| Name | WAGNER, Herbert Appleton 'Wag' |
| Number | 130242 |
| Rank | Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality | American in RAFVR |
| Born | Garrison, Maryland, USA, 10 November 1920 |
| Arrived | 3 May 1943 |
| Departed | 2 June 1944 |
| Notes | Shot down over Guernsey and captured, 2 June 1944; repatriated May 1945; relinquished commission October 1945; died 26 November 2005 |
| Name | WAINWRIGHT, Derek William |
| Number | 88721 |
| Rank | Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Jaffa, Palestine, 28 October 1921 |
| Arrived | ca. 14 April 1942 (first mentioned on this date) |
| Departed | 10 June 1942 |
| Notes | Commissioned November 1940; WIA but DOW 10 June 1942, aged 20; son of Mr. & Mrs. William Frederick Wainwright, & husband of Joy D. Wainwright of Bayswater, London; buried in Tangmere St. Andrew Churchyard, Sussex, Plot E, Row 3, Grave 496 |
| Name | WALKER, James Richard |
| Number | 41500 |
| Rank | Flying Officer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Born | Unknown |
| Arrived | 29 September 1940 |
| Departed | 19 October 1940 |
| Notes | Commissioned October 1938; KIFA when aircraft ran out of fuel at sea between HMS Argus and Malta (transfer to 261 Sqdn.), 16 November 1940, aged 20; son of F. R. & Emily Walker of Oak Bay, BC, Canada; remembered on Panel 6 of the Runnymede Memorial (see also Robert J. Boret, who died in the same incident) |
| Name | WALL, Peter R. |
| Number | 1387647 |
| Rank | Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Croydon, Surrey, 11 May 1921 |
| Arrived | 1943 |
| Departed | December 1943 |
| Decorations | OBE (1981) |
| Notes | Employed 43 years in the Home Office after the War, retired 1981, died 2003 |
| Name | WALLENS, Ronald Walter 'Wally' |
| Number | 70708 |
| Rank | Pilot Officer, Flying officer |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Amblecote, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, 1 February 1916 |
| Term 1 | 26 March-8 August 1938 |
| Term 2 | 7 October 1938-5 September 1940 |
| Term 3 | April 1941 |
| Decorations | DFC (1944) |
| Notes | Shot down and seriously WIA over the Thames Estuary, 5 September 1940, & hospitalised until April 1941; returned to 41 Squadron but ordered to undertake further convalescence; flying status re-issued 1943 and posted to ASR duties; died 13 November 1995; See also: The Crash of Pilot Officer R. W. "Wally" Wallens, 1940 |
| Name | WARE, James Philip 'Jimmy' |
| Number | A.420311 |
| Rank | Flight Sergeant, Warrant Officer |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | Epping NSW, Australia, 4 February 1921 |
| Arrived | 8 June 1944 |
| Departed | 27 October 1944 |
| Notes | Dishonourable discharge, January 1946; see also Selected Entries from "Fighter Command War Diaries", 3 October 1943 - 27 June 1944 |
| Name | WARREN, Kenneth George |
| Number | 1203923 |
| Rank | Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Hampton in Arden, Birmingham, 18 January 1920 |
| Arrived | 1 April 1942 |
| Departed | 2 September 1942 |
| Notes | Commissioned January 1944; moved to Canada after the war |
| Name | WATSON, F. [Forename?] |
| Number | Unknown |
| Rank | Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 8 June 1920[?] |
| Arrived | 14 July 1941 |
| Departed | 21 August 1941 |
| Decorations | Unknown |
| Notes | Little more known about this pilot |
| Name | WATTON, Albert John |
| Number | 964827/121076 |
| Rank | Flight Sergeant/Pilot Officer |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Birmingham, 10 April 1917 |
| Arrived | 24 August 1941 |
| Departed | 13 June 1942 (last mentioned in ORB on this date) |
| Decorations | DFC (1945), Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air (1958) |
| Notes | Commissioned April 1942; remained in RAF after the War; retired 1972 as Flight Lieutenant |
| Name | WATTS, Edward George Hullet |
| Number | 1051882 |
| Rank | Sergeant Pilot/Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | London, 11 February 1919 |
