On this day — 23 March
273 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 23 March during the Second World War.
1940
- Flying Officer Lancelot Gordon Bowler
- Sergeant Maurice Charles Cotterell
- Sergeant Leslie Arthur Green
- Sergeant Ronald Jesse Harbour
- Sergeant Walter Lewis
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Kenneth Charles Winterton
1941
- Flying Officer Macdonald Joseph Andrews
- Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Herbert (ken) Beale
- Sergeant Cecil Roy Evans
- Sergeant Joseph Forster
- Pilot Officer Irvine Scott Owen Gaze
- Sergeant Frederick Gibbs
- Sergeant Eric Harold Harvey
- Flight Lieutenant Sedgebert Herschel Joelson
- Sergeant Victor Sydney Key
- Sergeant Cecil Hubert King
- Sergeant David Kirkland
- Sergeant C. Francis Xavier Leighton
- Sergeant George Sutherland Murray Macleod
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Harold Major
- Sergeant James Dennison McCallum
- Sergeant Robert Friar Murphy
- Pilot Officer Anthony William Bright Newman
- Leading Aircraftman Leslie James Prior
- Leading Aircraftman Arthur Quarmby
- Sergeant David Arthur Taylor
- Flying Officer Clifford Vernon Walters
- Sergeant Harry Willis
- Sergeant Maurice Frederick Woodhams
1942
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Shenton Andrus
- Lieutenant Bennett
- Leading Aircraftman Sydney Brown
- Sergeant Lloyd Donald James Crozier
- Sergeant Thomas Dunbar Dakin
- Sergeant George Walter Dawson
- Flight Sergeant Maurice Daniel Gallagher
- Flight Sergeant Edward James Graham
- Leading Aircraftman Emerson Philip Harris
- Leading Aircraftman Donald Francis Hood
- Aircraftman 1st Class John William Hooper
- Sergeant Donald George James Horsburgh
- Leading Aircraftman George Gerald Joseph Hower
- Squadron Leader Joseph Ronald Jackson
- Flight Sergeant Clyde Homer Jay
- Sergeant Johnston
- Air Sergeant Kincaid
- Aircraftman 2nd Class William Fisher Laurence
- Flying Officer Norman Kennedy Lee
- Sergeant John Royston Maddern
- Flight Sergeant William Murray Mason
- Aircraftman 2nd Class McBride
- Flying Officer Hugh Martin McGuffie
- Sergeant Harry Naoum
- Leading Aircraftman Peter Francis Edward Newland
- Flight Sergeant Patrick Gerard O'Brien
- Flight Sergeant Robert Reginald Oliver
- Aircraftman 1st Class Francis William Palmer
- Flight Sergeant Elmer Joseph Frederick Paquette
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Harry Vincent Pardow
- Leading Aircraftman Joseph John Price
- Flight Sergeant Melvin Frederick Ramsey
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Walter Richardson
- Pilot Officer Alfred Donald Saunders
- Aircraftman 1st Class Norman William Saunders
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Edward John Benedict Smith
- Major Ritchie Tennant
- Flight Sergeant Raymond Joseph Thompson
- Sergeant James Gordon Wright
- Sergeant Stephen Youngs
1943
- Warrant Officer Class II William James Arnold
- Flight Sergeant Alexander John Baillie
- Pilot Officer Arthur Dennis Bebbington
- Sergeant Frederick William Boustead
- Flying Officer Albert Henry Bowler
- Corporal William John Brewer
- Leading Aircraftman Lloyd Edward Briggs
- Sergeant Lloyd George Burry
- Warrant Officer Class II Robert Franklin Cavers
- Pilot Officer George Cojocar
- Leading Aircraftman Colin Thomas Cooper
- Warrant Officer Class II Clarence Lummis Copping
- Sergeant Basil John France Crook
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Thomas Desmond Cummins
- Warrant Officer Class II Wilfred John Dawson
- Leading Aircraftman Denis Gerard Degryse
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Cyril Vernon Thomas Dixon
