On this day — 27 January
359 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 27 January during the Second World War.
1940
1941
- Lieutenant Edward Alfred Gebhardt
- Air Mechanic Richard Denis Hothersall
- Sergeant Percy Rae Lanchbery
- Sergeant Horace Mitchell
- Sergeant Ernest Arthur Perry
- Sergeant Christopher Brown Thomson
1942
- Flight Sergeant John Smith Blaikie
- Aircraftman 1st Class James Bernard Canty
- Flight Sergeant Charles David Gordon Christian
- Leading Aircraftman Raymond Haslam
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Victor Edwin Collett Jones
- Sergeant Richard John Latham
- Sergeant Maurice Patrick Rusk
- Air Mechanic Simon
- Air Sergeant Ralph Charles Varley
1943
- Sergeant Albert George Allen
- Sergeant George Amos
- Flying Officer Thomas Henry Anthony
- Flight Sergeant Walter Edmund Joseph Austin
- Sergeant George Leslie Banks
- Sergeant Maurice Jean Barbe
- Sergeant Milton Howitt Barnett
- Flight Sergeant Frederick Howard Barrett
- Corporal Eric Courtney Bell
- Pilot Officer Donald Malcolm Bennett
- Sergeant Leonard Bill
- Sergeant Snowdon Cawood Bradley
- Pilot Officer Raymond Arthur Brittingham
- Flight Sergeant Ian George Brodie
- Sergeant John Henry Brooks
- Leading Aircraftman Robert Hardie Bryson
- Sergeant Arthur Victor McDonald Buckingham
- Sergeant William Charles Bush
- Sergeant Adrian Laurence William Cale
- Sergeant Eric William Campbell
- Wing Commander James Gordon Campbell
- Flight Sergeant Robert Alfred Chapman
- Sergeant Richard Clare
- Sergeant Clifford Clarke
- Sergeant Joseph Samuel Cornfield
- Sergeant Ronald Harry Cox
- Flight Sergeant John Currie
- Sergeant John Alexander Daragon
- Sergeant Charles Davies
- Sergeant James George Dawson
- Flight Sergeant Edwin Atholwood Day
- Sergeant Norman Sydney Devereux-mack
- Leading Aircraftman James Downer
- Flying Officer Edward Doyle
- Air Mechanic Du Preez
- Sergeant Ronald Patrick Edwards
- Sergeant Loring Charles Ehrhart
- Sergeant Gordon George Ellis
- Sergeant Ronald Edward Elvin
- Aircraftman 1st Class James Allan Finch
- Sergeant Edward John Forward
- Sergeant John Gibson
- Sergeant John Richard Gilbert
- Sergeant John Alexander Gilpin
- Pilot Officer Arthur Edward Gough
- Pilot Officer Louis Joseph Norfolk Gumbley
- Flight Sergeant Louis James Hammond
- Sergeant Edward Hartley
- Flying Officer John Frederick Herbert
- Lieutenant Gavin Hetherington
- Sergeant Harry Ernest Hole
- Sergeant Albert Edward Holland
- Sergeant Eric Ebsworth Hutchinson
- Sergeant John Maxwell Iliff
- Leading Aircraftman George Henry Ironmonger
- Sergeant William Llewellyn James
- Sergeant James Jones
- Sergeant James Kirby
- Sergeant Alfred Lawrance Kitching
- Pilot Officer Geoffrey Charles Layley
- Sergeant Henry Roy Leadley
- Sergeant Desmond Lewis
- Pilot Officer Dilwyn Llewelyn
- Sergeant Alton Ronald Mackay
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Samuel Mackenzie
- Sergeant Robert Blair Macwilliam
- Aircraftman 1st Class Dennis Mann
- Sergeant Edward Mark
- Sergeant Giles Bacchus Marsh
- Pilot Officer William Mervyn James Matchett
- Sergeant Stanley James Matthews
- Flight Sergeant Joseph Cormack McPherson
- Leading Aircraftman William Melville
