On this day — 23 April
394 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 23 April during the Second World War.
1940
- Pilot Officer Anthony Leon Victor Barnes
- Flying Officer James Ronald Birch
- Sergeant Lionel Arthur Compton
- Sergeant Harrison Jackson
- Corporal James Cheyne McIntyre
- Pilot Officer Hector Garman Webb
- Sergeant Richard Edmund Wilson
- Aircraftman 1st Class Nairn Alexander Young
1941
- Flying Officer Henri Ferdinand Auger
- Sergeant Alan John Meredith David
- Aircraftman 2nd Class William Layton Dilloway
- Sergeant Thomas Fullarton
- Pilot Officer Peter Haldenby
- Flight Sergeant Robert Hanson
- Sergeant William Thomas Heaney
- Sergeant Alan Cameron Kelly
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Arthur James King
- Sergeant Henry Speery Latta
- Sergeant Alan Henderson Lister
- Sergeant George McLaren
- Sergeant John Bernard Molony
- Sergeant Kenneth William Porter
- Warrant Officer Sidney Ripley
- Aircraftman 1st Class James Harold Sheppard
- Aircraftman 1st Class George Roy Skevington
- Pilot Officer Reginald Bennet Watkins
1942
- Sergeant John Arthur Ahern
- Pilot Officer Gordon Miles Bain
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Israel Perach Benjamin
- Flight Lieutenant Roger Joseph Blanchard
- Sergeant Bernard Bricklebank
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Arthur Guy Bryan-brown
- Sergeant Derek Joseph Coates
- Sergeant William James Cook
- Flight Sergeant Clifford Cooper
- Sergeant Joseph Coward
- Corporal Arthur Dale
- Sergeant Ronald Giles Daniel
- Sergeant Shirley Vincent Davidge
- Sergeant Eric Edwin Eglinton
- Sergeant Norman Elcock
- Pilot Officer Cedric Niel Fountain
- Leading Aircraftman Francis John Noel Gorman
- Sergeant Oberlin Benjamin Plester Gray
- Sergeant Thomas Hanley
- Flying Officer Roderick Macmillan Harper
- Sergeant Richard James Harris
- Sergeant John Hartley
- Flight Sergeant John Monteith Hubbert
- Sergeant David Jacobs
- Sergeant John Whiteside Jasper
- Sergeant Kenneth Ludwell
- Sergeant Leonard Samuel Matthews
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Alec Moriarty
- Corporal Stanley Victor Mudge
- Pilot Officer Trafford McRae Nicol
- Sergeant Jamie Kitchener Wendle Paul
- Sergeant Raymond Tucker Perrin
- Sergeant Norman George Peters
- Pilot Officer Peter Pimblett
- Flight Sergeant Warren Thomas Ramey
- Pilot Officer William B. Rice
- Sergeant Willem Joseph Gerard Paul Rieter
- Corporal Bobbie Clarence Roper
- Pilot Officer Henry Alfred Schumm
- Flight Sergeant Joseph Seberras
- Sergeant Abson Squires
- Sergeant Alan Stevens-jordon
- Sergeant Stanley Desmond Stewart
- Sergeant Archibald John Thorburn
- Sergeant Albert Edward Timberlake
- Corporal Albert Frederick Topham
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Samuel Kenneth Whaley
- Sergeant Richard James Williams
- Sergeant David Vynne Woods
1943
- Flight Sergeant Axel Henning Anderson
- Flight Sergeant Henry Marinus Atherton
- Aircraftman 1st Class Edward John Barber
- Sergeant Joseph Arthur Bland
- Leading Aircraftman Lionel Leslie Bloom
- Pilot Officer Ralph Brown
- Sergeant Kenneth George Calvert
- Flying Officer Basil Carey
- Aircraftman 1st Class Edward Frank Chadburn
- Pilot Officer Arthur Albert Clarke
- Flight Sergeant Leonard Thomas Cook
- Sergeant Ralph James Mitchell Cox
- Flying Officer Robert Cuthbert Deere
- Sergeant John Edward Franckeiss
- Leading Aircraftman David Horace Franklin
- Sergeant Brian Yorke Ginn
- Sergeant Harold Frederick Goode
- Flying Officer Donald Bruce Henderson
- Flight Lieutenant Ronald Yarwood Higginson
- Sergeant Thomas Henry Hornbrook
