On this day — 1 May
245 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 1 May during the Second World War.
1940
- Sergeant Frederick John Bass
- Sergeant Kenneth Bell
- Sergeant James Thomas Bowen
- Squadron Leader Ridley Lewkenor Bradford
- Flight Sergeant John William Lewis Goldie Brent
- Squadron Leader Wilfred John Francis Bull
- Leading Aircraftman Eric William Burnett
- Aircraftman 1st Class Harold Buttery
- Flying Officer Edward Joseph Taylor Clarke
- Sergeant Peter Chris Cunningham
- Corporal Patrick Harold Devereux Ditmas
- Pilot Officer Jack Ernest Anthony Friend
- Sergeant Charles Frost
- Flying Officer Charles William Glover
- Flying Officer Kenneth Neil Gray
- Aircraftman 1st Class John Bell Greenall
- Aircraftman 1st Class Alfred William Henry Hart
- Pilot Officer Alfred Henry Hayter
- Flight Sergeant Cecil Robert Heayes
- Sergeant John Hamilton Hopper
- Sergeant George Kelly
- Sergeant Basil Elles Sharp Knowles
- Aircraftman 1st Class Donald Lilley
- Pilot Officer John Marshman
- Pilot Officer James Douglas Morrison
- Flying Officer Herbert Gage Muller
- Aircraftman 1st Class Michael John O'Sullivan
- Sergeant Harvey Alderson Peel
- Pilot Officer Gerard Arthur Hugh Poole
- Leading Aircraftman William Pounder
- Aircraftman 1st Class David Robertson
- Sergeant Leonard Frank Tomlinson
- Leading Aircraftman Philip Andrew Tyler
- Leading Aircraftman George Welsh
- Pilot Officer David Wood
1941
- Pilot Officer Aubyn John Mathie Adolphus
- Sergeant Richard Reginald Blythe
- Wing Commander Igor William Braye
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Chee Hock Hoi
- Flight Sergeant Norman Child
- Sergeant John Hutchison
- Pilot Officer Henry Gilbert Bruce Knight
- Aircraftman 1st Class William Arthur Mahoney
- Pilot Officer Leslie Frederick Charles Mayer
- Sergeant Douglas John McPherson
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Ronald Parrish
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth Charles Peek
- Pilot Officer Edgar Richard Phillips
- Sergeant Charles Pearson Robertson
- Leading Aircraftman John Simmonds
- Sergeant David Sinclair
- Sergeant Albert Skelhorn
- Sergeant Reginald Frank Skelton Smith
- Sergeant Arthur Victor Summers
- Sergeant Henry Matthew Williams
1942
- Pilot Officer Roy Stuart Beveridge
- Leading Aircraftman Jack Buzan
- Leading Aircraftman Edward Henry Dailey
- Aircraftman 2nd Class George Malin
- Corporal Thomas Edward Masterson
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Geoffrey Edward Meek
- Flight Lieutenant Harold Leslie North
- Pilot Officer Bruce Michael Osborn
- Pilot Officer John Randolph Patton
- Sergeant Andrew Francis Peacock
- Leading Aircraftman William Preece
- Sergeant Reginald Ernest Russell
- Sergeant John Edward Sketcher
- Sergeant Bruce Henry Smith
- Sergeant Arthur Albert Henry Stafford
- Sergeant John Eric Walton
1943
- Sergeant Sydney Abel
- Sergeant John Gordon Alderson
- Sergeant Kenneth Ambler
- Sergeant Albert Victor Ansell
- Flight Lieutenant Herbert Philipson Atkinson
- Flight Sergeant Jack Baker
- Leading Aircraftman Robert Edward Baker
- Sergeant Alfred Lionel Barber
- Sergeant Dennis Robert Barber
- Sergeant Jack Bayliss
- Sergeant Alvery Beard
- Squadron Leader Frederick Clifford Bertram
- Flight Lieutenant Edward William Bitmead
- Sergeant William Charles Bostock
- Sergeant Horace Alfred Briggs
- Sergeant Douglas Brown
- Sergeant John Bonser Browne
- Sergeant John Peter Hughes Brownlee
- Leading Aircraftman Gerald Ivor Buckman
- Sergeant Dennis Charles Butlin
- Sergeant Alec Reginald Camburn
- Flying Officer Roderick Halliley Capron
- Sergeant Frederick John Chandler
- Flying Officer Charles Coleman
- Sergeant Cecil Howard Collins
- Sergeant Ian Douglas Crawford
- Flight Sergeant Ronald John Crossley
- Sergeant Brinley Ivor Curnuck
- Sergeant Vernon John Deering
- Sergeant Edward Francis Doolittle
- Sergeant Lawrence Dubetz
- Sergeant Allan John Dunn
- Sergeant George Harold Edwards
- Sergeant Herbert Charles Ellis
- Pilot Officer Leslie James Ellis
- Aircraftman 1st Class Arthur Joseph Elwell
- Sergeant Arthur Edward Emms
- Flying Officer Seth James Flannery
- Flight Sergeant Joseph George William Foster
- Sergeant Leonard Gill
- Flight Sergeant Frank Bruce Gillan
- Sergeant William John Glotham
- Flight Sergeant Ian Stanley Gordon
- Sergeant Michael James Grace
- Flight Sergeant Eric Grisenthwaite
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth Hall
- Pilot Officer Ernest Claude Hallding
- Sergeant Leon Hannam
