On this day — 24 February
312 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 24 February during the Second World War.
1940
- Leading Aircraftman George Arthur Carter
- Pilot Officer William Bruce Hunter
- Pilot Officer Peter Francis Napier Lomax
- Leading Aircraftman Arthur William Lynch
- Aircraftman 2nd Class George Marshall
- Aircraftman 1st Class Stanley Samuel Outten
- Pilot Officer Reginald Jerveland Whitmarsh
1941
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Norman Arthurs
- Pilot Officer Earl Hector Atkins
- Leading Aircraftman Joseph Edward Bennett
- Sergeant William David Gordon Bond
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Sidney Calvert
- Sergeant Stanley Charlton
- Sergeant Garnett Couzens
- Aircraftman 1st Class Harold Davenport
- Sergeant Cyril Edgar Donehue
- Aircraftman 1st Class Sydney William Donnelly
- Pilot Officer George Henry Green
- Flight Lieutenant Robert Frederick Halliwell
- Leading Aircraftman Phillip Leslie Jackson
- Sergeant John Henry Scott Jacobs
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Harold James Johnson
- Aircraftman 1st Class James Keatings
- Sergeant Albert Edward Law
- Sergeant Malcolm Francis Lloyd
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Frederick William Morgan
- Sergeant Neil Morrison
- Pilot Officer Herbert Mundy
- Flight Lieutenant Austin Fletcher Pain
- Sergeant Geoffrey Leo Pitman
- Squadron Leader William Frederick Quilliam
- Pilot Officer Sidney Guy Rodd
- Corporal Denis Theodore Teed
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Victor Desmond Thorp
- Sergeant Charles Albert Venn
- Sergeant Percy Yeomans Walker
1942
- Sergeant John Alfred Acaster
- Corporal Raymond James Adams
- Sergeant Geoffrey Hamilton Anderson
- Sergeant Reginald Stephen Anderson
- Sergeant Donald Barkway
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Ronald Barnes
- Sergeant George Andrew Barnett
- Sergeant Alexander Sherlock Beard
- Squadron Leader Ernest Victor Beaumont
- Leading Aircraftman Maxwell Dawson Raymond Berghouse
- Sergeant Kenneth William Bevan
- Sergeant Albert William Blake
- Flight Lieutenant Crelin Arthur Walford Bodie
- Sergeant Cyril Norman Bower
- Aircraftman 1st Class Henry Charles Malcolm Bower
- Sergeant Hubert Brown
- Warrant Officer Thomas Lowes Calvert
- Wing Commander Alexander Nelson Cole
- Pilot Officer Herbert Lionel Cox
- Sergeant William Alexander Croft
- Leading Aircraftman Robert Davidson
- Pilot Officer Keith Selwyn Davies
- Sergeant James Robert Dobson
- Flight Sergeant Lord Bruce Thomas Dundas
- Flying Officer Michael Whittam Edwards
- Sergeant Karl Hugo Eklund
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth Evan John Evans
- Pilot Officer Robert Douglas Fairbairn
- Aircraftman 1st Class Leonard Leslie Farrands
- Leading Aircraftman George Lancelot Formby
- Sergeant Geoffrey William Franks
- Leading Aircraftman John Gilbert Frost
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Edward Gavin
- Warrant Officer Charles Sydney Gill
- Leading Aircraftman Leslie William Gillan
- Leading Aircraftman Cyril Grainger
- Leading Aircraftman William Joseph Hogan
- Sergeant Ronald Charles Hook
- Sergeant Stanley Arthur Kent
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Kreut
- Leading Aircraftman Neville Arthur Loginoff
- Sergeant Ian Mackenzie
- Pilot Officer Thady Brian Macnamara
- Leading Aircraftman Caldwell Harvey McCredie
- Sergeant Alexander William McGarva
- Sergeant John McKenna
- Sergeant Stanley Ronald McLeod
- Sergeant Joseph Mercer
- Sergeant William Brown Moffat
- Leading Aircraftman John William Moore
- Leading Aircraftman Sydney Moore
- Sergeant Francis Charles O'Connor
- Flying Officer David Arnold Ray
- Sergeant Ralph Handel Richardson
- Sergeant Raymond John Richardson
- Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Lawrence Roscoe
- Sergeant Jack Rostern
- Sergeant Alastair Ritchie Burrett Rylatt
- Sergeant William Tyndall Sheppard
- Flight Sergeant Leslie Robert Sinclair
- Sergeant Bernard Charles Smith
