Flying Officer Raimund Sanders Draper (27 December 1913 – 24 March 1943) was a Royal Air Force Fighter Command pilot who gained fame in 1943 after dying in an aircraft crash in Hornchurch, Essex.

Flying Officer Raimund Sanders Draper, known as "Smudge", was an American volunteer World War II Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot of No.

As the plane headed for Suttons School, just 530 yards (480 m) from the airfield perimeter,[2] Draper put the nose down and forced the aircraft into the ground short of the main building.

From the Boys School Daily Log, Wednesday, 24 March 1943: At 10.45 am an aircraft crashed on the playing field, the main parts being ricocheted onto the drive, fragments breaking a total of 9 windows in three classrooms.

Richard Barton (CL2) received a cut on the leg from flying glass needing medical attention and five boys were treated from primary shock.

[6] The school will return to its rightful name of Sanders Draper in September 2021 following a drive for this from new Headteacher Mr Brooks and the Success For All Educational Trust which had the full backing of the local community.

His birth date is shown as 27 December 1913 on the Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate, which he received from the Airwork School of Flying on 16 June 1936 in Great Britain.