F/O D.C.MacCaw of No 238 Squadron was shot down and killed on the 8th of August 1940 in a Hurricane I (P3617) south of the Isle of Wight at 12:50hrs.

F/O H.MacD Goodwin of No 609 Squadron was shot down and killed in hs Spitfire I (N3024) on the 14th of August 1940 over Bournemouth at 17:30hrs.

P/O D.K.MacDonald of No 603 Squadron was shot down and killed on the 28th of August 1940 at 16:45hrs. His Spitfire I (L1046) was shot down by a Bf 109 over Dover.

F/Lt H.K.MacDonald of No 603 Squadron was killed on the 28th of September 1940 at 10:20hrs. His Spitfire I (L1076) was shot down over Gillingham in Kent by a Bf 109 of JG 26.

S/L Donald Aeneas MacDonell was the leader of No 64 Squadron once said of his pilots "It's like holding in a team of wild horses to keep them in formation when there are Germans near". During July 1940 he shot down 2 Ju 87's. He baled out of his Spitfire unhurt on the 16th of August 1940 at 17:15hrs. He had been shot down by a Bf 109 near Uckfield. On the 18th of August 1940 he shot down a Bf 110 after a Scramble of 8 Spitfire's at 12:55hrs. At the end of the Battle of Britain his score was 9½ kills and was awarded a D.F.C.

P/O I.N.MacDougal of No 141 Squadron was on convoy patrol on the 19th of July 1940 when they were attacked by Bf 109's off Dover. The Defiant (L6983) was damaged and the gunner bailed out. MacDougall crash landed the aircraft and was safe. The gunner (Sgt J.F.Wise) was killed.

Sgt. K.M.Macujowski from Poland flew Hurricane's with No 111 Squadron & No 249 Squadron's during the Battle of Britain. He was promoted later to Pilot Officer and his score was 10 kills 1 shared 1 probable and 1 damaged.

P/O J.Machaceck a Czech of No 145 Squadron was shot down on the 15th of October 1940 in his Hurricane I (V7337). He baled out over Christchurch with minor injuries, some splinters in his leg after combat with a Bf 109 at 13:00hrs. He had been flying as 'Tail end Charlie'. His Hurricane crashed at New Milton.  J.Machaceck was K.I.A. on the afternoon of the 8th of July 1941. His Spitfire Va (R7128) was shot down while on 'Circus No 40'.

Sgt W.H.Machin of No 264 Squadron gunner for R.S.Gaskell was killed on the 24th of August 1940 at 16:00hrs. The Defiant (L6965) he was shot down in combat with a Bf 109.

P/O J.Macinski from Poland of No 111 Squadron was killed on the 4th of September 1940 at 13:40hrs. His Hurricane IIa (Z2309) was lost over the Channel after combat with some Bf 109's. He baled out but was not rescued.

P/O R.MacKay of No 234 Squadron was wounded on the 25th of September 1940 at 18:45hrs. He baled out of his Spitfire I (X4182) while on patrol near to St. Mawgen in Cornwall.

P/O John Mackenzie was the grandson of former Prime Minister Sir Thomas Mackenzie and was born at Goodwood, Otago, New Zealand on the 11th of August 1914. In October 1937 Mackenzie left New Zealand to take up a short service commission in the R.A.F. Having finished his training by early September 1938, he was posted to No 41 Squadron, then flying Hawker Furies but soon to receive Spitfires.  Following a rest period after fighting over Dunkirk the unit returned south from Yorkshire in July for the Battle of Britain. On the 29th of July 1940 Mackenzie's section intercepted German bombers, with fighter escort, over Dover. Attacked by Bf 109's, his cockpit filled with smoke and glycol fumes and he was unable to bale out because his sliding hood had jammed. Fortunately the Spitfire did not catch fire and he made a successful forced-landing. Damaged by return fire from a bomber on a later sortie the same day Mackenzie again landed safely. When the Battle of Britain ended on 31 October 1940 he had destroyed five enemy aircraft and damaged a sixth. While on patrol he crash-landed his Spitfire I (R0887) after combat with Bf 109's over Dover at 15:40hrs on the 17th of September 1940. He was safe and his aircraft was repaired and the Spitfire was converted to a Mk Va later in the war. He received the D.F.C. from the King in March 1941. He was then posted away from the unit to become a fighter controller. Mackenzie returned to New Zealand in September 1944 and held a series of R.N.Z.A.F. appointments before returning to the R.A.F. in August 1946. He retired in October 1957 and returned finally to New Zealand.

