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.
John Downey - RAF Officer - died in 2010.
Jack Harrison - RAF officer - died in 2010.
George Mills - RAF officer - died in 1971.
Thomas Shirley - RAF officer - died in 1982.
James White - RAF officer - died in 1972.