On this day — 8 June
287 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 8 June during the Second World War.
1940
- Sergeant John Percy Boddington
- Corporal Harold Frederick Bond
- Pilot Officer Lancelot Gordon Bew Bunker
- Squadron Leader Wilfred Ivanhoe Harris Burke
- Sergeant Brian William Burt
- Leading Aircraftman Charles Sydney Burt
- Sergeant John Byatt
- Leading Aircraftman Charles Horace Cartwright
- Pilot Officer Geoffrey Inglesby Cherrington
- Sergeant Joseph Herbert Cooper
- Aircraftman 1st Class Fred Dixon
- Flight Sergeant William John Downer
- Flying Officer Hugh Diarmid Sherbrooke Dunford-wood
- Pilot Officer Jack Falkson
- Aircraftman 1st Class Maurice Bremner Forsyth
- Corporal Noel Arthur Charles Garrett
- Aircraftman 1st Class William Glover
- Aircraftman 1st Class William John Gray Gordon
- Leading Aircraftman Leonard Ogilvie Grant
- Aircraftman 1st Class Robert Cranston Gray
- Leading Aircraftman Fred Green
- Corporal Richard Alfred Ernest Green
- Corporal Barry James Griffiths
- Sergeant Howard Thomas Heatley
- Leading Aircraftman Stanley James
- Sergeant Edwin Jones
- Sergeant Peter Frederick Kay
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Kirkcaldie
- Flight Sergeant George Lowdon
- Sergeant Donald Robert Charles Maclagan
- Leading Aircraftman James Edwin Maw
- Pilot Officer Robert Moffat
- Sergeant Joseph Stanley Morehen
- Corporal James John Parsons
- Leading Aircraftman Samuel Parsons
- Corporal Robert Pears
- Sergeant William David Parke Pittar
- Aircraftman 1st Class Ernest Charles Reed
- Aircraftman 1st Class George Linsay Reed
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Robert Scott
- Aircraftman 1st Class John James Valentine Simpson
- Leading Aircraftman John Arthur Spence
- Leading Aircraftman Robert Stevenson
- Leading Aircraftman Angus Stewart
- Sergeant George Thompson
- Flying Officer Harold Edward Vickery
- Aircraftman 1st Class Basil Charles Waters
- Flight Lieutenant Reginald Alleyne Weeks
- Corporal Arthur Edward Wise
- Leading Aircraftman Fernly Russell Wood
1941
- Flight Lieutenant James Robin Aldis
- Pilot Officer Charles Wilfred Symons Bristow
- Sergeant Edward Graham Buckingham
- Sergeant Richard Percy Burt
- Flying Officer William Alan Foster
- Flying Officer Frederick William Hall-jones
- Sergeant William George Nelson Hare
- Aircraftman 1st Class John Highcock
- Pilot Officer James Mossman Johnston
- Sergeant Josef Kominek
- Sergeant Gordon Mason
- Sergeant Cyril Frank Matthews
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Roger Lidstone Paige
- Sergeant Leonard Parry
- Pilot Officer Garfield Arthur Prosser
- Pilot Officer Arthur Ronald Pennell Shield
- Aircraftman 1st Class Ellis Francis Sturgess
1942
- Aircraftman 2nd Class George Alexander
- Corporal Ernest Alton
- Leading Aircraftman Roy Leo Aney
- Leading Aircraftman David Harold Armitage
- Flight Sergeant Robert Charles Addison Ash
- Sergeant Tom Allan Auld
- Flying Officer Leslie George Barlow
- Corporal Victor John Herbert Bilton
- Flight Sergeant James Calvin Black
- Sergeant Eric Foster William Booth
- Leading Aircraftman Brooks
- Warrant Officer Jack Albert Budd
- Sergeant Cecil James Bunn
- Flight Lieutenant Roy Blackwell Chadwick
- Flight Sergeant Herbert Redvers Copeland
- Pilot Officer John Lawrence Crisp
- Flight Sergeant Howard Leslie Davis
- Sergeant Ernest Bernard Dionne
- Leading Aircraftman Clifford Dobson
- Flight Sergeant Glen Oscar Doten
- Air Mechanic Evans
- Sergeant Edward Edwin Charles Evans
- Aircraftman 1st Class William Arthur Evans
- Pilot Officer John Douglas Gordon
- Sergeant Arthur James Grabham
- Pilot Officer Jeffrey Hayward
