Battle of Britain: Facts

Flight-Lieutenant Eric Stanley Lock, died 3 August 1941, aged 23 (lost over the English Channel his body was never recovered from the sea) was the RAF's premier Fighter Ace during the Battle of Britain with 21 confirmed kills.

Of the 544 R.A.F pilots who died during the Battle of Britain 98 were foreign nationals:

Poland -141 (29) killed
Australia - 21 (14)
Canada - 88 (20)
New Zealand - 73 (11)
South Africa - 21 (9)
Czechoslovakia - 86 (8)
Belgium - 26 (6)
United States - 7 (1)
French - 13 (0)
Irish 8 (0)
Rhodesia - 2 (0)

Palestine - 1 (0).