Arthur Travers Harris

Arthur Travers Harris

male, deceased (1984)
Butt Report, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Air Officer Commanding, From Cheltenham, Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, afc…raf, RAF Bomber Command
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet GCB OBE AFC RAF (April 13, 1892 - April 5, 1984), commonly known as "Bomber"...

William Anderson

male, deceased (1972)
World War I, British Military, Recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, distinguished service cross, royal air force, raf
William Louie Anderson (February 11 1892 - March 5 1972) was Bishop of the Church of England See of Salisbury from 1949 to 1963. Before becoming a...

František Peřina

male, deceased (2006)
World War II flying ace, World War II pilot, aviator, Nazi Germany, royal air force, czech…raf, No. 312 Squadron RAF
František Peřina was a Czech fighter pilot. In 1939, following the first dissolution of Czechoslovakia and the annexation of Bohemia and Moravia by...
Claude Grahame White

Claude Grahame White

male, deceased (1959)
Aviation pioneer, Daily Mail, aviation, race, Air race, nice…raf
Claude Grahame White was an English pioneer of aviation, and the first to make a night flight, during the Daily Mail sponsored London to Manchester...
Brian Trubshaw

Brian Trubshaw

male, deceased (2001)
Old Wykehamist, British World War II pilot, Royal Air Force officer, RAF Transport Command, British, royal air force…raf, RAF Bomber Command, RAF Flying College, RAF Fairford
Ernest Brian Trubshaw (January 29 1924 - 25 March 2001) was a notable test pilot, and the first British pilot to fly Concorde, in April 1969. He...
H. E. Bates

H. E. Bates

male, deceased (1974)
The Darling Buds of May, Love for Lydia, My Uncle Silas, English, northamptonshire, royal air force…raf
Herbert Ernest Bates, CBE, who published under the pen name H. E. Bates (May 16 1905 - January 29 1974), was an English writer and author. His most...
Kenneth Griffith

Kenneth Griffith

male, deceased (2006)
royal air force, Death from Parkinson's Disease, welsh, film actor, raf, television actor
Kenneth Griffith (October 12, 1921 - June 25, 2006) was a Welsh actor and documentary film-maker. Born in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, he served in...
Merlyn Rees

Merlyn Rees

male, deceased (2006)
Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London, Accidental death from falls, politician, welsh, Master's Degree, Alumni of the London School of Economics…raf
Merlyn Rees, later Merlyn Merlyn-Rees, Baron Merlyn-Rees, PC (December 18, 1920 - January 5, 2006) was a British Labour party Member of Parliament...
Cobber Kain

Cobber Kain

male, deceased (1940)
Edgar James Cobber Kain, New Zealander of World War II, Battle of France, Christ's College, Canterbury, killed in aircraft crash, Recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross…raf, No. 73 Squadron RAF
Flying Officer Edgar James "Cobber" Kain (27 June 1918 - 6 June 1940). Born in Hastings, New Zealand, he attended Christ's College, Canterbury,...
Don Bennett

Don Bennett

male, deceased (1986)
Australian World War II pilot, Air Vice Marshal, Royal Australian Air Force officer, Order of the British Empire, flying boat, royal air force…raf, No. 20 Squadron RAF, No. 8 Group RAF, RAF Calshot
Air Vice Marshal Donald Clifford Tyndall Bennett CB CBE DSO RAF (September 14 1910-September 15 1986) was an Australian aviation pioneer and bomber...