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Clifford Frank Smith
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Stirrup
- Sergeant Robert Keith Swann
- Sergeant Allan Arthur Tearnan
- Pilot Officer Donald Allen Tedford
- Sergeant Peter Anthony Thomas
- Sergeant Sydney Bell Wilson
1943
- Flying Officer Philip Bosloy
- Flight Sergeant Peter Comrie
- Flight Sergeant George Alexander Croall
- Pilot Officer Richard John Secord Dawson
- Sergeant Francis Raymond Hathaway
- Corporal William John P. Hocking
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Richard Winley Hosick
- Flight Lieutenant William Clayton Hunter
- Sergeant Kenneth Jenner
- Flight Sergeant Harold Chester Johnson
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Ernest Hubert Laudrum
- Aircraftman 2nd Class George Little
- Sergeant Edgar Macmillan
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Thomas Donald Mathews
- Leading Aircraftman Norman Patterson
- Sergeant Richard Pearson
- Warrant Officer Class II David Ronald Rhea
- Air Mechanic Robertson
- Flight Sergeant Maurice Medcalf Rowe
- Warrant Officer Class II John Joseph Slabick
- Sergeant Robert Harold Spurr
- Aircraftman 1st Class Francis James Stagg
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Ralph Arthur Stanbrook
- Aircraftman 1st Class Andrew Stewart
- Sergeant Daniel Sutherland
- Aircraftman 2nd Class James Christopher Whiston
1944
- Sergeant Frederick James Abery
- Flight Sergeant Robert William Airey
- Warrant Officer Class II George Albert Andrews
- Flight Sergeant Leslie Noel Atkinson
- Flying Officer Eugene Herman Barbet
- Flight Sergeant Percival Valentine Bashford
- Sergeant William Scott Beevers
- Warrant Officer Class I Earl Theodore Bell
- Sergeant William Henry Bell
- Leading Aircraftman Harry Bennett
- Flying Officer John Dawson Blencowe
- Flight Sergeant Francis Gerald Durrant Bloom
- Sergeant Cyril Bolder
- Sergeant Bobbie Bolt
- Flying Officer Idris Edward Bolton
- Flight Lieutenant John Gordon Broder
- Flight Sergeant John Francis Brown
- Sergeant John William Brown
- Pilot Officer Harold Henry Bruhns
- Flying Officer Noel George Burnell
- Sergeant Owen Alfred Burrluck
- Sergeant Francis Charles Butler
- Flight Sergeant Laurie Licence Butler
- Leading Aircraftman Donald Joseph Byrne
- Flying Officer Hudson Cecil Campbell
- Flight Sergeant John Arthur Lloyd Carmichael
- Flight Sergeant Leonard Charles Casper
- Sergeant Arthur Frederick Challinor
- Flying Officer Frederick Chambers
- Sergeant John Marcel Charlier
- Flying Officer Ronald William Welch Coggins
- Sergeant Ronald Jack (ron) Colley
- Flight Lieutenant Arthur Vincent Collins
- Flying Officer John Buller Colthurst
- Sergeant William Corner
- Sergeant Royston William Cottrell
- Flying Officer Ernest Edgar Cyril Davies
- Pilot Officer George James Denson
- Flying Officer Thomas Geoffrey Dixon
- Flying Officer Charles Sidney Duncan
- Sergeant John McClymont Dunlop
- Pilot Officer Douglas Joseph Eastham
- Sergeant Harold Eaton
- Flight Sergeant Francis John Everett
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Cedric Ferguson
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Philip Henry Fricker
- Flying Officer Norman Ray Gamble
- Sergeant Sidney Harry Geake
- Flight Sergeant Frank Stephen Godden
- Flight Sergeant James Kendall Goodfellow
- Leading Aircraftman Bruce Moore Gordon
- Flight Sergeant Jack William Goulbourn
- Sergeant Joseph George Gowans
- Pilot Officer John Carter Grindrod
- Sergeant Clarence Walter Gugins
- Sergeant Robert Ewen Hall
- Sergeant James Johnston Hanley
- Sergeant James William Harry
- Flight Sergeant John Cameron Harthill
- Sergeant Stanley Hayes
- Sergeant David Houston Hearton
- Flight Sergeant Clifford Berger Hopgood
- Sergeant Samuel Hopkinson
- Flight Lieutenant James Clement Hornby
- Leading Aircraftman Leslie Alfred Horsnaill
- Pilot Officer Alfred Henry Hullah
- Flight Sergeant William Unitt Humphreys
- Sergeant Matthew Alan Hutchinson
- Flight Lieutenant George Proudfoot Irvine
- Pilot Officer Douglas Jackson
- Sergeant Samuel Desmond Jeavons
