On this day — 16 February
227 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 16 February during the Second World War.
1940
- Leading Aircraftman Frank Birch
- Sergeant Alfred Albert Gilbert Dowle
- Pilot Officer James Joseph Tarlinton
- Sergeant George Hedley Tice
- Sergeant John Howard Wadmore
1941
- Pilot Officer Dudley Sherwood Brooke
- Sergeant Aubrey Jesse Burley
- Pilot Officer David Francis Caird
- Pilot Officer John Derek Chandler
- Pilot Officer Ronald Charles Dodgshun
- Sergeant Alfred Flockhart
- Sergeant Alexander Thomas Holden Gillanders
- Leading Aircraftman Ian Samuel Gordon
- Sergeant William Hobden
- Pilot Officer Horace Arthur Nevett
- Leading Aircraftman Arthur Spencley
- Flight Sergeant Sybrandt Johannes Van Der Spuy
1942
- Aircraftman 1st Class George Abbotts
- Sergeant John Milroy Ambler
- Sergeant James Edward Andrews
- Sergeant George Albert Anson
- Sergeant Edward Anstee
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth Ashurst
- Pupil Pilot Bayley
- Flying Officer Sidney Birch
- Sergeant Joseph Marcel Bonnefin
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Hulbert Bottrill
- Leading Aircraftman Frederick Henry Bovingdon
- Sergeant Walter Albert Bullock
- Sergeant Colin David Evander Campbell
- Leading Aircraftman Edward John Carroll
- Sergeant Eric Chatt
- Pilot Officer James Thomas Bartle Clough
- Flight Sergeant William Paterson Connell
- Sergeant John Croll
- Leading Aircraftman Maurice Crowther
- Corporal Eric John Datson
- Sergeant Walter James Davey
- Aircraftman 1st Class Walter John Elton
- Flight Sergeant Wendell Wilburn Fairbrother
- Sergeant Clifford James Foote
- Sergeant Noel Sherrin Geappen
- Flight Sergeant John Winslow Alexander Giffin
- Sergeant Donald James Gosbell
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Wilfred Hampson
- Pilot Officer Edwin Morris Hooper
- Flying Officer Gordon Ralph Jenkins
- Flight Sergeant Anthony Lionel Ely Johnston
- Sergeant Reginald Andrew Kemp
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Joseph William Last
- Leading Aircraftman Eric John Lawrence
- Sergeant Kenneth Lincoln
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Alan March
- Sergeant Norman Martin
- Pilot Officer Hugh Maxwell McGill
- Sergeant George McIntyre
- Flight Sergeant George Ronald Millar
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Frank Arthur Moore
- Wing Commander Norman George Mulholland
- Pilot Officer Allan O'Brien
- Sergeant Frederick Stanley Partridge
- Pilot Officer Noel Francis William Paul
- Sergeant Arthur George Edward Pearce
- Leading Aircraftman Frederick Poole
- Sergeant Walter Powell
- Sergeant John Gerald Purcell
- Sergeant Gordon Frederick George Rackstraw
- Sergeant Peter Harding Roan
- Sergeant John Morton Roberts
- Sergeant Andrew Ross
- Sergeant John Douglas Sandilands
- Leading Aircraftman Albert Jack Skinner
- Sergeant John Anthony Steele
- Sergeant Walter Brian Stehr
- Corporal David Henry Sumner
- Pilot Officer Eustace Stanley Garrard Sweeting
- Flying Officer Thomas Lancelot Threlkeld
- Flight Sergeant Peter Henry George Webster
- Sergeant Arthur Reginald Wills
- Sergeant John Arthur Woodroffe
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Ernest Charles Wratten
- Sergeant Walter Robert Wren
1943
- Aircraftman 1st Class Clarence Fred Brown
- Flight Lieutenant Orlan Roderick Brown
- Flying Officer James Stenhouse Brydon
- Sergeant Douglas Campbell
- Sergeant Douglas Eric Cardwell
- Flying Officer Edward Henry Cave-browne
- Flying Officer Stuart McIntyre Connacher
- Flight Lieutenant Vaughan Gothrick Welsby Engstrom
- Sergeant John Findlater
- Sergeant Herbert Charles Ford
- Flying Officer Lionel Edward Charles Gagnon
- Warrant Officer Frederick Cleveland Gallop
- Leading Aircraftman Barry Fitzgerald Garrad
- Flying Officer Arnold Irwin Gilson
- Leading Aircraftman Thomas Joseph Goodwin
- Corporal Lionel Gregory-allen
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Wilfred Hallworth
- Flying Officer Norman John Patrick Hartney
- Sergeant Hubert Frederick Haslock
- Sergeant Frederick William Hawkins
- Leading Aircraftman Arthur Lewis
- Flight Sergeant Arthur James Cedric Mason
- Aircraftman 1st Class William Samuel Mills
- Flight Sergeant William Cuthbert Morton
- Pilot Officer Wilfred Ronald Neville
- Sergeant James Patrick Power
- Flying Officer John Duncan Robertson
