Surviving veteran fighter pilots

[CaptainAficionado]

I am currently working on a personal project where I am compiling information about the Allied and Axis fighter forces during WW2. Part of this is for a novel I am working on, part of this is to help a couple of writing friends who are working on their own novels but are too busy to do large amounts of research due to other commitments.

I need to know if and/or where I can contact some veteran fighter pilots who served in the RAF, the USAAF, or even the RNZAF during WW2. Since the passing of four quite well known fighter pilots in recent months, I have now realised that time is not a luxury I have, and with the number of veterans dwindling every day, I'm in a bit of a hurry to find these men and gather the information I need before they are all gone.

While it appears that Chuck Yeager can be contacted by email via his website, he might not be able to reply due to a busy schedule or other commitments, so I would like to know how I can contact other USAAF veterans. I would also like to be able to contact some RAF and RNZAF veterans as well. They don't necessarily have to be aces (although that would be nice), just veterans who flew fighter planes during the war and who retain a good enough memory to be able to share their experiences.

Because my friends and I are writers, we will need plenty of detail about the daily lives of fighter pilots and all the various protocols and procedures they followed. We have already managed to acquire a decent amount of information, but there are still many gaps in our knowledge that need to be filled, and nothing can really compare to sitting down and interviewing (or at least writing to) the men who were actually there. As stated above, it is also preferable that the men I contact have a good enough memory to be able to share their experiences.

Any leads would be appreciated.