Hi Trevor, many people do not realise that the two top scoring RAF pilots for 1940 including France, Dunkirk, etc, were Hurricane pilots-Allard and Lacey and that most of the top ones were also. Here is something I wrote back in 2010:Other men that are talked of for their record in 1940 including France, Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain and up to December 31st 1940 include the big names of Tuck, Bader, Malan, Carey and others as shown below: Lacey 18 +8 probables in the Battle of Britain 501 Hurricane Sqn 23 end 1940 Allard ended 1940 with between 18 and 23 kills including the Battle of France McKellar 17+5 probs 605 Hurricane Sqn and 602 Spitfire Sqn also.(Killed in Action, 1940) some record 19 to 21 victories Frantisek 17+1 Prob 303 Hurricane Sqn (Often quoted as top scorer in the B of B)(Killed in 1940) Jim Hallowes who ended 1940 with between 14 and 17 kills from Dunkirk, France and the Battle of Britain with 43 Sqn. Urbanowicz 15+1 Probable 303 Hurricane Sqn Bob Doe 14(or 15) 234 Spitfire Sqn and 238 Hurricane Sqn. Also there were high scorers in the Battle of Britain, Dunkirk and France who ended up high on the rankings at the end of 1940 who flew Hurricanes or at some time in 1940 including: Edgar Cobber Kaine 17 kills 1940 Killed in the Battle of France 73 Hurricane Sqn and the RAF`s 1st publicized ace. Fanny Orton 18 kills 1940 Battle of France and later A.G.Lewis 18 Battle of France (9 victories France) and Britain (9 also) with 249 and 85 Hurricane Squadrons. Bob Stanford Tuck 18 kills Dunkirk and Battle of Britain with 257 Hurricane Sqn and some with 92 Spitfire Sqn. Denis David with, at least, 14 kills in France 1940 with 87 Hurricane Sqn (some quote as high as 20 but this is wrong) McKnight with 14-16 kills in 1940 including Dunkirk, France and the Battle of Britain Douglas Bader 12 Kills 1940 mainly 242 Hurricane Sqn (and also 222 Spitfire Sqn over Dunkirk) Tom Neil 13 Kills by end 1940 all Battle of Britain I.R.Gleed around 12 Kills 1940 including France Pat Wood Scawen with 12 kills aprox. (Killed in action Battle of Britain) Tony Wood Scawen with 10 kills aprox (Brother of the above pilot, also killed in the Battle of Britain, within 24 hours of his brother). Johnny Kent 9 Kills 1940 303 Hurricane and 92 Spitfire Squadrons. There are many others, some of whom flew both types in 1940, like Tom Dalton-Morgan, Derek Ward, Leslie Clisby, Paul Richey, Roland Beamont, Peter Townsend, The top Ace in the Battle of Britain was a Spitfire pilot: Eric Lock with 22 Kills and 8 Probables Other top scorers in 1940 on Spitfires given by Aces High by Shores are: Colin Gray 15 and 4 probs 54 Spitfire Sqn. Brian Carbury 15 and 2 probs 603 Spitfire Sqn. Pat Hughes 14 and 1 prob (Poss 15) 234 Spitfire Sqn, Killed in action Battle of Britain. George Bennions 12 and 5 probs 41 Spitfire Sqn Other high scoring Spitfire aces in 1940 included: Tony Bartley J.T.Webster Alan Wright Bob Holland Alan Deere Johnny Allen Bodie of 66 Sqn and others. Battle of Britain fighter aces of the RAF some of these are names we never read of but these men of the Few shot down sometimes more than Malan and Bader. (from Aces High and other sources): Scores are only those from 1st July to 31st October not the 10th July as normally quoted-G