On this day — 16 May
257 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 16 May during the Second World War.
1940
- Flying Officer Allan Benjamin Angus
- Pilot Officer Thomas Humphrey Borg-banks
- Sergeant David Borthwick
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Charles Lever Crowcroft
- Flying Officer Anthony Ashby Daniel
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Mitchell Alves De Souza
- Flying Officer Herbert Prestyl Evans
- Corporal Reginald Frederick Fallows
- Corporal Francis Ettiene Hyland
- Leading Aircraftman Horace Gwyn James
- Sergeant Thomas Russell Kirkham
- Leading Aircraftman Walter Francis Lawes
- Leading Aircraftman John Henry Marriott
- Aircraftman 2nd Class William John McCarthy
- Sergeant Thomas John Mongey
- Leading Aircraftman Harry Morton
- Pilot Officer Michael Lisle Patton-bethune
- Corporal Roger Colin John Pilgrim
- Flight Lieutenant Alec Edward Pringle
- Pilot Officer Michael Henry Grayson Rawlinson
- Corporal Herman Fred Sass
- Sergeant Kenneth Albert Stokes
- Corporal Ivan Lapen Stowdor
- Flying Officer Arnold James Stuart
- Sergeant Edmund Winchester Tough
- Sergeant Alan Newton Trice
1941
- Sergeant Ivan John Adey
- Flying Officer Noel Le Chevalier Agazarian
- Flight Lieutenant John Anthony Allen
- Pilot Officer Stanley Leonard Bailey
- Aircraftman 1st Class Charles Raymond Brace
- Pilot Officer Christopher Charles Brackenbury
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Alfred Stanley Broad
- Corporal George Douglas Brown
- Pilot Officer William Adam Brown
- Aircraftman 1st Class John William Busuttil
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Derek William Cadman
- Flying Officer Daniel Henry Jules Clostre
- Flight Sergeant Stanley Christopher Cordy
- Wing Commander Frederick Korsten Damant
- Flight Sergeant Frank Henry Dean
- Air Sergeant Dillon
- Pilot Officer Raymond Gordon Eccles
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Alfred Henry Fellows
- Sergeant Eric Mervyn Robert Fleming
- Flight Sergeant Reginald James Garlish
- Pilot Officer John Aubrey Trevor Garrould
- Flight Lieutenant Anthony Cluse Huxtable Haines
- Flying Officer Gerald Douglas Francis Herrtage
- Corporal Harry Grant Johnston
- Flight Sergeant Leslie John Kennard
- Sergeant Robert Sydney Langston Keymer
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Michael Lynch
- Sergeant Gordon Maclean
- Pilot Officer William Alexander McVie
- Sergeant Richmond Meech
- Leading Aircraftman Harold Edwin Minor
- Leading Aircraftman Norman Ashley Moore
- Sergeant William Ernest Moore
- Leading Aircraftman Ronald Henry Morgan
- Aircraftman 2nd Class James Morrison
- Sergeant Arthur Charles North
- Sergeant Edward Oakes
- Flight Sergeant Philip George Osborn
- Leading Aircraftman Alan Neil Pearse
- Pilot Officer Richard Alban Richards
- Flight Sergeant Harry Dolton Rowe
- Flight Sergeant Alexander Plant Smith
- Sergeant Ernest Edmund Farrow Snutch
- Second Lieutenant Pax Laurence Temple-thurston
- Aircraftman 1st Class Harold Broomfield Wetton
- Pilot Officer Dixon Frederick Raeside Whyte
- Leading Aircraftman Stanley Knight Yeomans
1942
- Aircraftman 1st Class Hugh Blakiston Bowen
- Sergeant Kenneth Bushell
- Pilot Officer James Waldron Creeden
- Sergeant Edward Rutherford Crosier
- Flight Sergeant James Albert Easton
- Pilot Officer Frank Benjamin Franklin
