On this day — 24 March
444 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 24 March during the Second World War.
1940
1941
- Sergeant Frank Archer
- Leading Aircraftman Douglas Anthony Barkham
- Flight Lieutenant Hugh James Waller Black
- Sergeant Edward James Chinn
- Sergeant John Butterworth Clarke
- Sergeant William Robert Clinton
- Sergeant Frederick John Cockram
- Sergeant Thomas Henry Cooke
- Sergeant Philip Green
- Leading Aircraftman Donald Cecil Hopkins
- Sergeant Antony John Roberts
- Squadron Leader Stuart Alistair Frederick Robertson
- Sergeant Eric Victor Seymour
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Sidney James Sharples
- Sergeant Gilbert Maurice Short
1942
- Aircraftman 1st Class George Baines
- Sergeant Alan Blackman
- Sergeant John Boyd
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Alexander Colin Campbell
- Sergeant Clive Edward Wigram Clifford
- Sergeant Edward Burgess Cluff
- Sergeant Edward Alexander Cobham
- Flying Officer Donald McLeod Craik
- Squadron Leader Daniel Edward Cremin
- Flight Sergeant John McNally Davidson
- Sergeant Donald Frank Drake
- Leading Aircraftman Alan Bevan Durrant
- Flight Lieutenant Henry Victor Ellison
- Aircraftman 1st Class Walter Fisher
- Pilot Officer Ronald Renshaw Flint
- Sergeant William Harold Flower
- Leading Aircraftman Henry Thomas Gallichan
- Flight Sergeant Henry Gatiss
- Warrant Officer Class I Ronald Harold Gridley
- Corporal Reginald Haslam
- Sergeant Everard Howard Hawken
- Leading Aircraftman Keith Edward Hawkes
- Leading Aircraftman James Haynes
- Sergeant Frank Jennings
- Flight Sergeant Ben Johnson
- Corporal Harry Kin
- Aircraftman 1st Class Edward James Lee
- Flight Sergeant Norman Dennis Lenton
- Leading Aircraftman Gerald Harold Roland Leverington
- Flight Sergeant Reginald John Brydges Lindesay
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Thomas Lindon
- Squadron Leader Arthur John Alexander Llewellin
- Sergeant George Kenneth Macrae
- Aircraftman 1st Class Arnold Rowland Manchip
- Sergeant Richard Alfred Marston
- Sergeant Alexander George McGill
- Wing Commander John William McGuire
- Flight Sergeant Malcolm McLean
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Henry George Medhurst
- Sergeant Richard Moffitt
- Squadron Leader John David Morrison
- Sergeant Alastair Fraser Murdoch
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Charles Edward Neal
- Sergeant William David Norman
- Flight Sergeant Gerald Edgar Harrison Obott
- Flight Lieutenant Archibald Ian Orr-ewing
- Leading Aircraftman Leslie Hugh Quinn
- Sergeant Stephen Harry Robinson
- Sergeant Patrick Douglas Ryan
- Leading Aircraftman Eugenio Scicluna
- Sergeant Colin Campbell Scott
- Pilot Officer John William Sills
- Sergeant Raymond Gillespie Simpson
- Sergeant Denis Edward Smith
- Corporal Maurice Spence
- Sergeant Jack Sutcliffe
- Aircraftman 1st Class William George Titherington
- Sergeant Peter Royce Tomkin
- Leading Aircraftman Clifford Turpin
- Flight Sergeant Lyster Warren-smith
- Leading Aircraftman Alexander Donald Webb
- Aircraftman 1st Class Harold Whatmore
- Pilot Officer Robert Eric Wheatley
- Corporal Alan Thomas Woodman
- Aircraftman 1st Class Edward Walter Scott Yates
1943
- Flying Officer Ronald Arthur Henry Ayles
