On this day — 13 May
433 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 13 May during the Second World War.
1940
- Flying Officer Wilfred Sydney Charles Adams
- Leading Aircraftman John Stuart Mee Bromley
- Pilot Officer Croyden Jelfs Edinborough Chamberlain
- Pilot Officer Gordon Emery Chandler
- Pilot Officer William Michael Arlingham Davies
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Frederick Guildford Evans
- Aircraftman 1st Class Frank Hands
- Flying Officer Raymond Bryce Lines Roberts
- Leading Aircraftman Douglas Leslie McLeish
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Edwin Mold
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Albert Norman Pulfrey
- Sergeant George Edward Seldon
- Sergeant Charles Donald Thorn
- Pilot Officer Peter William Vaughan
1941
- Sergeant Joseph Eckersley Austen-johnson
- Sergeant John Turner Berridge
- Leading Aircraftman Leonard John Blackhall
- Pilot Officer John Messiter Chadwick
- Sergeant Dermot Ezra Read Ellwood
- Pilot Officer Norman Harold Goodall
- Flight Sergeant Gerald Thomas Hardwick
- Flying Officer William John Hawes
- Leading Aircraftman William George Henry
- Pilot Officer Henry Norman Hunt
- Sergeant Denison Owen
- Sergeant Eric Leonard Stoodley
- Pilot Officer Peter John Alfred Thompson
1942
- Pilot Officer Alan Bartlett
- Flight Sergeant Peter James Widdell Blake
- Sergeant Philip Hayne Chapman
- Leading Aircraftman David Alwyn Checchi
- Pilot Officer Rodney Ernest Corr
- Sergeant Richard Alfred Coward
- Flight Sergeant Raymond Leslie Cunningham
- Leading Aircraftman Alfred George Gardner
- Sergeant Alan Geddes Graham
- Aircraftman 1st Class Leslie Harrison
- Sergeant Raith John Cable Hazelton
- Sergeant Walter John James
- Aircraftman 1st Class William Frederick Alec Jefford
- Sergeant Brian Andrew Kilpatrick
- Sergeant John Maxwell Knight
- Sergeant Sidney Lang
- Sergeant Stanley Harold Mortimore
- Pilot Officer Anthony Francis O'Donnell
- Sergeant Leonard Arthur Omsby
- Flying Officer Harold Graham Pace
- Sergeant Adam Scott
- Leading Aircraftman Harold Aubrey Simpson
- Leading Aircraftman William Stanley Stevens
- Flying Officer John Hester Venn
- Sergeant John White
- Pilot Officer Harry George Zavadowsky
1943
- Flight Sergeant Peter Henry Alderton
- Pilot Officer Ian Hamilton Alexander
- Sergeant Walter Herbert David Alison
- Flying Officer Frederick Arthur Alp
- Sergeant James Samuel Andrews
- Flying Officer Thomas Archibald
- Sergeant Clarence Askham
- Sergeant Basil Albert Bacon
- Flight Sergeant Edward William Banks
- Sergeant Eric George Bass
- Sergeant Michael Bates
- Flying Officer Raymond Lamport Baumgarten
- Sergeant Ernest George Ronald Beacham
- Sergeant Gordon Belec
- Flight Sergeant Hugh Bell
- Sergeant Kenneth Forster Bell
- Sergeant Ronald Bell
- Sergeant William Glover Berry
- Sergeant Eric William Betts
- Sergeant Peter Reginald James Blake
- Sergeant James Howard Body
- Flight Sergeant David Barclay Bourne
- Sergeant Gerald Francis Broadbent
- Pilot Officer Harold Broadbent
- Flight Sergeant Douglas Oliver Broughton
- Sergeant Eric Gregson Brown
- Sergeant John Arthur Brown
