On this day — 20 April
261 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 20 April during the Second World War.
1940
- Squadron Leader Bertie Charles Adamson
- Aircraftman 1st Class Albert Bailey
- Sergeant Edward Davison
- Aircraftman 2nd Class James Harold Charles Wiskin
1941
- Sergeant Percy George Akrill
- Aircraftman 1st Class Kenneth Beevers
- Leading Aircraftman Ronald Douglas Burt
- Pilot Officer John James Campbell
- Sergeant Basil Frederic Clare
- Pilot Officer Christopher Colebrook
- Sergeant George Cuthbert
- Sergeant John Eardley
- Flying Officer Norman Douglas Edmond
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Herbert Elliott
- Aircraftman 1st Class James Mervyn Essery
- Flying Officer Thomas Wallace Gudgeon
- Sergeant James Hanley Hamill
- Aircraftman 1st Class Leslie Hanlon
- Sergeant Victor Douglas Hart
- Corporal Stanley Owen Hill
- Sergeant Frederick George Hindrup
- Flight Lieutenant Frank Street Holman
- Flying Officer Bernard Howe
- Sergeant Patrick Southee Huxstep
- Sergeant Leo Stanley Liddiard
- Pilot Officer Denis Norman McCarthy
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Joseph Bryant McKenna
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Kenneth Robert Moore
- Sergeant Hyan Alfred Morris
- Squadron Leader Marmaduke Thomas St. John Pattle
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Graham Paul
- Sergeant Dennis Arthur Rawlings
- Aircraftman 1st Class Hearl Richardson
- Aircraftman 1st Class Kenneth Robbins
- Leading Aircraftman Peter William Sampson
- Leading Aircraftman James Scholes
- Squadron Leader Charles Frederick Snowdon-gamble
- Flight Lieutenant Henry John Starrett
- Pilot Officer John Still
- Squadron Leader Wilfred Patrick Francis Treacy
- Sergeant Gaston Jean Vandebos
- Sergeant Douglas Haig Viney
- Sergeant Michael David Jeens Williams
- Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Woods
- Leading Aircraftman Robert Primrose Yellowlees
1942
- Pilot Officer Frederick Gifford Douglas Baker
- Warrant Officer Lewis Clifford Bonathan
- Flight Sergeant Cecil Thomas Theobald Brady
- Sergeant Thomas Crilly
- Sergeant Hershel Homer Davis
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Ronald Gee
- Sergeant George Bruce Gillan
- Sergeant Archer Thomas George Gough
- Sergeant Charles Francis Gunn
- Pupil Pilot Hall
- Sergeant Reginald John Harwood
- Flight Sergeant Albert Anthony Hemery
- Sergeant Patrick Joseph Leahy
- Sergeant Bernard Harry Leek
- Flight Sergeant John Browne Lisle
- Sergeant Kenmir Loudon McAdam
- Sergeant James McClelland
- Sergeant Karl Morris Miegel
- Flight Lieutenant John Elcock Morgan
- Flight Sergeant Dudley Newlove
- Leading Aircraftman Ronald Arthur Parry
- Pilot Officer Maxwell Horace Penney
- Sergeant Douglas Haig Preston
- Flight Sergeant Joseph Corbin Pritchard
- Pilot Officer Henry Eric Rath
- Pilot Officer George Albert Jack Ryckman
- Leading Aircraftman Robert Smith
- Flight Sergeant Donald Jack Taynen
- Sergeant Laurence D'Arcy Walker
- Pilot Officer John Ernest Wardman
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Harold Frederick George Whatley
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Edward Willey
- Sergeant Douglas Frederick Williams
- Flight Sergeant David Robert Wilson
1943