- Flying Officer Frank Howard Mitchell
- Pilot Officer Aubrey James Ferris Mortimer
- Sergeant Ralph Muskett
- Pilot Officer Edwin James Harold Nash
- Lieutenant Nieuwoudt
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Walter Francis O'Connell
- Sergeant Harold Bruce Oliver
- Sergeant Charles Michael Page
- Leading Aircraftman John Tweeddale Price
- Flight Sergeant Robert William Rea
- Sergeant Leslie Lindsay Rodgers
- Flight Sergeant Robert James Rogers
- Sergeant Gordon Robert Sedger
- Sergeant Benjamin Shaw
- Sergeant Ronald Shaw
- Sergeant Robert William Shearon
- Sergeant Langdale Francis Simpson
- Flight Sergeant Norman Henry Simpson
- Sergeant Norman George Smith
- Flight Sergeant John Kenneth Swain
- Sergeant George Bussey Tarran
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Ker Taylor
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Alsey Taylor
- Squadron Leader Ronald James Watt
- Warrant Officer Class I Lawrence O'Neill Weakley
- Sergeant Ronald Bainbridge Wetherell
- Sergeant John Edward White
- Sergeant Norman Whitehead
- Sergeant Thomas Henry Williams
- Flight Sergeant John Wallace Wilson
- Sergeant William Haseltine Wood
1944
- Sergeant Ben Ackroyd
- Sergeant John Henry Adams
- Pilot Officer John Adamson
- Flying Officer Robert Hartny Adamson
- Sergeant Eric Henry Alcock
- Flight Lieutenant Selwyn Henry Alcock
- Sergeant Frank George Aldred
- Sergeant Sidney Allan
- Sergeant Richard Anderson
- Flight Sergeant Austin William Archer
- Sergeant Derek Kilgour Ashton
- Flying Officer John Jule Baker
- Pilot Officer Keith Ormond Barnes
- Flight Sergeant Ernest Emmanuel Baron
- Flight Sergeant Douglas George Barrett
- Pilot Officer Harold John Barrons
- Flight Sergeant Ernest Frederick Bartholomew
- Sergeant Kenneth Bartholomew
- Sergeant Charles William Batten
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Andre Beal
- Flying Officer Alan Victor Beetch
- Flight Lieutenant William Noel Belford
- Flying Officer Alvin Donald Gould Bell
- Sergeant Harold Barnard Bell
- Sergeant Alfred Johnson Belton
- Pilot Officer James Gordon Bennett
- Flying Officer Donald Edward Blunt
- Sergeant Harold Boardley
- Corporal Hutson Alexander Boddy
- Sergeant Wilfred Charles Boot
- Pilot Officer Robert Joseph Bradley
- Flight Sergeant Anthony Phillip Brander
- Flight Sergeant William Frederick Brenton
- Sergeant Allan Francis Brett
- Pilot Officer James Graham Broadfoot
- Flight Sergeant Noel George Brodrick
- Pilot Officer Alfred Brooks
- Flight Sergeant Alec Bryce
- Sergeant Stanley Bullamore
- Sergeant Ronald Ernest (ron) Burke
- Sergeant Arthur Leslie True-love Butler
- Flying Officer Thomas Kenneth Canning
- Pilot Officer Alfred Carlson
- Flight Sergeant Frederick Sydney Carran
- Sergeant Ralph Sherwin Chesters
- Flying Officer Frank Stanley Guest Chidgey
- Sergeant Bernard Clark
- Flying Officer John Clark
- Pilot Officer George Clarke
- Flight Sergeant Frederick Ronald Clayton
- Flying Officer Aubrey Edgar Cook
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Anthony Cook
- Sergeant Harry Cookman
- Sergeant John Stanley Hastings Cox
- Sergeant Ronald George Cox
- Flight Sergeant Hugh Howie Craig
- Flying Officer Leslie Wallace Creasey