- Aircraftman 1st Class Herbert Morgan Hughes
- Leading Aircraftman Morris Jacobson
- Sergeant Harold Jenkins
- Sergeant William Henry Jump
- Flight Lieutenant Cyril Harley Sergeant Kirkus
- Pilot Officer George Herbert Lawrenson
- Flying Officer Eric Alexis Legrand
- Warrant Officer Ronald Obee
- Flight Lieutenant Thomas Rex Poynton
- Warrant Officer Class II Arthur Esmond Prime
- Second Lieutenant Langford Russell Richardson
- Flying Officer Joseph Etienne Jacques Andre Robert
- Sergeant Robert Ronald
- Leading Aircraftman Sidney Schofield
- Sergeant Keith Robert Self
- Sergeant Robert Albert Storey
- Sergeant Ronald Whitlam
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Neville Hilton Wyman
1944
- Pilot Officer Alexander Achtymichuk
- Pilot Officer William Robert Adlard
- Flight Lieutenant Robert Agnew
- Pilot Officer Edward Lloyd Alberts
- Sergeant Harry Bain Allan
- Flight Sergeant Russell Allen
- Flight Sergeant Leslie Edward Amos
- Sergeant John Armstrong
- Flying Officer Borden Bramshott Ashley
- Pilot Officer Percy Ronald Aslett
- Flight Sergeant Harry Aspinall
- Pilot Officer Thomas Edwin Astbury
- Sergeant William George Ault
- Flight Sergeant Herbert Ingle Austin
- Flight Sergeant Robert Bailey
- Flight Sergeant Robert Edward Barnes
- Flight Sergeant Frederick William Barnett
- Flight Sergeant Hugh Barret
- Sergeant Joseph Jean Paul Marcel Bedard
- Pilot Officer George Robert Berkey
- Pilot Officer Hewitt Elliot Billens
- Flight Sergeant Harold Benjamin Blackwell
- Flying Officer William Vincent Blake
- Pilot Officer Henry Glen Boissevain
- Sergeant Sidney Bosworth
- Flight Sergeant James Wilfred Bott
- Pilot Officer John Arthur Bourgeault
- Flight Sergeant Donald George Neville Boyce
- Flight Sergeant John Ernest Brandon
- Warrant Officer Class I Donald Stewart Brillinger
- Pilot Officer Joseph Paul Guy Brisson
- Pilot Officer William Norman Waldron Brown
- Warrant Officer Class II Frederick Lloyd Bulman
- Pilot Officer Norman William Ellison Burdett
- Sergeant Terence John Burleigh
- Flying Officer Gerald Charles Burns
- Sergeant Patrick Frederick Butler
- Sergeant Anthony George Buttling
- Flying Officer Leonard John Calderwood
- Pilot Officer Roderick Hugh Cameron
- Pilot Officer Frederick Peter Cammaart
- Pilot Officer Colin Alexander Campbell
- Flight Sergeant William Michael Cashman
- Flight Sergeant Stanley Robert Chafer
- Pilot Officer Robert Edward Chantler
- Flight Sergeant John William Chapman
- Pilot Officer Derek John Chase
- Flying Officer Theodore Edward Chmielowiec
- Flying Officer Sydney Mervyn Clarke
- Sergeant Henry William Collins
- Flight Sergeant Patrick Millar Constable
- Pilot Officer Hugh Boys Cooper
- Sergeant Ronald Blair Corkill
- Sergeant Stanley William Courtenay
- Sergeant James Graig Cumming
- Sergeant Frank Lockwood Dawson
- Sergeant Richard Fabian Dawson
- Pilot Officer Joseph Paul Lucien Wilfrid Leon Desroches
- Leading Aircraftman Francis Dickinson
- Sergeant Norman James John Dobson
- Pilot Officer Harley William Doiron
- Flight Sergeant Rex Valentine Donowa
- Flying Officer Douglas Drew
- Sergeant Edward Colin Duffy
- Flight Sergeant Stephen Patrick Dullaghan
- Sergeant John William Dunford
- Sergeant James Ensor
- Flight Sergeant Henry Reid Falloon
- Sergeant Kenneth Farmer
- Flying Officer James Francis Fennessey
- Sergeant Maurice Frederick Fenton
- Flying Officer Benoit Charles Eugene Fortin
- Lieutenant William Ewen Foster
- Sergeant Maurice Fowler
- Warrant Officer Class II Robert Lewis Francis
- Flight Lieutenant Reginald John Freeman
- Sergeant Ronald Wilfred French
- Flight Sergeant Ronald V. George George
