Warbirds and Wheels Museum

Fighter Ace & Roll of Honour Walls

 

Two display at Warbirds & Wheels are dedicated to the Pilots of World War I & World War II, and we welcome any regarding any names on this wall.

The first is the ROLL OF HONOUR WALL which commemorates the ultimate sacrifice made by nearly 800 New Zealand Pilots, Air-gunners and Navigators who flew fighter aircraft during the World Wars of 1914 - 1918 and 1939-1945.  

The second is the FIGHTER ACE WALL (photo above).  This wall displays biographies of 15 World War I Fighter Aces and 80 World War II Fighter Aces.  The term Fighter Ace is generally held to mean a pilot who has scored at least five victories in air-to-air combat.  In the case of night fighter and multi-seat day fighter aircraft, the navigator/radar operator, without whose assistance the pilot could not have reached his total, is named where possible.

While the tribute highlights the Aces, it does not seek to sensationalise their achievements.  There were many fine pilots who for reasons of circumstance or opportunity were unable to build up ace scores.

 

Rank	First Name	Surname
WORLD WAR I
Captain	Ronald Burns	BANNERMAN
Captain	Harold Francis	BEAMISH
Major	Keith Logan	CALDWELL
Captain	Clive Franklyn	COLLETT
Major	Arthur	CONINGHAM
Flight Lieutenant	Thomas Grey	CULLING
Captain	Euan	DICKSON
Captain	Herbert Frank Stacey	DREWITT
Lieutenant	Frederick Stanley	GORDON
Major	Forster Martin	MAYNARD
Captain	Malcolm Charles	MCGREGOR
Major	Keith Rodney	PARK
Lieutenant	Carrick Stewart	PAUL
Lieutenant Colonel	Alan John Lance	SCOTT
Captain	Herbert Gillis	WATSON
WORLD WAR II
Squadron Leader	Robert Hamish	BALFOUR
Wing Commander	Minden Vaughan	BLAKE
Squadron Leader	Allen Edward	BROWNE
Squadron Leader	Stanley Franklin	BROWNE
Squadron Leader	Charles Roy	BUSH
Flight Lieutenant	Brian John George	CARBURY
Squadron Leader	Donald	CARLSON
Squadron Leader	Hansford Ward	CHAMBERS
Wing Commander	John Milne	CHECKETTS
Wing Commander	Wilfrid Greville	CLOUSTON
Flight Lieutenant	Basil	COLLYNS
Air Vice Marshall	William Vernon	CRAWFORD-COMPTON
Air Commodore	Alan Christopher	DEERE
Pilot Officer	Antonio Simmons	DINI
Pilot Officer	Eric Steele	DOHERTY
Flying Officer	Geoffrey Bryson	FISKEN
Wing Commander	Thomas Bernard	FITZGERALD
Squadron Leader	John Albert Axel	GIBSON
Wing Commander	Reginald Joseph Cowan	GRANT
Group Captain	Colin Falkland	GRANT
Flight Lieutenant	Peter Francis Locker	HALL
Wing Commander	Owen Leslie	HARDY
Squadron Leader	James Chilton Francis	HAYTER
Flight Lieutenant	Michael James	HERRICK
Squadron Leader	Raymond Brown	HESSYLYN
Pilot Officer	Howard Perry	HILL
Pilot Officer	William Henry	HODGSON
Squadron Leader	John Arthur	HOULTON
Squadron Leader	Reginald Jack	HYDE
Squadron Leader	Mervyn Robert Bruce	INGRAM
Flight Lieutenant	George Esmond	JAMESON
Air Commodore	Patrick Geraint	JAMESON
Squadron Leader	Ernest Leslie	JOYCE
Squadron Leader	Ivon	JULIAN
Flying Officer	Edgar James	KAIN
Squadron Leader	John Rutherford Clark	KILIAN
Squadron Leader	Keith Ashley	LAWRENCE
Squadron Leader	Roy Emile	LE LONG
Flight Lieutenant	David Franklin	LIVINGSTONE
Flight Lieutenant	Harold Watson	LONGLEY
Squadron Leader	John Noble	MACKENZIE
Wing Commander	Russell Merriman	MACKENZIE
Wing Commander	Evan Dall	MACKIE
Wing Commander	Camille Enright	MALFROY
Air Marshall	Sir Hector Douglas	MCGREGOR
Flight Lieutenant	Leighton John	MONTGOMERIE
Squadron Leader	Francis	MURPHY
Wing Commander	Percival Guy Haig	NEWTON
Flight Lieutenant	Harold Leslie	NORTH
Pilot Officer	Nigel Manfred	PARK
Flight Lieutenant	Alan McGregor	PEART
Wing Commander	John Howard	PLAYER
Squadron Leader	Paul Watling	RABONE
Flight Lieutenant	John Donald	RAE
Flight Lieutenant	Douglas Nevill	ROBINSON
Wing Commander	Warren Edward	SCHRADER
Group Captain	Desmond James	SCOTT
Squadron Leader	Cornelius James	SHEDDAN
Group Captain	Irving Stanley	SMITH
Squadron Leader	Robert Lawrence	SPURDLE
Flight Lieutenant	John Harry	STAFFORD
Flight Lieutenant	Gray	STENBORG
Flight Lieutenant	Kenneth William	STEWART
Air Vice Marshall	William Hector	STRATTON
Squadron Leader	Harvey Nelson	SWEETMAN
Flight Lieutenant	Kenneth William	TAIT
Squadron Leader	Keith Granville	TAYLOR-CANNON
Flight Lieutenant	Owen Vincent	TRACEY
Wing Commander	Richard Macklow	TROUSDALE
Squadron Leader	Arthur Ernest	UMBERS
Squadron Leader	Victor Bosanquet Strachan	VERITY
Squadron Leader	Derek Harland	WARD
Wing Commander	Edward Preston	WELLS
Squadron Leader	Jeffery George	WEST
Squadron Leader	Derrick Fitzgerald	WESTENRA
Group Captain	Eric William	WHITLEY
Squadron Leader	Gordon Albert	WILLIAMS
Squadron Leader	John Edwin Ashley	WILLIAMS
Flying Officer	Brian Wallace	WOODMAN
Wing Commander	Robert Duncan	YULE