, Scotland, Defiants.

Squadron Leader John Denis Anderson, 604 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.

Flying Officer Frederick Barker, DFM, 264 Squadron, Essex, Defiants.

Flight Lieutenant Eric Barnard, AE, 600 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.

Flight Lieutenant Alan Bennison, AE, New Zealander, 25 Squadron, Essex, Blenheims.

Squadron Leader Colin Birch, AFC, 1 Squadron, West Sussex, Hurricanes.

Flight Lieutenant Douglas Clifford Cooper, 235 Squadron, Australia, Blenheims.

Squadron Leader Alan Henry ‘Corky’ Corkett, 253 Squadron, Kent, Hurricanes.

Wing Commander Frantisek Fajtl, DFC, Czechoslovakian, 17 Squadron, Essex, Hurricanes.

Group Captain Thomas Bernard Fitzgerald, DFC, New Zealander, 141 Squadron, Scotland, Defiants.

Pilot Officer Robert Carl Fumerton, AFC, DFC, 32 Squadron, Toronto Canada, Hurricanes.

Pilot Officer Mieczyslaw Gorzula, 607 Squadron, Australia, Hurricanes.

Warrant Officer Reginald Henry Gretton, DFC, 266 Squadron, Lincolnshire, Spitfires.

Commander Ronald Cuthbert Hay, DSO, DSC, RNR, 808 Squadron, Scotland, Fulmars.

Sgt Donald James Hulbert, 257 & 501 Squadrons, Surrey, Hurricanes.

Flight Lieutenant David Walter Hunt, 257 Squadron, New Zealand, Hurricanes.

Squadron Leader Ian Hutchinson, TD RAF Ret’d, 222 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.

Wing Commander Donald MacFarlane Jack, AE, 602 Squadron, West Sussex, Spitfires.

Squadron Leader Peter Reginald McGregor, 46 Squadron, Lincolnshire, Hurricanes.

Flight Lieutenant John Archibald Milne, Canadian, 605 Squadron, Canada, Hurricanes.

Squadron Leader Kenneth Edward Naish, DFC, 235 Squadron, Norfolk, Blenheims.

Group Captain Peter Geoffrey St George O’Brian, OBE, DFC, Canadian, 247 Squadron, Canada, Gladiators.

Flight Lieutenant James Pickering, AFC, AE, 64 Squadron, Leicester, Spitfires.

Flight Lieutenant Michael Moray Shand, DFC, New Zealander, 54 Squadron, New Zealand, Spitfires.

Wing Commander Wilfred Max Sizer, DFC, AFC, 213 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Hurricanes.

Wing Commander Vivian Robert Snell, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.

Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Stevens, 213 Squadron, West Sussex, Hurricanes.

Wing Commander Frederick Mytton Thomas, 152 Squadron, Northumberland, Spitfires.

Wing Commander George Cecil ‘Grumpy’ Unwin, DSO, DFM, 19 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.

Group Captain Roy Frederick Watts, 253 Squadron, London, Hurricanes.

Wing Commander Sydney Anthony Hollingsworth Whitehouse, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.

Wing Commander John Reginald Cass Young, AFC, 249 Squadron, Yorkshire, Hurricanes.

 

A couple of dates and details. I shall update this post as I find more info

Died on September 4, 2006
František Fajtl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Died on the 16th August 2006
NZFPM |Wing Commander Thomas Bernard Fitzgerald

Died on the 10th July 2006:
Wing Commander 'Moose' Fumerton - Telegraph

Mieczyslaw Gorzula (607, 302, 315, 306, 309) deceased in December 2005.
Acknowledgments

Commander Ronald Cuthbert Hay died Dec 2001
Cdr Ronnie Hay - Telegraph

Wing Commander Wilfred Max Sizer died 22nd Dec 2006
Wing Commander Wilf Sizer - Telegraph

Group Captain Peter O'Brian died May 2007
Group Captain Peter O'Brian - Telegraph

Group Captain Roy Frederick Watts died 2006

 

52nd Airborne believes Group Captain Byron Leonard Duckenfield 501Sqn Hurricanes is missing from the list. If missing from the latest list, there must be an anomaly somewhere as he is not on the 2000 list either.

