On this day — 2 January
320 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 2 January during the Second World War.
1940
- Sergeant Robert Ballantyne
- Leading Aircraftman Aldewin Arthur Brown
- Flying Officer Hugh Larmor McLearn Bulloch
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Douglas James Drury
- Leading Aircraftman Walter Greig
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Denis Harry Grove
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Aubrey Hinchliffe
- Sergeant Colin Keiller
- Sergeant William Henry Cecil Kidd
- Sergeant Donald James Kirkness
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Robert Lewis
- Pilot Officer Thomas Spencer Lewis
- Leading Aircraftman Albert John Mantle
- Sergeant John Morrice
- Pilot Officer Michael Vincent Reynolds
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Sidney Herbert Smith
- Sergeant Harry Richard Bennett Wakeham
1941
- Flying Officer Dennis Charles Barrett
- Sergeant Robert Henry Collard
- Sergeant Lenox Atlas Thomas Hawker
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Kinloch
- Sergeant Robert Ernest Rule
- Pilot Officer Alec Maxtone Wright Scott
- Pilot Officer Rocheford Clive Stokes
1942
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Henry Frederick James Burdett
- Sergeant Stanley Charles Johnson
- Flight Sergeant Bernard Peter O'Neill
- Pilot Officer Arthur Hakings Wilkinson
1943
- Sergeant Harry Addinall
- Sergeant John Montague Allen
- Sergeant Jack Holder Atkinson
- Sergeant William Alfred Leslie Babington
- Flight Sergeant Francis Henry Baron
- Sergeant Jack Gordon Stewart Bell
- Sergeant Raymond Britto
- Leading Aircraftman Frederick Arthur Brunton
- Aircraftman 2nd Class George William Chapman
- Flight Sergeant George Alec Coutts
- Warrant Officer Harold Russell Cox
- Pilot Officer John James Alfred Field
- Flying Officer Robert Cyril Finn
- Sergeant Gerald Gray
- Sergeant Edward Falconer Greenshields
- Leading Aircraftman Albert Arthur Harvey
- Sergeant Joseph John Henderson
- Sergeant Walter Frank Hewett
- Sergeant Kenneth Holmes
- Sergeant Edward Jones
- Sergeant Dennis Aubrey Lowman
- Sergeant Francis Harry Lukey
- Flight Sergeant James Robin Mallinson
- Sergeant William Harold McQueen Maxwell
- Leading Aircraftman John Baird McLeod
- Sergeant John Clair McNeill
- Warrant Officer Class II Lewis Beverly Murray
- Aircraftman 1st Class Joseph Graham Myers
- Sergeant Nigel Anthony Plummer
- Aircraftman 1st Class George Thomas Raymond
- Sergeant John Balfour Robertson
- Flight Sergeant Gordon King Ross
- Sergeant Douglas St. Leger Ruempller
- Sergeant Daniel Sims
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Edward Hazer Stanbrook
- Sergeant Robert Arthur Felix Turnbull
- Sergeant Thomas David Watson
- Flying Officer Peter Kersey White
- Sergeant Ronald Paul Wightman
- Sergeant Clarence Elder Wilde
- Sergeant Ernest Harry Woods
1944
- Wing Commander William Abercromby
- Sergeant Richard William Allen
- Sergeant Eric Atkinson
- Flying Officer Roy Barry Baker
- Sergeant Robert Ross Barbour
- Flight Sergeant George Barry
- Aircraftman 1st Class Sydney Herbert Bartrum
- Sergeant George Frederick Kenneth Bedwell
- Flight Sergeant John Bell
- Flying Officer Henry Edward Bennett
- Sergeant Ernest Berry
- Flight Sergeant William Donald Blackwell
- Flying Officer Oldrich Dennis Blaha
- Pilot Officer Charles Edward Blanchette
- Flight Sergeant Jack Ludwig Boeson
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Harold Boettcher
- Flying Officer Alan Richard Bolsover
- Pilot Officer Gerald Peter Robert Bond
- Flying Officer Henry Slade Botell
- Flying Officer William John Bottrell
- Pilot Officer Roland John Bowen
- Flying Officer Richard Frederick Charles Brodie
- Flying Officer James Gilmour Bryson
- Sergeant Edward Nichols Burton
- Flight Sergeant William Charles Butler
- Flight Sergeant Robert Callander
- Sergeant Thomas Calvert
- Flight Sergeant Bruce Clarke Cameron
- Flight Sergeant Norman Davidson Cameron
- Flying Officer Allan Paul Campbell
