NEW ZEALAND
World War II
NAME VICTORIES AIRFORCE COMMENTS Gray, Colin Falkland 27.5 RAF Deere, Alan Christopher 22.5 (21.5,17.33) RAF Crawford-Compton, William Vernon 21.5 (16.5,20.5) RAF,RNZAF Hessylyn, Raymond Brown 21.5 (18.5) RAF Mackie, Evan Dall 21.5 (21) RAF,RNZAF Kain, Edgar James 17 (14,16) RAF Carbury, Brian John George 15.5 (15.33) RAF Checketts, John Milne 14.5 (+2 V-1) RAF,RNZAF Rae, John Donald 13 (12) RAF,RNZAF Wells,Edward Preston 13 (12) RAF,RNZAF Clouston, Wilfrid Greville 12 (8.5,10.33) RAF Schrader, Warren Edward 12 RAF,RNZAF Verity, Victor Bosanquet Strachan 11.5 (8.2) RAF 7) Fisken, Geoffrey Bryson 11 RAAF,RAF,RNZAF Gibson, John Albert Axel 11 RAF,RNZAF Jameson, George Edmond 11 RAF,RNZAF 4) Stenborg, Gray 10.5 (14.33) RAF Jameson, Patrick Geraint 10 RAF Joyce, Ernest Leslie 10 RAF Smith, Irving Stanley 10 (8) RAF 15) Blake, Minden Vaughan 9.5 (11.33) RAF Westenra, Derrick Fitzgerald 9.33 RAF Hayter, James Chilton Francis 9 (5) RAF Rabone, Paul Watling 9 RNZAF,RAF 12) Stratton, William Hector 9 RAF Spurdle, Robert Lawrence 8.5 (10) RAF,RNZAF Dini, Antonio Simmons 8 (5.66) RAF Grant, Reginald Joseph Cowan 8 (7.5) RNZAF,RAF Hall, Peter Francis Locker 8 RNZAF 9) Ingram, Bruce 8 (10.5) RAF Houlton, John Arthur 8 (5.75) RAF,RNZAF Park, Nigel Manfred 8 (10.25) RAF Yule, Robert Duncan 8 RAF Chambers, Hansford Ward 7.5 (7.11) RAF,RNZAF Doherty, Eric Steele 7.5 RAF Browne, Stanley Franklin 7 (5.5) RAF,RNZAF Collyns, Basil G. 7 (5.83) RAF Hardy, Owen Leslie 7 RNZAF Herrick, Michael James 7 RAF,RNZAF 8) MacKenzie, John Noble 7 (6) RAF,RNZAF Scott, Desmond James 6.5 RAF,RNZAF Trousdale, Richard Macklow 6.5 (6.33) RAF,RNZAF 5) Browne, Allen Edward 6 RNZAF 14) Carlson, Donald 6 RAF Fitzgerald, Thomas Bernard 6 RNZAF,RAF Hayton, Gilbert McLean 6 RAF 1) Hodgson, William Henry 6 (5.66) RAF Livingstone, David Franklin 6 (5.5) RAF McGregor, Sir Hector Douglas 6 RAF Player, John Howard 6 RAF 2) Stewart, Kenneth William 6 (5) RNZAF 11) Tail, Kenneth William 6 (5.5) RAF Tracey, Owen Vincent 6 RAF West, Jeffery George 6 RNZAF Bush, Charles Roy 5.5 RAF Peart, Alan McGregor 5.5 (6.33) RAF Sheddan, Cornelius James 5.33 (+7+1 V-1) RNZAF Balfour, Robert Hamish 5 RNZAF Hill, Howard Perry 5 RAF Hyde, Reginald Jack 5 RAF Julian, Ivon 5 RNZAF Kilian, John Rutherford Clark 5 RNZAF,RAF Lawrence, Keith Ashley 5 RAF LeLong, Roy Emile 5 (7)(+3 V-1) RAF 10) Longley, Harold Watson 5 RNZAF MacKenzie, Russell Merriman 5 RAF 3) Malfroy, Camille Enright 5 RAF Montgomerie, Leighton John 5 RNZAF Murphy, Francis 5 RNZAF Newton, Percival Guy Haig 5 RNZAF Notrh, Harold Leslie 5 RAF Robinson, Douglas Nevill 5 RNZAF 13) Sweetman, Harvey Nelson 5 (+11+1 V-1) RNZAF Ward, Derek Harland 5 (6.25) RAF Whitley, Eric William 5 RAF Williams, Gordon Albert 5 (5.5) RAF Williams, John Edwin Ashley 5 RAF Woodman, Brian Wallace 5 RNZAF Umbers, Arthur Ernest 4.5 (+14+4 V-1) RAF,RNZAF Bargh, Charles Victor 4 RNZAF Evans, Andrev Ralph 4 RAF,RNZAF