- Raf
Raf (born Raffaele Riefoli on September 29, 1959 Margherita di Savoia, Italy) is an Italian popular singer. - Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson is a radio talk show host based in the Los Angeles area. Jackson is best known for his radio show which covered the arts, politics and human interest subjects, particularly in the Los Angeles and greater Southern California area. The show originally aired on L.A. radio station KABC. He was born in England, experiencing the The Blitz (German bombing) of London during World War Two. After the war, in which his father served in the RAF as a navigator trainer, … - Raf Vallone
Raffaele Vallone, known as Raf, was an Italian actor and an international film star. Born in Tropea, Calabria, Italy, the son of a lawyer, Vallone studied Law and Philosophy at the University of Turin and entered his father's law firm. He also played semi-professional soccer but never realized his dream of becoming a professional athlete. Subsequently, he became a sports reporter for "L'Unità", a communist newspaper, … - Douglas Bader
Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader, CBE, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar, FRAeS, DL, RAF (21 February 1910-5 September 1982); surname pronounced) was a successful fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Bader is upheld as an inspirational leader and hero of the era, not least because he fought despite having lost both legs in a pre-war flying accident. - Guy Gibson
Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson VC DSO and Bar DFC and Bar RAF (12 August 1918 - 19 September 1944), was the first CO of the RAF's 617 Squadron, which he led in the "Dam Busters" raid (Operation Chastise), in 1943, resulting in the destruction of two large dams in the Ruhr area. He was killed later in the war. - Barnes Wallis
Sir Barnes Neville Wallis, Kt, CBE, FRS, RDI, commonly known as Barnes Wallis, (September 26 1887 - October 30 1979) was an English scientist, engineer and inventor. He is best known for inventing the bouncing bomb used by the RAF in Operation Chastise (the Dambusters Raid) to attack the Möhne, the Sorpe and the Eder dams in the Ruhr area in May 1943, during World War II. - Alix Perez
Alix Perez is a Drum n Bass DJ and Producer originally from Charleroi, Belgium but is currently based in North London. At just 22 years of age, Alix is known on the Drum and Bass scene for his liquid funk sound. Alix already has forthcoming and current releases on established labels such as Liquid V, Bassbin, Creative Source, Horizons, Progress, Brigand, Shogun Ltd and Fokuz. Alix started to DJ at the age of 14 and progressed into production at 17, … - Henry Cotton
Sir Henry Thomas Cotton (26 January, 1907 - 22 December, 1987) was a prominent British golfer of the 1930s and 1940s. Henry Cotton was born in Cheshire. he started his career as a professional golfer at the age of 17, and was known for working extremely hard at his game, often practising until his hands bled. He achieved fame during the Great Depression years with three victories in the British Open (1934, 1937, and 1948). - Henry Allingham
Henry William Allingham (born 6 June 1896) has been the oldest surviving British veteran of the First World War since 20 July 2003 upon the death of then 108-year-old Jack Davis. He is also believed to be Britain's longest-lived member of the armed forces since George Frederick Ives died in 1993 at age 111, and Britain's oldest living man. On 13 February 2007, he became the UK's second-oldest living person, behind Florrie Baldwin, now 111, … - Keith Park
Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Rodney Park, GCB, KBE, MC and Bar, DFC, RAF (15 June 1892 - 6 February 1975) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in World War II. Park was in tactical command during two of the most significant air battles in the European theatre in World War II, the Battle of Britain and the Battle of Malta. - Jock Stirrup
Air Chief Marshal Sir Graham Eric Stirrup, GCB, AFC, DSc, FRAeS FCMI RAF (born 4 December 1949), commonly known as Sir Jock Stirrup, is a senior Royal Air Force commander and the current British Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS). Stirrup was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and the RAF College Cranwell, where he received his commission in 1970. In the early 1970s, whilst on loan service with the Sultan of Oman’s Air Force, … - Pam Ayres
Pam Ayres MBE (born 14 March 1947) is a British writer of humorous poetry. Pam Ayres was born at Stanford in the Vale in the English county of Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). After leaving Farringdon Secondary School at the age of 15, she joined the Civil Service as a clerical assistant. It has recently been revealed that she was working for MI5, the Security Service. She soon left there to sign up to the Women's Royal Air Force, … - Leonard Cheshire
Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire, VC, OM, DSO and Two Bars, DFC (7 September 1917 – 31 July 1992) was a British RAF pilot during the Second World War who received the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. After the war he became a charity worker, … - David Walker