R McGregor 5 victories, James Hopewell 5, Denys Gillam 8, Keith Lofts 4 plus 4 shared, Tony Eyre 6 plus 2 shared, John Ellis 8 and 1 shared victory, H.N Howes 8 victories, P.A.Burnell-Phillips 5 plus 1 shared kill, Jim Bazin DFC says 10 kills inc France 1940 poss B of B is 2 kills, 1 prob or more?, John Dundas 11 plus 3 shared poss 13?, J.H.G.McArthur 8 kills, J Curchin 7 plus 3 shared, Alan Feary 5 plus 1 shared, David Micheal Crook 5 kills and 3 shared, Frank Howell 5 kills and 3 shared M. E. Staples 5 kills and 1 shared, Mike Lister Robinson 6 and 1 shared, Ronnie 5 in 1 day Hamlyn 8 victories and 1 shared, C.O.J. Pegge 7 kills, S.C.Norris 6 kills and 1 shared, Archie McKellar 17 victories and 1 shared (poss 20 by November when he was Killed in Action?), Bunny Currant 9 kills and 5 shared (11?), Brian Carbury 15 and 1 shared= one of the top scorers of the B of B, R. Ras Berry 8 kills and 3 shared (9?), Brian Stapme Stapleton 5 plus 2 shared, H.K.MacDonald 5 kills, Richard Hillary 5 kills (Wrote The Last Enemy), A. MacDowell 11 kills plus 2 shared (12?), Robert Finlay Boyd 9 kills and 6 shared (poss 12 ?), Basil Whall 6 victories and 3 shared (7plus), A.V.R.Johnstone 6 kills and 2 shared, Cyril Babbage 6 kills, P.C.Webb 6, J.K.U.B McGrath possibly 15 kills? (A mystery man this one) (possibly these include probables or unconfirmed or victories shot down earlier in 1940?), Carl Davis 9 plus 1 shared (poss 12?) KIA, Thomas Grier 8 kills and 5 shared (poss 10 plus?), H.C.Mayers 7 kills, W.P Billy Clyde 6 plus 2 shared (7), Willie Rhodes-Moorhouse 5 kills plus 4 shared (7-8*) KIA, H.A.V.Hogan 5 plus 3 shared (6-7), E Holden 4 plus 1 shared poss 5?, James Harry Ginger Lacey 18 victories and possibly one of the claimants for top scorer in the Battle of Britain, Johnny Gibson (J.A.A GIBSON) 8 kills, Anton Glowacki 8 kills (Jarek, is this correct?), Stanilaw Skalski 7 kills plus possibly also 6 earlier in Poland?, Kenneth MacKenzie 6 kills plus 3 shared in this period possibly 8?, Paul Farnes 6 victories, Emil Fechtner 6 kills plus 4 shared possibly 8 killed in October 1940, Gordon Sinclair 10 victories, 303 Sqn aces follow up to Pisarek included-Josef Frantisek (Czech) 17 sometimes quoted as B of B top scorer, Killed October 1940, Witold Urbanowicz, the top Polish pilot with 15 (possibly more by end 1940), Z.K Henneberg 8 kills plus 1 shared, Jan Zumbach 8 kills, E Szapoznikow 8 kills, M Feric 7, Atholl Forbes (English) 7, S Karubin 6, L.W.Pazskiewicz 6 kills, R.G.Kellett (the English Sqn Leader) 5 kills, W Lokuciewski 4 kills and 1 shared and others from France and Poland 5-8 plus?, Johnny Kent (Canadian Flt Lt.) 4-5 kills, 9 by end 1940?, M. Pisarek 4 kills plus others in Poland previously 5 plus, Robert Roland Stanford Tuck 9 plus 3 shared 10 plus, he ended 1940 with around 18 including Dunkirk kills, Peter Malam Brothers 10 with 32 and 257 Sqns, Gerry Edge 11 kills (Poss more?) Tom Neil 249 Sqn top ace in the Battle of Britain 8 victories and 4 shared, ended 1940 with around 12-13, Albert G. Lewis 9 plus 1 shared to add to around 8 or 9 scored in France to make 18 by end 1940 another high scoring 1940 ace, George Barclay 5 kills, J.M.B. Beard 5, J.R.B Meaker 7 kills and 2 shared=8, Bill Millington 9 plus 2 shared =10 kills a