Airmen and Airwomen

William Flint Beckwith

1913-1971
Air Vice-Marshal
Sitter in 12 portraits

Sir Michael Beetham

1923-2015
Marshal of the Royal Air Force
Sitter in 1 portrait

Donald Clifford Tyndall Bennett

1910-1986
Air Vice-Marshal; Chief Executive of British South American Airways
Sitter in 14 portraits

Faith Bennett

1903-1969
Actress and pilot
Sitter in 4 portraits

George Herman Bennions

1913-2003
Pilot Officer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Constantine Evelyn Benson

died 1960
Air Commodore
Sitter in 1 portrait

Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands

1911-2004
RAF Wing Commander; husband of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands; son of Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Sitter in 1 portrait

Denzil Francis Heriz Biggane ('D.F.H.') Biggane

died 1943
Flying Officer, Bomber Command
Sitter in 5 portraits

Kenneth Biggs

born 1890
Air Vice-Marshal and honorary physician to King George V
Sitter in 5 portraits

Noel Pemberton Billing

1880-1948
Pioneer aviator, inventor, writer and politician
Sitter in 3 portraits

Christopher Neil Hope Bilney

1898-1988
Air Vice-Marshal
Sitter in 1 portrait

Prince Birabongse Bhanudej Bhanubandh (also called 'Prince Bira of Siam' and 'B. Bira')

1914-1985
Thai prince; Formula 1 racing driver
Sitter in 1 portrait

Frank Ronald Bird

1918-1983
Air Vice-Marshal, RAF
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jean Lennox Bird

1912-1957
First woman pilot in the RAF
Sitter in 1 portrait

Harold Arthur Cooper Bird-Wilson

1919-2000
Air Vice Marshal
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Avery ('Billy') Bishop

1894-1956
Air Marshal and recipient of the Victoria Cross
Sitter in 1 portrait

Tom Campbell Black

1899-1936
Aviator
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lilian Bland

1878-1971
Aviator, aeronautical engineer and journalist; designed and constructed the 'Bland Mayfly'
Sitter in 1 portrait

Paul Sandland Blockey

1905-1963
Air Vice-Marshal
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Stewart Blucke

1897-1988
Air Vice-Marshal
Sitter in 3 portraits