Sgt A.Smith of No 600 Squadron was one of the crew on P/O H.B.L.Hough'sBlenheim which ran out of fuel on a night patrol on the 8th of September 1940. The entire crew baled out safely. Smith was K.I.A. on the 22nd of August 1941.

Sgt A.D.Smith of No 66 Squadron crashed in to the sea on the 24th of July 1940. The cause was unknown but he escaped injury. On the 4th of September 1940 A.D.Smith Baled out of his Spitfire I (N3048) badly wounded near Purleigh, Essex. His aircraft had been shot up by Bf 109's. He died of his wounds on the 6th of September 1940.

S/L A.T.Smith of No 610 Squadron was killed when he stalled his battle damaged Spitfire I (R6693) at Hawkinge on the 25th of July 1940 at 15:40hrs. This was after a combat with a Bf 109's over the Channel.

P/O D.N.E.Smith a Canadian fought with No 74 Squadron during the Battle of Britain. On the 11th of August 1940 he was shot down and killed in a Spitfire I (R6962) East of Harwich by Bf 110's at 12:15hrs.

P/O D.S.Smith of No 616 Squadron was wounded on the 27th of September 1940 at 12:20hrs. He was shot down in his Spitfire I (R6702)  by a Bf 109 near to Faversham. He died on the 28th of September 1940 and is buried at Faversham.

F/L E.B.B.Smith of No 610 Squadron destroyed a Heinkel He 111 before  the Battle of Britain. Smith shot down Bf 109's on the 24th and 25th of July 1940. On the 12th of August, he was on patrol in his Spitfire I (K9818 'H') when he was shot down in flames over New Romney at 08:00hrs, he baled out, and was rescued from the sea and hospitalised with burns. E.B.B.Smith was awarded the D.F.C. on the 30th of August 1940.

On the 9th of August 1940 Sgt E.C.Smith of No 600 Squadron was the gunner on F/O S.P. le Rougetel'sBlenheim (L8679) BQ-O which ran out of fuel on patrol. Both men parachuted out over the Channel, and Smith swam ashore after landing near the beach at Westgate. His pilot, after baling out with some difficulty, was picked up by a lifeboat.

F/L E.S.Smith who flew with No 600 Squadron in Blenheim's during the Battle of Britain was awarded the A.F.C. on the 2nd of June 1943 and the D.F.C. on the 2nd of October 1945.

Sub-Lt F.A.Smith was a member of the Fleet Air Arm, Smith was loaned to the R.A.F. in June and joined No 145 Squadron on the 2nd of July 1940. On the 12th of July at 12:30hrs he force landed his Hurricane I (N2703) near Ringwood. The aeroplane overturned and Smith was slightly hurt.  During a combat on the 8th of August 1940 South of the Isle of Wight his Hurricane I (P3545) was seen to crash into the sea during combat with Ju 87's and Bf 110's over a channel convoy, and he was subsequently reported M.I.A. He was aged 20.

F/Lt F.M.Smith a Canadian of No 72 Squadron was wounded on the 31st of August 1940 at 18:35hrs. He baled out of his Spitfire I (P3438) after combat.

Irving Stanley Smith was born in Invercargill on 21 May 1917. Educated in Whangarei and Auckland, New Zealand, he became an apprentice coach painter prior to being accepted for a commission in the R.N.Z.A.F. He arrived in Britain just before the outbreak of war and completed his training in early July 1940 before joining No 151 Squadron on the 13th of July 1940 direct from flight school. On the 15th of August 1940 Smith flew three patrols, destroying a Bf 109 and damaging another on the second and shooting down another Bf 109 on the third. Nine days later he shot down an He III and on the 30th of August 1940 Smith and another pilot 'frightened' a Bf 109 into the ground, killing the pilot. The following day Smith destroyed a Do 215 and damaged another and, on the 2nd of October 1940 shot down an He III on its way home after bombing the Rolls Royce factory at Derby. With increased enemy activity at night the unit went over to night fighting and its Hurricanes were augmented with Defiant's.  P/O I.S.Smith  was awarded the D.F.C. on the 7th of March 1941.