- Sergeant William Joseph Cant
- Sergeant Michael George Capel
- Sergeant Ralph Chambers
- Sergeant Peter James Charman
- Flight Sergeant Lambert Albert Chester
- Flight Sergeant Roy William Chinery
- Sergeant Peter Chittenden
- Sergeant William John Churcher
- Sergeant Ronald Clark
- Flight Sergeant William Leonard John Clark
- Leading Aircraftman Maxwell John Clarke
- Sergeant George Christie Connon
- Flight Sergeant Cyril Laurie Corbett
- Leading Aircraftman Donald Charles Cove
- Sergeant Norman Willard Crawford
- Flight Lieutenant Ronald Percy Cunningham
- Warrant Officer Class II James Edwin Dalling
- Flying Officer Georges Marie Ghislain De Menten De Horne
- Sergeant Ronald Dickinson
- Flight Sergeant Norman Frederick Dixon
- Flight Sergeant Julian Dobinson
- Flying Officer Thomas Docherty
- Flying Officer Carroll Joseph Donahue
- Flying Officer Thomas Henry Donnelly
- Warrant Officer Class II Willard Lawrence Doran
- Sergeant Ronald Henry Doull
- Pilot Officer James Barry Dunne
- Flight Lieutenant Alfred Herbert Duringer
- Flight Sergeant John Aldridge Dwelly
- Sergeant John Harold Dyer
- Sergeant Stanley Ecclestone
- Sergeant Eric Edge
- Sergeant Frederick Charles Eggleson
- Flight Sergeant John Warren Alexander Farthing
- Sergeant Dudley Sydney Fawcett
- Squadron Leader Rowland Eden Fawcett
- Sergeant William Fleming
- Flight Lieutenant Mervyn Sylvester Fletcher
- Sergeant Ernest Robert Francis
- Pilot Officer Frederick Horace Garnett
- Leading Aircraftman Lawrence Martin Garrahy
- Pilot Officer Thomas Donald Gavin
- Flight Sergeant Henry John Gill
- Pilot Officer Leslie Frank Gill
- Warrant Officer Class II Ernest Israel Glass
- Sergeant Arthur Frederick Gleadle
- Flying Officer John Andrew Goodwin
- Sergeant Jack Bernard Gooravitch
- Pilot Officer Leonard David Gosney
- Flying Officer George Gladstone Aloysious Green
- Sergeant Felix Bernard Grey
- Pilot Officer Clarence Lloyd Gynther
- Warrant Officer Class II William Richard Halloran
- Pilot Officer Christopher Mark Handley
- Flight Sergeant George Mathew Headley
- Sergeant Stanley Henderson
- Warrant Officer Class II Jack Henfrey
- Flight Sergeant Brinley Charles Hinks
- Pilot Officer Edwin Cecil Holbourn
- Sergeant Frank Holland
- Flying Officer Walter Alexander Holmes A'Court
- Flight Lieutenant Cyril Frank Horner
- Flight Sergeant Raymond John Hudson
- Sergeant Basil George Imber
- Lieutenant Marthinus Johannes Jackson
- Squadron Leader Harold Royston Jaggard
- Flight Sergeant George Lloyd James
- Flying Officer Walter John James
- Flight Sergeant William Jenkins
- Sergeant David Richard Jessop
- Sergeant Glyn John
- Pilot Officer George Albert Johnson
- Sergeant Eric Douglas Keene
- Flying Officer Tom William Kempin
- Flying Officer Sidney Ivor Kennedy
- Sergeant Robert Arthur Kidley
- Flight Lieutenant Barrington Armitage Knyvett
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Herbert Lawn
- Sergeant Alexander William Lawrie
- Pilot Officer Stanley Wallace Lawson
- Flying Officer Ronald Edward Lay
- Flying Officer John Erskine Lindsay
- Sergeant George Andrew Litchfield
- Flight Sergeant William Lumsden
- Sergeant Edward Lunniss
- Pilot Officer Percy Robert Lyford
- Flight Lieutenant Douglas Allister Macdonald
- Squadron Leader Isaac Murray Maclean
- Sergeant Anthony Victor Peter Madsen
- Flying Officer Raymond Joseph Alfred Maidstone
- Sergeant Thomas Henry Mallett
- Flight Sergeant Stanley Richard Mattick
- Flying Officer Roger Hanson Mawle
- Flying Officer James Justin McHenry
- Sergeant David McLean
- Sergeant Leslie George Robert Miller
- Flight Sergeant Dennis Arthur Mills
- Sergeant Guy Monk
- Flying Officer Robert Leo Mooney
- Pilot Officer Allan Morassi
- Sergeant Frank Morgan
- Flight Sergeant James Mudie
- Flight Sergeant Jack Murray
- Warrant Officer Class II Theodore Wesley Myers
- Pilot Officer Alex Frederick Nairn
- Sergeant Harry Arthur Norton
- Sergeant Joseph Clement O'Mahony
- Sergeant Patrick Peter O'Meara
- Flying Officer Joseph Campbell Osborne