- Flying Officer Victor Norman Ballard
- Flight Sergeant Norman Barker
- Corporal William John Burrows
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Donald Laurence Cahill
- Flying Officer Clarke Munro Chambers
- Flying Officer Raymond Gustave Hector De Hasse
- Pilot Officer Albert Raymond Dicker
- Pilot Officer Ronald John Dixon
- Flying Officer Raimund Sanders Draper
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Francis Stephen Dymond
- Pilot Officer George Brian Gibson
- Flying Officer Thomas Edward George Hanson
- Flight Sergeant Frank Harris
- Sergeant Joseph Edwin Jones
- Sergeant Henry Richard Kinder
- Sergeant Frederick George Last
- Sergeant George Albert March
- Pilot Officer Peter William Masters
- Leading Aircraftman John Vernon McMurrich
- Flight Sergeant Albert John Meredith
- Sergeant Thomas Albert Miles
- Leading Aircraftman Peter David Sim Moodie
- Flight Sergeant Walter Harold Oakes
- Sergeant Kenneth William Peverley
- Sergeant Rino Guiseppe Arturo Platoni
- Sergeant George Francis Rawson
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Percy George Richings
- Sergeant David Stephen Saunders
- Flight Sergeant George Forbes Sherwin
- Flying Officer James Caldwell Smith
- Sergeant Frank Heydon Thomas
- Sergeant Bernard Charles Trivitt
- Sergeant William Antonin Vesely
- Sergeant Adam Watson
- Sergeant William Armstrong Woolley
1944
- Flight Lieutenant Ronald Henry Ackland
- Pilot Officer William George Adamson
- Flight Sergeant Thomas James Adkison
- Sergeant Ernest Alfred Anthony
- Sergeant Robert Geoffrey Arthur
- Sergeant Richard Graham Atkinson
- Pilot Officer Leo Bandle
- Flight Sergeant Henry Keith Barden
- Sergeant Thomas James Barnett
- Sergeant Charles Geoffrey Gordon Bateman
- Flying Officer Peter Anthony Charles Bell
- Sergeant Philip Charles Knill Bennett
- Sergeant Stanley George Bentley
- Squadron Leader Kenneth George Bickers
- Flying Officer Norman Eric Blight
- Air Sergeant Bernard Blomson
- Sergeant Frank Sidney Bodkin
- Sergeant Jack Northwood Boston
- Sergeant William Bowey
- Sergeant Dennis Frederick Bowthorpe
- Sergeant Russell Boyde
- Pilot Officer Maurice William Boyer
- Pilot Officer John Alfred Brammall
- Sergeant Bernard John Brawn
- Flying Officer Joseph Philipe Rene Fernand Brazeau
- Warrant Officer Robert Alexander Brewington
- Sergeant James Briggs
- Sergeant Dennis Horace Albert Brignell
- Flying Officer Peter Upton Brooke
- Sergeant Dennis Frank Brooker
- Sergeant David Brown
- Sergeant Eric William Brown
- Pilot Officer Ernest Brown
- Sergeant William Alexander Buchan
- Pilot Officer Roy Victor Burch
- Sergeant John Charles Burdett
- Sergeant Noel Vincent Burgess
- Sergeant John William Burke
- Sergeant Harry Burkitt
- Sergeant Charles Butson
- Sergeant Edward Thomas William Byford
- Sergeant Roy Michael Byrne
- Sergeant Robert Cameron
- Flight Sergeant John Gordon Campbell
- Flight Sergeant Dennis Cannon
- Pilot Officer Denis Carbutt
- Sergeant Desmond Terence Cash
- Sergeant Ronald Catlow
- Sergeant Ronald William Chandler
- Flight Sergeant David Vant Chapman
- Flight Sergeant Wilmot George Chase
- Sergeant Leslie Reginald Clack
- Sergeant Frank Albert Clayton
- Sergeant Philip Douglas Cleal
- Flight Sergeant Leonard John Comer