- Pilot Officer Robert Allan Gerrard
- Sergeant Stanley Glaister
- Sergeant Ernest Gledhill
- Sergeant Arthur Goddard
- Sergeant Geoffrey Goddard
- Flying Officer Horace Raymond Goddard
- Flight Lieutenant Hedley Charles Cornick Goodyear
- Sergeant Eric Arthur Goss
- Sergeant William Brodie (bill) Graham
- Flight Sergeant Harry Grainger
- Pilot Officer Wallace Lawrence Granbois
- Flight Sergeant Alan William Green
- Pilot Officer Joseph Grodecki
- Sergeant Stephen Grove
- Leading Aircraftman Francis William Guest
- Sergeant Stanley Sidney John Haines
- Sergeant Robert Henry Hall
- Flying Officer James Edward Hanks
- Flight Sergeant Leslie Hanson
- Sergeant William Harbour
- Flight Sergeant James Lane Harden
- Sergeant Kenneth Archibald Harper
- Pilot Officer John Douglas Harrison
- Sergeant William Frederick Harrison
- Flight Sergeant Fredrick Walter Harvey
- Flight Sergeant James Harvey
- Flight Sergeant Owen Stuart Harvey
- Pilot Officer Fred Hatchman
- Flight Sergeant Clifford Charles Haynes
- Sergeant Herbert Stanley Hayward
- Sergeant William Heaher
- Pilot Officer Horace Montague Richard Herbert
- Flight Sergeant Aubrey Hogg
- Pilot Officer Robert Henry Phillip Hollander
- Pilot Officer Arthur Sidney Fraser Holmes
- Flight Sergeant Charles Cliffe Owen Hood
- Flight Sergeant Donald Hopkins
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Horton
- Sergeant Albert Howcroft
- Flight Sergeant John Gordon Hudson
- Pilot Officer David Hughes
- Flight Sergeant Joseph Fernand Rolland Hurteau
- Sergeant John Edward Hutchinson
- Sergeant Ronald Hydes
- Sergeant Francis William Ingham
- Flying Officer Duncan John Jackson
- Flying Officer George Alexander Jacobson
- Sergeant Anthony Jervis
- Sergeant Graham Randall Jones
- Sergeant Bernard Kenrick
- Sergeant John Kenyon
- Flying Officer George Publow Kinnear
- Flying Officer Claude Henry Kinver
- Sergeant Terence Kirby
- Pilot Officer Roy Nixon Kirkpatrick
- Pilot Officer Victor Alfred Knox
- Pilot Officer John Seddon Laird
- Sergeant Leonard Ernest Lamb
- Flight Sergeant Frederick Walter Lambert
- Pilot Officer Mauson Lammas
- Flying Officer Harold Keith Langrish
- Sergeant Ivar Larson
- Squadron Leader Ernest William Lawrence
- Flight Lieutenant James Henry Stallwood Lee
- Sergeant Donald Arthur William Leftly
- Pilot Officer Joseph Henri Charles Legault
- Flight Lieutenant Reginald Arthur Montague Lemmon
- Flight Sergeant John David Lewis
- Pilot Officer Robert Lachlan Lochhead
- Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Ernest Longley
- Flight Sergeant Joseph James Lovett
- Sergeant Athol Lorne Lunan
- Sergeant George Lyall
- Pilot Officer Norman Herbert Lynch
- Pilot Officer Daniel Craig Macdougall
- Flying Officer Peter George Harvey Macgregor
- Sergeant David Mackay
- Flight Sergeant Gerald Victor Mackew
- Flying Officer Daniel William Magan
- Pilot Officer Douglas Francis Malyon
- Flying Officer Gerald McClelland
- Pilot Officer James Robert McCrea
- Flight Sergeant Donald James McDonald
- Pilot Officer Ronald Victor McDougall
- Pilot Officer Ian Hugh McDowell
- Sergeant Joseph Peter McGinn
- Sergeant Joseph Theodore McGovern
- Pilot Officer Frank George Andrew McJennett
- Flight Sergeant Walter Percy Mead
- Flying Officer Philip Giles Milburn
- Flight Sergeant Wilfred Sydney Millar
- Sergeant Thomas Monteith
- Flying Officer Maurice Linden Morgan-owen
- Sergeant Leo Murphy
- Sergeant Donald Percy Nash
- Sergeant Frederick Desmond Nash
- Flying Officer Owen Edward Parry Newcater
- Sergeant James Nicholls
- Pilot Officer Leon Francis George Noakes
- Sergeant Ronald William Norris
