On this day — 19 May
171 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 19 May during the Second World War.
1940
- Flight Lieutenant Harry Thomas James Anderson
- Sergeant Leslie Armstrong
- Sergeant Edward Joseph Belcher
- Leading Aircraftman Frederick Lawrence Bettany
- Leading Aircraftman William Donald Boyle
- Flying Officer David Stuart Harold Bury
- Leading Aircraftman Clarence Butterill
- Leading Aircraftman Arthur Frederick Church
- Pilot Officer Ralph Henry Clifford
- Pilot Officer John Herbert Coleman
- Pilot Officer Ian Dromgoole
- Squadron Leader George Marley Fidler
- Pilot Officer Christopher Ian Dunbar Halliday
- Pilot Officer Robert Edward Harris
- Sergeant Tom Jones
- Sergeant William Jones
- Sergeant Ernest Albert Judge
- Sergeant John McGregor Little
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Richard Lucas
- Sergeant Gilbert Mackenzie
- Cadet Stanley Calvert Macrae
- Pilot Officer James Joseph (jimmy) McElligott
- Corporal Anthony John Metcalfe
- Aircraftman 1st Class Henry Charles Mewett
- Pilot Officer Iain Colin Moorwood
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Leslie Timothy Newcombe
- Flying Officer Leonard John Oldacres
- Pilot Officer John Alfred Plumb
- Pilot Officer Frederick William Ratford
- Flying Officer Andrew Patrick Reed
- Leading Aircraftman Ronald James Thornton
1941
- Sergeant Henry John Cassar
- Squadron Leader Anthony Hibberd
- Leading Aircraftman Ronald Verdun Hibbs
- Sergeant Harold Albert Rodney McBirney
- Pilot Officer John Aird Nisbet
- Pilot Officer Georges Henri Mathieu Reuter
1942
- Flying Officer Henry Christopher Babington
- Sergeant Noel Cash
- Sergeant Frank Chapman
- Flight Sergeant Stanley Alfred Coggin
- Sergeant Henry Bert Crocker
- Flight Sergeant John Vernon Davey
- Sergeant Albert Douglass
- Sergeant Harold Vincent Edmonds
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Thomas Arthur Edwards
- Pilot Officer David Ray Florance
- Sergeant Kenneth John Gill
- Flight Sergeant William Heriot Goodrum
- Aircraftman 1st Class Stuart James Buchanan Guthrie
- Pilot Officer Arthur Francis Halamka
- Flight Sergeant Frederick Nelson Hanish
- Warrant Officer Alfred George Hopkins
- Sergeant William Richard Hunt
- Flight Sergeant Gordon Kennedy
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Walter King
- Aircraftman 1st Class John Henry Lewington
- Sergeant David Winston Lewis
- Sergeant Thomas McDonagh
- Sergeant Alexander Joseph McHardy
- Sergeant Robert Peter Melton Parker
- Pilot Officer Robert Lewis Pewitt
- Flight Sergeant Ralph Ainsworth Post
- Leading Aircraftman David Maxwell Lefroy Robertson
- Corporal Clarence James Rooke
- Sergeant Bernard Rinian Roy Rutherford
- Leading Aircraftman Irwin Jack Shaw
- Sergeant John Henry Stephenson
- Sergeant Sidney Richard Stickney
- Flying Officer Ronald Walter Valters
- Sergeant Peter Hallam Ward
- Sergeant Ralph Ernest Warren
- Leading Aircraftman Kenneth George Weal
- Sergeant Leslie James Whittaker
- Aircraftman 1st Class Lawrence Isaac Woodford
- Flight Sergeant Hugh Arthur Worthington
1943
- Sergeant Robert Allan
- Sergeant John Edward Allison
- Sergeant Neville Gerrard Armstrong
- Pilot Officer Reginald George Barham
- Sergeant Sydney Roy Barnes
- Flying Officer Gerald James Butler
- Sergeant Geoffrey Charles Cobern
- Warrant Officer Arthur Ronald Cunnold-cook
- Flight Sergeant Reginald William Easton