- Flying Officer Thomas Brown
- Pilot Officer Robert John Bryans
- Sergeant James Buntin
- Sergeant Barnard Angus Bunting
- Sergeant Arthur Henry Burn
- Flight Sergeant Robert Burridge
- Sergeant Arthur John Buxton
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Robert Cairns
- Pilot Officer Gordon Alexander Calder
- Pilot Officer Henry Catch
- Flying Officer Frederick Allan Clark
- Pilot Officer Charles William Clarke
- Flying Officer Selwyn James Clubb
- Sergeant Cyril Norman Victor Cogdell
- Flight Lieutenant Albert Douglas Coldicott
- Aircraftman 2nd Class George Cook
- Flying Officer Ronald Hermond Downes Cook
- Pilot Officer Dennis Ray Cooper
- Sergeant Ernest George Cooper
- Sergeant Henry William Cox
- Sergeant Andrew Cresswell
- Warrant Officer Raymond Thomas Crimmins
- Pilot Officer Gerald Herbert Dane
- Leading Aircraftman Victor Vernon Darby
- Sergeant Douglas Arthur Mark Davidson
- Flight Sergeant Richard Davidson
- Pilot Officer Garfield Davies
- Sergeant John Davies
- Sergeant Stanley Frederick Dean
- Sergeant Hugh Robert Dick
- Flying Officer Linwood Alton Dingley
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Percy Dorrington
- Sergeant Norman Douglas
- Flying Officer Howard Ralph Drake
- Flying Officer Peter John Dunger
- Sergeant Leslie Allan Dunmore
- Sergeant William Duthie
- Pilot Officer Alan Howard Eades
- Sergeant William Eddington
- Sergeant Albert Victor Edwards
- Sergeant David Richard James Edwards
- Sergeant Edward William Eke
- Flying Officer John Dartry Erzinger
- Flying Officer Douglas William Henry Evans
- Sergeant Ronald David Evans
- Sergeant Douglas Claude Ferris
- Warrant Officer Class II Kenneth Franklin Fighter
- Flying Officer Ronald James Fiscalini
- Flight Lieutenant Frederick Warren Fisher
- Sergeant Jeffrey Fitton
- Flying Officer Douglas Gordon Fraser
- Flight Sergeant Richard Douglas Fraser
- Sergeant Patrick Albert James Gardner
- Flight Sergeant Keith Lavon Garman
- Flying Officer Basil Alfred Alexander Geale
- Sergeant Alfred James Gearing
- Pilot Officer Joseph Isador Gedak
- Flight Sergeant Cecil Louis Gerding
- Pilot Officer William Lionel Gibbs
- Sergeant Ernest Gordon Leonard Giggs
- Pilot Officer Frank Giles
- Sergeant Frederick Leonard Reginald Gilliver
- Sergeant Harry Goddard
- Sergeant Stanley Leonard Goodwin
- Sergeant Charles Gerard Gowen
- Sergeant Frank Patrick Charles Gower
- Sergeant Charles Green
- Flight Sergeant Jack Greenfield
- Sergeant Frederick Charles Greening
- Sergeant Thomas Joseph Gregory
- Sergeant Duncan Grey
- Sergeant Edward Leo Gummer
- Flight Sergeant Byron Leo Haley
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Fitzgerald Halsted
- Sergeant William Frederick Walter Hards
- Sergeant James McGhee Hargreaves
- Sergeant Edgar David Harrison
- Sergeant Kenneth Cecil Harrison
- Sergeant Robert Frederick Harvey
- Flight Sergeant Alan Edgar Hatch
- Flight Sergeant Stanley Alfred Hathaway
- Pilot Officer William Dick Hawkes
- Flying Officer Edwin Francis Hamilton Heard
- Pilot Officer Alfred Jones Hendry
- Sergeant Bernard George Hickling
- Flight Sergeant Charles Clifford Hildreth
- Flight Sergeant William Bill Hiram Hill
