On this day — 12 April
289 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 12 April during the Second World War.
1940
- Sergeant James Dougal Aitchison
- Sergeant William Lockie Balmer
- Pilot Officer Frederick Edward Barber
- Corporal Alexander Scougal Gibson Barrass
- Leading Aircraftman Michael Frederick Bedford
- Sergeant Frank Frederick Bestick
- Sergeant Charles Ronald Bowen
- Sergeant Harry Bratton
- Corporal Harold Dennis Brown
- Pilot Officer George William Brundish
- Pilot Officer John Bartlett Bull
- Pilot Officer Peter Edward Tucker Bull
- Aircraftman 1st Class Peter William Simpson Chalmers
- Sergeant David William Arlidge Chambers
- Leading Aircraftman Richards Coalter
- Aircraftman 1st Class Edmund Brian Doherty
- Corporal John Henry Evans
- Corporal William Henry Glyndwr Evans
- Corporal George Fawcett
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Gerald Flynn
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Harry Gillott
- Sergeant Geoffrey Edmund Goad
- Sergeant John Greet
- Corporal Oscar Haire
- Sergeant Denis Allen Hampton
- Pilot Officer Christopher Rendel Hebeler
- Aircraftman 2nd Class James Henry
- Sergeant John Raleigh Ibbotson
- Sergeant William John Ison
- Flying Officer Kenneth John Alan Johnstone
- Sergeant John Robert Jopling
- Sergeant Geoffrey William James Juby
- Leading Aircraftman Stanley Kershaw
- Leading Aircraftman Ralph John Lamb
- Corporal Jack Harry Langridge
- Flying Officer Donald Conrad Maybury
- Flight Lieutenant Andrew Hood McLaren
- Leading Aircraftman James Alexander Milne
- Sergeant William Stuart Nevinson
- Squadron Leader Maurice Nolan
- Flight Sergeant Sidney Ignatius Oliver
- Sergeant William Claude Parker
- Sergeant Alan Sydney Pearce
- Pilot Officer Alonzo Derek Pilcher
- Pilot Officer David Alexander Rankin
- Aircraftman 1st Class Percy Frank Ricketts
- Flying Officer Harry Wood Robson
- Flying Officer George Edgar Saddington
- Pilot Officer Cyril Reginald Smith
- Flying Officer William George Taylor
- Pilot Officer Mervyn Thomas
- Sergeant Joseph Raybould Tonkiss
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Frederick Tootle
- Sergeant Stanley Vernon Vart
- Sergeant Roy Fox Vickery
- Sergeant Laurie Charles Wakeling
- Leading Aircraftman Lionel Allen Westcott
- Sergeant Horace James Wheller
- Sergeant Gerald Marsden Wild
- Leading Aircraftman John Lenton Wilkin
- Corporal Matthew Wilson
- Sergeant Frederick Albert Woodcock
- Pilot Officer George James Denzil Yorke
1941
- Squadron Leader Ronald James Bennett
- Sergeant Frederick John Bliss
- Aircraftman 1st Class Arthur Reuben Boon
- Flight Lieutenant Reginald Edwin Brice
- Pilot Officer David Coard
- Sergeant Herbert Doughty
- Aircraftman 1st Class Denis John Green
- Air Mechanic Hawkes
- Aircraftman 1st Class George Edward King
- Leading Aircraftman Lawrence Walter Hugh Lloyd
- Aircraftman 1st Class William Robert McLernon
- Pilot Officer Robert Clive Morgan
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Augustus Charles Mundy
- Sergeant Frederick George Neill
- Flight Sergeant Edward Watt Rae
- Flying Officer Colwyn William Reeves Sawyer
- Sergeant Stanley James Slade
- Sergeant Denis Charles Staples
- Corporal John Allen Thomas
- Leading Aircraftman Robert Toole
- Flying Officer Basil Willoughby Vickers
- Flight Sergeant William Claude Wills
- Leading Aircraftman Peter David Wood
1942
- Sergeant Maxwell Addess
- Pilot Officer Melville Henry Ball
- Leading Aircraftman John Robert Black
- Flight Sergeant Robert Hammond Black
- Flying Officer Roye Wilmott Brown
- Sergeant Cyril John Edmund Butler