Sgt K.B.Smith of No 257 Squadron was shot down in his Hurricane I (R4094) and killed over the Channel by a Bf 109 of JG 27 on the 8th of August 1940 at 12:00hrs.

P/O R.A.D.Smith of No 616 Squadron was killed while night flying at Leconfield in his Spitfire I on the 7th of August 1940.

F/L R.L.'Dick' Smith joined No 151 Squadron on the 10th of June 1940 as "B" Flight commander. His flying ability was rated "Exceptional". Realising he had no combat experience where as the men under his command did from their time in France, he put in as many hours as he could practising dog-fighting with them prior to his first sortie. He flew 133 sorties during the Battle of Britain. Some of these sortie's were at the controls of a two cannon armed Hurricane (L1750) or a four cannoned Hurricane(V7350) which until then were idle as no one wanted to fly them. The cannon slowed the Hurricane down and also made it less agile. On top of that it was aid that the cannons lacked reliability. He flew them on 110 operational sorties from North Weald. On the 13th of August 1940 he scored his first confirmed victory, a Do 17. He ended the Battle with this one kill, three probables, and two damaged and no recognition for having proved the cannon armed Hurricane's to be effective.

P/O R.R.Smith a Canadian from No 229 Squadron was wounded on the 15th of September 1940, he baled out of his Hurricane I (V6616) and after combat over Sevenoaks, Kent at 12:00hrs.

F/Lt W.A.Smith of No 229 Squadron made a force landing at Lingfield on the 27th of September 1940 at 15:45hrs. His Hurricane I (P3603) had been damaged by return fire from a Ju 88. He was unhurt.

Sgt W.B.Smith a Canadian from No 602 Squadron was wounded on the 30th of October 1940 when he force landed his Spitfire I (X4542) near Lydd at 16:20hrs after being attacked by a Bf 109.

F/Lt. W.O.L.Smith flew with No 263 Squadron in Hurricane's during the Battle of Britain. On the 13th of July 1940 while based at Grangemouth F/Lt Smith went on an unauthorised patrol flying a Hurricane I (P2991)  whilst with No 263 Squadro and crash landed in the grounds of Carstairs Junction Public School at 2.00am writing off the aircraft.

P/O J.L.Smithers joined No 601 Squadron in the June of 1940. Smithers was shot down into the sea and killed off Portland in his Hurricane I (P3885) on the 11th of August 1940, aged 24. J.L.Smithers is buried at St Marie,Le Harve, France.

F/O R.Smither a Canadian of No 1 (R.C.A.F.) Squadron was a long-term regular R.C.A.F. officer, he destroyed a Bf 110 on the 4th of September 1940. He was shot down and killed in his Hurricane I (P3876) in combat with Bf 109's  on the 15th of September 1940 over Tonbridge at 12:10hrs, aged 28.

Sgt R.Smithson of No 249 Squadron was wounded on the 7th of  September 1940 at 17:00hrs. His Hurricane I (V6574) was shot at and damaged by a Bf 109 over Maidstone, Kent.

Prior to the start of the Battle of Britain Sgt G.Smythe from No 56 Squadron had already destroyed 5 enemy aircraft. Smythe shot down Bf 109's on 12th and the 16th of August. He was shot down and force-landed his Hurricane I (P3473) near Foulness at 12:30hrs on the 26th of August. On the 28th of August he shot down a Bf 109 and was immediately shot down himself, baling out of his Hurricane I (N2523) safely over Hawkinge at 17:10hrs. He was awarded the D.F.M. on 30th of August 1940.

