60,500
4 in total all from the RAF Regiment.
roughly 46,800
42,750 Regulars and 2,500 RAF Volunteers giving it a combined strength of 45,250
there were 100,000 RAF (royal air force) pilots in the World War II and 90,000 died in the war
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Many Afrikaans pilots fought for the RAF in the first World War. Others were also recruited in ground forces.
Raf Baldassarre died on January 17, 1995, in Italy.
Raf Vallone died on October 31, 2002 at the age of 86.
John Downey - RAF Officer - died in 2010.
George Mills - RAF officer - died in 1971.
Jack Harrison - RAF officer - died in 2010.
Thomas Shirley - RAF officer - died in 1982.