- Flight Lieutenant Frank Noel Jenkin
- Leading Aircraftman Richard Johnstone
- Flying Officer Vernon Llewelyn Bowen Jones
- Pilot Officer Solomon Kay
- Flying Officer Harold Leon Kemp
- Flight Sergeant Peter Kennedy
- Flying Officer William Elmer Kennedy
- Pilot Officer Frederick George Langford
- Flight Sergeant Francis Thomas Langley
- Flight Sergeant Thomas James Lightfoot
- Pilot Officer Stephan August Loftson
- Warrant Officer Class II Alfred Joseph Long
- Flight Lieutenant William John Hamilton Love
- Sergeant Peter Luscombe-armstrong
- Sergeant Henry Anthony Montagu Lyons
- Sergeant George John Macpherson
- Sergeant Peter Mallon
- Sergeant David Waldie Marshall
- Sergeant William Percy Martin
- Flight Sergeant William Thomas Martin
- Sergeant Herbert Alfred Masters
- Flying Officer Charles McAllister
- Sergeant Thomas McCall
- Pupil Pilot John McGregor
- Flying Officer William Bryce McLaren
- Flying Officer John Dunch McMillan
- Sergeant Maurice Herbert Messenger
- Lieutenant Meyer
- Flight Sergeant Stanley Isidore Miller
- Flying Officer Peter Roy Mitchell
- Sergeant Kenneth Morley
- Sergeant Frank Ronald Morton
- Flying Officer James Gerald Moxham
- Pilot Officer Stanley William George Neighbour
- Sergeant Andrew Christopher Neville
- Sergeant Leonard Edward Parker
- Pilot Officer Raymond George Cuthbert Payne
- Flight Sergeant Leonard Charles Pillinger
- Flying Officer Geoffrey Thomas Raymond
- Flight Sergeant Percy George Frank Redstone
- Sergeant Alexander Pettigrew Reid
- Flight Lieutenant Alan Morgan Rhodes
- Flying Officer William Thomas Gudlaugur Robinson
- Sergeant David Daniel Roblin
- Pilot Officer Francis Richard Rohrer
- Sergeant George William Rugg
- Flying Officer Ernest Ryan
- Sergeant Donald William Sangster
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Hartley Sawtell
- Pilot Officer Meyer Edsel Schwartz
- Pilot Officer Andrew Ian Sinclair
- Sergeant Henry Samuel Slow
- Sergeant Robert Forsyth Smith
- Pilot Officer Desmon Byrne Snape
- Sergeant Duncan Ernest Stewart
- Pilot Officer James Gordon Stewart
- Sergeant Douglas Gibbs Strachan
- Flight Sergeant Joseph Henry Sullivan
- Sergeant Woolf Jack Summers
- Warrant Officer Class I Robert William Taylor
- Flying Officer William Oliver Thompson
- Sergeant Colin Barry Todd
- Sergeant Cyril Wallace Langford Tongue
- Sergeant James Dudley Topple
- Sergeant Patrick Anthony Turner
- Flight Sergeant Francis Wadge
- Flying Officer Alexander Watt Walker
- Sergeant John Walter Wasteney
- Leading Aircraftman Richard Howard Watt
- Pilot Officer Roy Edward Whitebeard
- Sergeant Eric Arthur Wilkes
- Sergeant Albert John Wolfe
- Sergeant William Arthur Wood
- Pilot Officer James Michael Woodburn
- Sergeant Herbert Huson Wright
- Leading Aircraftman Norman Alistair Tulloch Wright
- Flying Officer Charles Joseph Yates
1945
- Pilot Officer Raymond Clifford Brown
- Flight Sergeant Patrick John Paul Carlon
- Flying Officer Frederick Einar Casher
- Flying Officer Joseph Alfred Emile Thomas Cousineau
- Pilot Officer Charles Cleghorn Brockie Craigie
- Warrant Officer Francis Herbert Dix
- Flight Lieutenant Joseph Garrett Doyle
- Flight Sergeant William Francis Duncan
- Flying Officer Vivian Clive Ely
- Pilot Officer James Gallagher
- Aircraftman 1st Class Robert Orr Grant
- Warrant Officer Norman Joseph Hall
- Flying Officer Clifford Seymour Hart
- Flying Officer John Hubert Hering
- Pilot Officer William Harvey Jones
- Flying Officer Desmond Noel Kehoe
- Sergeant Morton Lawrence
- Flight Lieutenant Donald Scott Macnabb
- Pilot Officer Angus Albert McGrath
- Flight Sergeant David Julius Irwin McLeod
- Flying Officer Bernard Andrew Morgan
- Corporal Douglas Raymond Nelson
- Warrant Officer Ernest Ronald William Oliver
- Flying Officer Paul Pokryfka
- Captain Frederick George Pratt
- Flight Lieutenant Allan John Rate
- Warrant Officer Jack Maldwin Roberts
- Flying Officer Clifford Douglas Robinson
- Pilot Officer Lewis Alexander Russell
- Flight Sergeant Murray Arthur Smith
- Pilot Officer Victor Joseph Trunk