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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24377 | Struben | Henry Marinus | H M | Flying Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | 25th Squadron | 1921-06-24 | |
| 24347 | Straw | Lionel Lifford Kay | L L K | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 25th Squadron | 1918-11-04 | |
| 33128 | Storah | Nigel Peter | N P | Flight Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | RAF Gutersloh | 1980-10-14 | |
| 24247 | Stockenstrom | Andries Lars | A L | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 70th Squadron | 1918-05-23 | |
| 24229 | Stidolph | Jack | J | Pilot Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | 148 Squadron | 1941-01-13 | |
| 24210 | Steyn | James Henry | J H | Flying Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | 1941-04-13 | ||
| 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 | |
| 23944 | Stahl | Alfred Magnus | A M | Second Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 1918-09-04 | ||
| 23884 | Spilhaus | John Arnold | J A | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 70th Squadron | 1918-09-04 | |
| 23866 | Spencer | Herbert | H | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 22nd Training Squadron | 1918-11-29 | |
| 23835 | Sparks | Seba Walter | S W | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 17th Squadron | 1918-06-14 | |
| 23818 | Spain | David Victor | D V | Cadet | UK | Royal Air Force | 8th Cadet Wing | 1918-09-28 | |
| 23787 | Sonnenberg | Charles Melville | C M | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 35th Squadron | 1918-09-19 | |
| 23691 | Snyman | Gabriel Daniel Nel | G D N | Second Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 1918-10-08 | ||
| 23662 | Smuts | Charles Lawton | C L | Second Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | Training Depot Station | 1918-04-23 | |
| 23421 | Smith | Abraham Frederick | A F | Flying Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | 99 Squadron (RAF) | 1940-04-18 | |
| 32976 | Slabber | Johan | J | Flight Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | RAF Bruggen | 1968-08-19 | |
| 23242 | Sissing | Arthur Edgar | A E | Second Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 66th Squadron | 1918-11-01 | |
| 23165 | Simpson | Douglas | D | Cadet | UK | Royal Air Force | 1918-11-20 | ||
| 22892 | Sheahan | Harold Wentworth Aylward | H W A | Flight Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 220 Squadron | 1940-08-02 | |
| 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 | |
| 22820 | Shackell | Cecil John | C J | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 210th Squadron | 1918-06-18 | |
| 22737 | Sephton | Stanley | S | Second Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 55th Squadron | 1918-05-14 | |
| 22400 | Schmolle | James Gustave | J G | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 189th Night Flying Squadron | 1918-10-22 | |
| 32796 | Sanderson | Brian Anthony Edmond | B A E | Flight Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | RAF Jever | 1957-05-17 | |
| 21987 | Royds | Thomas Alington | T A | Second Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 59th Squadron and General List | 1918-04-20 | |
| 32746 | Rothwell | Douglas Newton | D N | Flight Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | RAF Nicosia | 1958-10-04 | |
| 21871 | Ross | George Augustus Bellair | G A B | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | and 6th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment) | 1918-06-01 | |
| 21853 | Rosofsky | Harold | H | Pilot Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | 9 Squadron (RAF) | 1939-09-08 | |
| 21793 | Rooney | Louis John | L J | Flight Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 83 Squadron | 1940-12-28 | |
| 32709 | Robinson | Stanley John Daly | S J D | Pilot Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | 19 Squadron (RAF) | 1939-01-30 | |
| 21629 | Robertson | Francis Harold | F H | Squadron Leader | UK | Royal Air Force | 106 Squadron | 1942-07-27 | |
| 21525 | Ritchie | George Thornhill | G T | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 1918-12-13 | ||
| 21373 | Reynolds | Edward Guthrie | E G | Second Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 73rd Squadron | 1918-07-08 | |
| 21274 | Reid | Donald Thomas Ewen | D T E | Sergeant | UK | Royal Air Force | 19 Squadron (RAF) | 1942-02-12 | |
| 21284 | Reid | John C M | J C M | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 213th Squadron | 1918-05-12 | |
| 32657 | Reeves | Kenneth Arthur | K A | Flying Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | RAF Bassingbourn | 1949-03-22 | |
| 21230 | Redman | Harold Victor | H V | Flight Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 1947-12-18 | ||
| 21226 | Redler | Herbert Bolton | H B | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 1918-06-21 | ||
| 21182 | Raw | Wilfred Addison | W A | Second Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 1919-03-16 | ||
| 32644 | Rautenbach | Eric Michael | E M | Flying Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | RAF Wunstorf | 1957-09-24 | |
| 20942 | Radloff | Heinrich | H | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 1918-09-14 | ||
| 20696 | Prideaux | Edwin Ravenhill | E R | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 203rd Squadron | 1918-05-17 | |
| 20524 | Posselt | Arthur Francis | A F | Pilot Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | 150 Squadron | 1940-05-14 | |
| 20522 | Posener | Frederick Hyam | F H | Pilot Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | 152 Squadron (RAF) | 1940-07-20 | |
| 20362 | Pithey | Croye Rother | C R | Flying Officer | UK | Royal Air Force | 2nd Squadron | 1920-02-21 | |
| 20264 | Pierce | Robert Graham | R G | Lieutenant | UK | Royal Air Force | 29th Squadron | 1918-07-02 | |
| 20232 | Pickard | Percy Charles | P C | Group Captain | UK | Royal Air Force | Cdg. 140 Wing. | 1944-02-18 |