- Sergeant Frank Kenneth Heaton
- Leading Aircraftman John Alfred Henham
- Sergeant William John Hopkins
- Sergeant John Robert James
- Warrant Officer Class II David Burnett McGregor
- Sergeant John McKinstry
- Flight Lieutenant Kris Herbert Moon
- Sergeant Sidney Montague Moore
- Flight Lieutenant Frederick George Pafford
- Sergeant Norman Peake
- Pilot Officer Elias Alexander Phillips
- Flight Sergeant William Edgar Pilborough
- Flight Sergeant Ian Maclaren Reid
- Sergeant George Ryan
- Sergeant Frederick John Alfred Saunders
- Leading Aircraftman Albert James Joseph Sinclair
- Sergeant John Ralph Storey
- Flying Officer Collin Kenneth Tait
- Sergeant Eric Ward
- Sergeant Harold Victor Warnock
- Sergeant Tom Whittle
- Flight Lieutenant Pyers Arthur Worrall
1943
- Leading Aircraftman William Anderson
- Flight Lieutenant Eric George Bamkin
- Flying Officer Frederick Albert Barber
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Donald Arthur Barrett
- Flight Sergeant Frank Edward Bobby
- Flight Sergeant Leonard Reginald Brennan
- Flight Sergeant John Bentley Brocksopp
- Pilot Officer Charles Henry Broomhall
- Flight Sergeant John Frederick Calvesbert
- Warrant Officer Class I John Evans Cosford
- Aircraftman 1st Class Randolph Miller Crawley
- Leading Aircraftman Archibald Crichton
- Flying Officer Sam Tunnicliffe (peter) Daniels
- Pilot Officer Richard Herman Dose
- Sergeant Geoffrey Fall
- Sergeant Robert William Fitzsimmons
- Pilot Officer Albert Edward Gray
- Sergeant Roland Osborne Charles Harris
- Leading Aircraftman John Arthur Holgate
- Aircraftman 1st Class George Overen Hunter
- Flight Sergeant Trevor William Robert Jones
- Corporal William Lavin
- Aircraftman 1st Class Sydney Henry Levinson
- Sergeant Leslie Holden Lyle
- Corporal Thomas George Manning
- Flight Sergeant Victor James Morris
- Flight Sergeant John Francis Nicholson
- Sergeant Edward Henry Palava
- Pilot Officer Colin James Randle
- Sergeant George Alfred Robbins
- Sergeant Derek James Aspinall Robson
- Aircraftman 2nd Class George Rule
- Flight Sergeant Frederick Joseph Alexander Steel
- Flight Sergeant Edward Charles Sutton
- Sergeant Francis John Martin Tremble
- Aircraftman 1st Class Peter English Weatherly
1944
- Squadron Leader William Brodie Anderson
- Flight Sergeant James Edward Armstrong
- Pilot Officer Algot Leon Arnell
- Pilot Officer John Peter Artyniuk
- Sergeant William Wallington Astles
- Flight Sergeant Louis Michael Gabriel Baker
- Flight Sergeant Tom Bamford
- Warrant Officer Class I William James Banner
- Flight Sergeant Robert Beard
- Pilot Officer Harry Beazley
- Flight Sergeant Bryan Bowker
- Flight Sergeant Gilbert Francis Brown
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Edward Bryan
- Pilot Officer Ernest William Bernard Carlson
- Sergeant William John Cheshire
- Flying Officer John Arthur Cole
- Flight Sergeant John Ronald Cottle
- Pilot Officer Gilbert Alfred John Curtis
- Flying Officer Lancelot Vernon Davidson
- Warrant Officer Graham Davies
- Flying Officer John Edward Davies
- Sergeant Wallace Geoffrey Duncan
- Sergeant Gordon Mackenzie Edwards
- Flying Officer Robert Norman Elwin
- Flying Officer Richard Dillicar Ferguson
- Warrant Officer Harold Jackson Fletcher
- Pilot Officer Harold Arthur Foster
- Pilot Officer Raymond Leslie Francis
- Pilot Officer Sydney Frederick Francis
- Flight Sergeant Alan Rutherford Gale
- Flight Sergeant Kevin Francis Galvin
- Flying Officer Peter Joseph Gandy
- Flight Sergeant George Edward John Gardner
- Flight Sergeant Paul Baily Giles
- Pilot Officer Arthur Taylor Gill
- Warrant Officer John William Godfrey
- Flight Lieutenant Richard Gerard Godfrey
- Flying Officer Leonard Gold
