Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Database

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24 May 1939 the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm consisted of 20 squadrons with 232 aircraft. By the end of the war the worldwide strength of the Fleet Air Arm was 59 aircraft carriers, 3,700 aircraft, 72,000 officers and men, and 56 Naval air stations.

During WW2, the FAA operated fighters, torpedo bombers and reconnaissance aircraft. In the summer of 1940, the RAF called upon the Admiralty for Fleet Air Arm assistance as the Battle of Britain raged. In those bleak days of 1940 the Fleet Air Arm crews who served under Fighter Command, integrated themselves with panache within what was new to them, the advanced structure and fighter control system deployed by RAF Fighter Command.

The top scoring Fleet Air Arm fighter ace in WW2 with 17 victories is Commander Stanley Orr, whilst the top Royal Marine ace is Ronald Cuthbert Hay with 13 victories.

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#	Name	First Names	Initials	Rank	Service No.	Role	Attached	Unit	Ship	Aircraft	Serial	Crew	Age	Born	Fate	Date-of-Death	Place-of-Death	Commemorated	Family-Details
1	Bunch	Samuel Hoskin	S H	Sub-Lieutenant (A)		Pilot	RN	880Sqn	HMS Condor, Arbroath	Hurricane	V 7244		22		Killed	1941-06-11	Arbroath	Compartment D, North Border, Grave 8, Arbroath Western Cemetery - Angus, United Kingdom	Son of Herbert Ernest and Jane McKenzie Bunch, of Roehampton, London; husband of Sonia Bunch
2	Douglas	John McKenzie	J M	Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)		Observer	RNZNVR	816Sqn	HMS Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent	Swordfish ll	DK 696		23		Died of injuries	1942-12-11	Sussex	Plot 1, Row D, Grave 7, West Thorney (St. Nicholas) Churchyard, Sussex, United Kingdom	Son of Hamilton Mackenzie Douglas and of Mary Kate Douglas (nee Rose), of Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand
3	MacKenzie	Neil Stewart	N S	Temp Lieutenant (A)		Pilot	RNVR	700Sqn NAS	HMS Sheffield	Walrus	X 9481	McKenzie, NS; Wheatley, P J; Payne, F J P or Penn-Simkins, C P			Missing presumed killed	1942-09-24	Pentland Firth	Bay 3, Panel 7, Lee-On-Solent Memorial - Hampshire, United Kingdom
4	McKenzie	Horace	H	Air Mechanic 2nd Class (L)	FX 683685		RN		HMS Garuda, Coimbatore, India				18	1926-07-07	Died of wounds	1945-04-27	India	Plot 4, Row F, Grave 11, Madras War Cemetery, Chennai, India	Son of John and L McKenzie, of Hull, East Yorkshire
5	McKenzie	Malcolm Aston	M A	Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)		Pilot	RNVR	809Sqn	HMS Unicorn				23		Killed	1943-09-09	At sea	Bay 4, Panel 7, Lee-On-Solent Memorial - Hampshire, United Kingdom	Son of Matthew and May McKenzie of Earls Court, London
6	McKenzie	William Lewis	W L	Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)		Pilot	RNVR	826Sqn	HMS Grebe, Dekheila, Egypt	Albacore	T 9169	McKenzie, W L; Shepherd, R H W	21		Missing	1942-07-22	Western Desert, Egypt	Bay 4, Panel 1, Lee-On-Solent Memorial - Hampshire, United Kingdom	Son of William Lewis McKenzie and Florence McKenzie of Birchfield, Birmingham
7	Payne	Frederick John Packwood	F J P	Leading Airman (TY)	FX 78201	Air Gunner 3rd Class	RN	700Sqn NAS	HMS Sheffield	Walrus	L 2329 or X 9481	Clyde, M G; Hardwick, E H / McKenzie, NS; Wheatley, P J with Payne, F J P	22		Missing presumed killed	1942-09-24	Pentland Firth	Bay 3, Panel 2, Lee-On-Solent Memorial - Hampshire, United Kingdom	Son of Frederick Charles and Margaret Alice Payne of Duffield, Derbyshire
8	Penn-Simkins	Charles Patrick	C P	Leading Airman (TY)	FAA/SFX 825	Air Gunner 3rd Class	RN	700Sqn NAS	HMS Sheffield	Walrus	L 2329 or X 9481	Clyde, M G; Hardwick, E H / McKenzie, NS; Wheatley, P J with Penn-Simkins, C P	20	1922-06-15	Missing presumed killed	1942-09-24	Pentland Firth	Bay 3, Panel 2, Lee-On-Solent Memorial - Hampshire, United Kingdom	Son of Lieutenant Wallace George Penn-Simkins, Royal Indian Army Service Corps and Marie Penn-Simkins. Native of Bombay, India
9	Shepherd	Richard Harry Woolley	R H W	Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)		Observer	RNVR	826Sqn	HMS Grebe, Dekheila, Egypt	Albacore	T 9169	McKenzie, W L; Shepherd, R H W			Missing	1942-07-22	Western Desert, Egypt	Bay 4, Panel 2, Lee-On-Solent Memorial - Hampshire, United Kingdom
10	Simkins	Charles Patrick Penn-	C P Penn-	Leading Airman (TY)	FAA/SFX 825	Air Gunner 3rd Class	RN	700Sqn NAS	HMS Sheffield	Walrus	L 2329 or X 9481	Clyde, M G; Hardwick, E H / McKenzie, NS; Wheatley, P J with Penn-Simkins, C P	20	1922-06-15	Missing presumed killed	1942-09-24	Pentland Firth	Bay 3, Panel 2, Lee-On-Solent Memorial - Hampshire, United Kingdom	Son of Lieutenant Wallace George Penn-Simkins, Royal Indian Army Service Corps and Marie Penn-Simkins. Native of Bombay, India
11	Wheatley	Peter John	P J	Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)		Observer	RNVR	700Sqn NAS	HMS Sheffield	Walrus	X 9481	McKenzie, NS; Wheatley, P J; Payne, F J P or Penn-Simkins, C P	20		Missing presumed killed	1942-09-24	Pentland Firth	Bay 4, Panel 2, Lee-On-Solent Memorial - Hampshire, United Kingdom	Son of Mr and Mrs John H Wheatley of Boscombe, Bournemouth

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