- Sergeant Kenneth George Hoad
- Sergeant Kenneth Stewart Hobkirk
- Sergeant William James Holman
- Sergeant Francis Bernard Holmes
- Warrant Officer Allan Lockwood Home
- Flight Sergeant Douglas Ray Horwood
- Pilot Officer Edward Hough
- Sergeant Francis James Howell
- Sergeant Ronald Hughes
- Pilot Officer Francis Hindmarch Huntley
- Sergeant Cecil Herbert Hurle
- Pilot Officer Harold Moseley Ivatt
- Sergeant Leslie Jakes
- Sergeant Stanley James
- Flight Sergeant Alexander Clive Johnston
- Flying Officer John Johnston
- Pilot Officer Herbert Francis Jolley
- Flight Sergeant Norman Elsdon Jones
- Sergeant Victor Keith Jordan
- Pilot Officer Paul Grant Kelly
- Sergeant Edward Frederick Kinerman
- Sergeant Charles Lionel King
- Flying Officer Ronald Frederick Kingham
- Sergeant Samuel Laughlin
- Sergeant William Leven
- Flight Sergeant Milford Glen Thomas Levins
- Sergeant Robert William Littlefair
- Pilot Officer George William Locksmith
- Sergeant Richard Bruce Loverseed
- Flight Lieutenant Thomas Luke
- Sergeant Ernest Edward Lundy
- Sergeant Sydney Lupton
- Pilot Officer Evan Seaforth Mackenzie
- Flying Officer Hugh Columba Macneil
- Pilot Officer Kevin Eugene Mahoney
- Sergeant John Desmond Mahony
- Flight Sergeant Walter Edward Mann
- Flight Sergeant Neville Ray Mason
- Flying Officer Gerald Olivier Marcel Massip-de-turville
- Pilot Officer Edward Thomas Maton
- Sergeant Thomas Granville Matthews
- Flight Sergeant David Chester Maxwell
- Pilot Officer John Richardson McCall
- Flight Sergeant Basil Williams McGrath
- Flight Sergeant Charles Williston McKim
- Flying Officer George McMillan
- Warrant Officer Class I Glen Allen McMillan
- Warrant Officer William Archibald McNair
- Sergeant William John Merrigan
- Sergeant Reginald Charles Meyer
- Sergeant Ronald George Miles
- Sergeant Harry Millward
- Warrant Officer Class II Douglas Seldon Mitchell
- Sergeant Innis Edward Mobley
- Pilot Officer Murray Quinn Moffatt
- Sergeant Kenneth Gerald Money
- Sergeant Donald Francis Moon
- Sergeant Bernard Arthur Riley Moore
- Warrant Officer Class II Thomas Matheson Moran
- Flight Sergeant Wesley Morey
- Sergeant Roger Marshall Morris
- Sergeant John Thomson Murray
- Sergeant William Murray
- Sergeant Murray Hudley Nesbitt
- Sergeant John Geoffrey Newall
- Flying Officer John Paul Newton
- Warrant Officer Class II William Bruce Nichol
- Sergeant George Robert Nipper
- Pilot Officer John Isaac Noble
- Flying Officer Wallace Wesley O'Brien
- Sergeant Sydney Ogden
- Sergeant William O'Neill
- Sergeant John Charles Owen
- Sergeant Stanley Owen
- Warrant Officer Class II John Palmer
- Sergeant William Anthony Pasqual
- Leading Aircraftman James Milton Phimister
- Sergeant Joseph Piggott
- Flight Sergeant Horace Plant
- Flying Officer Geoffrey Douglas Priestley
- Flight Sergeant Thomas James Pritchard
- Pilot Officer Harold Wilfred Rash
- Flight Sergeant Roger Emile Lucien Ratelle
- Sergeant John Reddish
- Warrant Officer William Joseph Reid
- Sergeant Peter Colin William Rich
- Sergeant David John Richards
- Flight Lieutenant Leslie Arthur Rickinson
- Flight Sergeant Hugh Alan Roberts
