Sergeant Ronald Henry Fokes

• He joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1937.
• Joined No. 92 Squadron in January 1940 and flew with them during the Battle of Britain.
  
  
    

• As well as flying in combat, he also worked as a flight instructor and test pilot for Hawker Typhoons.
• Fokes made 9 kills and 3 probables in the Battle of Britain.
• He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal in November 1940.
• Joined No. 53 Squadron in 1941, working in the Operational Training Unit at RAF Heston as an instructor.
• Married in March 1941 and moved to Collingwood Road, Hillingdon.
• He transferred to No. 154 Squadron in 1941 as Flight Commander.
• Joined No. 56 Squadron in March 1942, flying Hawker Typhoons.
• Transferred to No. 193 Squadron in 1943.
• Promoted to Squadron Leader of No. 257 Squadron in July 1943.
• Fokes was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in March 1944.
• His tour was due to end just before D-Day but he elected to stay on with his squadron (No. 257). He was shot down and killed over Caen, France before D-Day in 1944.

Photos: Battle of Britain Monument website (bbm.org.uk)