| Many of the most
important and famous pilots of both the First and Second World
Wars flew from Suttons Farm and RAF Hornchurch. Pilots such
as ‘Sailor’ Malan, Alan Deere, ‘Paddy’
Finucane and Robert Stanford Tuck were among ‘The Few’
whose heroics during The Battle of Britain saved the country
from the threat of German invasion. Click on the link to the
side to find out more about some of the pilots associated
with RAF Hornchurch as well as the many British planes which
flew from the airfield and the German planes which attacked
it.
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