P/O K.W.MacKenzie from No 501 Squadron baled out of his Hurricane I (V6806) safely on the 25th of October 1940 after colliding with the Hurricane I (P2903) of P/O V.Goth during combat with Bf 109's over Tentreden, Kent at 15:25hrs.

Lt. Adam MacCloud MacKinnon flew Sea Gladiator's on dockyard defence with No 804 Squadron. He later flew from the Ark Royal and the Illustrious.

While on photo reconnaissance Sgt. D.D.Mackinnon from No 236 Squadron in a Blenheim (L6639) along with his pilot P/O R.H.Rigby were shot down and killed over Le Harve by a Bf 109 from JG 2 at 12:15hrs on the 18th of July 1940.

Squadron Leader J.R.MacLachlan was with No 46 Squadron for part of the battle. He moved to No 238 Squadron at some stage. It was while he was with No 238 that he was shot down by a Bf 109 over Shaftsbury on the 5th of October 1940 at 14:20hrs. He baled out of his Hurricane I (P3611) with burns.

F/O C.H.Maclean of No 602 Squadron was badly wounded on the 26th of August 1940 when he crash landed at Tangmere at 16:35hrs. His Spitfire had been shot up by a Bf 109 of JG 53.

P/O S.J.Madle flew with No 615 Squadron and No 605 Squadron during the Battle of Britain. He damaged his Hurricane I(L2075) on the 18th of August 1940 when he landed at Kenley at around 16:00hrs after combat. He ran into a bomb crater. He was injured on the 28th of August 1940 after force landing his Hurricane I (R4116) at 09:15hrs. He had been attacking a Do 17 over Sandwich and was hit by the return fire.

P/O G.H.Maffett of No 257 Squadron was shot down and killed on the 31st of August 1940 at 08:55hrs. His Hurricane I (P3175) was in combat with a Bf 110 over Clackton. The wreckage of  P3175 is now on show at the R.A.F. Museum, Hendon.

S/L Harry Maguire commanded No 229 Squadron during part of the Battle of Britain flying Hurricane's. He was later posted to Singapore and captured by the Japanese. He spent 3 years as a P.O.W.

Group Captain Adolph Malan, D.S.O. and bar, D.F.C. and bar. A South African, 'Sailor' served in the Merchant Navy before joining the RAF in 1935. He joined No 74 Squadron in 1936 to fly  Gauntlets from Hornchurch and was a flight commander flying the Spitfire in September 1939. He claimed  his first victory on 21 May 1940 over Dunkirk  and received a bar to his D.F.C. for destroying two Heinkel 111's at night. In the Battle of Britain Malan's score began to mount rapidly and, as a stern disciplinarian in the air and on the ground his 'Ten Rules of Air Fighting' were circulated within Fighter Command. By the end of 1940 he had scored 18 victories and received the DSO, and early in 1941  became Wing Leader of the Biggin Hill squadrons. Flying Spitfire's they undertook sweeps and escort  missions over France and in June Malan destroyed nine Bf 109's. When his score was 32 he was taken off flying.  After a distinguished ground career he retired from the RAF and returned to South Africa.

P/O E.E.Males of No 72 Squadron baled out safely on the 4th of September 1940 at 13:15hrs. His Spitfire I (R6971) was shot down by a Bf 110 over Hartfield, Sussex. Males made a forced landing in a Spitfire I (K9841) on the 10th of September 1940 at 17:30hrs after being damaged in combat.  He baled out of his Spitfire I (X4340) on the 27th of September 1940 at 09:40hrs and was killed. He had been shot down by a Bf 109 over Sevenoaks in Kent.