F/O R.F.Smythe was a pre-war pilot, he joined No 32 Squadron in the May of 1940. He scored four kills prior to the Battle and another on the 19th of July 1940. On the 12th of August he accounted for a Do 17 and added a Bf 109 on the 14th. On the 24th of August his Hurricane (V6568) was shot down by Bf 109's at 16:15hrs over Folkestone and he crashed, wounded. He did not return to operational flying.

P/O Vivian Robert Snell from No 501 Squadron was shot down in his Hurricane I (P2903) over Cranbrook at 15:15hrs on the 25th of October 1940. He was not injured.

P/O S.F.Soden from No 266 Squadron shared in the shooting down of a He 115 off Dunkirk on the 15th of August 1940. On the 16th of August his Spitfire I (K9864) (The aircraft was repaired but later destroyed in a collision) was shot down by Bf 109's over Canterbury, he force-landed and was wounded in the legs. During the course of the Battle he shot down two Bf 109's. He was himself shot down again while flying with No 603 Squadron on the 25th of October in a Spitfire I (P7635) by a Bf 109 baling out near Chartham, Kent and badly injuring a leg on landing. He was lost on the troopship SS "Laconia" when it was sunk on the 12th of September 1942 bound for North Africa.

P/O Neville D.Solomon from No 17 Squadron was on patrol on the 18th August 1940. He was shot down in his Hurricane I (L1921) by a Bf 109 off Dover, at 13:05hrs. P/O N.D.Solomon is buried at Pihen les Guines, France. He was aged 26.

Sgt A.W.P.Spears of No 222 Squadron baled out of his Spitfire I (P9323) on the 30th of August 1940 at 18:30hrs. He was  in combat with a Bf 109 over Sheppy.  Later in the war he joined No 91 Squadron and was wounded on the 4th of April 1941 in combat with a Bf 109 of JG 26.

S/L D.G.H.Spencer was an experienced pilot who had spent most of his pre-war service in India, he was attached to No 266 Squadron on the 25th of July 1940, taking command on the 18th of August until posted away in mid-September.

Sgt M.H.Sprague of No 602 Squadron baled out of his Spitfire I (N3226) after combat with some Bf 109 off Portland on the 25th of August 1940. He escaped injury. His Spitfire I (N3282) was shot down and he was killed over Selsey on the 11th of September 1940 by a Bf 110 at 16:20hrs.

F/O W.P.Sprenger a Canadian from No 1 (RCAF) Squadron was shot down by Bf 109's on the 31st of August 1940, he baled out of his Hurricane I (P3858), unhurt. On the 27th of September 1940 he force-landed after his Hurricane was damaged in combat. During an anti-aircraft co-operation flight over Loch Lomon he crashed due to an unknown cause and was killed, aged 29.

S/L Robert Lawrence Spurdle was born in Wanganui, New Zealand on 3 March 1918, attended Wanganui Collegiate School before being accepted early in 1939 for the last short service commission course. When his training was completed, Spurdle sailed for Britain in early June 1940 to join a Spitfire Operational Training Unit before joining No 74 Squadron on the 21st of August 1940. Spurdle shared in the damaging of an He III on the 14th of September. Spurdle destroyed five enemy fighters, probably three more and damaged a further four plus several probably destroyed bombers before he was posted in mid-April 1941 to join No 91 Squadron. He probably destroyed another Bf 109 on 7 May and damaged another on the 23rd. As far as is known Bob Spurdle, John Gibson and Michael Herrick were the only three New Zealand pilots to destroy enemy aircraft in both the Battle of Britain and the Pacific.

Sgt R.A.Spyer of No 607 Squadron was wounded on the 9th of September 1940 at 17:30hrs. His Hurricane I (P2680) crashed and was written off after combat with Bf 109's and Dornier Do 17's over Mayfield.

Sgt J.W.C.Squier of No 64 Squadron was injured on the 8th of August 1940 when he force landed his Spitfire I (P9369) at Great Couldham at 11:10. He was bounced by Hauptmann J.Troutflot flying a Bf 109 from III Gruppe of JG51.