- Flying Officer Robert Fitzgerald Conroy
- Flight Lieutenant Donald Frank Constable
- Sergeant Norman Leslie Cooper
- Sergeant Robert Nixon Cunningham
- Sergeant Frazer Curtis
- Flight Lieutenant Roy Curtis
- Sergeant Arthur Henry Daines
- Flight Sergeant Glen Allen Dancey
- Sergeant Leslie Daniels
- Flight Sergeant Leslie Gerald Davey
- Warrant Officer Class II Norman Sinclair Davidson
- Sergeant Robert Cunningham Foss Davidson
- Pilot Officer Andrew Francis De Dauw
- Flying Officer Galtan Joseph George De Marigny
- Pilot Officer Thomas William Dimma
- Flying Officer Cecil John Dineen
- Flying Officer George Cyril Dunkley
- Sergeant Leslie James Edge
- Sergeant Fred Eland
- Sergeant Peter Cawthorn Emms
- Sergeant James Frederic Etheridge
- Leading Aircraftman John Evans
- Sergeant Forrest Alan Luigi Angove Farr
- Sergeant Reginald James Faulkner
- Sergeant Peter Owen Fenner
- Squadron Leader Richard Thomas Fitzgerald
- Sergeant Joseph Flavell
- Sergeant Edwin William Fleming
- Sergeant Frank Edward Fountaine
- Sergeant Francis Henry Fowler
- Flight Sergeant John Edwin Frith
- Pilot Officer Raymond Henry Gardner
- Pilot Officer James Garside
- Wing Commander Henry George Fradgeley Gaubert
- Sergeant John Harold Gilbertson
- Pilot Officer Edgar Albert James Giles
- Pilot Officer Victor Robert Glaysher
- Sergeant Bernard Francis Gratwicke
- Sergeant James Alfred Green
- Sergeant John Harry Greenslade
- Flight Lieutenant William George Grove
- Flying Officer Denis Grundy
- Pilot Officer George Alfred Hampton
- Pilot Officer William George Hampton
- Pilot Officer Reginald Alfred Hanks
- Sergeant David George Harris
- Flight Sergeant James Hay
- Pilot Officer Derek Joseph Hemsley
- Sergeant Peter George William Hendon
- Sergeant George William Henson
- Sergeant Ronald Hepworth
- Sergeant Charles Alfred Hilder
- Flying Officer Norman Hindley
- Flying Officer Frederick Robert Hocken
- Flight Sergeant Frank George Holland
- Flying Officer Donald Jesse Hollies
- Sergeant John Richard Honey
- Warrant Officer Ronald Howells
- Flying Officer Arthur Francis Garnsey Hughes
- Sergeant Henry Hull
- Flying Officer Douglas George William Humphreys
- Pilot Officer Joseph Jean Baptiste Benoit Huot
- Sergeant Arthur Ronald Jackson
- Pilot Officer Edmund Sydney Jacquest
- Flight Sergeant Ronald David Whamand Jamieson
- Warrant Officer Class II George Kitchener Jarvis
- Pilot Officer Alfryn James Jenkins
- Pilot Officer Harry Johnson
- Sergeant John Alfred Johnson
- Flying Officer Benjamin Cynddylan Jones
- Sergeant John William (jack) Kearley
- Flying Officer Raymond Kearney
- Sergeant Donald Keeley
- Pilot Officer Louis John Keely
- Flying Officer Dorian Keen
- Flying Officer Reginald Stanislaus Kelly
- Sergeant Walter Charles William King
- Flight Sergeant Jack Knights
- Pilot Officer Thomas Edmund Bede Kyle
- Flying Officer John Rollo Laing
- Flying Officer Joseph Norbert Gerald Leclerc
- Flying Officer Alexander Lees
- Flying Officer Joseph Vincent Leyland
- Sergeant James Alfred Lincoln
- Sergeant Ernest Arthur Lodge
- Pilot Officer Duncan Albert Long
- Sergeant Wilfred Longden
- Sergeant Herbert Longworth
- Pilot Officer Howard Walter Lossing
- Flight Sergeant George Thomas Alfred Lovell