Sgt. Bruno Malinowski from Poland joined the R.A.F. after fighting the Germans in Poland and France and flew Hurricane'swith No 43 Squadron during the Battle of Britain.

P/O Andrew 'Andy' Mamedoff RAF No: 81621 was an American and  had signed originally to fight for Finland  against Russia, but arrived in Europe too late for that war. After a spell in France, he  came to England on the last ship from the port of St Jean-de-Luz and joined the R.A.F.  He was accepted  by the RAF and on July 5 then went to 7 O.T.U. Hawarden. He was sent to No 609 Squadron on the 8th of August 1940 and they became operational on the 16th of August on his first patrol encountered  the enemy. He saw combat during August - September, before transferring on the 18th of September 1940 to help form the No 71 'Eagle' Squadron at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincoinshire.

P/O K.Manger of No 17 Squadron was shot down on June the 1st 1940. On the 11th Of August 1940 he was shot down and killed in his Hurricane I by a Bf 110 off the East Coast at 11:50hrs.

Sgt. H.Jackie Mann of No 64 Squadron was shot at by Bf 109's on the 9th of August 1940. He had a cannon shell jam in the control column of his Spitfire I but managed to land rather heavily at Kenly with some burns.

Sgt Miroslav Jan Mansfeld a Czech flew with No 111 Squadron in Hurricane's during the Battle. He escaped and came to Britain when the Germans invaded his home country. He became a Squadron Leader later in the war.

Sgt E.Manton of No 610 Squadron was shot down and killed on the 29th of August in his Spitfire I over Mayfield at 16:00hrs.

S/L G.A.L.Manton took command of No 56 Squadron in early July,1940.He destroying three enemy aircraft before the end of the month. In early September he was promoted to Wing Commander at Manston.

P/O R.A.Marchand of No 73 Squadron while in the Battle for France on the 13th of May 1940, crash landed his Hurricane I (L1673) near Bethenville after combat with Bf 110's and Do 17's.  He was shot down and killed during the Battle of Britain on the 15th of September in his Hurricane I (P3865)  by a Bf 109 over Maidstone at 1220 hours.

Sgt F.Marek a Czech of No 19 Squadron was killed on the 14th of September 1940 at 16:20hrs. He crashed his Spitfire I (R6625) near to Orsett, Essex due possibly due to oxygen failure.

P/O R.Marples of No 616  Squadron was wounded in the leg on the 26th of August 1940 at 13:20hrs. He crash landed his Spitfire I (R6758) at Adisham after being in combat with a Bf 109.

P/O Eric Simcox Marrs ( R.A.F. No 33572) of No 152 Squadron first went solo in a Gloster Gladiator in March 1940. He started to fly Spitfires in April 1940. On the 17th of September 1940 he landed at Colerne with his engine seized having been hit in the oil cooler by return fire from a Ju 88 at 14.00hrs.  Pilot Officer Marrs was unhurt and the aircraft was repairable. On the 25th of September  1940 he returned to base  with slight damage following combat over Bristol at 11.45hrs unhurt. On the 27th of September 1940 his Spitfire was damaged by return fire from a Ju 88 of 3(F)/123 shot down west of Bristol at 9.30hrs. He made a forced landing on the 30th of September 1940 after attacking some He 111's escorted by Bf 110's. His aircraft had been caught in the crossfire  during attack on Heinkels over Portland 16.45hrs one bullet went through his windscreen and another hit a petrol tap in front of the joystick. He managed to set it down with only one wheel down. The aircraft was repairable and used again. Eric Marrs D.F.C. died on Thursday 24th July 1941 Aged 20 yrs whilst still serving with No 152 Squadron. He was shot down on an escort in a Spitfire IIa (P7881) and was buried at Brest, France aged 20.

Sgt H.J.Marsh of No 238 Squadron was shot down and killed in his Hurricane I (P3177) off Portland on the 13th of August 1940, at 16:30hrs.

