Three members of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force received awards in he King’s Birthday Honours List:
Monthly Archives: June 2023
Foundation Memorial Service 2023
The RAuxAF Foundation held its annual Memorial Service at the National Memorial Arboretum on 21st June.
Senior Aircraftman Brian Elliston 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron
Brian was born on 26th June 1964 in Woolwich London to Mum Janet and Dad Bob. He has a younger [...]
Flight Sergeant George Schroeder: 600 (City of London) Squadron
George Schroeder joined the RAF in 1983. In just over 20 years he achieved the rank of Sergeant in the [...]
Flight Lieutenant Harold Blow: 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron
Harold Blow was born on 1 June 1923 in Louth, Lincolnshire and applied to join the Royal Air Force [...]
Squadron Leader Brian Waite: 609 (West Riding) Squadron
Born in 1947, Brian Waite was educated at King’s School, Grantham and Loughborough College of Physical Education. Following a teaching [...]
Pilot Officer William ‘Billy’ Fiske: 601 (County of London) Squadron
William Meade Lindsley Fiske III was born on 4th June 1911 in Chicago, the son of a wealthy banking family [...]
Warrant Officer Kevin Hamilton-Sturdy: 607 (County of Durham) Squadron
Kevin Hamilton-Sturdy came from Northern Ireland and joined the Royal Air Force in 1977. He trained as an aircraft mechanic, [...]