Air Vice-Marshal David Walker, CBE, AFC, RAF, is the current Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group. AVM Walker has completed many tours, including Station Commander, RAF Cottesmore and most recently as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff. AVM Walker assumed the appointment of Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group from Air Vice-Marshal Chris Moran in an apparent role-swap on 22 April 2005. - Andy Green
Wing Commander Andy D Green OBE BA RAF (born 1962), a British RAF F-4 Phantom and Tornado F3 pilot and Officer Commanding Operations Wing at RAF Wittering, is the current holder of the land speed record and the first person to break the sound barrier on land. On September 25, 1997 in ThrustSSC he beat the previous record in Black Rock Desert, USA, reaching a speed of 714.144 mph (1149.30 km/h). On October 15, he reached 763.035 mph (1227.99 km/h), … - Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson (born 1957) is a British crime-writer currently resident in Portugal. He is the son of an RAF fighter pilot, and has a degree in English from Oxford. Wilson is the author of the Bruce Medway series, set on the Gold Coast of Africa, and the Javier Falcon series, set largely in Seville, Spain. He is also the author of the espionage novel "The Company of Strangers" and "A Small Death In Lisbon", which consists of a historically split narrative, … - John Day
Air Chief Marshal Sir John Day, KCB, OBE, ADC, B.Sc, RAF is a retired senior Royal Air Force commander and a military advisor to BAE Systems. - David Evans
Air Chief Marshal Sir David Evans <small>GCB, CBE, RAF</small> was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. Evans was born and educated in Canada. He underwent pilot training in Canada and he then completed in operational training in Ismailia, Egypt. Evans went on to be Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Strike Command in 1977 and Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff from 1981 to 1983. Following his retirement from the RAF, Evans was a military adviser to British Aerospace. - Paul Brickhill
Paul Chester Jerome Brickhill (December 20 1916 - April 23 1991) was an Australian writer, whose World War II books were turned into popular movies. Educated at North Sydney Boys' High School, before World War II, Brickhill worked as a journalist. During the war, he was a fighter pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force. - Peter Townsend
Group Captain Peter Wooldridge Townsend, CVO, DSO, DFC and Bar, RAF (November 22, 1914 – June 19, 1995) was Equerry to King George VI 1944–1952 and held the same position for Queen Elizabeth II 1952–1953. He was born 1914 in Rangoon, Burma and educated at Haileybury School. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1933, and trained at Cranwell. He served in Training Command, and as a flying instructor at RAF Montrose. He was stationed at RAF Tangmere in 1937. - Mike Turner
Michael George Elliott Turner (born September 20, 1938 in Bridport) is an English former professional football goalkeeper. He was capped by England at youth level, but due to service in the RAF had to wait until December 1961 to turn professional when he joined Swindon Town from non-league Dorchester Town. He played 75 league games for Swindon and was part of Swindon's first ever promotion winning team in the 1962-63 season, before joining Torquay United in July 1964. - Albert Kesselring
Albrecht von Kesselring (August 8, 1881 - July 16, 1960) was a Generalfeldmarschall during World War II. One of the most respected and skillful generals of Nazi Germany, he was nicknamed "Smiling Albert" or "Smiling Kesselring". At least one source claims that Kesselring was born on August 8 1881. However, many printed sources claim that Kesselring was born 30 November 1885, as stated in his memoirs, in Marktsteft in Bavaria, Germany as the son of a schoolmaster. - Simon Thomas
Simon Thomas (born January 26, 1973 in Cromer, Norfolk) is a British television presenter. Thomas started life in Norfolk and then moved to Surrey, where he went to Aberdour School in Tadworth, and St. John's School, Leatherhead. Following his school career, he went to Birmingham University, where he graduated with a degree in History. Thomas began presenting the children's programme "Blue Peter" on 8 January 1999, after his fourth audition, replacing Richard Bacon. - Alex Henshaw
Alexander Adolphus Dumfries Henshaw MBE (7 November 1912 - 24 February 2007) was a British air racer in the 1930s and a test pilot for Vickers Armstrong in the Second World War. - Michael Cross
Group Captain Michael Cross OBE RAFR is the Chief of Staff of the Air Cadet Organisation. - Robert Wright
Robert Wright is an historian and biographer of Hugh Dowding, the RAF's commanding officer in the Battle of Britain. Wright served as Dowding's personal assistant for a while. In his book "Dowding and the Battle of Britain" (1969) Wright was one of the early proponents of the Big Wing conspiracy theory that blamed Trafford Leigh-Mallory and the British Air Ministry for Dowding's removal from command at the end of the battle. - Robert Stanford Tuck