- Flying Officer William Albert George Hardy
- Sergeant Jack Sidney Harris
- Sergeant Charles Malcolm Harrower
- Sergeant Ronald Eric Hawkins
- Sergeant John Kevin Hendry
- Sergeant Charles Henry Herbert
- Warrant Officer Class II William Robert Harold Hewitt
- Sergeant Kenneth John Highsted
- Sergeant Henry Hinett
- Sergeant Joseph Hodgson
- Flying Officer Wallace James Horne
- Sergeant John Hunter
- Flight Sergeant Peter Inchcoombe
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Gerald Holden Irvine
- Flight Sergeant Stanley Pelham James
- Sergeant Thomas Traverse Jardine
- Aircraftman 1st Class John Edward Johnstone
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth Douglas Jones
- Sergeant Reginald Arthur Knapman
- Sergeant Rex Lake Le Page
- Sergeant Charles Henry Longley
- Sergeant William Robert Louth
- Sergeant John Kenneth Mansley
- Sergeant Frederick Robert Manz
- Sergeant Thomas Victor Marchant
- Sergeant Stanley Sidney Marshall
- Sergeant Ronald Martin
- Sergeant Herbert Mason
- Sergeant Stanley Stuart McClellan
- Air Mechanic Edward Nebel
- Pilot Officer Vincent Anthony Nono
- Sergeant William Nugent
- Pilot Officer George Albert Nunez
- Warrant Officer Class II Louis Nutik
- Sergeant Jack Douglas Olding
- Sergeant William Oldroyd
- Sergeant William John Ouseby
- Flying Officer James Outerbridge
- Flying Officer Arthur Edward Parsons
- Sergeant Norman Arthur Peachey
- Sergeant Thomas Dunlop Peat
- Sergeant Wilfred John Pelham
- Squadron Leader Eric Graham Pett
- Sergeant Ronald James Pike
- Pilot Officer Stanley Plaskett
- Flight Sergeant Frederick Poore
- Flight Lieutenant James Wallace Potts
- Sergeant John Alston Proctor
- Leading Aircraftman John Scott Robb
- Sergeant Dennis John Rolfe
- Flying Officer William Arnold Rollings
- Flight Sergeant James Chadd Rudd
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Deuel Scarff
- Flying Officer Peter Scott
- Flight Sergeant Derek Sheldon
- Sergeant Raymond Shepherd
- Flight Sergeant Harold Sobel
- Flight Sergeant Hugh Phair Spencer
- Flying Officer Alan Bridge Standen
- Sergeant Dennis William Suffling
- Flight Sergeant Bruce Wainwright Thomas
- Flying Officer Onslow Waldo Thompson
- Sergeant Clive Richard Leonard Thornton
- Sergeant Cyril Douglas Todd
- Sergeant Cecil Wallace Warne
- Sergeant Gordon Watson
- Sergeant Robert Williams
- Sergeant Eric Ford Williamson
- Flight Sergeant Dennis Raymond Wilson
- Sergeant Ernest John Wilson
- Sergeant Edwin Hall Wood
- Sergeant William Woodland
- Pilot Officer Geoffrey Wragge
- Flying Officer Bruce John Wright
1944
- Flight Sergeant Philip John Adamson
- Flying Officer Raymond Leonard Archer
- Leading Aircraftman Thomas Beveridge
- Sergeant John Joseph Bruce
- Flight Sergeant Francis Augustine Burroughs
- Sergeant Victor George Childs
- Corporal Alfred Charles Stanley Clark
- Sergeant Sydney Crook
- Pilot Officer Richard Frederick Easen
- Aircraftman 1st Class Alfred Cyril Reginald Fowler
- Pilot Officer James Martin Paterson Frame
- Sergeant Lloyd Stuart Franklin
- Flying Officer Alfred Henry Benbow Hall
- Warrant Officer Arthur Jones
- Sergeant William Hopkirk Lamond
- Pilot Officer Charles Henry Lines
- Flight Lieutenant Joseph Richard Lynch
- Flight Lieutenant Arthur Murray McEwan
- Pilot Officer John Riley Milne
- Flight Sergeant William Frank Mitchell
- Flying Officer Fredrick William Morrison
- Flight Lieutenant Edward Northern
- Flying Officer Charles Robertson Olmsted
- Aircraftman 1st Class George Robinson
- Warrant Officer Kenneth Edwin Robinson
- Flight Lieutenant George John Smith
- Flying Officer Reginald Albert Spencer
- Leading Aircraftman Victor Robert Sturgeon
- Flight Sergeant Norman Turner
- Pilot Officer Nick Venber
- Sergeant Percival Frank Whale
- Flight Lieutenant Charles Leonard White
- Sergeant Augustine Whitehead
- Flight Sergeant Roy Reginald Wilkinson
- Flying Officer Douglas Wilson
- Pilot Officer Neville Arthur Wilson
- Sergeant William Winkley
- Flight Sergeant Cyril Woolfenden
- Pilot Officer William Harold Young
1945
- Pilot Officer Percy Richard Arscott
- Air Corporal Botha
- Flying Officer George Walter Bouck
- Squadron Leader Robert Percy Braun
- Major Clarke
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Frederick Courtney Clarke
- Flight Lieutenant Colin Edward Cohen
- Squadron Leader Douglas Gordon Mackenzie Joy
- Flying Officer Thomas James Michael Nash
- Flying Officer James Duncan Alexander Robertson
- Flight Lieutenant Richard William Robinson
- Flying Officer Young