- Pilot Officer Lloyd Wesley Cuming
- Sergeant Denis Dart
- Flight Lieutenant Leslie George Davis
- Sergeant Stanley Thomas Dean
- Flight Sergeant Bertrand Patrick Dineen
- Flight Lieutenant William Downes Down
- Flight Sergeant Edwin William Ebsworth
- Pilot Officer Harold Ellis
- Sergeant James Falconer
- Warrant Officer Class I Walter Harold Ferris
- Pilot Officer Thomas Victor Finn
- Sergeant Eric Lionel Flemons
- Sergeant Frank William Flower
- Flight Sergeant Gilbert Thomas Foster
- Pilot Officer Clarence William Frauts
- Flying Officer Douglas Ernest French
- Flying Officer Arley Sides Gates
- Flight Sergeant Robert Gould
- Squadron Leader Haydn William Goule
- Sergeant Milford Henry Graham
- Sergeant William Reginald Greenaway
- Pilot Officer Stephen Charles Grugeon
- Pilot Officer Frederick Ernest Halliday
- Flying Officer Ronald William Heal
- Pilot Officer Frank William Heinen
- Flying Officer Duncan Herring
- Sergeant Herbert Hewitt
- Flight Lieutenant William Henry Hewson
- Leading Aircraftman John Daniel Hickey
- Flying Officer Richard Edward Hicks
- Flight Lieutenant Clive Dudley Alfred Highet
- Sergeant Harry Hill
- Flight Sergeant Michael Hogan
- Sergeant Anthony Joe Holdom
- Leading Aircraftman Eric James Holt
- Sergeant Harold Salisbury Howie
- Pilot Officer Donald Leslie Huband
- Flying Officer Stanley Burfield Hunt
- Flight Sergeant Ernest William Joseph Hurley
- Flight Lieutenant Stanley James
- Sergeant John Alan Jefferson
- Flying Officer Hedley Charles Jewell
- Pilot Officer Alfred Ernest Jones
- Flying Officer Frederick Walter Jones
- Sergeant James Michael Jones
- Sergeant Roy Rees Jones
- Sergeant Thomas Henry Jones
- Flight Lieutenant Eldon Eastham Kearl
- Pilot Officer Francis Mostyn Kelleher
- Sergeant Joseph Donald Kennedy
- Pilot Officer James Allan Kerby
- Sergeant John Kerry
- Sergeant Robert Joseph King
- Sergeant Trevor Reginald King
- Squadron Leader James Hughes Kirton
- Sergeant Clifford William Douglas Knight
- Flight Lieutenant Sven Roy Walfrid Laine
- Flying Officer Thomas Charles Laing
- Flying Officer Francis Lucien Florente Marie Lamquin
- Pilot Officer Frank Langley
- Sergeant Wilfred Lawson
- Sergeant John Cottis Lee
- Flight Lieutenant Donald Massingberd Leith-hay-clark
- Flying Officer Alan James Durham Leslie
- Flight Sergeant Frederick Thomas Lovegrove
- Flying Officer Barry Everett Lynn
- Pilot Officer Murdo Norman Macdonald
- Pilot Officer Roy Alderson Mackay
- Sergeant Andrew Wilson Mackenzie
- Sergeant Francis Eugene Maher
- Sergeant Anthony John Manthorpe
- Flight Lieutenant Arthur Tempest Martens
- Flight Sergeant Bernard Kingston Maunsell
- Sergeant Douglas McKechnie
- Flight Sergeant William Robertson McLachlan
- Pilot Officer John Francis McManus
- Sergeant Hugh Harrison Mewburn
- Sergeant Leslie Ronald Herbert Michell
- Leading Aircraftman Leslie Alfred Milner
- Sergeant Keith Molyneux
- Sergeant Michael Mullins
- Sergeant William Valentine Murray
- Sergeant John Edward Novell
- Pilot Officer William Frederick Howard O'Bierne
- Sergeant John Orr
- Warrant Officer Victor George Osterloh
- Sergeant Richard Thomas Ottewell
- Sergeant Dennis Burton Palmer
- Pilot Officer Joseph Paul David Parise