- Flight Sergeant Duncan Campbell
- Sergeant Stanley Albert Coleman
- Sergeant Keith Stanley Cornwell
- Leading Aircraftman Thomas Croft
- Pilot Officer John Arthur Crouchman
- Sergeant Thomas Anthony Frederick Davies
- Pilot Officer Thomas Emlyn Davies
- Sergeant Thomas Joseph Delaney
- Sergeant Colin Frank Docherty
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Herbert Edley
- Flight Lieutenant Eric Frank Edsall
- Sergeant Harold William Everett
- Sergeant Edward Ernest Fairhurst
- Flight Sergeant Robert S. Fleming
- Flying Officer Edward William Ronald Fortt
- Sergeant Ernest Edward Fraser
- Aircraftman 1st Class Neville Frederick Garrard
- Flight Lieutenant Robert Gillespie
- Corporal Samuel George Glen
- Sergeant Albert Frederick Gooding
- Warrant Officer Class II Grant Russell Graves
- Flight Sergeant Stanislav Halama
- Leading Aircraftman Leonard Hale
- Sergeant Alan Sydney Hatton
- Flight Sergeant Reginald John Holloway
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Johnson
- Leading Aircraftman Russell Edward Johnston
- Aircraftman 1st Class Jack Keyes
- Sergeant Bryan Almond Tremayne Lane
- Flight Sergeant Maurice Richard Langham
- Sergeant Bert John Langley
- Flight Sergeant David Lloyd Carnegy Liddell
- Flight Sergeant David Kilgour Lloyd
- Squadron Leader Michael Robert Macclancy
- Flying Officer James Wheadon Macdougall
- Pilot Officer Ben Freeman Mays
- Sergeant Harold Mills
- Sergeant Cerris Moseley
- Flight Sergeant Stanley Gilbert Napier
- Sergeant Theodore William Penn
- Sergeant Japhet Salmon
- Flying Officer Henry Holt Siddell
- Pilot Officer Harley Richard Strouts
- Flight Sergeant Edward George Hullet Watts
- Sergeant Frank White
- Flight Lieutenant Stanislav Zimprich
1943
- Sergeant Norman Frederick Bailey
- Flying Officer Arthur Lowthian Barge
- Aircraftman 1st Class Francis Leo Baxendale
- Sergeant George Alan Bristow
- Sergeant Geoffrey John Hamilton Carter
- Flight Sergeant Earl Randolph Carvajal
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Cyril Thomas Clinnick
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Ronald Arthur Engelbretson Coke
- Pilot Officer Robert Leslie Corrie
- Flight Sergeant Anthony Alloysius Dorzek
- Flying Officer Gordon William Elliott
- Sergeant Ian Ross Elliott
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Philip Exten
- Sergeant Leslie Henry Garnham
- Flight Sergeant John Lewis Goldsmith
- Flying Officer John McLeod Hogg
- Flying Officer Robert John Howard
- Leading Aircraftman Fred Hughes
- Sergeant Cyril Wattie Jackson
- Flight Sergeant John Reddell Jerrat
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Turner Johnston
- Leading Aircraftman David Garfield Jones
- Aircraftman 1st Class David Thomas Jones
- Corporal Thomas Edward Jones
- Sergeant Ivan Judd
- Sergeant Richard Archibald Killham
- Flying Officer Elliott Kitt
- Flying Officer Lewis Lane
- Sergeant Allan Bennett Lewis
- Flight Sergeant Alexander Neil Maclellan
- Flying Officer Arthur John Matthews
- Warrant Officer Class I Frederick John Morrow
- Corporal Robert Moss
- Flying Officer Henry St. Aubyn Murray
- Sergeant Hubert James Newman
- Leading Aircraftman Michael Peter O'Connor
- Sergeant Bernard William Alfred Perry
- Aircraftman 1st Class Ronald Perry
- Sergeant Leslie Albert Pestell
- Sergeant Norman Smith Pinkney
- Aircraftman 2nd Class William Potts
- Flying Officer Vivian George Poulter
- Sergeant Harold Frank Rhodes
- Corporal Arthur Patrick Rice
- Flight Sergeant Frank Edward Rogers
- Sergeant Peter Murray Rogerson
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Roy Albert Sherwin
