Surving RAF Pilots from the Battle of Britain

[Jabo]

Further to the discussion in the chatbox following Geoffrey Wellum's passing, it appears my information was not correct - The surviving pilots who fought during the summer of 1940 are;

Flt Lt William Terence Clark DFM - 219 Squadron - Blenheims
Wing Co John Francis Durham Elkington  - 1 Squadron - Hurricanes
Wing Co Paul Caswell Farnes DFM - 501 Squadron - Hurricanes
Squadron Leader J. S. Hart - 602 (Canadian), 54, 81 and 602 Squadrons
F/O John Allman Hemingway DFC - 86 Squadron - Hurricanes
Flt Lt William Robert Kent Hughes DFC, AE - 23 Squadron - Blenheims
Flt Lt Ronald MacKay - 234 Squadron - Spitfires (Not verified - if he is still alive he is 108!)
Flt Lt Archibald McInnes - 601 & 238 Squadrons - Hurricanes
Flt Lt Maurice Hewlett Mounsdon - 56 Squadron - Hurricanes

Thought this might be of interest.

[FoolTrottel]

3 hours ago, Jabo said:

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Flt Lt Ronald MacKay - 234 Squadron - Spitfires (Not verified - if he is still alive he is 108!)
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You sure about that? I found a Ronald Mackay, birth date June 26th 1917: http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/Mackay.htm, but he's got P/O not Flt Lt... could be a different one...?

 

[DD_Arthur]

The convention in these things is to accord the rank you held when your service comes to an end FT.   He almost certainly would have been a P/O during the BoB - it's the lowest rank of RAF commissioned officer.
Wing Commander Elkington of 1 Squadron would almost certainly have been a P/O during the BoB too.

[Jabo]

He was indeed Arthur - he was promoted to F/O in July 1941. Interestingly he was shot down and wounded by Helmut Wick on the 16th August 1940, not returning to active service until the 1st October.

[Painless]

Excellent to know that some of these chaps are still alive today especially considering that they were probably all a little surprised to still be alive in 1946 !