| Arrived | 5 December 1941 |
| Departed | 12 April 1942 |
| Notes | KIA during Circus 122 to Hazebrouck Marshalling Yards, France, 12 April 1942, aged 22; son of Edward A. & Beatrice Watts, & husband of Margaret Watts of Stockwell, London; buried in Dunkirk Town Cemetery Nord, France, Plot 2, Row 3, Grave 5 |
| Name | WAWN, Clive Newton 'Bardie' |
| Number | 400163 |
| Rank | Acting Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 5 November 1910 |
| Arrived | 15 February 1942 |
| Departed | 26 February 1942 |
| Decorations | DFC (1942) |
| Notes | Commissioned December 1941; transferred to RAAF Reserve, non-active duty, July 1944 |
| Name | WEBSTER, John Terence 'Terry' |
| Number | 37436 |
| Rank | Pilot Officer, Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Liverpool, 20 March 1916 |
| Arrived | 11 April 1938 |
| Departed | 5 September 1940 |
| Decorations | DFC (1940) |
| Notes | Commissioned August 1935; KIFA during combat in MAC with Flt. Lt. R. E. Lovett of 73 Squadron, 5 September 1940; remembered on Panel 4 of the Darlington Memorial in Durham; see also: The Loss of Flight Lieutenant John T. Webster, 1940 |
| Name | WEEDS, Brian Morrell |
| Number | 413525 |
| Rank | Warrant Officer |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Born | Invercargill, New Zealand, 15 April 1922 |
| Arrived | 18 August 1944 |
| Departed | 9 October 1944 |
| Notes | Not commissioned; died Invercargill, New Zealand, 13 February 1998 |
| Name | WELLS, Edward Preston 'Hawkeye' & 'Bill' |
| Number | NZ39950 |
| Rank | Pilot Officer |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Born | Cambridge, New Zealand, 26 July 1916 |
| Arrived | 2 October 1940 |
| Departed | 9 March 1941 |
| Decorations | DFC (1941), Bar to DFC (1941), DSO (1942) |
| Notes | Commissioned October 1939; released from RNZAF in UK & commissioned in RAF, February 1947; retired June 1960; died 4 November 2005 |
| Name | WELSH, Terence Deane |
| Number | 42033 |
| Rank | Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Staines, Middlesex, 28 January 1915 |
| Arrived | at least 5 November 1943 |
| Departed | early 1944 |
| Decorations | DFC (1941) |
| Notes | Commissioned April 1939; discharged 5 May 1954 |
| Name | WEST, Hamish |
| Number | 34058 |
| Rank | Squadron Leader |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Lossiemouth, Scotland, 15 February 1914 |
| Arrived | 23 June 1940 |
| Departed | 26 July 1940 |
| Notes | Commissioned March 1943; supernumerary Squadron Leader whilst with 41 Sqdn.; retired July 1953, retaining Wing Commander |
| Name | WHALE, Frederick Victor 'Vickie' |
| Number | 1376359 |
| Rank | Warrant Officer |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | London, 14 April 1920 |
| Arrived | 7 March 1945 |
| Departed | 22 February 1946 |
| Notes | Commissioned 1949; retired February 1961, retaining Flight Lieutenant; died 2000 |
| Name | WHEATLEY, Peter Etherington |
| Number | 1537032 |
| Rank | Warrant Officer |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Hull, Yorkshire, 13 February 1922 |
| Arrived | 10 April 1945 |
| Departed | 7 January 1946 |
| Notes | Died Hull, December 1989 |
| Name | WHITE, Frederick Cheslyn |
| Number | A.403614 |
| Rank | Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | Ashfield, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 19 March 1916 |
| Arrived | 2 September 1942 |
| Departed | 15 October 1942 |
| Notes | Commissioned November 1944; released from RAAF as Flying Officer, 8 August 1946 |
| Name | WHITEFORD, Cyril John Leyland |
| Number | 777650 |
| Rank | Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality | Rhodesian |
| Born | Worcester Cape, South Africa, 12 March 1919 |
| Arrived | 27 August 1941 |
| Departed | 13 October 1941 |
| Notes | KIA 13 October 1941, aged 22; son of Major V. J. & Mrs. Whiteford of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia; buried in Aylesham Cemetery, Kent, Block O, Row A, Grave 1 |