- Leading Aircraftman Norman Emery
- Aircraftman 1st Class John Oswald Francis Ferrett
- Flying Officer Evan James Frith
- Aircraftman 1st Class Frank Gaskell
- Sergeant Ronald Alfred Hartwell
- Flying Officer Frank Hilton
- Warrant Officer Geoffrey Ernest Ising
- Sergeant Ross Newcombe Kemsley
- Corporal Frank Lardeau
- Warrant Officer Class I Gerald Joseph McEachern
- Flying Officer Hughbert Ingham McLennan
- Air Commodore Sir Henry Nigel St. Valery Norman
- Aircraftman 2nd Class William Sydney Oakes
- Sergeant John Gregory O'Gorman
- Aircraftman 1st Class Alan Frederick Orr
- Flight Lieutenant Noel Parry
- Sergeant Patrick John Phipps
- Sergeant Edward James Roberts
- Sergeant Stanley Thomas Robertson
- Pilot Officer Arthur Rotenberg
- Corporal Ernest Sanderson
- Sergeant John Edward Sanderson
- Sergeant Claude Randolph Seaton-williams
- Sergeant Kenneth Smith
- Flight Sergeant Bertram James Stanford
- Flying Officer Robert Macdonald Taylor
- Pilot Officer Harold Geoffrey Allen Thompson
- Pilot Officer Raymond Kenneth Van Cleaf
- Leading Aircraftman Douglas Vincent Waddams
- Pilot Officer Jean Louis August Wellekens
- Flight Sergeant Edward Miles Whitsed
- Sergeant Frank William Wilson
1944
- Sergeant Leslie George Ambler
- Flying Officer William Hugh Iain Cameron
- Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Carter
- Flight Sergeant Rezon Ambrose Cooper
- Sergeant Robert Max Cotterell
- Warrant Officer Class I John Henry Cowan
- Squadron Leader Peter Wingate Dunn
- Warrant Officer Class II Du Toit
- Sergeant Norman Harry Flack
- Squadron Leader Norman Ralph Fowlow
- Flight Lieutenant Richard Owen Francis
- Sergeant Albert Thomas Franks
- Sergeant Alexander John Fraser
- Corporal Donald Frederick Gill
- Leading Aircraftman Leslie Percy Gwillim
- Leading Aircraftman George William Frederick Hart
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Bruce Haynes
- Flight Sergeant Antony Edmund Hill
- Flying Officer Keith Alexander Hills
- Leading Aircraftman Roy Hodgkinson
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Ernest Holland
- Pilot Officer Harold Edwin Hutchings
- Flying Officer Llewellyn Quinlan Jenkins
- Flight Lieutenant Douglas Jackson Jones
- Sergeant Garmon Peter Jones
- Flight Sergeant Richard Kennedy
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Frank Langford
- Leading Aircraftman William Charles Alexander Lovegrove
- Pilot Officer Edward Bousfield Machell
- Flight Sergeant Robert Macquaker
- Warrant Officer Class I Laurence George Martin
- Sergeant John Ronald McKinnon
- Flying Officer Harry Merrill
- Flight Lieutenant Frederick Mountain
- Flight Lieutenant Robert Michael Muir
- Flight Sergeant Gwilym Powell
- Sergeant Cecil Douglas Russell
- Flying Officer Robert Harry Smith
- Sergeant James Walter Taylor
- Flying Officer Wallace Victor Whittaker
- Warrant Officer Alfred James Williams
- Pilot Officer James Alan Skirrow Wright
- Flying Officer Laurie Aubrey Wright
1945
- Aircraftman 1st Class Brenton Leslie Atwood
- Flight Sergeant Robert Colling
- Leading Aircraftman Mervin James Ferrier
- Flight Sergeant Robert Geoffrey Holloway
- Leading Aircraftman Clarence Raymond Mooney
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Edward Raymond Shean
- Leading Aircraftman Alfred Wilkie
1946
- Aircraftman 1st Class James Kenneth (ken) John
- Leading Aircraftman Henry Vincent Leonard
- Flight Sergeant William George Henry Tyers