relatively unknown double ace from the Battle of Britain, Douglas Robert Stuart Bader 11 victories, ended 1940 with around 12 or more, Willie McKnight 6 plus 2 shared but ended 1940 with around 14-16 including France 1940 kills previously, Dickie Cork (Royal Navy, one of top R.N. aces)= 5 in B of B possibly 11 plus end war, Hugh Tamblyn 5 plus 1 shared inc 1 with 141 Sqn Defiants, J.R.Urwin-Mann 8 plus 2 shared, D. P. Hughes 5, KIA August 1940, Carl T. Davis 4 kills plus 6 shared possibly 7 plus, Killed 1941, Bob Doe 14 plus 2 shared=15 victories (Died 2010), Pat Hughes 13 kills plus 4 shared quoted as 14-15 kills in B of B period, KIA Battle of Britain, one of its top aces in this period when killed, Alan S. Harker 7 kills and 2 shared, possibly 8, Mike Boddington 5 kills and 1 shared scored some more to end 1940, Sgt E Scott 5 kills 222 Sqn, Desmond MacMullen 9 plus 4 shared possibly 11 this period and ended 1940 with between 13 and 17 quoted, Tim Vigors 4 plus 2 shared=5, E.G.Snowdon 5, J M Strickland 5 and 1 shared kill, W.D.DAVID 6 plus 1 shared to add to his Battle of France kills possibly ended 1940 with 14 although some quote as high as 20, J.E.J Singh 7 kills and 2 shared=8, H.D.Atkinson 6, J.E.P Laricheliere 6 kills, J.A.L. Philliport (Belgian) 6 kills, D.P.A.Boitel-Gill 8 kills, Walter Beaumont 6 plus 2 shared victories, E.S.Boy Marrs 5 plus 2 shared, .D.T. Jay 5 plus 1 shared KIA October 1940, J.R.Cock 5, Ian Gleed 5 kills, ended 1940 with around 9-12 with his France kills, KIA in Desert war, Alan Wright 6 plus 2 shared in this period ended 1940 with over 10 possibly?, Brian Kingcombe 5 plus 4 shared, J.W.Pancho Villa 10 plus 4 shared-12 total in B of B period possibly 13-14 plus end 1940?, Thomas Wallace 6 kills and 2 shared, Stanley Connors 5 plus 1 shared KIA B of B end 1940 with 10-12 inc Dunkirk, W.L Dymond 5, J.M Thompson 4 or 5 kills this period and ended 1940 higher, Adrian Hope Boyd 6 plus 4 shared victories 8 plus this period and possibly 9-12 by end 1940?, R.G.Dutton 7 kills plus 3 shared this period ended 1940 with between 17-19 kills including Dunkirk totals, R.M. Milne 5 kills and 1 shared, L.S.BLACK Smith 5 kills and 1 shared, G.E.Goodman 4 plus 3 shared, Manfred Czernin 7 kills and 4 shared ended 1940 with around 13-15 kills possibly more, G.Griffiths 5 plus 1 shared victory, Alfie Bayne 5 kills and 6 shared 8 kills this period B OF B, George Grumpy Unwin 9 kills ended 1940 with around 13, L.A.Hines 6 plus 2 shared, Sub Lt. A.G.Blake (Royal Navy) 6 kills and 1 shared, Wilf Clouston 4 kills and 2 shared=5 ended ww2 with 12, Mike Crossley 13 kills and 2 shared to make 14 this period and ended 1940 on 15 plus, ended ww2 on around 22 kills, one of the relative unknown top scorers of the battle, R.T.Llewellyn 10 kills and 1 shared possibly 12 end 1940, Karol Pniak 5 plus 1 shared, A.R.H Barton 5 plus 3 shared, R.A.Wlasowilski 5 kills, Rupert Smythe 4 or 5 kills, Alan Eckford 4 plus this period, Peter Gardner 4 kills plus, W.B Higgins 4 plus victories, ERIC LOCK top scorer of the Battle of Britain with 21 kills this period, George Bennions 11 kills, Terry (J.T.) Webster 9 kills and 1 shared KIA with around 12-13 kills inc Dunkirk, J.N. McKenzie 6, J.G.Boyle 5 plus 2 shared kills, E.N Ryder 5 plus 1 shared, Tony