GREAT BRITAIN & COMMONWEALTH
Airmen of Jewish origin who flew during World War II
VICTORIES
NAME CONFIRMED PROBABLE DAMAGED RAF No. UNITS POSITION COMMENTS
Tuck, Robert Roland Stanford 29 [27+2] 6 7 [6+1] 37306 92, 257 P +1+1 U
Smik, Otto 10 [8+2] 2 3 787314/130678 312,310, 131, P +3 V-1, +2 G, Slovak
122, 222, 127
Rayner, Roderick Malachi Seaburne 10 [8+2] 0 1 40138/40404 87 P
van Mentz, Brian 8 [6+2] 3 [2+1] 10 70826 222 P
Jacobs, Henry 8 0 2 78685 219, 600 AG
Holden, Eustace 'Gus' 7 2 [1+1] 3 37970 501 P
Holden, Kenneth 6 [5+1] 0 5 90705 616 P +1 U
Lammer, Alfred 6 0 0 81940 141,255 AG, N/RO 4., Austrian
Nelson, William 'Bill' Henry 5 0 2 39675 24 P Canadian
Fechtner, Emil 4 1 1 81887 310 P Czech
Bamberger, Cyril Stanley 'Bam' 4 0 0 116515 610, 41 P
Klein, Zygmunt 'Joe' 3 [2+1] 1 1 780685 234, 152 P +1 U, Polish
Rose, Jack 3 0 0 41472 3, 32, 232, 113 P
Rimmer, Reginald Frank 2 [1+1] 0 1 39683 229 P
Göth, Vilém 2 0 0 81945 310, 605 P Czech
Jacobson, Norman 1 0 0 1050704 29 RO
Komaroff, Lennert Axel/Aexel 1 0 0 118438/903367 141 AG
Ritcher, Geoffrey Louis 1 0 0 41209 234 P
Goodman, Maurice Venning 0 0 1 135476 604 AG
Bardega, Ben - 58063/46170 50 P
Baum, Alfred James - 581137 49 O
Beck, Herbert - 787973 311 WOP Czech
Becher, Kazimierz - 317 P Polish
Benjamin, Louis Lionel - 751790 53 O
Bergman, Karel - 788079 312 I Czech
Bergmann, Jiří, JUDr. - 87336 310 MO Czech
Beuer (Bauer), Jiří - 788248 310 P Czech
Bittner, Josef - 787427 311 P Czech
Bleier, Jiří Ervín - 788340 5 AOS N(t) Czech
Bönish (Böhnisch), František - 788038 313 P Czech
Buchsbaum, Walter (Bartoň, A.) - 788288 311 WOP(t) Czech
Bunzl, Antonín - 787818/131534 311 WOP/AG Czech
Bureš, Oldřich - 787474 311 P Czech
Bychowski, Jan - 300 N Polish
Davis, David Henry - 44271 59 O
Day, Frank Samuel - 123055/759128 248 O
De Keyser, John Lionel - 79166 206 P
Dezider, J. - 311 N Czech
Duschenes, František - 787722 312 FM-E Czech
Elbogen, Arnošt - 788096 310 P Czech
Engländer, Ivo Karel - 788355 311 WOP/AG Czech
Epstein (Elston), František - 788668 313 P Czech
Ervin Eliezer - Kovár, Alexander - 133069 105 OTU, 311 N Czech
Fabry (Fenyvesi), Valerián - 788302 312 F-IIE Czech
Fanta, František - 87011 27 OTU P Czech
Feil, Isaak - 300 N American/Polish
Finkelstein, - 1586 Fl, 300 N Polish
Friedländer, Pavel - 788065/132585 311 AG Czech
Fuchs, Pavel - 788411 111 OTU WOP/AG Czech
Fuksa, Albert - 787044 311 AG Czech
Gibián, tomáš Jiří - 654760/189762 310 P Czech
Hallows, Eric Stewart Issacson - 78684 99 P
Hanzl, Vladimír - 787491 311 P Czech
Heller, Felix Arnošt - 788357 311 WOP/AG Czech
Hornung, Jan - 788098 311 N Czech
Isaac, Lewis Reginald - 748158 64 P
Kahn, Arthur Harold Evans - 85010 248,172 O
Katz, Karel - 788358 311 WOP Czech
Kauders, Valter - 787744/175474 311 WOP Czech
Kawenoki, Abram - 6 OTU P Polish
Kestler, Oldřich - 787527 111, 605 P Czech
Kleiner, Arnold - 305 N Polish
Kohn-Kubín, Pavel - 127085 311 N Czech
Korda, Jan - 3., Czech
Kormanovič, Imrich - 787440 311 AG Czech
Kramer, Marcus - 77345/746721 600, 29 AG
Kraus, Arnošt, MUDr. - 106451 210 D Czech
Kuflik, Naftali - 304 N Polish
Landsmann, Jindřich - 788129 310 P Czech
Leskauer, Jindřich - 82617 311 WOP Czech
Lifcziz (Lifčic), Rudolf - 787533 311 AG Czech
Lifszyc (Lipszyc), Rubin - 305 N/RO Polish
Löbl, Robert - 788290 311 WOP Czech
Lyons, Emanuel Barnett - 83269/54454 65 P
Mamedoff, Andrew 'Andy' B. - 81621 609, 71 P American
Mandler, Otto - 788312 311 N Czech
Margolius, Josef - 787034 310 WM Czech
Meier, Augustin - 788332 310 P Czech
Pareezer, Reginald Tony - 42076 204 P
Pick, Jan - 788103 312 Ph Czech
Pohner, Benedikt - 787010 310 FM-E Czech
Polák (Pollak), Arnošt - 788233 311 WOP Czech
Politzer, František - 138869 311 N Czech
Politzer, Josef - 787875 311 WOP/AG Czech
Politzer, Maxmilian - 787688 138 P Czech
