BATTLE OF BRITAIN
HISTORICAL
SOCIETY

one of the
profiles of
"The Few"
The crest of 253 Squadron
No.253 Squadron R.A.F.
CODE LETTERS : SW
Battle of Britain Aircraft: Hawker Hurricane
BATTLE OF BRITAIN AIRFIELDS:

Formed: Manston 1939
Northolt: February 16th 1940 - May 9th 1940
France: May 17th 1940 - May 23rd 1940
Kirton-in-Lindsay: May 24th 1940 - May 29th 1940
Prestwick: May 29th 1940 - August 29th 1940
Kenley: August 29th 1940
AIRCREW THAT SERVED WITH No.253 SQUADRON DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN

F/Sgt K.M.Allen
F/Sgt H.H.Allgood
Sgt J.A.Anderson
P/0 A.R.H.Barton
P/0 D.B.Bell-Salter
P/0 E.G.Bidgood
SL E.R.Bitmead
F/O G.A.Brown
F/L W.P.Cambridge
P/O G.C.T.Carthew
Sgt I.C.C.Clenshaw
P/0 J.K.G.Clifton
Sgt S.F.Cooper
P O A.H.Corkett
Sgt V.E.Cukr
Sgt J.H.Dickinson
Sgt A.S.Dredge
S/L R.M.B.D.Duke-Woolley
F/0 A.E.Eckford
F/L G.R.Edge
Sgt A.Edgley
P/0 C.D.Francis
S/L T.P.Gleave
P/O R.C.Graves
P/0 J.P.B.Greenwood
P/O D.J.Hammond
Sgt W.B.Higgins
Sgt R.A.Innes
P/O D.N.0.Jenkins
Sgt E.R.Jessop
Sgt E.H.C.Kee
S/L E.B.King
Sgt S.Kita
Sgt M.Kopecky
P/0 G.Marsland
Sgt J.Metham
Sgt P.J.Moore
P/O L.C.Murch
P/0 T.Nowak
F/O S.R.Peacock-Edwards
P/0 D.A.Pennington
P/0 W.M.C.Samolinski
S/L H.M.Starr
F/O J.T.Strang
P/O A.A.G.Trueman
F/L R.E.Watts
F L J.H.Wedgwood
Sgt R.O.Whitehead
P/O D.S.Yapp

This page created for the "Battle of Britain Historical Society website by Alan L.Putland 2003