- Sergeant Henry Cavell Duckmanton
- Pilot Officer Albert Eastwood
- Warrant Officer Class I Carlo Ernesto Ferro
- Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Thomas Raleigh Francis
- Sergeant Cameron Charles Gamble
- Leading Aircraftman Stanley Arthur Joyce Garner
- Flying Officer John Gordon Green
- Pilot Officer Andrew William Joseph Grellis
- Pilot Officer Ronald Ross Grimes
- Aircraftman 1st Class Frank Hallek
- Warrant Officer Class II Louis Laurent Hamelin
- Squadron Leader Mervyn Horatio Herbert
- Sergeant Samuel Robert Outra Hermon
- Sergeant Frank Heywood
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Wilfred James Hollis
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Walter Eric Medway Horn
- Pilot Officer William John Hough
- Sergeant Douglas Robert Jeffrey
- Leading Aircraftman Andrew Thomas Kidd
- Sergeant Norman Reginald Knights
- Sergeant Henry William Little
- Flying Officer Terrence James Marriott
- Sergeant Donald Marsden
- Sergeant Richard Price Marvin
- Sergeant Eric Charles Meredith
- Warrant Officer Class II Richard Glover Montgomery
- Flying Officer Archibald McMeekin Paton
- Leading Aircraftman Albert Francis Phillips
- Flying Officer Robert Albert Phillips
- Flight Sergeant William Vernon Rattee
- Aircraftman 1st Class William Thomas Reeks
- Flying Officer John Stanley Renouf
- Aircraftman 1st Class Francis Riley
- Sergeant Robert Rutherford
- Flying Officer Owen Albert Smith
- Pilot Officer William Austin Smith
- Warrant Officer Class II Frank Spino
- Leading Aircraftman Harold George Stafford
- Flying Officer Frank Stuart
- Flight Sergeant Mervin Elwood Tarrant
- Flying Officer Ronald Sidney Tedder
- Sergeant David Warren Thomas
- Squadron Leader John Anthony Tinne
- Flying Officer Charles Leroy Tripp
- Sergeant Wilfred Archibald Upston
- Sergeant Earle Clinton Vance
- Corporal Albert William Given Watson
- Flying Officer Richard John Weatherhead
- Air Vice Marshal Robert Parker Musgrave Whitham
- Warrant Officer William Angus Woodman
- Leading Aircraftman Seth Wright
- Flying Officer William Christian Zapfe
1944
- Flying Officer William Douglas Armour
- Sergeant Charles Henry Bagot
- Flight Sergeant John Edward Beaman
- Flight Lieutenant John Rogers Beckett
- Pilot Officer Alexander Matthew James Bell
- Sergeant Leonard Douglas Blackford
- Flight Lieutenant Henry Herbert Bow
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Sydney John Brandon
- Sergeant Eric Maxwell Bretscher
- Flying Officer John Daniel Brown
- Sergeant William Frederick Burkitt
- Flight Lieutenant Harry Clegg Butler
- Sergeant Edward James Cave
- Flying Officer Simon Russell Cooke
- Sergeant Elwyn Crosland
- Flying Officer Vance Everett Cross
- Flying Officer Dennis William Crouch
- Sergeant Joseph William Day
- Flying Officer Charles Firmin Joseph Detal
- Flying Officer Joseph Lloyd Dobbyn
- Flight Sergeant Cedric John Edmonds
- Flight Sergeant Arthur John Elliott
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Ethelbert Edward Ellis
- Aircraftman 1st Class Stanley Alfred Gaydon Elvy
- Flying Officer Evan Elwyn Evans
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Finch
- Flight Sergeant Leonard Shelton Flamer-caldera
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Frith
- Sergeant William Russell Gillespie
- Sergeant David Gilmore
- Sergeant Norman Joseph Goss
- Sergeant John Grady
- Leading Aircraftman Eric George Harding
- Sergeant Ernest Charles Elam Harris
- Flight Sergeant George Harvie
- Sergeant George Haugh
- Flying Officer James White Hearn
- Flying Officer Clinton George Hetherington