- Pilot Officer William Arnold Park
- Sergeant Ronald Anthony Partridge
- Flying Officer Donald John Paterson
- Flight Sergeant Evan Harvey Paton
- Sergeant Austin Peat
- Sergeant George Alfred Porter
- Warrant Officer Richard John Power
- Sergeant George Prentice
- Sergeant Denis Walter Price
- Sergeant William Leslie Pritchard
- Flying Officer Elmer Reginald Proud
- Sergeant James Thomas Ravenscroft
- Sergeant John Francis Richards
- Flight Sergeant Alan Rooks
- Sergeant William Roy
- Flight Sergeant Austin James Sandford
- Flight Lieutenant Eric Wilfred Sargent
- Captain Saunders
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth Edwin Schiedel
- Flight Sergeant George Henry Scott
- Warrant Officer Henry Frank Searle
- Flight Lieutenant Thomas Robert Shaw
- Warrant Officer Onslow Harold Maxwell Shepherd
- Flight Sergeant Clyde Allison Sherwood
- Flying Officer Dennis Macdonald Sim
- Sergeant Terence Dennis Simpson
- Pilot Officer Alfred Smith
- Squadron Leader Charles Woodward Smith
- Sergeant Morley Frederick Roy Sorton
- Squadron Leader David James Stewart
- Pilot Officer James McLaren Stirling
- Sergeant John Frederick Street
- Sergeant Richard Street
- Sergeant Joseph William Swann
- Sergeant Dennis Alfred Taylor
- Leading Aircraftman Harold Reginald Taylor
- Sergeant William Alfred Taylor
- Flying Officer John Dargavel Teskey
- Flying Officer Morris John Robert Thom
- Flight Sergeant Lewis Thornton
- Sergeant Alfred Thursby
- Pilot Officer George Robert Tomlinson
- Squadron Leader Anthony Traill
- Sergeant Joseph Robert Trasler
- Sergeant Thomas Stanley Trinder
- Sergeant Sidney George Tucker
- Flight Lieutenant Basil Graham Walsh
- Sergeant William Warburton
- Sergeant George West
- Flying Officer Robert Alexander West
- Warrant Officer Class I Godfrey Phillip White
- Pilot Officer Samuel Whiteside
- Sergeant Alan Wiggins
- Flying Officer David Ernest Wills
- Flying Officer Hugh Ross Wilson
- Pilot Officer Robert Perry Wilson
- Pilot Officer Edward Wood
- Flight Sergeant John Francis Worley
- Sergeant Allan Edward Wortley
- Pilot Officer Antony Oliver Wright
- Pilot Officer David Leonard Wright
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Charles Yates
1945
- Corporal Ray Ellis Allen
- Flight Sergeant Lloyd Haig Ames
- Flight Lieutenant George Alexander Anderson
- Sergeant Walter Desmond Boss
- Flight Lieutenant Edward Louis Calder
- Flying Officer Nurden Anderson Chowns
- Flying Officer Peter Wilberforce Clarkson
- Warrant Officer Raymond Herbert Freeman
- Flight Sergeant Walter John Geary
- Flying Officer Harold Allan Hannah
- Leading Aircraftman Charles Weldon Hendershot
- Captain Jennings
- Warrant Officer John Kay
- Leading Aircraftman Victor Owen McKain
- Leading Aircraftman Eric William McLeod
- Warrant Officer Eric Clyde Peacock
- Flying Officer Bruce Lionel Poole
- Leading Aircraftman James David Pugh
- Aircraftman 1st Class John Sustins Stafford
- Leading Aircraftman John Murray Stewart
- Aircraftman 1st Class Brian Joseph Stone
- Aircraftman 1st Class Arthur Hugh Thomas
- Aircraftman 1st Class Harold Hope Thompson
- Flying Officer Charles George Watts
- Warrant Officer Frank Shields Wilson
- Leading Aircraftman Robert Percy Wright