If the question is "who is the most iconic" then it must be Bader. No question.
He's probably the only one any member of the general public would be able to name. Few outside the realms of aviation groupies like us have even heard of Cheshire or Park, let alone Malan. There might be a different answer to "most influential" etc, but that is not what's been asked.
And why "God forbid"? He's simply the best known = iconic. Fact.