- Sergeant Richard Douglas Hinton
- Leading Aircraftman Thomas Vince House
- Flying Officer Oliver Lawerence Ismay Howard
- Flying Officer Harold Thomas Jackson
- Sergeant John Robert Jackson
- Flight Sergeant Norman Jennings
- Flight Sergeant Bertram John Jones
- Leading Aircraftman Robert Desmond Heath Jones
- Flight Lieutenant Gerald Bernard Leddy
- Flying Officer Albert Edward Manning
- Sergeant John Marsden
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Lloyd Mason
- Warrant Officer Ernest David McFarlane
- Leading Aircraftman Owen Joseph McGowan
- Flying Officer John Finlay Mitchell
- Flight Sergeant Desmond Ronald Molan
- Sergeant Ernest Percy Moore
- Flying Officer Alan Ralph Morris
- Flight Sergeant James Aloysious Mullally
- Flight Sergeant David Logan Munro
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Arnold Neville
- Leading Aircraftman Leslie John Nicholls
- Flying Officer Andrew Frederick O'Keefe
- Flying Officer Walter Henry Oldfield
- Group Captain Pleasance
- Flight Sergeant Walter Charles Pope
- Flying Officer Walter Mansell Rawbone
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Robert Edward Harry Regent
- Sergeant Greenwood Gee Ridyard
- Aircraftman 1st Class Edward Louis D'Esterre Roberts
- Flight Sergeant Alan Weir Struan Robertson
- Warrant Officer Norman Alfred Royal
- Leading Aircraftman Jack Rushworth
- Leading Aircraftman William Roy Russell
- Sergeant Edward Gordon Sears
- Wing Commander Henry Augustus Simmons
- Sergeant Donald Murray Smith
- Flying Officer Jack Herbert Smith
- Flight Sergeant Ray Alexander Smyth
- Sergeant Arley Carlisle Starnes
- Sergeant Herbert Dennis Steele
- Sergeant Dennis Gwylin Stephens
- Sergeant Edward Stephens
- Pilot Officer Robert Lepine Stewart
- Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Charles Sykes
- Corporal Francis Hutchins Taylor
- Lieutenant Thomson
- Flying Officer Edward Nigel Jeffreys Thomson
- Flying Officer Ronald Edward John Thornton
- Flying Officer Frederick Dutton Topping
- Corporal Urban Harold Turner
- Sergeant Lewis Harold David Warren
- Pilot Officer Peter Warywoda
- Sergeant David Lancaster Watson
- Flight Sergeant Douglas White
- Sergeant Benjamin Woodhead
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Hammond Wright
- Sergeant John Joseph Zammit
1945
- Pilot Officer John Lawrence Adams
- Flying Officer Reginald Arthur Henry Allen
- Flight Sergeant Harry James Boyd
- Flying Officer Wilfred Henry Brooks
- Pupil Pilot Colin Douglas
- Warrant Officer William Richard Flanagan
- Leading Aircraftman Cecil Richard Ford
- Pilot Officer Edward Bruce Forsythe
- Flying Officer Francis Lawrence Hann
- Squadron Leader James Easson Hogg
- Leading Aircraftman D. Peter Holloway
- Flying Officer John Wilson Hursthouse
- Flying Officer William Frederick Kilpatrick
- Flight Sergeant Leon Newman King
- Flying Officer Jim Gen Lee
- Flying Officer Herbert Leece
- Flying Officer Ralph Robert Little
- Corporal Douglas William Madden
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Malcolm Morris
- Flying Officer Maxwell James Neville
- Flight Lieutenant Arthur Newman
- Flying Officer Morley Ornstein
- Warrant Officer Herbert Gordon Parker
- Flight Lieutenant Charles David Parry-okeden
- Sergeant Harry Ransome
- Flight Sergeant William Anthony Jordon Rodgers
- Flight Sergeant John Richmond Ryan
- Warrant Officer James Smith
- Squadron Leader Nathaniel Herbert Straus
- Flying Officer William Eric Thoroldson
- Sergeant Leston George Turner
- Warrant Officer Peter Waters
- Sergeant Alexander Douglas Whitehead
- Flying Officer Raymond Allenby Whiting