On this day — 30 July
415 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 30 July during the Second World War.
1940
- Group Captain George Cecil Gardiner
- Pilot Officer Francis Herbert Jones
- Sergeant Patrick Murphy
- Aircraftman 1st Class George Scott
1941
- Pilot Officer Peter Alderson
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Henry Glendinning Beaty
- Pilot Officer Jack Bell
- Sergeant George Cuthbert Bingley
- Sergeant John Mortimer Blundell
- Sergeant Clifforde Winfield Bonser
- Aircraftman 1st Class Frank Brown
- Pilot Officer Peter Brown
- Pilot Officer Rollie Ernest Buckolz
- Sergeant William Sidney Campbell
- Pilot Officer Philip Arthur Christian
- Leading Aircraftman William Blair Christie
- Sergeant Derek Godfrey Dennis-smither
- Sergeant Kenneth Francis Druhan
- Sergeant Stuart St. Helier Gwyllym Dunn
- Pilot Officer John Hastings Eastwood
- Pilot Officer Esmond Clive Elder
- Pilot Officer Athol Foster
- Corporal Charles Garwood
- Sergeant Lesa Girman
- Corporal Alexander Bryan Goldie
- Sergeant Lawrence Harold Gruer
- Pilot Officer Eric Sidney Hale
- Sergeant Rowland Haley
- Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Harris
- Sergeant James Hastings
- Pilot Officer Elijah Henson
- Flying Officer George Campbell Hughes
- Flight Sergeant Edwin Leach
- Sergeant Geoffrey Goddard Lee
- Sergeant Gabriel Charles Leverrier
- Corporal William Etherden Luck
- Flying Officer George Montgomerie Marshall
- Sergeant Ernest George Martin
- Leading Aircraftman Keith Millen McCulloch
- Sergeant Robert Gordon McRobert
- Sergeant George Raymond Menish
- Leading Aircraftman Derek Arthur Monger
- Corporal Clifford Naylor
- Sergeant Charles Frederick Richards
- Sergeant Aubrey Addison Rodgers
- Sergeant Kenneth John Seaman
- Sergeant Stanley Richard Bowman Severn
- Pilot Officer Peter Gerald Shillitoe
- Sergeant William Enoch Snell
- Sergeant William John Spicer
- Sergeant Peter Stocks
- Sergeant John Tague
- Sergeant Stanley Edward Thurston
- Sergeant Phiilip James Walder
- Leading Aircraftman Hawtrey Montague White
- Sergeant Haydn Reginald Whyatt
- Sergeant Matthew Gordon Wilson
- Sergeant Cedric Cyril Woodward
1942
- Sergeant Arthur Allsopp
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth Johannes Aronson
- Sergeant James Theodore Avedisian
- Flight Lieutenant Herbert Evan Paul Barnes
- Sergeant Maurice Alfred Barrett
- Sergeant John Edgar St. Valentine L. Beasley
- Sergeant Ronald Ernest Edward Bedford
- Warrant Officer Class II Stanley Bocking
- Leading Aircraftman Bernard Thomas Bowden
- Sergeant Cyril Alfred Bowes
- Corporal Edward Samuel John Brett
- Sergeant Eric John Buckton
- Flying Officer Sydney Charles Bushell
- Sergeant Ronald George Peter Capham
- Flight Sergeant Bernard Carroll
- Sergeant John Henry Chandler
- Sergeant Brian Edward Coffey
- Squadron Leader Lionel Rees Cohen
- Corporal Ernest Leslie Coverdale
- Sergeant George William Sergio Crompton
- Pilot Officer Robert Hugh Curran
- Squadron Leader William Twiston Davies
- Sergeant Ian Maclaren Dawson
- Leading Aircraftman Leslie Albert Edward Dines
- Flight Sergeant George Robertson Douglas
- Pilot Officer Jack Garfield Durkin
- Aircraftman 1st Class Frank Ronald Edwards
- Pilot Officer Leonard John Endicott
- Pilot Officer Leslie Foster
- Sergeant Richard Henry Foster
- Flight Sergeant Leonard Sidney Franklin
- Pilot Officer Geoffrey Ronald Gethings
- Pilot Officer Richard Robert Graham
- Flight Sergeant Trevor Morgan Gray
- Pilot Officer Alexander Shearer Hall
- Pilot Officer Robert Alexander Hanagan
- Pilot Officer George Camps Hooper
- Pilot Officer Thomas Mickle Fraser Hulse
- Pilot Officer Charles Edward (ted) Hurt
- Pilot Officer Herbert John Ivory
- Sergeant Alfred James
- Leading Aircraftman Victor James Jeffery
- Sergeant Russell Archie Johns
- Flight Lieutenant Haydn Mortimer Jones
- Sergeant Barry Kaye
- Sergeant Richard Bigland Kendall
- Flight Sergeant Cameron Duff Kennedy
- Sergeant Edward Henry Kerry
- Flight Sergeant James Kirkwood
- Sergeant James Edward Laman
- Flight Sergeant Ernest Joseph Le Blanc
- Sergeant Donald Lee
- Flight Sergeant Donald Archie Macaulay
- Sergeant Gordon Martins
- Sergeant Kenneth McLennan
- Sergeant Alfred Montgomery McPherson
- Flight Sergeant William Vincent McQuaid
- Leading Aircraftman Marcel Mermelstein
- Sergeant Leonard George Millar
