| Sgt F.A.P.Head
of No 236
Squadron was killed on the 1st of August 1940 along with the pilot of the Blenheim
IV (N3601) (B.M.McDonough) during an attack on Querqueville, France
at 17:15hrs. |
| Sgt D.A.Helcke of No 504
Squadron. Lost his life when he baled out after losing control of his Hurricane
I after a dummy attack on his aircraft by R.A.F. fighters over Faversham,
on the 17th of September, at 16:00hrs. D.A.Helcke
hit his aircraft's tail whilst baling out and fell dead. |
| P/O J.A.'Paddy' Hemingway
an Irishman of No 85 Squadron was one of the survivors from the Battle for France. He was on patrol
on the 18th of August 1940. He baled out of his Hurricane
I (V7249) safely after combat off Southend. He was attacked by a Bf
110 of ZG 26 while attacking a He
111, at 17:45hrs. He was picked up by boat from a lightship after landing
in the sea. |
| P/O B. de Hemptinne
a Belgian joined No 145 Squadron on the 17th of August 1940 . He shot down a He
111 on the 2nd of October 1940 while on patrol over a Naval Convoy.
The He
111 landed on a beach South of Aberdeen with the crew unhurt and they
were made P.O.W's. |
| P/O J.A.M.Henderson
of No 257 Squadron was wounded on the 31st of August 1940 at 09:00hrs. His Hurricane
I (V6601) was in combat with a Bf
110 over Clackton. He baled out with burns. |
| Lt. Zdzislaw Henneberg
flew Hurricane's with No 303 Squadron
during the Battle of Britain. The Squadron was based at Northolt during
August and September 1940 and he flew Hurricane
No V6605 'YO-N. On the 5th of October 1940 he shot down a Bf
110 whilst flying Hurricane
No V6684. He is credited with 8 kills 2 shared and 1 probable. |
| Sgt B.Henson joined No 32
Squadron on the 2nd of July 1940. Henson shot down two bombers during the Battle of Britain.
On the 18th of August 1940 he was wounded by return fire from a Do 17 when he attacked it
in his Hurricane I (V6536). Henson
was shot down and killed by Adolf Galland ten miles east
of Harwich on the 17th of November 1940. |
| Sgt H.M.T.Heron joined
No 266 Squadron in early July 1940 and moved to No 66 Squadron in September, with whom he scored a
single victory. After leaving No 66 he spent the rest of the war as an instructor. Heron was
awarded the A.F.C. on the 7th of September 1945. |
| P/O A.Hess, a Czech pilot of
No 310 Squadron was on patrol on the 15th of September 1940 when he baled out of his
Hurricane I
(R4085) safely over the Thames Estuary, at 14:45hrs. The aircraft crashed south of Billericay,
in Essex. |
| P/O Duncan Alexander Hewitt
a Canadian from No 501 Squadron was shot down and killed on the 12th of July 1940 in a
Hurricane
(P3084) while attacking a Dornier
Do 17 off Portland at 15:45hrs. |
| P/O N.B.Heywood of No257
Squadron was K.I.A. on the 22nd of October 1940. His Hurricane
I (R4195) was hit by A.A. fire during a combat with Bf
109's over Folkestone at 16:45hrs. The aircraft crashed South
of Lidd in Kent. Sgt W.B.Higgins joined No 32 Squadron on the 2nd of July 1940 and scored his first
success,a Do 17, on the 3rd of July.
Higgins scored four more victories, all fighters. Higgins also
flew with No 253 Squadron and was shot down in a Hurricane
X (P5184) and killed near Faversham, Kent on the 14th of September
1940, aged 26. |
Sgt Fredrick William 'Taffy' Higginson
joined the R.A.F. as an apprentice aged 15 and after 3 years was posted
to a Bomber Squadron where he became an air gunner. He later qualified
as a Sergeant pilot and joined No 56 Squadron. He went to France with "B"
Flight, where during their brief campaign he destroyed four aircraft. Higginson
added another in the early stage of the Battle and was awarded the D.F.M.
on the 30th of July 1940. Between the 12th of August and the 30th of September
he accounted for a further nine enemy aircraft. He force landed a Hurricane
I (P3547) on the 16th of August 1940 at 17:15 after sustaining damage
from the return fire of a Dornier Do 17.
On the 18th of August 1940 his Hurricane
I was damaged in combat off the Essex coast at 17:30. He was shot down
over France in June 1941, he eventually made his way back to England, rejoining
No 56 Squadron in October 1942. Higginson was awarded the D.F.C. on the
9th of February 1943.
