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"Tiger's Strike" - Sailor Malan, 13 October 1940  by Vladimir Urbanek
"Tiger's Strike" - Sailor Malan, 13 October 1940        by Vladimir Urbanek

National Anthem

Marmaduke "Pattie" Pattle

"Pat" "Pattie" "Tom"

* Marmaduke Thomas St. John Pattle

(KIA 20apr41,
    + 3 OTG)
50.66 / 7.5 / 5    *

Sailor Malan

"Sailor""Art"

Adolph Gysbert Malan

29.5 / 6 / 16

Petrus Hendrick "Dutch" Hugo

"Dutch""Piet"

Petrus Hendrik Hugo

(2 are unconfirmed)

20 / 3 / 7

Johannes Jacobus "Chris" Le Roux

"Chris" "Johnny"

* Johannes Jacobus Le Roux

(MIA 29aug44)

18 / 2 / 8

"Ragbags""Sandy" Alex

* Alexander Coultate Rabagliati

(MIA 6jul43,
  + more OTG or Water)
16.25 / 4 / 7

Albert Gerald Lewis

"Lew"

Albert Gerald Lewis

16 / 2.5 / 2

John Frost

"Jack"

* John Everitt Frost

(MIA 16jun42,
   + 23 / 0 / 2+ OTG)
15.83 - 14.83 / 3 / 2.5

Paddy green

"Paddy"

Charles Patrick Green

11 / 3.5 / 1

Ken Driver

Ken

Kenneth Weekes Driver

(POW 14jun41,
  + 3+ / 0 / 3 OTG)
10 / 0 / 1   *

 

 

 


SAAF Spitfire by Darryl Legg

"Bob"

* Robert Henry Talbot

(KIA 3jun41)

9.5 / 0 / 3

"Benny"

Malcolm Stephen Osler

(+ 1 / 2 / 0 OTG)

9.5 / 0 / 2

"Doug"

Douglas William Golding

9.12 / 2 / 2

"Andy"

Andrew Christian Bosman

(+ 2.5 OTG)

8.87 / 1 / 3

George Robert Arthur McGarel Johnston

 

11 / 2 / 1

Carl

* Carl Raymond Davis

(American parents)
     KIA 6sep40)
9.5 / 4.5 / 4

Eric

* Eric Cowley Saville

(KIA 19sep43)

8 / 4 or 5 / 8.5

Henry Lardner-Burke

"Pat"

Henry Patrick Lardner-Burke

7.5 / 0 / 3

Robin Pare

* Robin Pare

(KIA 3jun42)

7 - 6 / 0 / 0.5   *

Brian

* Brian Van Mentz

(K 26apr41)

6.83 / 2.5 / 10

"Stapme""Hugh"

Basil Gerald Stapleton

(POW 23dec44)

6.66 / 8 / 2

Tom

* Thomas Young Wallace

(KIA 11nov44)

6.5 / 4 / 7.5

Caesar Barrand Hull

 

* Caesar Barrand Hull

(Rhodesian born
      KIA 7sep40)  *  *
6.25-5.25 / 2.5 / 2

"Laurie""Larry"

Lawrence Robertson Stuart Waugh

(POW 31dec43)

6 / 2 / 4

"Jim"

James Richard Abe Bailey

6 / 0 / 2

"Johan""Johnny"

Johannes Morrel Faure

(+ 1 OTG)

5.5 / 1 / 1

* John Henry Gaynor

(KIA 3mar44)

5.5 / 0 / 6

John Boyle

"Piggy" John

Brian John Lister Boyle

5.5    (+ 1 OTG)  *

Dennis

* Dennis Vernon Dold Lacey

(KIA 7aug42)

5 / 2 / 5

Charles James Laubscher

(DSO, DFC & Bar)

5 / 2 / 3

"Harry"

* Henry John Starret

(W 20apr41 DoW 22apr41)

5 / 2 / 0

"Dave"

Geoffrey David Leybourne Haysom

 

5 / 1 / 1.5

"Moon"

Robert Joseph Peter Collingwood

5 / 1 / 1

"Gugu"

John Loch Hewitson

(POW 26jun42,

5 / 0 / 1   *

Vernon Mears Lill Lindsay

5 / 0 / 1

"Johnny"

Johan Daniel Wilhelm Human

5 / 0 / 0.5

"Serv"

Servaas van Breda Theron

(+ 6 OTG)

5 / 0 / 0

"Attie""Boet"

* Adrian Jacobus Botha

(KIA 14jun41)

5 / 0 / 0

"Pete"

* Peter Carel Rex Metelerkamp

(KIA 13dec42)

5 / 0 / 4

 

 

 

TOP

Most Honorable Mention

* Peter Grenfell Dexter

(KiFA 14jul41)
    1 claim goes to his gunner)
5 - 4 / 2 / 0

Edward Taylor Wilson

4.83 / 0 / 0

Andrew Duncan

"Dunk"

* Andrew Duncan

(KIA 31may42)  *
    + "many" OTG)
4.5 / 1 / 0

Louis Botha

"Cookie"

* Louis Cecil Botha

(KIA 17jun42)

4.5 / 0 / 1

Laurie Wilmot

"Laurie"

Laurence Aubrey Wilmot

(+ 2 OTG)

4.5 / 0 / 0

Douglas Haig Loftus

4.33 / 0 / 3

"Ted"

Edward James Morris

4 / 1 / 5

Rodney Clayton Hojem

4 / 1 / 1

Spencer Rowland Whiting

4 / 1 / 1

Hugh Errol Noel Wildsmith 4 / 1 / 1

"Kees"

Cornelius Arthur Van Vliet

(+ 9 or 8 OTG)

4 / 0 / 1

Zulu Morris

"Zulu" "Zuba"

Douglas Griffith Morris

(DSO, DFC)

4 / 0 / 1

"Mac""Robby"

* McClellan Eric Sutton Robinson

(KIFA 14nov44)

4 / 0 / 0

"Hack-Em-Down"

* Hendrik Smith

3 / 3 / 1

Maurice Clinton Hinton Barber

3 / 1 / 4

"Lemmie"

* Gerald John Le Mesurier

(KIA 8jul43)

3 / 1 / 1   *

John Thorne Seccombe

3 / 0 / 2

"Coetz"

John Jacobus Coetzer

(+ 3 OTG)

2.5 / 0 / 0   *

"Polly"

Leonard le Clues Theron

(+ 2.25 OTG)

2 / 0 / 0   *

 


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