Found this on a blog on my space and a great Wellington shot below.

15 Oct 2007
Rabbit Sqn
Current mood: accomplished
Yesterday we held a very successful signing event at the F.A.S.T museum in Farnborough. Our guests of honour were 8 Battle of Britain pilots: Richard Jones, Bob Doe, John Freeborn, Tom Neil, Mike Croskell, Billy Drake, Byron Duckenfield and Pete Brothers. Before kick off:


MySpace.com Blogs - Homesick at space camp MySpace Blog

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/boxcar8/Table.jpg

 

Gp Capt Byron Duckenfield AFC, AE

This google search shows he is still busy.

MySpace.com Blogs - Homesick at space camp MySpace Blog

[SIZE=-1]Our guests of honour were 8 Battle of Britain pilots: Richard Jones, Bob Doe, John Freeborn, Tom Neil, Mike Croskell, Billy Drake, Byron Duckenfield and ...
blog.myspace.com/chrisyeoman - 58k - Cached - Similar pages[/SIZE] Vital Force Richard Taylor

[SIZE=-1]Group Captain BYRON DUCKENFIELD AFC. THE ARTIST PROOFS & REMARQUE EDITIONS. These Six signature editions are additionally signed by: ...
Vital Force Richard Taylor - 23k - Cached - Similar pages[/SIZE]
'Gathering of Heroes' - East Kirkby, May 28th - The Diecast ...

[SIZE=-1]Group Captain Byron Duckenfield, AFC - Battle of Britain Hurricane pilot with 501 Squadron, three confirmed victories and one shared. (Rare event signer) ...
forums.diecast-aviation.eu/showthread.php?t=5877 - 46k - Cached - Similar pages[/SIZE]
Farnborough Airsciences Trust Association

[SIZE=-1]Group Captain Byron Duckenfield, Spitfires and Hurricanes, 74 and 501 Squadrons. Wing Commander John Freeborn, Spitfires, 74 Squadron ...
Farnborough Airsciences Trust Association - 29k - Cached - Similar pages[/SIZE]
My signed books - Page 4 - WW2 Forum

[SIZE=-1]Grp/Capt Byron Duckenfield 74 & 501 Sqns Wg/Cdr Bob Doe 234 & 238 Sqns Wg/Cdr John Freeborn 74 Sqn Wg/Cdr Tom Neil 249 Sqn ...
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CCB Aviation item details - Limited Edition aviation prints, books ...

[SIZE=-1]Group Captain Byron Duckenfield AFC Squadron Leader Joce Millard Wing Commander George Swanwick (flew with Al Deere) Flight Lieutenant Alexander Appleford ...
CCB Aviation item details - Limited Edition aviation prints, books, stamp covers and memorabilia. Robert Taylor, Nicolas Trudgian, Gerald Coulson, Geoff Nutkins, Frank Wooton, Stephen Teasdale - 4k - Cached - Similar pages[/SIZE]
Legends Aviation Gallery

[SIZE=-1]Print. Biography. Back. Size. Price, £ 50. Signatures, Artist , Wg Cdr John Freeborn and Gp Capt Byron Duckenfield.
Legends Aviation Gallery - 7k - Cached - Similar pages[/SIZE]
Legends Aviation Gallery

[SIZE=-1]Print. Biography. Back. Size. Price, £ 50. Signatures, Artist and Wing Commander John Freeborn DFC* and Gp Capt Byron Duckenfield AFC, AE.
Legends Aviation Gallery - 7k - Cached - Similar pages[/SIZE]
Battle of Britain Ace s Geoff Wellum Signed Book

[SIZE=-1]We will have ten fighter Pilots in attendance including John Freeborn ,Tom Neil ,Ray Sellers, Billy Drake ,Peter Brothers,Byron Duckenfield,Mike Croskell ...
Battle of Britain Ace s Geoff Wellum Signed Book - 11k - Cached - Similar pages[/SIZE]

 

Definately an anomoly/ommission. He's in the Men of the Battle of Britain:

 

Yes, seems so doesn't it?