- Pilot Officer William Gowans
- Pilot Officer David Robert Graham
- Pilot Officer Ian Mackenzie Hamilton
- Flight Sergeant John Hamilton
- Squadron Leader Reginald Lewis Hanbury
- Sergeant George William Haswell
- Flying Officer William Bennett Hawkins
- Flight Sergeant Kevin William Hennessy
- Sergeant Frederick William Herbert
- Flight Sergeant William Nelson Heywood
- Flight Sergeant George Edwin Hitchcock
- Squadron Leader Cecil George Hopton
- Pilot Officer Gordon Leslie Hyde
- Pilot Officer John Alexander Inverarity
- Sergeant Barry Wentworth Jarvis
- Flying Officer Douglas Scott Johnstone
- Flying Officer Harry Robert Jones
- Flight Lieutenant Herbert Clifford Jones
- Flight Sergeant Aidan Jordan
- Pilot Officer Gordon Beverley Jose
- Pilot Officer Stanley Frederick Harding Kelley
- Flight Sergeant John Duncan Krone
- Pilot Officer William Joseph Kuntz
- Pilot Officer Frederick William Layton
- Warrant Officer John Raymond Lloyd
- Flying Officer John Charles Low
- Pilot Officer Ralph William Lowrey
- Pilot Officer Francis Harold Lyne
- Pilot Officer Angus Donald Mackay
- Pilot Officer Joseph Cyril Robert Maranda
- Flight Lieutenant George Arthur Marrows
- Pilot Officer Roland Maxwell Marshall
- Pilot Officer Jack Maxwell Mayhead
- Warrant Officer Class I William Gordon McClelland
- Flight Lieutenant Michael Aidan McGilligan
- Flying Officer William Donald Nelson McKessock
- Pilot Officer Maurice McLear
- Flight Sergeant James Milne
- Sergeant William Howard Moffat
- Pilot Officer Halvar Leo Fred Moller
- Flying Officer William Edgar Laurence Moody
- Flying Officer Hugh Allan Morrison
- Flying Officer Malcolm James Mott
- Pilot Officer William Dakin Mullin
- Flight Sergeant Gordon Leo Nordbye
- Sergeant Richard Robert Norman
- Pilot Officer Donald Mitchell Norris
- Flying Officer Donald Blair Norton
- Warrant Officer Cecil Charles Osborne
- Flight Sergeant William Robinson Pearce
- Flight Sergeant William Robert Rex Porter
- Flight Lieutenant Ross Powdrill
- Flight Sergeant Oliver George Reed
- Flight Sergeant William Alexander Roach
- Sergeant Francis Matthew Robertson
- Flying Officer Robert Harold Rolph
- Sergeant David John Chubbin Roulston
- Pilot Officer Douglas Wilfred Sammon
- Pilot Officer Francis Sylvester Sewell
- Pilot Officer Douglas David Skingle
- Warrant Officer Class II Arthur Roy Smith
- Pilot Officer Raymond Michael Smith
- Flight Sergeant Peter Selwood Sullivan
- Sergeant Sidney Thomas Tanser
- Pilot Officer Gordon Stanley Tanuck
- Warrant Officer Arthur Lewis Terry
- Flying Officer William Alexander Thompson
- Flying Officer Francis Gorman Tilt
- Pilot Officer John Edward Todd
- Flying Officer Ronald William Tovey
- Flight Sergeant John James Joseph Turner
- Pilot Officer Rudolph Filmore Warne
- Flight Sergeant Gordon Washbourne
- Flight Sergeant Cecil John Watson
- Flight Lieutenant Joseph William Weis
- Flight Sergeant Ralph William Westergard
- Warrant Officer John Patrick Whelan
- Flying Officer Ian Rene Gordon White
- Flying Officer Frederick Owen Williams
- Flying Officer Thomas Harvey Wilson
- Flight Lieutenant David Telfer Wood
- Flying Officer Charles David Woodley
- Sergeant Kenneth Benson Woodman
- Pilot Officer Earle Deachman Woods
- Pilot Officer John Francis Edward Yates
1945
- Leading Aircraftman Lavergne Henry Bauer
- Warrant Officer Kevin Norman Doyle
- Corporal Frank Gregson
- Flying Officer Allan Albert Kingsbury
- Flying Officer John Patrick Francis Palleck
- Flight Lieutenant Mervin Charles Partridge
- Corporal Carroll Rufus Porter
- Pilot Officer Donald Dean Schurr
- Flight Lieutenant Harry Turner
- Leading Aircraftman Harold Robert Wallbridge