George Goodman (RAF officer)

George Ernest Goodman

DFC
Nickname(s)Randy (No. 1 Squadron)
Benny (No. 73 Squadron)[1]
Born(1920-10-08)8 October 1920
Haifa, British Military Administered Palestine
Died14 June 1941(1941-06-14) (aged 20)
near Kambut, Italian Libya
Buried
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch Royal Air Force
Years of service1939–1941
RankFlying Officer
Unit1 Squadron
73 Squadron
Battles / warsWorld War II
AwardsDistinguished Flying Cross

Flying Officer George Ernest Goodman DFC (8 October 1920 – 14 June 1941), nicknamed Randy and Benny, was a Royal Air Force flying ace of the Second World War and one of the Few who flew in the Battle of Britain, credited with ten individual kills and six shared.[2]

  1. ^ "English/British Aces of WW2". Aces of WW2. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  2. ^ Gleize, Jean-Paul (10 October 2013). "The Few...British aces of WW2". Jpgleize.perso.neuf.fr. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2014.