- Squadron Leader Thomas Smart
- Sergeant Arthur Kenneth Smith
- Leading Aircraftman Charles Vernon Smith
- Sergeant Donald Henry Smith
- Sergeant Harold Raymond Staines
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Graham Eugene Stevenson
- Corporal Sidney Joseph Tipler
- Squadron Leader Wilfred George Tolson
- Flight Sergeant Joseph Onesime Thomas A. A. G. Toupin
- Flying Officer Kenneth Wade
- Sergeant Frederick George Wilkins
- Sergeant Henry Alfred Edgar Wright
1944
- Sergeant Peter Edward Andrews
- Sergeant Georges Edouard Louis Leon Backaert
- Flight Sergeant Alec David Barnett
- Pilot Officer David Gordon Bell
- Lieutenant Charles Blanckenberg
- Pupil Pilot David Dunleigh Bowen
- Flying Officer Sydney Brookes
- Flying Officer Peter Ross Butler
- Flight Sergeant Robert Pollock Carmichael
- Pilot Officer Arthur Kenneth Clarke
- Sergeant Frank Conroy
- Pilot Officer Francis Edward Cranch
- Sergeant Allan Crook
- Sergeant Charles Hamilton Crosbie
- Flight Sergeant Edward Daniels
- Sergeant Peter Morley Davies
- Captain Gordon Duffett
- Sergeant Hugh Dunningham
- Flying Officer James Reginald Dyer
- Sergeant Richard George Patrick Dyer
- Flying Officer Edwin McGilvary Fletcher
- Flight Sergeant Keith Reginald Foster
- Sergeant Robert Gifford Giddings
- Flight Sergeant Murray Rufus Goldney
- Flying Officer Neil Alexander Gray
- Sergeant Harvey Halliwell
- Lieutenant Mannee Ham
- Leading Aircraftman Samuel Hemphill
- Pilot Officer Felix Campbell Hindmarsh
- Sergeant James Mason Hindmarsh
- Flying Officer Robert Wayne Honderich
- Sergeant Arthur John Hutchings
- Flying Officer David Jefferies
- Flight Sergeant William Alan Johnson
- Sergeant Lang
- Sergeant Gwilym John Lewis
- Sergeant Robert James Littlefield
- Sergeant John Ernest Lowe
- Sergeant Kenneth Lowe Macfarlane
- Leading Aircraftman David Victor Mackenzie
- Sergeant David Thomson Mackintosh
- Sergeant Charles Cecil McKenna
- Flying Officer Frank Miller
- Sergeant William John Morrison
- Flying Officer Robert Wallace Murray
- Sergeant Irvine Newbould
- Flight Sergeant Joseph John Gordon Nicholson
- Flight Sergeant Frank Pess
- Flight Lieutenant Victor Silvio Ruocco
- Flight Sergeant Harold Stanley Seabrook
- Sergeant Henry Frederick Shearsby
- Pilot Officer Ernest Alfred Skillen
- Flying Officer Paul Bevens Stevens
- Flying Officer Andrew Stewart
- Sergeant Anthony Morgan Stickells
- Flight Sergeant Nigel Henry Sutton
- Flight Sergeant William George Swanbury
- Flight Sergeant Dean Walter Swedberg
- Wing Commander James Kemp Tough
- Pilot Officer George Walls
- Wing Commander Adrian Warburton
- Lieutenant Frank Watkins
- Sergeant Donald Watson
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth Wilfred Webb
- Flying Officer Peter Michael Wood
- Pilot Officer Thomas Harold Woodard
- Sergeant Peter Wright
1945
- Pilot Officer John Andrew Allen
- Flight Lieutenant Russell Bradfield Ashley
- Flying Officer Robert Alec Bamford
- Wing Commander Ronald Edward Bary
- Pilot Officer Albert Darby
- Flying Officer Trevor Percival Dollery
- Pilot Officer Colin Ware Evans
- Flying Officer Errol Johnston
- Flying Officer Philip John McNair
- Flight Sergeant John Maurice Moore
- Warrant Officer Edwin George Murphy
- Flight Sergeant Michael Augustine O'Connell
- Warrant Officer John Harris O'Keefe
- Lieutenant Roberts
- Flying Officer Archibald George Rolston
- Corporal Reginald Francis Rooksby
- Flight Sergeant Jack Wallace Sharp
- Pilot Officer Eric Peter Shorthouse
- Flying Officer Brian Patten Smith
- Flight Sergeant Clifton Warwick Frank Wedd
- Lieutenant Wingfield