- Pilot Officer William Robert Oliver
- Sergeant Joseph Palfrey
- Sergeant Ralph Partington
- Wing Commander George William Paton
- Flight Lieutenant Colin Frederick Penfold
- Flight Lieutenant Hubert Thomas Petts
- Warrant Officer Douglas Frederick Phillips
- Flight Sergeant Harry Raymond Poole
- Squadron Leader Cecil Wardman Poulter
- Pilot Officer Joseph Lidio Priamo
- Flying Officer John Howard Pullman
- Sergeant Dennis Kenneth Ray
- Sergeant Roy Redall
- Sergeant Alan Richardson Redfearn
- Pilot Officer John James Renning
- Warrant Officer Class II Ernest Albert Rhoades
- Flying Officer Alfred Edward Robbins
- Sergeant John Robinson
- Warrant Officer Henry Thomas Rolph
- Pilot Officer John Menzies Ronahan
- Flight Lieutenant Derek Colles Ross
- Sergeant Kenneth Rusby
- Flying Officer William Noel Thomsett Russell
- Sergeant Henry Sadler
- Pilot Officer Russell Arthur Saltzberry
- Flying Officer Charles Copley Schomberg
- Sergeant Max Schorr
- Flight Sergeant Laurence Alfred Scott
- Flight Lieutenant Daniel Leonard Sedgwick
- Pilot Officer Harold Charles Seedhouse
- Sergeant Leonard Shaiman
- Pilot Officer Walter James Shaw
- Sergeant Donald Brian Sheehan
- Flying Officer Walter Edward Battle Silva-white
- Flight Sergeant Phillip Combles Smith
- Sergeant Robert Edward Smith
- Sergeant Robert Speedie Smith
- Squadron Leader Stanley Alan Somerscales
- Flying Officer William Albert Frederick Squibb
- Sergeant Jack Leslie Stean
- Sergeant Harry Stanley Nelson Steel
- Sergeant Harry Steels
- Sergeant John Alfred Sturgeon
- Flight Sergeant Selwyn Earl Telfer
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth Valentine Frank Terry
- Sergeant Alfred Douglas Tetley
- Warrant Officer Albert Edward Thomas
- Sergeant Edwin Henry Thomas
- Sergeant Clifford Henry Thompson
- Flight Lieutenant Edward Noel Thompson
- Sergeant Harry Gordon Thompson
- Sergeant Stanley Innis Thomson
- Pilot Officer John Walter Tonkyn
- Pilot Officer John Lovelace Tucker
- Pilot Officer John Burns Tweedie
- Flight Sergeant Douglas William Vaughan
- Pilot Officer Wilfred Ferdinand Vornbrock
- Sergeant Arnold Walker
- Flight Sergeant Raymond Thomas Walker
- Pilot Officer Bernard Forfar Wallis
- Sergeant Lionel Walters
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Walton
- Flight Sergeant John Watt
- Sergeant William Albert Webb
- Sergeant Ian Welch
- Sergeant Cyril Whittle
- Sergeant Anthony Arthur Whittome
- Flight Sergeant Edward Wilde
- Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Talbot Wilks
- Flight Sergeant David Henry Williams
- Leading Aircraftman Dewi Wyn Williams
- Flying Officer Gordon Howard Williams
- Sergeant William Wilson
- Sergeant James Osbourne Young
- Flight Sergeant David Yuille
1945
- Flight Lieutenant Noel Vincent Borland
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Howard Carmichael
- Pilot Officer Raymond Thomas Casey
- Sergeant Hugh Ernest Clark
- Sergeant George Geoffrey Cockroft
- Flight Sergeant Patrick Joseph Crowley
- Flying Officer Harold John Gibbs
- Flying Officer Wilfred Cleland Hall
- Flying Officer Timothy Hartnett
- Squadron Leader James Russell Johnson
- Flight Lieutenant Robert Henderson Lamason
- Leading Aircraftman Joseph Lealand
- Flying Officer Eric Rex Loton
- Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Hugh McFadden
- Pilot Officer Robert Love McKinney
- Leading Aircraftman John Arthur Medhurst
- Sergeant David Stewart Moore
- Lieutenant Percy Muir
- Leading Aircraftman Charles Mulvey
- Flying Officer George Richard Nowell
- Leading Aircraftman Kevin Vincent Sheahan
- Warrant Officer Stanley Edgar Smith
- Sergeant Stanley Welburn