He was later made up to a Wing Commander. |
| P/O T.P.K.Higgs from No
111 Squadron was on patrol in a Hurricane
I (P3671) off Folkestone when he collided with a Dornier
Do17 on the 10th of July 1940 at 13:00hrs. Higgs baled out but was drowned.
T.P.K.Higgs was buried at Voordwilk,The
Netherlands. |
| P/O C.H.Hight a New Zealander
flew with No 234 Squadron. On the 15th of August 1940 at 18:15hrs he crashed near Bournmouth
after combat in his Spitfire I (R6988).
C.H.Hight perished in the crash. |
| Sgt C.G.Hilken of No74
Squadron was wounded on the 20th of October 1940. He baled out of his Spitfire
II (P7426) after combat with a Bf
109 over South London at 15:00hrs. He became a P.O.W. on the 27th of June
1941 when he was shot down over St Omer. |
| Sgt G.Hill of No 65 Squadron
escaped injury when his Spitfire I
was shot down on the 24th of August 1940 off Margate at 15:35hrs. |
| P/O Howard Perry Hill
was born in Christchurch New Zealand on 17 April 1920, and attended Marlborough College from 1932
to 1936 before leaving to work as a clerk in Blenheim. In 1938 he obtained a short
service commission in the RAF, and sailed from Auckland in mid-December. After completing
his training he was posted to No 92 Squadron on the 24th of October 1939 to fly twin-engined
Blenheim's
which were exchanged for Spitfire
I's in March of 1940. The Squadron moved from Croydon to Duxford later
in the month to fly patrols over the Dunkirk beaches.
It continued sorties over the French coast until mid-June, when it moved to
Pembrey in South Wales
for a rest. Whilst on convoy patrol on 26 July Hill shared in the destruction of a Ju
88. On the 8th of September 1940 the Squadron
moved to Biggin Hill to take part in the Battle of Britain. On the 15th of September 1940
a formation of Do 17 bombers was engaged
over the Thames Estuary, Hill shot three of them
down. On the 18th of September 1940 Hill's
section of four Spitfire I's attacked a force of twenty
Ju 88's. The German formation split up
and Hill chased one through cloud and out to sea. He expended all his ammunition during the
chase but his final burst stopped both engines and he watched the enemy aircraft ditch in
the sea, seven miles off the coast. Hill then directed a rescue launch to the scene and the crew
were picked up. On the 19th of September 1940 Hill claimed the probable destruction of
a Bf 109. On the 20th of September 1940 he was
one of the ten squadron pilots to take off from Biggin Hill to join up with Spitfire's
of No 41 Squadron to patrol over Gravesend at 5000 feet. The rendezvous was not made and No 92 Squadron
climbed to 20,000 feet to be vectored south to 27,000 feet. North of Dungeness the
Spitfire's
were attacked from above and behind by a force of Bf
109's. A warning from No 92 Squadron's leader was too late to prevent
the rear section being attacked. Hill's Spitfire
I (X4417) was one of the first hit and he went down in flames to crash into high trees at West
Hongham in Kent. The aircraft lodged high in the branches and was not discovered until
a month later. Hill was the victim of one of the Luftwaffe's leading aces, Werner Molders
from JG 51. |
| P/O Richard H.Hillary
of No 603 Squadron was shot down by a Bf 109 on the 29th of August 1940 at 19:00hrs. He crash landed his
Spitfire
I (L1021) at Lympne but he was unhurt. R.H.Hillary was wounded on the 3rd of
September 1940 in combat with Bf 109's
of JG 26 off Margate at 10:04hrs. He was rescued
by the Margate lifeboat but was severely burned. Hillary recovered from his wounds and returned
to combat but sadly died later flying at night. He wrote a book, 'The
Last Enemy' which is one of the best to come from the Second World
War. |
| F/Lt Harold B.L.Hillcoat
of No 1 Squadron was killed on the 3rd of September 1940. His Hurricane
I (P3044) was lost in action at 11:30hrs over Kent. |
Sgt
Peter Hillwood from No 56 Squadron
destroyed a Ju 87 in the early stage
of the Battle. On the 13th of August 1940 he was shot down over the Channel
in a Hurricane(R4093) at 16:20
hrs. He baled out safely over Sheppy and swam two miles to shore. Hillwood
was awarded the D.F.C. on the 24th of November 1944. |
| Sgt J.Hlavac a Czech from
No 56 Squadron died on the 10th of October 1940. His Hurricane
I (P3421)
was shot down by a Bf
109 over Wareham at 12:20hrs. |