- Corporal George Thomas Atkinson
- Pilot Officer John Loughnan Barnes
- Sergeant Alexander Barrie
- Pilot Officer Trevor William Bassan
- Warrant Officer Class II William David Bates
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Albert Henry Birch
- Leading Aircraftman Thomas Boan
- Sergeant Thomas Boland
- Pilot Officer Ernest Booth
- Sergeant Bruce Thomas Brett
- Sergeant Arthur James Britton
- Flying Officer Victor Gordon Brown
- Sergeant James Bryant
- Aircraftman 1st Class Henry Arthur Burston
- Pilot Officer Joseph Gipson Butler
- Sergeant Russell Jesse Chapman
- Sergeant George William Cole
- Flying Officer Roy Frederick Collins
- Sergeant Bernard William David Cooper
- Sergeant George Cooper
- Aircraftman 1st Class Victor Courtney
- Sergeant Arthur James Cousins
- Flight Lieutenant Keith Edmund Daniel
- Sergeant Herbert Edwin Dixon
- Flying Officer Ralph Edmund Dollar
- Flight Lieutenant David James Donaldson
- Leading Aircraftman Henry Dyne
- Flight Lieutenant George Ivan Ellis
- Sergeant Richard Vincent Emerson
- Sergeant Kenneth Evans
- Sergeant Norman Louis Fairhurst
- Sergeant Kenneth Richard Faulconbridge
- Sergeant Horace Cyril Fazakerley
- Sergeant Michael Joseph Fitzgerald
- Leading Aircraftman James Fleming
- Pilot Officer Hubert Thomas Freeman
- Sergeant Edwin Robert Ginn
- Pilot Officer Ronald Haigh Glover
- Pilot Officer William Julius Henderson Gove
- Leading Aircraftman Cyril Grove
- Flight Sergeant Harold Herbert Keith Hadley
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Hamme
- Flying Officer Guy Bamford Herring
- Sergeant Alfred Malcolm Hodges
- Flight Sergeant Reginald Stanley Hogben
- Pilot Officer Ian Allison Mervyn Holloway
- Sergeant Samuel James Houston
- Flight Lieutenant Ian Shirley Jenks
- Flying Officer Noel Edward John
- Flight Lieutenant William Arthur Jones
- Sergeant Thomas Jopling
- Sergeant Fred Leslie Cecil Kelly
- Flight Sergeant Robert Samuel King
- Flying Officer Jack Laws
- Sergeant Henry Frederick Daniel Lay
- Sergeant Donald Robert Ling
- Leading Aircraftman Edwin Roland Lister
- Sergeant Roland Felix Lyster
- Flight Sergeant Peter Murchison Mackenzie
- Sergeant Deryk Bramley Martin
- Sergeant William Henry Mason
- Flight Sergeant David Alexander McCluney
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Alexander McDowell
- Flight Sergeant Francis McGlinchy
- Sergeant Michael Finbar McKeon
- Flight Lieutenant David Ian McNarey
- Leading Aircraftman Truman Joseph Merricks
- Flying Officer Keith Rosslyn Mills
- Sergeant Peter Banister Mills
- Sergeant Keith Norris
- Sergeant Dennis O'Louchlin
- Flight Lieutenant Wilfred John Parsons
- Sergeant John Pomfret
- Flight Sergeant Walter Frank Pridgeon
- Flying Officer Peter Todd Read
- Warrant Officer Class II William James Reddie
- Flight Lieutenant John Redman
- Flying Officer Austin Oliver George Richards
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Oakley Sandell
- Leading Aircraftman John Scott
- Wing Commander William Peter Shand
- Sergeant Frederick Sheppard
- Sergeant Peter Shortland
- Flight Sergeant James Alexander Simpson
- Sergeant Ben Smith
- Sergeant Reginald Ernest Smith
- Sergeant Alan Smithdale
- Sergeant Frederick Albert Solly
- Flying Officer David Alastair Sparrow
- Leading Aircraftman Peter Thomas Robert Spry