- Warrant Officer Class II Willard Kennedy Rosenberry
- Flying Officer Richard Harding Stent
- Flight Lieutenant John Geoffrey Stephenson
- Pilot Officer Alexander William Stubbs
- Sergeant John Howard Surtees
- Sergeant Glenwood Alexander Taylor
- Corporal Arthur Leonard Frederick Tucker
- Warrant Officer Frederick Westcott
- Sergeant Walter Donald Williamson
- Sergeant John Charles Woodward
- Pilot Officer John Charles Harley Young
1944
- Aircraftman 1st Class Walter Bailey
- Flying Officer Hugh Alastair Yuille Barkley
- Flying Officer Nick John Baron
- Flight Sergeant Jean Bernard Herbert Bienvenue
- Sergeant George Henry Boffey
- Sergeant Derek Murray Arthur Brown
- Sergeant Walter Edward Brown
- Wing Commander John Kenneth Buchanan
- Sergeant Gerrard Caine
- Flight Sergeant Jack Campbell
- Sergeant George Henry Carpenter
- Sergeant Ralph Terence Charles
- Flying Officer Roy Anthony Chilcott
- Sergeant Kenneth Edward Clark
- Sergeant John Percival Victor Cole
- Flying Officer Phillip James Coleman
- Sergeant Bernard Coughlin
- Pilot Officer Reginald William Dickerson
- Sergeant Bernard Downey
- Pilot Officer James Arthur Downs
- Warrant Officer William Walter Duncan
- Flight Lieutenant Allen Richard Dunlea
- Warrant Officer Arthur Frederick Edmonds
- Leading Aircraftman Eliav
- Sergeant Alfred Elkington
- Corporal Dennis Kenneth Evans
- Pilot Officer Charles Henry Melbourne Folkard
- Pilot Officer Edmond Gerard Forde
- Sergeant John Royston Forder
- Warrant Officer Class I James Brown Fowler
- Sergeant William Dennis French
- Pilot Officer Joseph Gilliard
- Sergeant Thomas Harvey Girven
- Sergeant Edward Cuthbert Gornall
- Sergeant Michael Elliott Green
- Leading Aircraftman Stanton James Green
- Sergeant Arthur William Ronald Gross
- Leading Aircraftman Fred Hadrick
- Sergeant Peter Harris
- Sergeant Martin Hartley
- Flight Sergeant Lyle Wilmot Hicks
- Pilot Officer Orville Wesley Hicks
- Sergeant Walter Charles Hills
- Lieutenant Howitz
- Sergeant William Iddon
- Sergeant William Smith Ingram
- Corporal Cyril Jackson
- Pilot Officer James Alexander Jackson
- Sergeant William Neville Jackson
- Flight Sergeant John Douglas McDonnell Jarvis
- Flight Sergeant William Frederick Johnson
- Flight Sergeant John James O'Neil Kennedy
- Pilot Officer Ananda Kularatne
- Pilot Officer Peter Labach
- Flight Sergeant Henry Edward Lambourne
- Sergeant Thomas Graham Leitch
- Flying Officer Ronald Hugh Lewis
- Flying Officer Henry Allen Litherland
- Flight Sergeant Robert Harrison Little
- Leading Aircraftman Percy Loseby
- Pilot Officer William Kilworthy Murray Love
- Pilot Officer Maurice Allan Martin
- Pilot Officer John William Morris
- Pilot Officer Robert Samuel William Morris
- Flight Sergeant Norman Lindsay Newell
- Flying Officer Richard Elwood Padget
- Flying Officer Richard Charles Parry
- Flying Officer William Henry Charles Pateman
- Pilot Officer Basil William Pattle
- Flight Sergeant Felix Owen Warboys Pauley
- Sergeant Arthur Pestell
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Edward Petterson
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Dolphin Price
- Pilot Officer Leslie Thomas Prosser
- Pilot Officer Kevin Alphonsus Robinson
- Flying Officer Robert Mons Rumble
- Flight Lieutenant Robert Nathan Shard
- Pilot Officer Kenneth William Sherlock
- Flight Sergeant James Howie Smart
- Warrant Officer Stanley Edwin Smith
- Flying Officer Alexander Lindsay Sommerville
- Flying Officer Gordon Steinberg
- Pilot Officer Howard Murray Stewart
- Squadron Leader William Watson Strachan
- Flying Officer Robert Claire Stuart
- Sergeant Ronald Stubbings
- Flight Sergeant Roden Wadham Surman
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth Roy Tidmarsh
- Sergeant Clifford Owen Tyler
- Sergeant Norman Walton
- Warrant Officer Class I Lloyd Leslie Whale
- Flight Sergeant Raymond Walter Wheeler
- Sergeant Arnold Whimpenney
- Sergeant Ralph Whitaker
- Sergeant Reginald Alfred Williams
1945
- Leading Aircraftman John Leighton Buttsworth
- Pilot Officer Donald James Campbell
- Warrant Officer Norman Robert Hammond
- Flight Sergeant Claude Hamilton Mansell
- Flight Lieutenant Robert Ambrose Milne
- Flying Officer James David Sharples
- Flying Officer Charles Edward Suffren
- Flying Officer Allan Lloyd Whitney
1946
- Leading Aircraftman Edward John Fletcher
- Flight Lieutenant William Norman House
- Flying Officer Philip Harris Leaver