South Africans in the RAF

The register

Every man in the book

Each name opens his page, with what the book records about him. If you know more, his page has a form to tell Jon.

Everyone 379 Battle of Britain 37 Air officers 27 Decorated 16 DFM 30 1943 secondees killed 35 Named in the book 240
PA Becker
1943 secondees killed
Lt
None listed
KIA
5 Dec 1944
JE Begbie Errol Begbie
1943 secondees killed
Lt
No 102 Squadron
KIA
3 Nov 1944
J Burt
1943 secondees killed
Lt
None listed
KIA
9 Jun 1944
CH Campbell Colin Herbert Campbell
1943 secondees killed
Captain
No 48 Squadron
KIA
21 Sep 1944
SHE Capstick Dale
1943 secondees killed
Lt
None listed
Killed, flying accident
24 Jul 1944
AE Collett Tony Collett
1943 secondees killed
Lt
No 184 Squadron
KIA
27 Dec 1944
RA Cumming
1943 secondees killed
Lt
None listed
Killed, flying accident
11 Jun 1944
JH Du Plessis
1943 secondees killed
Lt
None listed
KIA
29 Jul 1944
MT Duchen
1943 secondees killed
Lt
None listed
Killed, flying accident
2 Oct 1944
CA Duran
1943 secondees killed
Lt
None listed
Killed, flying accident
6 Nov 1944
PB Franklin Peter Blundell Franklin
1943 secondees killed
Lt
No 1666 Heavy Conversion Unit
Killed, flying accident
24 Aug 1944
WA Gale “Shorty”
1943 secondees killed
Lt
No 245 Squadron
KIA
17 Aug 1944
PJ Hayden Thomas
1943 secondees killed
Major
AFC
Killed, flying accident
8 Jun 1944
RW Heiden Ronald Heiden
1943 secondees killed
Captain
No 102 Squadron
KIA
5 Feb 1945
FL Higgins Frederick Higgins
1943 secondees killed
Lt
No 174 Squadron
KIA
3 Apr 1945
AG Hill Alan Hill
1943 secondees killed
Lt
No 183 Squadron
KIA
22 Feb 1945
GW Hirschfield
1943 secondees killed
Captain
No 44 Squadron
KIA
5 Dec 1944
RG Jennings
1943 secondees killed
Lt
No 182 Squadron
KIA
19 Aug 1944
G Kaufmann
1943 secondees killed
Captain
DFC
No 182 Squadron
KIA
18 Jul 1944
KA Kelly
1943 secondees killed
Lt
None listed
KIA
20 Aug 1944
HE Kensington Edwards
1943 secondees killed
Captain
None listed
Killed, flying accident
6 Dec 1944
JF Kinnery
1943 secondees killed
Captain
None listed
KIA
2 Dec 1944
GR Lacey
1943 secondees killed
Lt
No 630 Squadron
KIA
15 Feb 1945
A Lens Anton Lens
1943 secondees killed
Captain
No 183 Squadron
KIA
22 Feb 1945
CW McGregor Charles “Shorty” McGregor
1943 secondees killed
Lt
No 97 Squadron
KIA
8 Feb 1945
PJ Mockford
1943 secondees killed
Lt
None listed
KIA
20 Aug 1944
M Overed Martin Overed
1943 secondees killed
Captain
No 14 Squadron
KIA
19 Apr 1945
WR Roberts
1943 secondees killed
Captain
None listed
KIA
22 Jan 1945
EE Swales Edwin Essery Swales
Decorated1943 secondees killed
Major
VC DFC
No 582 Squadron
KIA
24 Feb 1945
RC Thompson Ronald Thompson
1943 secondees killed
Captain
No 102 Squadron
KIA
17 Sep 1944
JA Thomson
1943 secondees killed
Lt
None listed
Killed, flying accident
18 Nov 1944
JF van der Westhuizen
1943 secondees killed
Captain
None listed
KIA
8 Aug 1944
EJ van Heerden Emile van Heerden
1943 secondees killed
Lt
No 515 Squadron
KIA
2 Apr 1945
HA Whitcher
1943 secondees killed
Lt
None listed
Killed, flying accident
17 May 1944
JM Wright James Mitchell Wright
1943 secondees killed
Lt
None listed
Killed, flying accident
16 Jan 1944