Lovell 5 kills plus 1 shared ended 1940 with around 11 plus including Dunkirk poss 15?, Jim Hallowes 11 kills and 1 shared ended WW2 with around 17-20 kills, possibly13- 17 end 1940?, H.C.Upton 10 kills and 1 shared in this B of B period as one of the top aces in this period, Tom Dalton-Morgan 7 kills and 2 shared 14 kills and more by war end, Charles Tony Wood-Scawen 7 kills KIA 2/9/40 possibly 10 kills including earlier kills (His brother Patrick Kia also 1 day between them, he had around 10-12 kills also in 1940), Frank Carey 5 kills but ended 1940 with around 18 including France and Dunkirk kills previosly, one of 1940 top scoreres, J.V.C.Badger 8 kills and 2 shared 9 plus who sustained mortal wounds in the Battle of Britain but died in 1941, Tony Rabagliatti 6 kills this period possibly 8 or more(12? by end 1940?) ended with Malta kills as a high scoring fighter ace. Colin Gray 15 kills and 1 shared as one of the B of B top aces, Alan Deere 6 kills B of B period and ended 1940 with around 17 to colin grays 16 end 1940, George Gribble 5 kills and 1 shared, Desmond MacMullen 9 and 4 shared this period ended 1940 with between 13-17 and ended 1940 WITH AROUND 17-20?, F.W.Higginson 9 kills ended 1940 with 12, Percy Weaver 7 kills plus 2 shared possibly ended 1940 on 13-14 kills, E.J.Jumbo Gracie 5 kills and 2 shared had around 13 inc Malta kills later, A.R.D. MacDonnell 8 and 1 shared victories, Sub. Lt F. . Dawson Paul 9Royal Navy) 7 kills and 1 shared high score ace when killed in early July Battle of Britain, J Orange O` Meara 8 kills and 2 shared possibly 10 B of B, Bill Franklin 8 kills KIA DEcember 1940 when the Battle of Britain was still being fought out, Bobby Oxspring 8 and 1 shared kill, ended ww2 on 13 and 1 shared kill inc his Desert victories, C.A.W.Bogle Bodie ace of 66 sqn with around 7 kills and 3 shared possibly 9 this period, W.T.E. Rolls 7 kills ended ww2 with around 17, Jimmie Elsdon 6 victories, Jas Storrar 5 and 3 shared, H.M. Stephen possibly? 9 kills and 3 shared high scores quoted in past include a lot of shares and probables, pssibly top score waS 12 RATHER THAN THE 18 OR 22 QUOTED END WW2?Johnny Freeborn 7 kills and 1 shared at least much missed, died 2010, John Mungo-Park 7, A.G Sailor Malan 6 kills and 1 shared in this period ended 1940 with around 18 including 2 N/F kills and Dunkirk kills added previously, P.C.F. Stevenson 5 plus 1 shared kill, W.H.Nelson 5 kills, Bill Millington 9 kills and 2 shared this period 10 plus B of B possibly ended 1940 on 10-12, Geoffrey Sammy Allard of 85 Sqn one of 1940 top scorers with 23 kills inc France this period of the Battle of Britain he was also one of the top aces with 9 kills and 3 shared or sometimes quoted as 13, Peter Townsend 6 kills ended ww2 on 11, Pat Wood-Scawen 5 kills and 2 shared this period KIA the day after his brother in action also in the Battle of Britain, total score around 10-12 inc Dunkirk kills, W.H. Ace Hodgson 5 kills and 2 shared, H.N Howes 4 kills and 1 shared plus. A.G.Lewis with 9 kills in the Battle of Britain and 8 or 9 in France earlier ended 1940 as one of the top RAF aces with 18. These men deserve our memory.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 08:21:58 +0000
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