| Name | WILKINSON, John Francis 'Johnny' |
| Number | 150189 |
| Rank | Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Northampton, 1 February 1923 |
| Arrived | 21 July 1944 |
| Departed | 30 December 1945 |
| Notes | Commissioned February 1943; anecdotal account of his time with 41 Squadron held by the Imperial War Museum in London |
| Name | WILLIAMS, Marx Gardner |
| Number | 64271 |
| Rank | Pilot Officer |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Marseilles, France, 13 January 1920 |
| Arrived | 21 June 1941 |
| Departed | 18 August 1941 |
| Notes | Commissioned February 1941; shot down over St. Omer & captured, 18 August 1941; relinquished commission May 1946, retaining Flight Lieutenant |
| Name | WILLMOTT, Thomas William |
| Number | 997799 |
| Rank | Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 28 July 1917 |
| Arrived | ca. 11 February 1941 |
| Departed | 11 May 1941 |
| Decorations | DFM (1942), Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air (1960) |
| Notes | Commissioned March 1942; retired August 1960, retaining Squadron Leader |
| Name | WILSON, George S. [Middle name?] |
| Number | 1007094 |
| Rank | Flight Sergeant, Warrant Officer |
| Nationality | Trinidadian |
| Born | St. James, Trinidad, 13 May 1922 |
| Arrived | 11 March 1943 |
| Departed | ca. 1943 |
| Notes | Little further known about this pilot |
| Name | WILSON, William Renton 'Jock' |
| Number | 1104573 |
| Rank | Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Edinburgh, Scotland, 10 March 1921 |
| Arrived | 31 October 1941 |
| Departed | ca. July 1942 |
| Notes | KIA whilst serving with 1435 Squadron, Malta, 16 October 1942; remembered on Panel 3, Column 2, of the Malta Memorial |
| Name | WINSKILL, Archibald Little 'Archie' |
| Number | 84702 |
| Rank | Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Penrith, Cumberland, 24 January 1917 |
| Arrived | 6 January 1941 |
| Departed | 14 August 1941 |
| Decorations | DFC (1942), Bar to DFC (1943), AE (1944), CBE (1960), CVO (1973), KCVO (1979) |
| Notes | Commissioned August 1940; shot down near Calais, France, 14 August 1941, but evaded capture and returned to the UK in December 1941; retired December 1968, retaining Air Commodore; Captain of Queen's Flight, 1968-1972; died 9 August 2005 |
| Name | WOOD, Robert Leslie |
| Number | 119101 |
| Rank | Pilot Officer, Flying Officer |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk, 25 May 1922 |
| Arrived | 14 July 1942 |
| Departed | 21 October 1942 |
| Notes | Commissioned January 1942; hit by AA/KIA whilst serving with 609 Squadron near Le Havre, France, 11 May 1944, aged 21; son of Herbert L. & Ivy E. Wood of Great Dunmow, Essex; remembered on Panel 204 of the Runnymede Memorial |
| Name | WOOLLARD, Frederick Gilbert 'Freddie' |
| Number | 1312058 |
| Rank | Flight Sergeant |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Newtown, Berkley, Gloucestershire, 20 December 1920 |
| Arrived | 18 December 1943 |
| Departed | 18 July 1944 |
| Notes | Injured at Lympne in crash-landing and hospitalised; required plastic surgery for nose, 18 July 1944 |
| Name | WOOLLEY, Frank Geoffrey |
| Number | 105174 |
| Rank | Flight Lieutenant |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Derby, 1 June 1922 |
| Arrived | 29 January 1945 |
| Departed | 28 February 1945 |
| Decorations | DFC (1941), Bar to DFC (1945), King’s Commendation for Valuable Services in the Air (1949), AFC (1956) |
| Notes | Commissioned March 1941; attained Wing Commander, 1 January 1956; KIFA in B2 bomber during a flying course at Manby, 28 November 1959 |
| Name | WRIGHT, William Andrew |
| Number | 1122597 |
| Rank | Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Bradford, Yorkshire, 2 February 1921 |
| Arrived | 27 March 1942 |
| Departed | 10 June 1942 |
| Notes | Shot down, WIA & crash-landed on Isle of Wight, hospitalised, 10 June 1942; commissioned January 1943; retired February 1964 |