The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed on 1 April 1918 by merging the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. It is a British service, distinct from the South African Air Force. South Africans recorded against RAF units were typically serving with the RAF (or seconded to it), not as SAAF squadrons.
Wikipedia| Unit | Type | Relationship | Dates |
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| RAF Abingdon | Unit | organic | |
| RAF Abingdon was a Royal Air Force station in England (UK), not a SAAF base. | |||
328 on the roll
| # | Last Name | First Name | Initials | Rank | Force | Regiment | Corps | Unit | Date of Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21987 | Royds | Thomas Alington | T A | Second Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 59th Squadron and General List | 1918-04-20 | |
| 32796 | Sanderson | Brian Anthony Edmond | B A E | Flight Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | RAF Jever | 1957-05-17 | |
| 22400 | Schmolle | James Gustave | J G | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 189th Night Flying Squadron | 1918-10-22 | |
| 22737 | Sephton | Stanley | S | Second Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 55th Squadron | 1918-05-14 | |
| 22820 | Shackell | Cecil John | C J | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 210th Squadron | 1918-06-18 | |
| 22853 | Sharp | George Guy | G G | Pilot Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | 9 Squadron (RAF) | 1941-04-09 | |
| 22856 | Sharp | Norman Edward | N E | Flight Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 159 Squadron | 1942-07-19 | |
| 22892 | Sheahan | Harold Wentworth Aylward | H W A | Flight Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 220 Squadron | 1940-08-02 | |
| 23165 | Simpson | Douglas | D | Cadet | UK | Royal Air Force | 1918-11-20 | ||
| 23242 | Sissing | Arthur Edgar | A E | Second Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 66th Squadron | 1918-11-01 | |
| 32976 | Slabber | Johan | J | Flight Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | RAF Bruggen | 1968-08-19 | |
| 23421 | Smith | Abraham Frederick | A F | Flying Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | 99 Squadron (RAF) | 1940-04-18 | |
| 23662 | Smuts | Charles Lawton | C L | Second Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | Training Depot Station | 1918-04-23 | |
| 23691 | Snyman | Gabriel Daniel Nel | G D N | Second Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 1918-10-08 | ||
| 23787 | Sonnenberg | Charles Melville | C M | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 35th Squadron | 1918-09-19 | |
| 23818 | Spain | David Victor | D V | Cadet | UK | Royal Air Force | 8th Cadet Wing | 1918-09-28 | |
| 23835 | Sparks | Seba Walter | S W | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 17th Squadron | 1918-06-14 | |
| 23866 | Spencer | Herbert | H | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 22nd Training Squadron | 1918-11-29 | |
| 23884 | Spilhaus | John Arnold | J A | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 70th Squadron | 1918-09-04 | |
| 23944 | Stahl | Alfred Magnus | A M | Second Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 1918-09-04 | ||
| 24173 | Stewart | Harold Malcolm | H M | Second Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 27th Squadron | 1918-06-16 | |
| 24178 | Stewart | James Keith | J K | Pilot Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | 65 Squadron | 1942-08-19 | |
| 24210 | Steyn | James Henry | J H | Flying Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | 1941-04-13 | ||
| 24229 | Stidolph | Jack | J | Pilot Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | 148 Squadron | 1941-01-13 | |
| 24247 | Stockenstrom | Andries Lars | A L | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 70th Squadron | 1918-05-23 | |
| 33128 | Storah | Nigel Peter | N P | Flight Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | RAF Gutersloh | 1980-10-14 | |
| 24347 | Straw | Lionel Lifford Kay | L L K | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 25th Squadron | 1918-11-04 | |
| 24377 | Struben | Henry Marinus | H M | Flying Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | 25th Squadron | 1921-06-24 | |
| 24659 | Symons | James Godfrey | J G | Second Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 27th Squadron | 1918-11-04 | |
| 33211 | Tancred | Louis Guy | L G | Flight Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | RAF Finningley | 1953-06-19 | |
| 24822 | Taylor | G | Flight Commander | UK | Royal Air Force | 1914-08-04 | |||
| 33217 | Taylor | Harold Myburgh | H M | Flying Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | RAF North Weald | 1951-05-01 | |
| 25002 | Theron | William Voight | W V | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 205th Squadron | 1918-09-20 | |
| 33269 | Thomas | Jack Elliott | J E | Pilot Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | 701 Battalion | 1939-01-30 | |
| 33270 | Thomas | James Frank | J F | Pilot Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | RAF Acklington | 1962-08-14 | |
| 25076 | Thomas | Rae | R | Flight Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 413 (R.C.A.F.) Squadron | 1942-04-09 | |
| 33273 | Thomas | Roland Kenelm | R K | Sergeant | UK | Royal Air Force | RAF Luqa | 1975-07-07 | |
| 25175 | Thomson | John Eric | J E | Cadet | UK | Royal Air Force | 8th Cadet Wing | 1918-10-05 | |
| 25342 | Todd | Sidney William | S W | Sergeant | UK | Royal Air Force | 205 Squadron | 1941-09-20 | |
| 25396 | Torkington-Leech | Peter Edward | P E | Flying Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | 9 Squadron (RAF) | 1939-10-30 | |
| 25411 | Touche | Eric Percy Johnstone | E P J | Second Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 1918-05-17 | ||
| 25432 | Traill-Smith | Patrick Cullimore | P C | Pilot Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | 45 Squadron | 1940-12-12 | |
| 25486 | Trollip | Douglas Price | D P | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 57th Squadron | 1918-04-01 | |
| 26486 | Vallentine | Jack | J | Cadet | UK | Royal Air Force | Base Depot | 1918-08-17 | |
| 26593 | Van Der Linden | Hendrik Denis | H D | Flight Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 162 Squadron | 1943-05-18 | |
| 26696 | Van Der Spuy | Jacob Samuel Van Reenen | J S V R | Second Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 3rd Training Depot Station | 1918-11-25 | |
| 26869 | Van Mentz | Brian | B | Flight Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 222 Squadron (RAF) | 1941-04-26 | |
| 27006 | Van Ryneveld | John Percival | J P | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 63rd Training Squadron | 1918-06-02 | |
| 27040 | Van Staden | Laurens Jacobus | L J | Second Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 33 Squadron (RAF) | 1918-04-26 | |
| 27061 | Van Velden | Cornelius Johannes Hugo | C J H | Second Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | Repatriation Camp | 1919-02-24 |