- Flight Sergeant Myles Frederick Gordon Fraser
- Corporal Timothy James Carlile French
- Corporal David Goldie
- Sergeant Albert Gruchy
- Flight Sergeant David Edward Hall
- Pilot Officer Brian Hereward Harmer
- Sergeant Robert Henderson
- Sergeant Eric Charles Horton
- Flying Officer Ralph King Howson
- Flight Lieutenant Wallace Arthur Robert Keddie
- Pilot Officer Angus Lloyd Kippen
- Pilot Officer David Brendan Lacey
- Pilot Officer Peter Herbert Neill Lambert
- Flight Sergeant William Lonsdale
- Flight Sergeant David Charles Macnab
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth Gilbert McKee
- Pilot Officer William Jeffrey Metherall
- Flight Sergeant William Francis Millerd
- Sergeant Leslie Mitchell
- Sergeant John Owen Henry Nichols
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Max Reginald Oakley
- Flight Sergeant Douglas Emanuel Parks
- Pilot Officer William Henry Parr
- Flight Sergeant John Henry Robert Powell
- Leading Aircraftman Donald Frederick Pratt
- Leading Aircraftman Alan Richardson
- Flying Officer William Coxon Russell
- Aircraftman 1st Class Arthur Shaver
- Sergeant Stanley Alfred George Shaw
- Sergeant Bernard Frank Short
- Flight Sergeant Albert Alexander Smith
- Flight Sergeant Albert Ivan Smith
- Corporal Donald George Sussems
- Sergeant Norman Edward Whiting
1943
- Flight Lieutenant Robert Norman George Barlow
- Flight Lieutenant Jack Edward Bartrum
- Flight Lieutenant Herbert John Blackshaw
- Flying Officer George Adrian Leonard Broderick
- Flying Officer Andrew Alexander Brown
- Flying Officer Philip Sidney Burgess
- Flight Sergeant Roy Dempsey Carne
- Aircraftman 1st Class Joseph John Carter
- Warrant Officer Edward Dawson Chalmer
- Flying Officer John Ross Coates
- Flying Officer Melvin Wilson Collins
- Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Vincent Courtney
- Sergeant Kenneth Barrie Dewar
- Sergeant William Gerard Farrell
- Pilot Officer Alan Gillespie
- Flying Officer Harvey Sterling Glinz
- Leading Aircraftman Robert Harold Green
- Flight Lieutenant William Hamilton
- Flying Officer Roger Wallace Haven
- Aircraftman 1st Class Charles Herdman
- Sergeant Charles McAllister Jarvie
- Aircraftman 1st Class Gwilym Samuel Jones
- Sergeant John Alexander King
- Flight Sergeant John William Lawson
- Sergeant Jack Robert George Liddell
- Flying Officer John Donald McDonell
- Flight Sergeant James McDowell
- Flying Officer Walter Wilson Nichol
- Flight Lieutenant Arnold Greenleaves Onley
- Warrant Officer Class I Allan Walter Otto
- Sergeant Desmond Charles Robertson
- Flight Sergeant Russell Leslie Robertson
- Flying Officer Alfred Charles Smith
- Flight Sergeant Charles Hilton Alfonso Smith
- Flying Officer Donald James Smith
- Corporal Donald William Smith
- Sergeant Barrie Noel Stephenson
- Flying Officer Kenneth Allison Stevenett
- Flying Officer Clarence Lloyd Stevens
- Sergeant Alastair James Taylor
- Flying Officer Peter Sutherland Thomas
- Flying Officer James Herbert Warner
- Pilot Officer Samuel Leslie Whillis
- Pilot Officer Arthur Neville Whitaker
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Edwin Thomas William White
- Sergeant John Wilkinson
- Flying Officer Charles Rowland Williams
- Flying Officer Delwyn Crossley Wilmot
- Leading Aircraftman George Fenton Wilsher
1944
- Flying Officer Mark Leslie Abramson
