This page focusses on some of the most well known of the Spitfire and Hurricane pilots of the Battle of Britain and those featured in the media in recent years or where footage exists of pilots from the war years or in the decades that followed, Head of Fighter Command and the Group sector leaders. It has links to their WIKI pages and audio and video clips that have been found.





Various Pilots



1985 Churchill's Few full documentary with a number of pilots featured. 1985 Churchill's Few full documentary with a number of pilots featured. HERE

RAF Tangmere documentary, interviews with veterans who flew from there. HERE

Battle Stations; Spitfire Squadron documentary HERE





Head of Fighter Command





Air Chief Marshall Hugh Dowding

Wiki page HERE

1968 Audio interview about the Battle of Britain. HERE

After the war as a Lord in the House of Lords he was a campaigner for animal welfare and made speeches against ritual unstunned slaughter and also testing on animals. 14 mins in. HERE





Group Leaders





10 Group Commander - Air Vice Marshall Sir Quintin Brand

Wiki page HERE





11 Group Commander - Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park

Wiki page HERE

Audio interview recorded in 1961 HERE

Website about the Sir Keith Park memorial statue in London HERE





12 Group Commander - Air Vice-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory

Wiki page HERE

Making a speech on the 3rd anniversary of the BofB in 1943. 2min 25 secs in HERE





13 Group Commander - Air Vice-Marshal Richard Saul

Wiki page HERE





Pilots





Douglas Bader

Wiki page HERE

Talking about modern jet dogfights in 1966. HERE

A short video with him describing the intensity of battle and long waits in between and a few RAF veterans who remember what he was like during the war. HERE

This is Your Life - Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader is surprised by Eamonn Andrews with his famous red book. Full show from the 1980s. HERE





Bob Doe

Wiki page HERE

A short clip of him in old age talking about the battle. HERE

Also features in the 1985 'The Few' documentary - link above.





Billy Drake

Wiki page HERE

Talking about when his Hurricane was hit and covered in flames. HERE





Peter Malam Brothers

Wiki page HERE

Here he flies in a Spitfire for the first time in over half a century. HERE





Bob Foster

Telegraph obituary HERE

A Hurricane pilot during the Battle of Britain and a Spitfire pilot in 1943, based in Darwin fighting off Japanese bombing raids on Australia. Video interview in three parts HERE





Christopher Foxley Norris

Wiki page HERE

A few shots of him as Wing Commander in 1950 greeting the Oxford University Air Squadron. HERE





John Freeborn

He flew more operational hours during the Battle of Britain than any other pilot.

Wiki page HERE

A written tribute from a friend after his death aged 90 in 2010. HERE





Richard Hillary

Wiki page HERE

Reading from his book in 1941 about his wartime experiences. part 1 HERE part 2 HERE





Thomas 'Tony' Iveson

Wiki page HERE

Q&A session talking about his time as a Spitfire pilot during the Battle of Britain and later as a Lancaster Bomber pilot in Bomber Command. HERE





Johnnie Johnson

Johnnie Johnson missed the Battle of Britain due to injury, but became the top scoring Spitfire ace of WWII.

Wiki page HERE

Audio interview about his wartime experiences HERE

A section from 'This is Your Life' when he was given the red book on VE Day. HERE

Making a speech at a shooting party dinner in 1991. HERE

Johnnie Johnson Housing Association, he set up when he retired from the RAF in the 1960s HERE





James Lacey

Wiki Page HERE

Audio interview from 1978 HERE





Adolph/Sailor Malan

Wiki page HERE

Audio of him describing air battles. 28th June 1941 HERE





Tom Neil

Wiki page HERE

A video of him making an excellent after dinner speech on the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. HERE





John Pattison

A New Zealander that fought in the Battle of Britain. Video interview. HERE





Tony Pickering

Describing being shot down whilst flying a Hurricane during the battle. Video. HERE





Denis Robinson

Audio interview when he was 92. HERE





Robert Stanford Tuck

Wiki page HERE

1958 colour Pathe News feature about his Mushroom farm. HERE

Various footage of him over the decades. HERE





George Unwin

Wiki page HERE

Telegraph obituary from 2006 HERE

Talking about a Luftwaffe raid on RAF Fowlmere HERE

Talking about the pros and cons of the Spitfire and the Luftwaffe ME-109 HERE





Michael Wainwright

Video interview about fighting the Luftwaffe, a summary video and also a full 5 part interview. HERE





William Walker

2012 Telegraph obituary HERE

Reciting his poem 'Our Wall' HERE





Geoffrey Wellum