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5 August 1940 - Sgt Lewis Isaac killed on his first operational sortie
31 July 1940 - 3 Spitfires from 74 'Tiger' Squadron shot down on one sortie including Sgt Fred Eley
29 July 1940 - Heavy fighting and RAF losses over the Channel whilst protecting shipping convoys
25 July 1940 - Hawkinge aerodrome was often used for badly damaged aircraft or wounded pilots
21 July 1940 - Ricardo Da Mancha collided with an Me109
20 July 1940 Geoff Keighley - had his tail shot off by an Me109 over Hawkinge but landed near Dover
19 July - Sgt Jimmy Buck baled out over Channel but was not rescued in time to be saved
Johnnie Johnson - leading Allied fighter ace in WW2 with 38 kills
Arthur Hamilton - killed on his first sortie on the day known as the 'slaughter of the innocents'
Keith Gillman - the face of the Battle of Britain
Tim Vigors - once pursued a bomber wearing his dressing gown and pyjamas
Hilary Edridge - a practising Roman Catholic who had a premonition of his own death
Peter Townsend - fighter ace, equerry to King George VI and potential suitor to Princess Margaret
John Dundas - brother to 'Cocky' Dundas and highly successful fighter pilot
Hugh 'Cocky' Dundas
Billy Drake
Richard Demetriadi - a young Etonian and 601 squadron Auxiliary pilot
Carl Davis - an ace shot down near Tunbridge Wells
Anthony 'Tony' Lovell - a committed Christian who struggled with being a successful fighter ace
Robert 'Bob' Doe
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