The Victoria Cross is the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Listed below are the recipients of the Victoria Cross in the RFC-RNAS-RAF as listed on the walls of St Clement Danes Church (left of the altar):

William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse (22 May 1915) Second Lieutenant, 2 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps

Reginald Alexander John Warneford (11 June 1915) Flight Sub-Lieutenant, 1 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service

John Aidan Liddell (23 August 1915) Captain, 3rd Bn, Argyll and Southerland Highlanders and Royal Air Corps

Lanoe George Hawker (24 August 1915) Captain, Royal Engineers and 6 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps

Gilbert Stuart Martin Insall (23 December 1915) Second Lieutenant, 11 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps

Richard Bell Davies (1 January 1916) Squadron Commander, 3 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service

Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees (5 August 1916) T/Major, Royal Artillery and 32 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps

William Leefe Robinson (5 September 1916) Lieutenant, Worcestershire Regiment and 39 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps

Thomas Mottershead (12 February 1917) Sergeant, 20 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps

Frank Hubert McNamara (8 June 1917) Lieutenant, 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps

Albert Ball (8 June 1917) T/Captain, 7th Bn, Sherwood Foresters and Royal Flying Corps

William Avery Bishop (11 August 1917) Captain, Canadian Cavalry and 60 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps

James Thomas Byford McCudden (2 April 1918) T/Captain, General List and 56 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps

Alan Jerrard (1 May 1918) Lieutenant, 66 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps

Alan Arnett McLeod (1 May 1918) Second Lieutenant, 2 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps

Ferdinand Maurice Felix West (8 November 1918) Captain, 8 Squadron, Royal Air Force

William George Barker (30 November 1918) A/Major, 201 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Andrew Weatherby Beauchamp-Procter (30 November 1918) A/Captain, 84 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Edward Mannock (18 July 1919) A/Major, 85 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Donald Edward Garland (11 June 1940) Flying Officer, 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Thomas Gray (11 June 1940) Sergeant, 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd (20 August 1940) A/Flight Lieutenant, 49 Squadron, Royal Air Force

John Hannah (1 October 1940) Sergeant, 83 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Eric James Brindley Nicolson (15 November 1940)

Hughie Idwal Edwards (22 July 1941) A/Wing Commander, 105 Squadron, Royal Air Force

James Allen Ward (5 August 1941) Sergeant, Royal New Zealand Air Force, serving with75 (NZ) Squardon, Royal Air Force

Kenneth Campbell (13 March 1942) Flying Officer, 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

John Dering Nettleton (28 April 1942) A/Squadron Leader, 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Leslie Thomas Manser (23 October 1942) Flying Officer, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Rawdon Hune Middleton (15 January 1943) Flight Sergeant, Royal Australian Air Force attached 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Hugh Gordon Malcolm (27 April 1943) Wing Commander, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Guy Penrose Gibson (28 May 1943) Wing Commander, 617 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Lloyd Allan Trigg (2 November 1943) Flying Officer, Royal New Zealand Air Force attached 200 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Arthur Louis Aaron (5 November 1943) A/Flight Sergeant, 218 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

William Reid (14 December 1943) A/Flight Lieutenant, 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Cyril Joe Barton (27 June 1944) Pilot Officer, 578 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

David Ernest Hornell (28 July 1944) Flight Lieutenant, 162 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

John Alexander Cruickshank (1 September 1944) Flying Officer, 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire (8 September 1944)

George Thompson (20 February 1945) Flight Sergeant, 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Robert Anthony Maurice Palmer (23 March 1945) Squadron Leader, 109 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Edwin Swales (24 April 1945) Captain, South African Air Force, serving with 582 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Ian Willoughby Bazalgette (17 August 1945) A/Squadron Leader, 635 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Norman Cyril Jackson (26 October 1945) Sergeant, 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

David Samuel Anthony Lord (13 November 1945) Flight Lieutenant, 271 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Leonard Henry Trent (1 March 1945) Squadron Leader, Royal New Zealand Air Force, attached 487 (NZ) Squadron, Royal Air Force

Arthur Stewart King Scarf (21 June 1946) Squadron Leader, 62 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Andrew Charles Mynarski (11 October 1946) Pilot Officer, 419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force