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The 1939-1945 Star with the clasp ‘Battle of Britain’ was issued to all aircrew from
across the Empire and its allies who flew operationally with any of the squadrons
listed below between the July 10th and October 31st 1940.
The following squadrons and units were eligible for the Battle of Britain clasp:
Squadrons
1, 1 (RCAF), 3, 17, 19, 23, 25, 29, 32, 41, 43, 46, 54, 56, 64, 65, 66, 72, 73, 74, 79, 85,
87, 92, 111, 141, 145, 151, 152, 213, 219, 222, 229, 232, 234, 235, 236, 238, 242, 245,
247, 248, 249, 253, 257, 263, 264, 266, 302, 303, 310, 312, 501, 504, 600, 601, 602,
603, 604, 605, 607, 609, 610, 611, 615 and 616.
Flights
421, 422 and the Fighter Interception Unit
Fleet Air Arm
804 and 808 Naval Air Squadrons
Those pilots and other aircrew who may have been on the strength of any of the above
units but who did not fly operationally, or those from other units who may have been in
combat, did not receive the clasp.
MEN OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
A Biographical Directory of The Few
First published in 1989 by Gliddon Books, Norwich, Norfolk.
This edition published in 2015 by Frontline Books,
an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd,
47 Church Street, Barnsley, S. Yorkshire, S70 2AS.
This edition published in association with
The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust,
PO Box 337, West Malling, Kent, ME6 9AA.
www.battleofbritainmemorial.org
The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust is the charity charged with caring for the National Memorial to the Few
at Capel-le-Ferne in Kent.
The Trust also works to preserve the memory of Churchill’s ‘Few’, the men who took part in the Battle of
Britain and helped protect the United Kingdom from invasion in the summer and early autumn of 1940.
Copyright © The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust, 2015.
The right of Kenneth G. Wynn to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in
accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
ISBN: 978-1-47384-767-5
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