Posener, Frederick Hyam - 41735 152 P South African
Posner, Isaak - 794669 307 NF N/RO Polish
Rose, Maurice - 900030 102 P
Rubín, Jiří - 788197 311 WOP/AG Czech
Rudinger, Josef - 788396 311 WOP/AG Czech
Schick, Jiří - 311 N Czech
Schick, Kurt - WOP/AG Czech
Schön, Frank - Czech
Schück, Josef, JUDr. - 37286 312 A/S D Czech
Schume, Francis Herbert - 84970 600 P
Schwarz, Theodor - 788207 311 WOP/AG Czech
Schwind, Lionel Harold - 37870 257, 43, 213 P
Sharman, Herbert Ronald - 78257 248 P
Sharp, Leslie Mark - 85241 96, 111 P
Silver, William Gerald - 563391 152 P
Solomon, Neville David - 79731/742006 29, 17 P
Spiers, Aubrey H. - 749478 236 P
Stránský, Josef - 86622 311, 21 P 1., Czech
Weber, Jack - 115547/754595 1, 145 P
Wechsberg (Vranský), Pavel - 788548 311 WOP/AG Czech
Weiss, Karel - 787519 311 P Czech
Wilk, Jack - 76932/78451 149 AG
Winberg, Israel - 755989 110 P
Zamek, Ian Alexander - 749523 58 P
Zeinert, Stanislav - 82648 311 P Czech
Ziegler, Jindřich Otto - 87294 104 N 2., Czech
Comments:
- Pilot-Bomber. His crew damaged one Arado Ar 196A-3, 5./Bord.Fl.Gr. 196.
- Zetland, Henry Osbert.
- ? Korda, Hanuš John, 788222, 311 Sq., Navigator, Czech.
- An Austrian Jewish Refugee, he was born in Linz on 28th November 1909. Air Gunner later Navigator / Radar Operator. Flying with Squadron Leader John Howard Player (four victories) and Wing Commander Dillon Piers Denis Gerard Kelly (three victories - two with A. Lammer).
| AG | Air Gunner |
| A/S D | Admin. / Special Duties |
| D | Dentist |
| F-IIE | Fitter II E |
| FM-E | Flight Mechanic E |
| I | Interpreter |
| MO | Medical Officer |
| N | Navigator |
| N(t) | Navigator - trainee |
| O | Observer |
| P | Pilot |
| Ph | Photographer |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| RNAS | Royal Naval Air Service |
| RO | Radio Operator |
| WM | Wireless Mechanic |
| WO/WOP | Wireless Operator |
| WOP(t) | Wireless Operator - trainee |
Sources & Literature
- Researcher Martin Sugarman.
- Kulka, Erich: Židé v československém vojsku na západě, Naše vojsko, Praha 1992.
- Pajer, Miloslav: Wellingtony nad Biskají, Svět křídel 1998.
- Rajlich, Jiří: Esa na obloze, Naše vojsko 1995.
- Rajlich, Jiří: Na nebi hrdého Albionu (válečný deník československých letců ve službách britského letectva 1940-1945), 3. část - 1942, Svět křídel 2001.
- Rajlich, Jiří: Spitfire nad Evropou, Československý stíhač Otto Smik a jeho doba, Svět křídel 2004.
- Shores, Christopher - Williams, Clive: Aces High (A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the British and Commonwealth Forces in WWII), Grub Street, London 1994.
- Shores, Christopher - Aces High, Volume 2 (A Further Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the British and Commonwealth Forces in WWII), Grub Street, London 1999.
- Sugarman, Martin: Jewish Pilots and Aircrews in the Battle of Britain, http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/ww2/sugar4.html
- Váňa, Josef - Sigmund, John - Padior, Emil: Příslušníci československého letectva v RAF, Avis 1999.
- Wynn, Kenneth G.: Men of the Battle of Britain, 60th Anniversary Edition: a who was who of the pilots and aircrew, British, Commonwealth and Allied, who flew with Royal Air Force Fighter Command July 10 to October 31, 1940, CCB Aviation Books, 1999.
- Wynn, Kenneth G.: Men of the Battle of Britain, A Biographical Directory of The Few, The pilots and other aircrew from throughout the British Empire and its allies who flew with the Royal Air Force, Fighter Command, between July 10th and October 31st 1940, and earned the ‘immediate’ award of the 1939-1945 Star with Battle of Britain Clasp, Frontline Books, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-47384-767-5
- Polskie Siły Powietrzne w drugiej wojnie światowej, http://www.polishairforce.pl/