I have asked 52nd if he would contact the BoB Society. If not I will once we have gone through this whole list.

Sadly though, a month could be a long time to some of these men.

 

Hi All,

I have been fortunate enough to have contact with a few of "The Few". This mainly came through the research for my book which centred on one of these gallant men, SQNLDR Kenneth McGlashan AFC. Unfortunately, Kenneth passed away in 2005, but I was truly honoured to have known him.

Without reservation, Kenneth and the other chaps that I have dealt are gentlemen with an honest air of modesty and understatement. Sadly, it is a quality that is not so prevelant in current times where sometimes "heroes" are made in the last 5 minutes of a football match.

Regards,

Owen

 

I would certainly recommend your book, Owen:

Amazon.co.uk: Down to Earth: A Fighter Pilot Recounts His Experiences of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, Dieppe, D-Day and Beyond: Books: Owen Zupp

However, would you care to provide a brief bio of McGlashan for this thread?

 

Hi All,

What a great forum for only three months of age! I've only just started visiting forums and there is certainly a tremendous amount of interesting information to be had. I'm also very flattered by the response you have given my book.

In response to Kyt's request for a bio on Kenneth McGlashan, I'll list the synopsis for "Down to Earth" below as it is a fairly concise summary of a very broad and ranging career.

In "Down to Earth" Squadron Leader McGlashan reflects honestly on his enthralling and diverse RAF career, one that began with the rag and tube of Hawker biplanes in 1939 and closed in the jet era of the late 1950s. Shot down over the beaches of Dunkirk in heated aerial combat, we follow the footsteps of the nineteen year old along the debris-littered sands and beyond. From the protection of vulnerable convoys to the pioneering days of night-fighting and airborne radar, McGlashan is in the midst of the action. Flying in support of the ill-fated landing at Dieppe and on clandestine night operations before D-Day, he takes an active role in some of the RAF s most significant operations of World War Two. Interspersed throughout are tales of camaraderie and humour. Away from the front line, McGlashan was seconded to BOAC to fly airliners out of Cairo, tasked to ferry all manner of aircraft at the war's end and serve in Cyprus at the height of a very nasty campaign. It is a journey of tremendous diversity, punctuated by a series of close calls and inevitable losses. Half a century later, retired and living in Australia, Kenneth McGlashan is drawn back to 1940 with the discovery of his crashed Hurricane surfacing through the sands of Dunkirk. In an emotional pilgrimage, he is reunited with the steed of his youth and its bullet-ridden cockpit. In spite of the many dangers he faced and despite evidence to the contrary, McGlashan regarded himself as nothing more than just another pilot; an ordinary man in extraordinary times. Of the 3,000 allied airmen who flew in the Battle of Britain, only three percent could lay claim to the title of ace , Squadron Leader Kenneth McGlashan AFC always felt great honour in being counted amongst the 97 percent.

I might start a thread on Kenneth in the near future if you think there is enough interest. I could post an image or two and maybe some insights. Let me know if you think that would be appropriate.

Thanks once again.

Owen

 

Cheers Owen

That would be more than appropriate - it would be fantastic.

 

I just noticed that the original 2001 list missed out:

Wing Commander 'Bunny' Currant - Telegraph

who died in 2006

 

From Kyt's recent postings (http://ww2chat.com/forums/obituaries/1128-blair-dalzell-russel-rip.html), we can add this fine gentleman to the list of gone but never forgotten BoB pilots:

Wing Commander Blair Dalzell Russel, DFC and BAR, DSO, 1(RCAF) Squadron, Quebec, Canada, Hurricanes.

 

http://ww2chat.com/forums/obituaries/1361-w-c-eric-barwell-rip-defiant-pilot.html#post9162

 

And John Gard'ner is still with us, as far as I know, but this is a good summary of his service career:

Buckingham First Day Covers

 

Flight Lieutenant Michael Shand obituary - Times Online