| Name | RAKE, Derek Shannon Vaughan |
| Number | 124494 |
| Rank | Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Alderholt, Dorset, 26 May 1922 |
| Arrived | 24 February 1945 |
| Departed | 5 August 1945 |
| Decorations | AFC (1951), OBE (1955), Bar to AFC (1960) |
| Notes | Commissioned June 1942; shot down 41 Squadron's 200th and last victory of WWII on 3 May 1945; retired March 1976, rtng. Group Captain |
| Name | RANGER, Geoffrey Harold |
| Number | 60082 |
| Rank | Pilot Officer |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Cheam, Surrey, 17 April 1919 |
| Arrived | 11 March 1941 |
| Departed | 13 November 1941 |
| Decorations | DFC (1942) |
| Notes | Commissioned January 1941; KIA whilst serving with 250 Squadron, 16 December 1941, aged 23; son of Clarence P. & Marjorie I. Ranger of Cheam, Surrey; buried in Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya, Grave 7. P. 6 |
| Name | RAYNER, Ronald |
| Number | 988751 |
| Rank | Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Manchester, 8 September 1921 |
| Arrived | 9 June 1941 |
| Departed | 16 February 1942 |
| Notes | Commissioned June 1942 |
| Name | REFSHAUGE, John George Hamilton 'Ref' |
| Number | 409447 |
| Rank | Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | Sandringham, Victoria, Australia, 28 April 1919 |
| Term 1 | 14 April-9 June 1944 (WIA and hospitalised) |
| Term 2 | 10 September 1944-14 January 1945 |
| Decorations | OBE (1978), AM (1987) |
| Notes | Commissioned July 1942; discharged, January 1946; re-enlisted in RAAF Reserve, October 1952; died 1999 |
| Name | REID, Daniel Joseph 'Denny' |
| Number | 401666 |
| Rank | Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | Yarraville, Victoria, Australia, 28 April 1920 |
| Arrived | 3 August 1944 |
| Departed | 25 March 1945 |
| Decorations | DFC (1945) |
| Notes | Commissioned December 1941; WIA by flak & hospitalised, 25 March 1945 until end of war; demobbed, August 1946; ordained after war, becoming Reverend Father Urban Reid; died 1 May 1993, aged 72; see also 41 Squadron Claims the War's First Arado 234 Jet, 25 February 1945 |
| Name | REMEZ, Aharon |
| Number | 605523 |
| Rank | Flight Sergeant, Warrant Officer |
| Nationality | Palestinian (Israeli after the establishment of the state of Israel) |
| Born | Tel Aviv, Palestine, 8 May 1919 |
| Arrived | 10 April 1945 |
| Departed | 31 March 1946 |
| Notes | Became the first CO of the Israeli Air Force, 1948; Israeli Ambassador to UK, 1965-1970; Director-General of the Israeli Ports Authority, 1970-1977; Chairman, Israeli Aviation Authority, 1977-1981; died 3 April 1994 |
| Name | RIGGS, William Charles 'Billy' |
| Number | 1194930 |
| Rank | Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Alderholt, Dorset, 8 March 1922 |
| Arrived | 11 November 1941 |
| Departed | 2 December 1941 |
| Notes | KIFA in 8 AACU Hurricane II, near Tisbury, Dorset, 29 August 1942, aged 20; son of Robert & Elsie C. M. Riggs of Shaftesbury, Dorset; buried in the central section of St. Thomas Chrurchyard Extension, Melbury Abbas, Dorset |
| Name | ROBERTS, Peter Hugh Percy |
| Number | 1211364 |
| Rank | Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Gillingham, Dorset, 20 August 1922 |
| Arrived | 25 August 1942 |
| Departed | ca. 15 December 1942 (Last mentioned in ORB on this date) |
| Decorations | King's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air (1952) |
| Notes | Commissioned November 1943; retired November 1960, retaining Squadron Leader |
| Name | ROBERTSON, Colin 'Robbie' |
| Number | 33412 |
| Rank | Pilot Officer |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 11 March 1917 |
| Arrived | 17 December 1938 |
| Departed | 24 October 1939 |
| Decorations | DFC (1940) |
| Notes | Commissioned December 1938; KIFA in 25 Squadron Mosquito II, DD754, near Filey, Yorkshire, 12 December 1943 |
| Name | ROBERTSON, Colin Stuart 'Robbie' |
| Number | 421627 |
| Rank | Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | Ashfield, NSW, Australia, 7 March 1918 |
| Arrived | 8 June 1944 |
| Departed | 22 August 1944 |
| Notes | Commissioned November 1944; discharged, 11 February 1946 |
| Name | ROBINSON, Kenneth Basil 'Robbie' |
| Number | 1126985 / 139816 |
| Rank | Sergeant Pilot / Pilot Officer, Flying Officer |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Born | Killiney, Dublin, Ireland, 14 April 1922 |
| Arrived | 1 July 1942 |
| Departed | 7 June 1944 |
| Notes | Commissioned January 1943; hit by flak and baled out but died of hypothermia before he could be picked up by ASR Walrus, off Guernsey, 7 June 1944, aged 22; son of Ernest S. & Lilian M. Robinson of Monkstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland; buried in Buckland Monachorum Cemetery, Devon, England, Section R.1., Grave 9 |
| Name | ROGOWSKI, Jan Aleksander |
| Number | P.781018 |
| Rank | Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Born | Budzanów, Poland, 3 January 1920 |
| Arrived | 28 December 1942 |
| Departed | 14 April 1943 |
| Decorations | Polish KW [Krzyz Walecznych / Cross of Valour] (1943?) |
| Notes | KIA over Bergues, France, whilst serving with 315 (Polish) Squadron RAF, 28 May 1943; buried in Grave C 2 of Pihen-les-Guines Cemetery, Calais, France |
| Name | ROOD, Albert van 'Peter' |
| Number | 111131 |
| Rank | Pilot Officer |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Born | Maastricht, Netherlands, 22 May 1916 |
| Arrived | 9 December 1941 |
| Departed | 12 April 1942 |
| Decorations | MiD (1947) |
| Notes | Commissioned November 1941; shot down, WIA and captured, St. Omer, France, 12 April 1942; initially held in Stalag Luft III, but escaped, September 1942; recaptured and sent to Oflag 4C Colditz; liberated April 1945; retired to Australia, where he died 1999 |
| Name | ROSSOW, Vivian James 'Bill' |
| Number | 414835 |
| Rank | Flight Sergeant, Warrant Officer |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | Nanango, Queensland, Australia, 26 September 1918 |
| Arrived | 3 August 1944 |
| Departed | 19 July 1945 |
| Notes | Discharged 17 January 1946 |
| Name | ROWE, Malcolm P. [Middle name?] |
| Number | 926918 |
| Rank | Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, 26 January 1920 |
| Arrived | 3 November 1942 |
| Departed | 27 April 1943 |
| Notes | Appears to have served with 41 Squadron as Staff Pilot; little further known about this pilot |
| Name | RYDER, Edgar Norman |
| Number | 39193 |
| Rank | Pilot Officer, Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Risalpur, India, 28 November 1914 |
| Arrived | 30 June 1937 (att. SHQ Catterick for Admin. Duties, 7 February-22 July 1939) |
| Departed | 31 December 1940 |
| Decorations | DFC (1940), Bar to DFC (1941), MiD (1945) |
| Notes | Commissioned October 1936; shot down and captured, whilst CO of Kenley Wing, 31 October 1941; retired October 1960, retaining Group Captain; died October 1995 |