- Sergeant William Augustus Roberts
- Sergeant Donald Hubert Robinson
- Sergeant Edwin Rome
- Sergeant Kenneth George Roots
- Sergeant Ernest Edward Russell
- Sergeant Harry Russell
- Sergeant Dennis Bertram Sach
- Sergeant Francis George Salter
- Flight Lieutenant Rupert Claude Sawyer
- Sergeant George Henry Saxton
- Sergeant Gerard Scully
- Flying Officer Leonard Fraser Gillespie Seabrook
- Sergeant Royce Selwyn Shaw
- Flying Officer Henry Sinclair Shearer
- Warrant Officer Henry Augustine Sheehan
- Sergeant William Allan Simonett
- Sergeant Thomas Henry Skelton
- Sergeant Robert Edward Sloan
- Flight Sergeant David Crofton Smith
- Sergeant Joe Smith
- Sergeant Thomas Haig Smith
- Leading Aircraftman Daniel Speirs
- Sergeant Maurice Brian Squires
- Sergeant Alexander Steel
- Sergeant John Ackroyd Stephens
- Sergeant John Cameron Stewart
- Sergeant Leonard Allen Stimpson
- Sergeant Alan Stott
- Sergeant Cyril Taylor
- Pilot Officer Howard Allen Tennis
- Sergeant John Thomas
- Sergeant John Robert Thompson
- Sergeant Eric Wilson Thomson
- Sergeant Edward Stanley Tompkins
- Sergeant Daniel Anthony Traill
- Flight Sergeant Charlie Wilson Trinder
- Pilot Officer Reginald Tunstall
- Sergeant Leopold Urry
- Flight Sergeant William George Uttley
- Squadron Leader Lighton Verdon-roe
- Warrant Officer Class II James Samuel Vose
- Sergeant Leonard Waldorf
- Flying Officer John Douglas Wallace
- Sergeant Herbert Walsh
- Warrant Officer Class II Raymond Cuthbert Weedy
- Pilot Officer William Murray Wendon
- Sergeant Tom Wharmby
- Flight Sergeant John Douglas White
- Sergeant Charles Douglas Whitehall
- Flight Sergeant Samuel Leenoy Whitehead
- Sergeant Arthur Wilson Whiteoak
- Flying Officer Stanley Wilkinson
- Flight Sergeant David Hugh Williams
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Franklin Williams
- Flying Officer Stephen Alan Willoughby
- Sergeant John Guyie Wilson
- Flying Officer Victor Albert Wilson
- Sergeant George Robert Yorston Wood
- Flying Officer Julian Vernon Orison Wood
- Sergeant Joseph Wykes
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Gordon Wynn
1944
- Squadron Leader Charles Riddell Adam
- Pilot Officer Joseph Edward Jean Guy Arbour
- Flying Officer John Ivan Atkins
- Sergeant Walter Reginald Banner
- Flying Officer Leonard Victor Barnett
- Pilot Officer Wilbur Boyd Bentz
- Sergeant Alexander Mitchell Berry
- Flight Lieutenant Claude Jose Hubert Bignell
- Flying Officer Geoffrey Hugh Bowen
- Flight Sergeant Donald Anderson Bowern
- Flying Officer John Robert Brookes
- Sergeant Ronald Bull
- Pilot Officer David Mark Tyndall Burnett
- Flying Officer Frank Paul Byrne
- Pilot Officer Charles John Campbell
- Flight Sergeant Donald Stirling Campbell
- Flying Officer Robert Roy Campbell
- Sergeant John Robert Carruthers
- Flight Lieutenant Aubrey Edward Henderson Cattle
- Flying Officer Lavington Edmund John Frederick Chinnery
- Pilot Officer Malcolm Keith Christie
- Flight Lieutenant Norman Clayes
- Leading Aircraftman Clarence Arthur Conrad
- Flying Officer Arthur Jeffrey Corriveau
- Sergeant Robert Earl Coulter
- Sergeant Henry Francis Cowie
- Flying Officer Alan John Crouch
