List of pilot nicknames

Stuart “Stumpy” Goldspink?

As far as current British pilots go you can just add “y” to their surname and job done!!

Arthur George “Zoot” Stanley (RNZAF fighter pilot, P-40’s)
Edwin Leonard “Butch” Avery (RNZAF fighter pilot, P-40’s)
Ernest Charles “Annie” Laurie (RNZAF fighter pilot, P-40’s)
Lionel Recklaw “Snow” Renolds (RNZAF fighter pilot, P-40’s)
Jessie Julius “Willie” de Willimoff (RNZAF fighter pilot, P-40’s, Corsairs)

A very gallant gentleman…

‘Timbertoes’ Carlin

Just doing it from memory…no googling !

He was in Moggy’s list as was Bee Beamont posted earlier.

Yes, mine were from memory, but if we all google, the list will fill several pages I am sure…..;)

Maki Steinhoff (source Straits of Messina)

Dolpho Galland

WZ 862

Bubi Hartmann (Source Tolliver and Constable)

Bubi Lent (Source The Lent Papers)

Sorry, exact references not to hand. There are plenty more German ones if we want to go down that route.

WZ 862

.. or did Moggy actually put it in?

Not guilty

Maybe I missed it, but I can’t see how.

Moggy

A few well known New Zealand pilots with nicknames include:

Richmond “Ditch” Harding (topdressing pilot form a pioneer topdressing family)
John “Snow” Barr (WWII Corsair pilot and topdressing pioneer)
Leslie Samuel McQueen “Chalky” White (WWII Spitfire pilot and successful evader)
Robert Hamish “Jimmy” Balfour DFC (RNZAF Ace)
Minden Vaughan “Mindy” Blake DSO, DFC (NZ Ace and POW)
Gordon Loversidge “Snowy” Bonham (NZ V1 Ace)
Basil Gordon “Buck” Collyns DFC (NZ Ace)
Owen David “Ginger” Eagleson (NZ Ace)
James Chilton Francis “Spud” Hayter (NZ Ace)
Eric Steele “Francis” Doherty DFM, DFC (US) (NZ Ace)
Garnet J Michael “Gus” Hooper (NZ V1 Ace)
Gilbert McLean “Gillie” Hayton (NZ Ace)
George Edmond “Jamie” Jameson DSO DFC (NZ Ace)
Ernest Leslie “Nipper” Joyce DFM (NZ Ace)
William Arthur “Wacky” Kalka (NZ V1 Ace)
Robert Gordon “Dutch” Kleimeyer (Australian pilot in RNZAF, V1 Ace)
Frank Brewster “Bruce” Lawless (NZ Ace)
James Hugh “Black Mac” McCaw DFC (RNZAF Ace and grandfather of All Black Captain/RNZAF pilot Richie McCaw)
Evan Dall “Rosie” Mackie (NZ Ace)
William Lister “Dusty” Miller (NZ V1 Ace)
Francis “Spud” Murphy DFC (NZ Ace)
Harold Leslie “Knockers” North DFC (NZ Ace)
Neville Joseph “Pip” Powell (NZ Ace – including mix of aircraft and V1’s)
Warren Edward “Smokey” Schrader DFC* (NZ Ace)
Irving Stanley “Black” Smith DFC* (NZ Ace)
Eric William “Rick” Tanner (NZ Ace)
Keith Granville “Hyphen” Taylor-Cannon DFC* (NZ Ace)
Arthur Ernest “Spike” Umbers DFC* (NZ Ace)
Edward Preston “Hawkeye” Wells DSO, DFC* (NZ Ace, also known as Bill)
Derrick Fitzgerald “Jerry” Westenra DFC* (NZ Ace)
W/C Dereck “Bill” Kain (NZ fighter pilot, unconfirmed ace)
Frederick Joseph “Popeye” Lucas (NZ Bomber and Transport pilot, tourist flight pioneer)
Henry Campbell “Johnnie” Walker (NZ bomber pilot, and civil airways pilot, UK to NZ record pilot)
Malcolm “Mac Mac” McGregor (WWI ace, airline pioneer, UK to NZ record flight pilot)

I’m sure I’ll think of many more

Edward ‘Mouse’ Fielden, Kings Flight pilot.

‘Imshi’ Mason?

And “Dusty” Millers!

Some of my favourites:
Sir Denis “Splinters” Smallwood DSO DFC etc
Charles “Moth” Eaton OBE AFC
Adrian “Tim” Goldsmith DFC DFM (never have worked out why his nickname was “Tim”)

No Sharky Ward?
And I am sure there must have been a few Snowy or Chalkie Whites.

“Drunken Duncan” – Wilfrid Duncan Smith – RAF pilot

He is there, or did Moggy actually put it in?

Hi Sideslip

Spud Murphy…Hawker test pilot !

Dave “Rats” Ratcliffe
“the boss” Stephen grey

There were at least 2 Spud Murphys then 😀

Spud seems to be a fairly common nickname for someone called Murphy. Who was the other one you had in mind?

‘Rags’ Rabagliati.
Ralph ‘Kid’ Hofer.

Regards,

kev35

There were at least 2 Spud Murphys then 😀

‘Spud’ Murphy, Chief Pilot of Air Anglia. F27 Friendship G-SPUD registered in his honour.

“Bud” Anderson

My old friend and school teacher at one time was called ‘Pranger’ Eric Barfoot as he wrote of a few aircraft in his time in the RAF. He did write of his favourite a Gloster Gladiator when it had a tyre bust on landing, 18/10/43.

Dave