- Flying Officer John Henry Low
- Sergeant Norman Bernard Lowlett
- Pilot Officer John Hugh Douglas Macdonnell
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth David Mardon-mowbray
- Flight Sergeant Keith Harry Margetts
- Flight Sergeant Henry Alan Marshall
- Pilot Officer Lawrence Marshall
- Sergeant William Charles Mason
- Sergeant Leslie Douglas Maynard
- Flight Sergeant Eric Donald McCallum
- Pilot Officer Leonard Myles McCann
- Sergeant Joseph McCrevey
- Sergeant John Joseph McDonough
- Flying Officer Jack Lawrie McGill
- Flight Sergeant Robert McIntosh
- Flight Sergeant Malcolm John McKay
- Pilot Officer Hubert John McLean
- Pilot Officer William Collins McLeod
- Warrant Officer Class II Robert James Middlemas
- Sergeant Leonard Minshull
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth Gordon Mitchell
- Flight Sergeant William Mitchinson
- Sergeant William John Moore
- Sergeant Leonard Robert Morgan
- Flight Sergeant William David Morgan
- Sergeant James Arthur Morris
- Pilot Officer Arthur David Morton
- Flight Sergeant Claude John Moss
- Sergeant Joseph Mowbray
- Flying Officer Colin John David Murray
- Sergeant Harold James Neal
- Sergeant Horatio Robert Nelson
- Flight Sergeant James Arthur Newman
- Sergeant Peter Dennis Newman
- Sergeant John Runniff Nutman
- Flight Sergeant Godfrey Jones Oliver
- Pilot Officer Edwin Nott O'Reilly
- Sergeant William Orr
- Sergeant Ernest Osborne
- Pilot Officer John Charles Owens
- Flying Officer John Michael Palmer
- Sergeant Edward Frank Pates
- Sergeant Gilbert Pearson
- Flight Sergeant William Thomas George Peckham
- Sergeant John Desmond Pedley
- Sergeant Robert Pennykid
- Flight Lieutenant Robert Riley Perry
- Sergeant Ronald Plant
- Flying Officer Cyril John Plummer
- Flying Officer Joseph Basil Poad
- Pilot Officer Gordon Frederick Polley
- Pilot Officer George Alfred Pope
- Flight Sergeant Raymond Eric Priest
- Sergeant Geoffrey Thomas Probert
- Flying Officer Norman Ronald George Pronger
- Sergeant George Patrick Rae
- Flight Sergeant Terence Ratcliffe
- Flight Sergeant Verant Garth Raymond
- Flying Officer George Carlisle Reed
- Flying Officer Joseph Alphonse Leon Louis Renaud
- Flying Officer George Leonard Reynolds
- Flight Lieutenant Ronald Richmond
- Flying Officer Richard John Roach
- Flight Sergeant John Henry Roberts
- Sergeant Owen Stanley Roberts
- Flying Officer Donald Alfred Robinson
- Flying Officer Bartlett Leadbetter Rogers
- Sergeant Roy McStuart Ross
- Flying Officer Felix Charles Rousseau
- Flying Officer James Malcolm Row
- Sergeant Charles Arthur Salt
- Flight Lieutenant John Edward Sanderson
- Flying Officer John Graham Sandiford
- Flight Sergeant George Arthur Saunders
- Sergeant Douglas Savage
- Flying Officer John Francis Savage
- Pilot Officer Thomas Lorne Schioler
- Flight Sergeant Gerald Eagleson Scott
- Sergeant James Inglis Scott
- Flight Sergeant John Symms Scott
- Sergeant John Eric Scruton
- Sergeant Alan Walton Sherwood
- Flight Sergeant William Harold Shields
- Sergeant Harold Edgar Short
- Flying Officer Hance Logan Shortliffe
- Pilot Officer James Archibald Sills
- Sergeant Frank Edward Simons
- Pilot Officer Keith Shambler Simpson
- Sergeant Augustus Edward Smith
- Flight Sergeant Basil Thomas Smith