P/O J.E.'Nigger' Marshall of No 85 Squadron flying the Hurricane was a veteran, a survivor  of the campaign in France as well as the Battle of Britain. On the 18th of August 1940 he took off without orders from Debden, coming back late he apologised for damaging the wing of his Hurricane he had run  out of ammunition and rammed a Heinkel 111 of III Gruppe from JG 53 off Southend at 18:00hrs.

P/O J.E.Marshall of No 79 Squadron baled out of his Hurricane I (V6624) over Smarden, Kent on the 30th of August 1940. He was attacking a Heinkel He 111 and was hit by return fire. He was unhurt.

P/O K.J.Marston completed his training just before joining No 56 Squadron on the 28th of July 1940 In the last week of August he destroyed three Bf 109's and added a Bf 110 in late September. On the 30th of September 1940 he was shot down over Bournmouth and crash-landed his Hurricane I (P2866), wounded at 11:30hrs. On the 12th December 1940 while circling to land another aircraft's propeller struck his tail. He crashed and was killed, aged 22.

P/O Ludwig Martel from Poland served with No 603 Squadron flying Spitfire's from Hornchurch during the Battle. He was shot down once.

Sgt T.A.Maslen of No 235 Squadron was on night Patrol on the 17th of August 1940 in a Blenheim I (N3540). The aeroplane overshot on landing at Thorney Island and crashed. It was written off but all the crew ( S.J.Hobbs & H.W.Ficketts) were unhurt.

P/O J.R.Mather of No 66 Squadron was on patrol on the 18th of September 1940. He  was saved when he baled out of his Spitfire I (R6925) in combat over the Thames Estuary at 17:00hrs.

F/Lt G.C.Matheson of No 222 Squadron was wounded on the 30th of August 1940 at 18:10hrs. His Spitfire I (P9443) was written off and he was seriously wounded in combat with a Bf 109 over Sittingbourne, Kent.

F/O H.K.F.Matthews of No 54 Squadron claimed only one victory during the Battle of Britain. H.F.K.Matthews was shot down whilst flying with No 603 Squadron in his Spitfire I (N3109) by Bf 109's of JG 26 over Kent and was killed on the 7th of October 1940 at 10:45hrs, aged 28.

P/O M.H.C.Maxwell of No 56 Squadron had been on operation Dynamo and was shot down by Belgian A.A. fire in may 1940 whilst chasing a He 111. During the Battle of Britain he crash landed his Hurricane I (R4117) near Hearne Bay on the 28th of August 1940 at 13:10hrs.He had been attacked by a Bf 109 and was uninjured. On the 30th of September 1940 he crash landed his Hurricane I (L1764) on Chesil Beach after being bounced by Bf 109's at 17:00hrs.

Sgt W.Maxwell of No 264 Squadron was killed on the 26th of August 1940 when he baled out of the Defiant I (L7025) that he was a gunner in, off Herne Bay at 12:30hrs. He had been attacked by a Bf 109. His pilot F/O I.R.Stephenson was injured.

P/O  H.C.Mayers of No 601 Squadron was shot down over Portland on the 13th of August 1940 at 12:15. He baled out of his Hurricane I (P2690) with slight shrapnel wounds and was rescued by a M.T.B. On the 7th of October 1940 he was injured when he force landed his Hurricane I (R4218) at 14:05hrs after combat with a Bf 110 over Portland. Mayers was awarded the D.F.C.  After the Battle of Britain in what was called the 'Shooting Season' he was shot down again. This time by famous German fighter ace Werna Mölders of JG 51 off Deal, Kent on the 4th of May 1941. He baled out of his Hurricane II (Z3087) and was picked up unhurt.

P/O P.F.Mayhew from No 79 Squadron force landed his Hurricane X (P5178) in Ireland on the 29th of September 1940. He sustained some damage to his aircraft during combat with some He 111's over the Irish Sea at 18:30hrs. His aircraft was impounded and later used by the Irish Air Corps.

W/O Ernie Mayne flew with No 74 Squadron up until the 11th of August 1940. He was 40 years old and probably the only R.F.C. pilot to fly Spitfires in  the battle. On this day he blacked out in a tight turn and his aircraft fell from 24,000ft to about 4,000. His ears suffered damage and it was his last sortie.