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth William Adams
- Flying Officer Charles Ashcroft
- Aircraftman 1st Class Melvin Arnold Backstrom
- Leading Aircraftman David George Barnes
- Flying Officer Ralph William Bartlett
- Pilot Officer Robert Eugene Beadle
- Flying Officer Donald David George Bidwell
- Flight Sergeant Claude Frederick Bish
- Flight Sergeant Roger Henri Lucien Closon
- Flying Officer George David Coldwell-horsfall
- Flying Officer Eric James Cole
- Sergeant Donald Lancelot Coleman
- Sergeant Henry Daly
- Flight Sergeant Frank Day
- Flying Officer Walter Robert De Maus
- Sergeant Albert Llewellyn Dix
- Flying Officer Hazen Edward Dougherty
- Sergeant Brian Bernard Melrose Finnigan
- Flight Sergeant Claude Frederick Gardiner
- Leading Aircraftman William Gower
- Warrant Officer Class II Hubert Gordon Grice
- Sergeant Roy Walter Hare
- Sergeant Jack Heaney
- Sergeant David Howells
- Flight Sergeant Benjamin Johnson Hudson
- Sergeant William Jardine Hunter
- Sergeant Harry William Ingleson
- Sergeant Kenneth Thomas James
- Sergeant Gwilyn Teifi Jones
- Leading Aircraftman Richard Cyril Jones
- Flight Sergeant William Kelly
- Sergeant Alan Wilfred Knapp
- Flight Sergeant Harry Richard Lawson
- Flight Sergeant Robert Edward Leatham
- Flying Officer Keith Bertram Leaver
- Flying Officer Denis Charles Lendrum
- Flight Lieutenant Robert Brander Levack
- Flying Officer Gilbert Albert Eugene Malchair
- Flight Sergeant Frederick Noel McDonough
- Pilot Officer James Gordon McMaster
- Flying Officer William Robert Merrall
- Sergeant Frank Alexander Milne
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Walter Mitchell
- Flight Sergeant John Bertram Davidson Morrice
- Sergeant Richard Henry Moyle
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Murray
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Pantry
- Pilot Officer Ernest Moir Parsons
- Sergeant Douglas Frank Pegrum
- Sergeant John Richard Pettit
- Sergeant James Potter
- Flight Lieutenant Ernest James Presland
- Flying Officer Harold Pullan
- Flying Officer Elwin Stanbury Quantrill
- Leading Aircraftman Charles Rainsby Roberts
- Flying Officer Donald Claude Rooke
- Sergeant Nicholas Clayton Rushton
- Flying Officer Lawrence Alfred Seymour
- Pilot Officer Albert Edward Slade
- Flight Sergeant James Smith
- Corporal William James Smith
- Sergeant Eric Thomas Stephenson
- Flying Officer Thomas Kenneth Stothard
- Sergeant Donald Sutcliffe
- Flight Sergeant Ralph Aubrey Tapp
- Flying Officer Arthur Andrew Tilton
- Flight Lieutenant George Dave Urich
- Flying Officer Frederick Walsh
- Sergeant Norman Walters
- Flying Officer John Peter Watkins
- Flight Sergeant Douglas Arthur Whitehurst
- Sergeant Phillip Anthony Wilde
- Sergeant Edward Wilkinson
- Sergeant Arthur George Wright
- Pilot Officer Thomas Kitchener Wright
1945
- Flight Lieutenant Louis Lynde Aide
- Flight Lieutenant Thomas Bernard Akin
- Flight Lieutenant Everett Brock Allen
- Sergeant Samuel Robert Bruce Douglas
- Flight Lieutenant Robert George Hodge
- Flying Officer George Joseph Sydney Overend
- Corporal Oxford
- Corporal Ronald William Pearce
- Flight Sergeant Harold Sorrell
- Sergeant Ivan Rex Stacey
- Flight Sergeant Edwin John Thomas
- Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Harcourt Thomason
- Flight Lieutenant Curtis Warren Wheelock