- Sergeant Donald Smith
- Aircraftman 1st Class Franklin Henry Smith
- Flight Sergeant Frederick Kenneth Smith
- Sergeant Thomas Allison Smith
- Flight Sergeant Arthur William Snowden
- Flight Sergeant Victor William Spencer
- Sergeant Oscar William Sporne
- Leading Aircraftman John Robert Stewart
- Pilot Officer Carl Walter Strom
- Flight Sergeant Walter Suddaby
- Flying Officer Benjamin Sidney Sussman
- Flight Sergeant Stanley Swift
- Sergeant Alfred Leonard Taylor
- Flight Sergeant Allan Thompson
- Pilot Officer Paul Thompson
- Pilot Officer Roderick John Thompson
- Flying Officer Norman Tombs
- Sergeant Eric Boynton Tones
- Sergeant Robert Tugman
- Pilot Officer Claude Sydney Turner
- Flight Lieutenant Harold Arthur Turner
- Sergeant Ronald Archibald George Turner
- Pilot Officer Ivan Tvrdeich
- Flying Officer Earl John Underhill
- Pilot Officer Allan Ross Van Slyke
- Sergeant Albert Vickers
- Pilot Officer Frank John Vid
- Flight Sergeant Joseph Wadsworth
- Sergeant George Walker
- Sergeant Eric Gordon Waller
- Sergeant Kenneth Arthur Ward
- Flight Sergeant Montagu Arnold Ward
- Flying Officer John Howard Warkentin
- Sergeant Edgar William John Warren
- Sergeant Robert Charles Waters
- Sergeant Thomas Colbeck Watson
- Sergeant Victor John Watson
- Sergeant Angus Phillip Webb
- Sergeant Francis Donald Wells
- Flight Sergeant Leslie William Charles Wheeler
- Sergeant Sidney William Wheeler
- Sergeant Robert Whitelaw
- Pilot Officer Stanley Arthur Wick
- Pilot Officer Thomas Edward Wilkinson
- Sergeant Gwilym Williams
- Flight Sergeant Ieuan Glyndwyr Williams
- Squadron Leader William Griffith Williams
- Sergeant William Vernon Willson
- Flying Officer Michael Arabin Wimberley
- Pilot Officer Frederick Charles Wood
- Leading Aircraftman Charles Henry Yates
- Sergeant William Albert Youngjohns
- Sergeant Desmond Claude Youngs
1945
- Flying Officer Lorne Raymond Aljoe
- Flying Officer William Anderson
- Flight Sergeant Norman Hanson Ashworth
- Flight Lieutenant John Benjamin Barnes
- Flying Officer Kenneth Rupert Bruce
- Warrant Officer Class II James Ewart Bunn
- Squadron Leader William Ritchie Christison
- Flight Lieutenant Cooper
- Flight Lieutenant Gordon Couldrey
- Flying Officer Ian Rees Cowan
- Lieutenant De Klerk
- Flying Officer Francis William Douglas
- Flying Officer Derek Wallace Edwards
- Flying Officer Richard Akehurst Egley
- Sergeant John William Geran
- Sergeant Gordon Noel Graham
- Flight Sergeant James Noel Griffin
- Flying Officer Thomas Henry Howell
- Pilot Officer William Henry Hulme
- Flight Sergeant John Ward Inman
- Flight Sergeant Kevin Anthony Kee
- Flight Lieutenant Roy Campbell Kennedy
- Pilot Officer Egan Lindsay
- Warrant Officer George Edwin Longland
- Flight Sergeant Robert Lockyer Masters
- Pilot Officer Wesley Ernest McDonald
- Flying Officer Delmer Ronald McGillivray
- Corporal James McLean
- Pilot Officer Archibald Kenzie McMillan
- Flight Lieutenant Harold Douglas Minton
- Flying Officer Philip Henry Morris
- Flight Sergeant Errol Claude Nayda
- Pilot Officer Clayton Earl Orser
- Flying Officer Stephen Pascal
1946
- Corporal Ronald Goodwin Anderson
- Flight Sergeant Anthony Hugh Basil Comely
- Flight Lieutenant Hartley Banks Deland
- Leading Aircraftman David George Keene