- Wing Commander James George Wilson Swain
- Flying Officer Francis Richard Harry Tate
- Leading Aircraftman Robert Gray Thompson
- Sergeant Leonard Turvey
- Sergeant Clifford Vandy
- Air Mechanic Van Wyk
- Sergeant Clifford Walker
- Sergeant Cyril John Waring
- Flight Sergeant Jack Warnes
- Leading Aircraftman Joseph Roy Watts
- Sergeant Keith Robert Arthur Whitcombe
- Flight Sergeant Walter Percy Whorlow
- Sergeant Leonard Whyatt
- Sergeant Charles Albert Willis
- Pilot Officer George Harold Willis
- Flight Sergeant Thomas William Wilson
1944
- Flying Officer James Thompson Agnew
- Flight Sergeant William Murray Aitken
- Sergeant Geoffrey Aldridge
- Leading Aircraftman Horace Dudley Armstrong
- Pilot Officer Gerald Joseph Atwell
- Flight Sergeant Ernest Rowe Newton Barrell
- Sergeant Cecil Thomas Bishop
- Pilot Officer James Gerald Brown
- Leading Aircraftman John Clay
- Sergeant John Cooper
- Flying Officer Gerald Herbert Cruwys
- Pilot Officer Geoffrey Richard Davis
- Flying Officer Robert Davison
- Flying Officer William Thomas Davy
- Flight Sergeant Douglas Howard De Laney
- Pilot Officer Hubert Francis Delhaye
- Flying Officer James Patrick Diversi
- Flight Lieutenant Gregory McGowan Doolan
- Leading Aircraftman Clifford Eastell
- Flight Sergeant John Gold
- Sergeant Patrick Francis Gough
- Flight Sergeant Ernest Hambling
- Warrant Officer John Richard Hanson
- Flight Lieutenant Graham William Harrison
- Leading Aircraftman Hugh Henwood
- Flight Sergeant Leonard Henry Hibbins
- Leading Aircraftman Ernest Alfred Hobby
- Flight Sergeant Adrian Evan Tudor Jones
- Flight Sergeant John Joseph Jones
- Squadron Leader Ernest Henry Clarke Kee
- Flight Sergeant Mark Kerr
- Pilot Officer Raymond Gale Leonard
- Flight Sergeant John Malcolm Macleod
- Squadron Leader Donald William Mansbridge
- Warrant Officer Leonard William Marshall
- Flying Officer Hugh Edward McCann
- Sergeant Will Craig McKay
- Flying Officer John Morrison
- Warrant Officer Albert Stanley Palmer
- Sergeant Norman Charles Phillips
- Flight Sergeant Victor Barwick Prime
- Flight Sergeant Francis James Willox Quinn
- Leading Aircraftman John Richardson
- Sergeant Thomas Shehan
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Sideserf
- Sergeant Bernard Hugh Smith
- Flight Lieutenant Brinley Edward Stourton
- Flight Sergeant William James Struthers
- Pilot Officer James Melville Talbot
- Flying Officer Robert George Ward
- Pilot Officer Tom Story Wardlow
- Pilot Officer Alfred Warren
- Leading Aircraftman Stephen Watson
- Flight Sergeant Godfrey Randal Weston
- Pilot Officer Clifford James Wheelhouse
- Flying Officer Robert Lawrence White
- Warrant Officer William Courtney White
- Pilot Officer Herbert Clarke Wilson
- Lieutenant Wright
1945
- Flying Officer Robert William Anderson
- Flight Sergeant Roger Thomas Bridger
- Flight Sergeant Gordon Phillip Charlebois
- Flight Sergeant Clarence George Cuddehay
- Flight Sergeant Alfred Edward Hewick
- Lieutenant John Hellon Nixon
- Leading Aircraftman Albert John Paddon
- Flight Sergeant Francis Clesphas Martial Robitaille
- Flying Officer Bruce Fredric Scott
- Flying Officer Hubert Abram Smith
- Flying Officer George Robert Thompson Taylor
- Warrant Officer Class II Jack Tony Venier
- Flying Officer Robert Edward Williams