Gartrell, E.C. 4 RNZAF Hay, Bruce Hamilton 4 RNZAF Kuhn, Edmund Eric Geddes 4 RNZAF Lattimer, Charles Henry 4 RNZAF Oldfield, John Anderson 4 RNZAF Rayner, Leonard Adolphus 4 RNZAF Rudling, John David 4 RNZAF Scott, W. Jack (gunner) 4 RAF Taylor-Cannon, Keith Granville 4 (+1 V-1) RNZAF White, Geoffrey Gordon 4 RNZAF Eagleston, Owen D. 3.5 (+20+3 V-1) RNZAF Wipiti, B.S. 3.5 RNZAF Stafford, John Harry 3.33 (+8 V-1) RNZAF MacDonald, C.J. 3 RNZAF Sharp, N.C. 3 RNZAF Williams, W.S. 3 RAF Fitzgibbon, R.H. 2.5 RNZAF Reid, J.W. 2.5 RNZAF Sames, Arthur Norman 2.5 (+5 V-1) RNZAF Thomas, G.G. 2.5 RNZAF Arnfield, S.J. 2 RAF Duncan, J.R. 2 RNZAF North, Harold Leslie 2 RAF Smith, Keith Alexander 2 (+8 V-1) RNZAF Howard, N.D. 1.5 RNZAF Shaw, W.J. 1.5 RNZAF Williams, Stamford Seaton 1.5 (+7+2 V-1) RNZAF Atkinson, R.J. 1 RNZAF Bickerdyke, John L. 1 RAF Bonham, Gordon Loversidge 1 (+5 V-1) RNZAF Hooper, Garnet John Michael 1 (+7+3 V-1) RNZAF Kennedy, C.S. 1 RNZAF Lawless, Frank Brewster 1 (+9 V-1) RNZAF Maddadorf G. 1 RNZAF Mellies, A.R. 1 RNZAF O'Connors, Brian John 1 (+9+1 V-1) RNZAF Powell, Neville Joseph 1 (+5 V-1) RNZAF Ross, A.I. 1 RNZAF Russell, L.P. (gunner) 1 RAF Short, Sydney John 1 (+5 V-1) RNZAF Smith, A.H. 1 RNZAF Tanner, E. W. 1 (+3+2 V-1) RNZAF Trott, William Allan Liddell 1 (+6 V-1) RNZAF Tyerman, W.B. 1 RNZAF Wood, J.E. 1 RNZAF Bremner, Robert Duff 0.83 (+5+4 V-1) RNZAF Bailey, A.H. 0.5 RNZAF Gall, N.C. 0.5 RNZAF Thompson, D.J. 0.5 RNZAF Cammock, Raymond John 0 (+20+3 V-1) RNZAF McCaw, James Hugh 0 (+19+1 V-1) RNZAF Cullen, James Roy 0 (+14+4 V-1) RNZAF Hall, Bevan Mason 0 (+6+3 V-1) RNZAF Danzey, Rraymond Jack 0 (+5+4 V-1) RNZAF Kalka, William Arthur 0 (+8 V-1) RNZAF Kleinmeyer, Robert Gordon 0 (+7+1 V-1) RNZAF Hart, William Alfred 0 (+6+2 V-1) RNZAF Miller, William Lister 0 (+7 V-1) RNZAF Mason, Henry Murray 0 (+5+2 V-1) RNZAF Madden, Brian 0 (+6 V-1) RNZAF McCarthy, Kevin 0 (+6 V-1) RNZAF Porteous James Kerrow 0 (+5+1 V-1) RAF Worthington, John Colin 0 (+5 V-1) RAF 16) Appleton, L. J. 0 (+3+1 V-1) RNZAF Wilson, J. G. 0 (+2+1 V-1) RNZAF Cooke, V. St C. 0 (+2 V-1) RNZAF Steedman, J. 0 (+2 V-1) RNZAF Ferguson, J. S. 0 (+1+1 V-1) RNZAF Iremonger, J. H. 0 (+1+1 V-1) RNZAF Campbell, W. J. 0 (+1 V-1) RNZAF Fenton, T. M. 0 (+1 V-1) RNZAF Wright, R. J. 0 (+1 V-1) RNZAF Hammond, Derek Harold ? 6) Navigator/Radar Operator: 1) Josling, H. 2) Lammer, A. 3) ? 4) Crookes, A. Norman 5) ? 6) ? 7) Farquharson, A. W. 8) ? 9) Harriott, R. D. 10) McLaren, J. A. 11) Brumby, H. E. 12) Johns, F. C. H. 13) ? 14) Taylor, T. F. 15) ? 16) Friar, F. A. Aces : 79 Other pilots : 76 Total : 154
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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XIV RM787 C flown by Wg Cdr Colin Gray,
OC flying, October 1944.
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A list of the New Zealandian pilots that took part in The Battle Of Britain
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