- Flying Officer Frederick Ernest Deighton
- Pilot Officer Peter Dewar
- Sergeant Herbert Horace Dixon
- Leading Aircraftman Edward Thomas Donoghue
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Wesley Drumm
- Flying Officer Burdel Frank Edwards
- Sergeant Alfred Eland
- Sergeant Roy Ellerslie
- Pilot Officer Earl Dwight Empey
- Flight Sergeant William George Fenwick
- Flight Sergeant Laurence Pritchard Fidgin
- Flying Officer Walter Raymond Finlayson
- Flying Officer Kenneth William Fishwick
- Pilot Officer Robert Joseph Fitzpatrick
- Flying Officer Clifford Sheldon Flint
- Sergeant Hugh Forbes
- Pilot Officer Eric Harry Gaggin
- Sergeant Leslie Robert Gee
- Flight Sergeant William Kevin Gertzel
- Flight Sergeant William Andrew Gillard
- Flying Officer Geoffrey George Halestrap
- Pilot Officer George William Hume
- Pilot Officer George Clifton Jennison
- Flight Sergeant Edward Johnson
- Sergeant Albert Christopher Jones
- Pilot Officer James Howard Jones
- Lieutenant Joubert
- Leading Aircraftman David Douglas Keay
- Pilot Officer Andrew Laturnus
- Sergeant Charles Geoffrey Lee
- Pilot Officer Gilbert Allan Lewis
- Flying Officer William Raymond Lilley
- Pilot Officer Samuel George Livingstone
- Flight Sergeant Norman Edward Locklier
- Sergeant John Duncan Macpherson
- Sergeant Kenneth Victor Mant
- Sergeant Beresford Marsh
- Sergeant John Mawer
- Sergeant William Bronwhill May
- Flying Officer Robert Smith McGill
- Pilot Officer Jack Edwin McIntyre
- Flight Lieutenant Malcolm McIver
- Leading Aircraftman Harold Alexander McKay
- Squadron Leader Clifford Richard McKenny
- Flight Lieutenant Walter James McKerracher
- Lieutenant Mervis
- Flying Officer Arthur McLaughlin Miller
- Flying Officer James Lambert Moore
- Sergeant Dennis Roland Mussett
- Flying Officer Jack Newcombe
- Flight Sergeant Peter William Nicholls
- Warrant Officer Laurence John Nichols
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Norton
- Pilot Officer John Carlos O'Connell
- Flying Officer Harold Engman Oddan
- Flying Officer Ralph William Ollett
- Corporal Jeremiah O'Neill
- Pilot Officer Jack Parkinson
- Flying Officer Clifford Passingham
- Sergeant Victor Douglas Payne
- Flying Officer Clifford Stanley Phillips
- Flying Officer Geoffrey Philip Pinn
- Flying Officer Stuart Marvin Preston
- Flying Officer Walter William Price
- Sergeant Anthony Frank Raymond
- Pilot Officer Fred Roach
- Flight Sergeant George Henry Rose
- Flying Officer Christopher William Saunderson
- Squadron Leader Nathaniel Leslie Shove
- Pilot Officer Harold Ingram Smith
- Flight Sergeant Harold John Smith
- Pilot Officer Roy Stanley Smith
- Aircraftman 2nd Class James Stanton Spowart
- Flying Officer Charles Hume Stewart
- Flight Lieutenant David Cameron Stewart
- Wing Commander Harley Charles Stumm
- Pilot Officer John Wilson Summerhayes
- Flying Officer Thomas Wessel Taylor
- Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas
- Sergeant John Thomson
- Flying Officer Joseph Alexander Webber
- Sergeant Dennis Ivor Whitney
- Flight Lieutenant Robert David Wibberley
- Sergeant George William Wilson
- Pilot Officer Alvin Edward Yarington