- Flight Lieutenant Leo Braham Patkin
- Sergeant Henry Patrick
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Barton Pearson
- Sergeant Ernest Montague John Pease
- Flying Officer Colin Reginald Pickworth
- Flight Sergeant Alister Bain Pinching
- Warrant Officer Samuel Thomas Player
- Sergeant Francis William Porteous
- Sergeant Thomas Trevor Powell
- Pilot Officer William Alexander Purvis
- Flying Officer William Raper
- Flight Sergeant Charles Derek Redgrave
- Sergeant James Redhead
- Sergeant Gerald Vincent Roberts
- Squadron Leader Ian Robertson
- Flying Officer William Alfred Robertson
- Flying Officer Aubrey Robinson
- Flight Sergeant William Joseph Roche
- Sergeant Alexander Ross
- Pilot Officer Edwin John Ross
- Sergeant John Raymond Rounding
- Flight Sergeant Reginald William Rowley
- Sergeant Thomas Francis Maude Roxby
- Flight Sergeant Dennis Ernest Russell
- Flight Sergeant Maurice Edward Sadler
- Flying Officer Alexander Jerry Salaba
- Flight Sergeant William Albert Sampey
- Sergeant Emery Savage
- Flight Sergeant Henry Douglas Scott
- Pilot Officer Hugh Mackenzie Scott
- Flying Officer George Edward Sharpe
- Flying Officer Russell Barton Remington Shetliffe
- Flying Officer Alfred Vernon Shirley
- Flight Sergeant James Keith Sinclair
- Sergeant Edward Skelton
- Sergeant Robert Francis Smale
- Sergeant Alexander Gerald Smith
- Sergeant Dennis Leslie Smith
- Flight Sergeant George Edward Smith
- Sergeant Lawrence Frazer Somers
- Sergeant John Frederick Stewart Sterry
- Squadron Leader Ronald George Falconar Stewart
- Flying Officer John Storey
- Flying Officer William Edward Suddick
- Leading Aircraftman Ian Roderick Sutherland
- Sergeant Jack Sutton
- Squadron Leader Albert Edward Taylor
- Warrant Officer Class II Charles William Taylor
- Flight Sergeant Theophilus John Thomas
- Flight Sergeant Frederick Thorington
- Sergeant Victor Nelson Trayler
- Sergeant Ronald Dennis Trett
- Flying Officer Edward Charles Truscott
- Flight Sergeant John Mowbray Turnbull
- Leading Aircraftman Francis William Turner
- Sergeant William Richard Tyrie
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Underwood
- Flight Sergeant Albert Etienne Van Den Broeck
- Squadron Leader Kenneth Frederick Vare
- Pilot Officer Geoffrey Vickers
- Sergeant William Alfred Wall
- Sergeant Herbert Vincent Walmsley
- Flying Officer Geoffrey Ward
- Sergeant Keith Harry Hackney Wardle
- Flight Sergeant Robert George Warwick
- Flying Officer Victor Waterhouse
- Sergeant John Waters
- Pilot Officer Peter Sydney Watt
- Sergeant Ronald Everest Watts
- Sergeant Brian Sidney James West
- Flight Sergeant Ronald William West
- Flying Officer Niels Erik Westergaard
- Flight Lieutenant William John Westwood
- Flying Officer Ernest Arthur Chenery Willard
- Warrant Officer John Theodore Williams
- Sergeant Mervyn Stephen Williams
- Sergeant John Alfred Withington
- Flying Officer James Wordsworth Woods
- Flight Sergeant Godfrey Woolf
- Flight Sergeant Jack Worsdale
- Pilot Officer Thomas Wright
- Pilot Officer Bernard William Zeal
- Sergeant Ronald Zimmer
- Flying Officer Frank Joseph Zubic
1945
- Sergeant Ned Baker
- Sergeant Jack Ernest Benton
- Pilot Officer Richard Hugh Chittim
- Squadron Leader Nathan Crawford
- Sergeant John Dubois
- Flight Sergeant Maurice Vaughn Durling
- Corporal Albert Rudolph Osborne Eardley
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Jason Eberle
- Pilot Officer Stanley Herbert Fitzhenry
- Flying Officer Gerald Edward Geeves
- Sergeant Ronald Hamilton
- Flight Sergeant Maurice William Himmelman
- Flight Sergeant Donald Dunk Hoskins
- Flight Lieutenant James Paul Ogilvie Howard
- Air Sergeant Daniel C. McDougall
- Sergeant William Joseph Morgan
- Sergeant William Cook Muir
- Flight Sergeant Charles Herman Pogson
- Sergeant Ronald Poulsom
- Flying Officer Daniel Clifford Reid
- Flight Lieutenant John Douglas Stubbs
- Sergeant Douglas James Joseph Timms
- Flight Lieutenant Verrell Weatherley
- Warrant Officer Class I Richard Verdun Weston