Flying Officer Alexander Roman Zatonski (1 November 1915 – MIA 6 December 1941) was an American[1] pilot who flew with the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain in World War II.

[2] He was one of 11 American[3] pilots who flew with RAF Fighter Command between 10 July and 31 October 1940, thereby qualifying for the Battle of Britain clasp to the 1939–45 campaign star.

On 28 August 1940, flying from RAF Biggin Hill, he was shot down over Hythe, Kent in his Hurricane P2718, parachuting into the English Channel, badly burned and with a leg injury.

On his second flight on 6 December 1941, Zatonski did not return from an engagement with Messerschmitt Bf 109s of I and II/JG27 over the Cyrenaican border and was reported as missing in action.

No trace of his plane or body has ever been located and he is remembered on the Alamein Memorial.