Robert Roland Stanford Tuck DSO DFC and Bar (1 July 1916 – 5 May 1987) was a British fighter pilot and test pilot. - John Peters
Flight Lieutenant John Peters is a former pilot of the British Royal Air Force captured by the military of Iraq during the Gulf War in 1991. After capture he was shown, bruised, on Iraqi television. He co-authored a book, "Tornado Down", with John Nicol his navigator. As of 2007 he works as a motivational speaker. - Johnny Johnson
Flying Officer W E Pat "Johnny" Johnson was an RAF flying instructor and former patent officer who knew Frank Whittle and helped him get in contact with Alan Arnold Griffith during the development of jet power - Ray Hanna
Squadron Leader Raynham George Hanna AFC (with bar) (28 August 1928 - 1 December 2005) was a New Zealand born pilot in the RAF and a number of civilian companies. During his time in the RAF he was a founding member of the Red Arrows. He also founded the "Old Flying Machine Company" and regularly flew aircraft from his vintage warbird collection at airshows around the world. - John Thomson
Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles John Thomson, usually Sir John Thomson (born 7 June 1941, died 10 July 1994) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. Thomson was Commander-in-Chief Strike Command from 4 November 1992 to 30 June 1994. In July 1994 he became the first Commander in Chief of the new NATO command, Allied Forces North-western Europe. However, only days after taking up this post he became ill and rushed to hospital at RAF Halton where he died. - David Harrison
Air Commodore David Harrison, BSc RAF, is a retired RAF Officer and former Commandant of the Air Cadet Organisation (ACO). Air Cdre Harrison was educated at John Port School just outside Derby and went on to complete a BSc (Hons) degree in Geography at Liverpool University. He joined the RAF in 1977 having completed 3 years as a VR member of Liverpool University Air Squadron. Following flying training, he was posted to fly the Phantom FGR2, … - Clive Loader
Air Chief Marshal Sir Clive Robert Loader, KCB, OBE, ADC, FRAeS, RAF is Commander-in-Chief Air Command (CinC AIR). Educated at The Judd School, Tonbridge, Air Marshal Loader joined the RAF in 1973. After flying training, he was posted to Harriers, serving tours on No 1(F) Squadron at RAF Wittering and IV (Army Cooperation) Squadron at RAF Gütersloh, Germany. - John Stacey
Air Chief Marshal Sir William John Stacey, usually just John Stacey, (1 December 1924 - 1 January 1981) KCB, CBE, FRAeS, RAF was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the 1970s and until his sudden death in 1981. - William Mitchell
Air Chief Marshal Sir William Gore Sutherland Mitchell KCB CBE DSO MC AFC (8 March, 1888 - 15 August, 1944) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force and the first RAF officer to hold the post of Black Rod. Mitchell was Air Officer Commander-in-Chief RAF Middle East from 23 March 1939 to 12 May 1940. He held the post of Commandant of London Air Training Command from 1942 until his death in 1944 from a heart attack. - Peter Squire
Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Squire, GCB, DFC, AFC, FRAeS, RAF was Chief of the Air Staff during the start of both Operation Veritas and Operation Telic. Now retired from the Royal Air Force, Sir Peter is a member of the Board of the Imperial War Museum and the Vice-Chairman of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Peter Squire was commissioned into the RAF in 1966. Following initial officer training at the RAF College Cranwell and subsequent flying training, … - R. F. Delderfield
Ronald Frederick Delderfield (February 12, 1912 - June 24, 1972) was a popular English novelist and dramatist, many of whose works have been adapted for television and are still widely read. Born in London, Delderfield moved with his family to Devon in his teens, when his father became editor of the "Exmouth Chronicle", a local newspaper in Exmouth. In 1929, Delderfield joined the staff of the paper and later succeeded his father as editor. - Geoff Nutkins
Geoff Nutkins (12 June 1951-) is a British aviation artist, working in gouache and pencil. He has been painting for over 20 years. Geoff's works focus on World War II, and in particular the Battle of Britain period. A number of his works feature the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane and Me109, but they include many other RAF, USAAF and Luftwaffe aircraft and pilots. His paintings frequently feature in aviation magazines and books. - William Roberts
William "Bill" Roberts (April 5, 1912 - December 5, 2001) was a British athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Born in Salford, Lancashire, William Roberts won the British AAA championships in 440 yd in 1935 and 1937. At the 1934 British Empire Games, Roberts finished second in 440 yd behind Godfrey Rampling, but turned the silver into the gold medal in the next British Empire Games in 1938 in Sydney, Australia. - David Tomlinson
David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson was an English film actor. He is primarily remembered for his role as George Banks in the movie "Mary Poppins"
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