| KAMIKAZE | One of a group of Japanese aircraft pilots of the Special Attack Unit in the Second World War who performed suicidal missions |
| STRIKEFORCE | *Ready-to-attack unit |
| DEGAULLE | Charles _, leader of the Free French Forces in the Second World War who later became president of France (2,6) |
| WAUGH | Captain in the Royal Marines during the Second World War who wrote novels including Decline and Fall |
| EICHMANN | During World War II, who (Adolf ___) was in charge of "the final solution of the Jewish problem"? (8) |
| CHINDIT | Member of the special forces group created and commanded by Orde Wingate in the Burma Campaign of World War II (7) |
| AUDIE | ___ Murphy, most decorated US combat soldier of World War II, who became an actor after the war (5) |
| ALAINFOURNIER | French author killed in action during the First World War who wrote the novel Le Grand Meaulnes (5-8) |
| WELLS | Dolly -----, one of the special guests featuring in Around the World in 80 Days (5) |
| DOUGLAS | Capital of the Isle of Man and seat of the Tynwald; or, a poet of the Second World War who wrote Vergissmeinnicht (forget-me-not) and the memoir Alamein to Zem Zem (7) |
| FLIER | A special rifle for a pilot of the aircraft (5) |
| DANDARE | "The Pilot of the Future" whose stories were features in the Eagle comic from 1950 to 1967 (3,4) |
| GARYPOWERS | Pilot of the US U-2 spy plane shot down in the Soviet Union in 1960 (4,6) |
| CHUCKYEAGER | Pilot of the experimental Bell X-1 aircraft, which made the first supersonic air flight in 1947 (5,6) |
| KAMIKAZES | Japanese aircraft in World War II deliberately crashing on enemy ships (9) |
| ALDRIN | Pilot of the Eagle for its 1969 Moon landing, second man to walk on the Moon (6) |
| PARABOLA | Did a member of the special forces throw up a curve ball? (8) |
| ONE | Thoughtful study of RAF pilots, ... Of Our Aircraft Is Missing |
| AONBS | Abbreviation of the special conservation designations applied to Quantock Hills, Cotswolds, Cranborne Chase or the Wye Valley (1,1,1,1,1) |
| DAREDEVIL | Pilot of the future lived in retirement as a human cannonball (9) |