- Pilot Officer Lloyd Muir Miners
- Warrant Officer Class I Noel McHenry Moore
- Corporal Ralph Cecil Morris
- Flying Officer Frank Stanley Moss
- Flying Officer Robert Carl Muecke
- Flight Lieutenant Frederick George Neate
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Harold Herbert Nicholls
- Aircraftman 1st Class George Lewis Nunn
- Sergeant Harold Alfred Oates
- Sergeant Robert Albert Parsons
- Leading Aircraftman John Leonard Walter Pearson
- Flight Sergeant William Vincent Pickering
- Sergeant William Elwyn Powell
- Sergeant Joseph Albert Rice
- Sergeant Henry Woolls Sampson
- Flight Sergeant Frederick Newman Smith
- Sergeant Ronald Soppitt Southern
- Flight Sergeant Cecil Robert Spratt
- Sergeant Richard Frances Stainforth
- Sergeant Cyril John Stallard
- Sergeant Derrick Frank Staton
- Pilot Officer Jack Graham Stewart
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Francis Stone
- Sergeant John Elphege Sullivan
- Flight Sergeant George Keith Sutherland
- Flying Officer Ronald Douglas John Tregonning
- Flying Officer John Leahy Tully
- Sergeant Victor Henry Twining
- Sergeant Douglas John Ware
- Sergeant Albert Wareham
- Leading Aircraftman Benjamin Hall Welsh
- Sergeant Joseph Frank Whittaker
- Aircraftman 1st Class Charles Williams
- Sergeant Eric Humphrey Williams
- Sergeant Colin Lethbridge Wood
- Sergeant Geoffrey Barrington Wood
- Sergeant Philip Thomas Wright
- Sergeant Allan Wyles
- Sergeant Desmond Albert York
1943
- Pilot Officer Ernest Frank Allwright
- Flying Officer Charles Beatty Anderson
- Flying Officer David James Anderson
- Flying Officer Liston Anderson
- Squadron Leader Charles Frederick Andrew
- Flight Sergeant Wallace Gale Arlidge
- Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Sydney Arnold
- Sergeant Denis James Audley
- Flying Officer Ralph Cameron Baillie
- Sergeant Frederick Ball
- Aircraftman 2nd Class James Hector Banks
- Sergeant Dennis Barker
- Sergeant Ernest Thomas Barry
- Flight Sergeant David Henderson Bates
- Sergeant Ernest Bell
- Flying Officer John Bennett
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Edward Bent
- Flying Officer Eric Gordon Birkbeck
- Sergeant Raymond Marshall Bowyer
- Sergeant Edward Bracken
- Flying Officer Alfred Ernest Bransgrove
- Flight Sergeant Earl Clarence Bray
- Flight Lieutenant James Robert Brind
- Sergeant Charles Bernard Brown
- Flight Sergeant Cyril Douglas Brown
- Sergeant Louis Brown
- Sergeant William Brown
- Warrant Officer Reginald Maxwell Burcher
- Flying Officer Charles Eric Burras
- Sergeant Thomas Campbell
- Sergeant James Clement Carpenter
- Sergeant John Noel Thomas Chandler
- Flight Sergeant Jack Routledge Chapman
- Sergeant Eric Arthur Charles
- Flying Officer Richard Morley Christie
- Flight Sergeant James Mayson Church
- Sergeant Leslie Cocking
- Leading Aircraftman Patrick Richard Barrington Conway
- Flight Lieutenant Edred Rodney Fitzpatrick Cooke
- Sergeant James Allan Cowman
- Sergeant Donald Edward Croft
- Sergeant John Cumming
- Flying Officer Clifford Daniel
- Flying Officer Paul De Villiers
- Flight Sergeant John David Dodds
- Squadron Leader Henry De Gaspe Domville
- Sergeant John Patrick Doyle
- Sergeant Leonard James Dugard
- Flight Sergeant John Alexander Dunbar
- Sergeant Henry James Earl
- Sergeant Anthony Graham Elcox
- Flight Sergeant Frederick Herbert Ellacott
- Sergeant Peter Charles Evans
- Sergeant Douglas Charles Fentiman
- Sergeant Reginald Stanley Fish
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Fletcher
- Flying Officer Allan Leighton Forbes
- Sergeant William Henry Ford
- Sergeant Roy Foster
- Sergeant Arthur William George Fox
- Flight Lieutenant Charles William Fox
- Sergeant Eric Charles Fox
- Pilot Officer Sydney Frederick Norman Fox
- Flight Sergeant Peter Aird Fraser
- Pilot Officer Herbert Leonard Fuhrmann
- Sergeant Harry Taylor Furniss
- Sergeant James Galloway
- Sergeant Albert John Gardner
- Sergeant John Sydney Gaston
- Sergeant Alfred Norman Gibbons
- Flight Sergeant Arthur William Howard Gliddon
- Sergeant William Ernest Goodacre
- Flying Officer Ronald Edward Goodwin
- Flight Lieutenant Donald Duncan Graham
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Henry Greaves
- Sergeant James Hamilton
- Flying Officer George Noel Hammond
- Pilot Officer Eric Hugh Milbourn Harbour
- Warrant Officer Class II Ernest Frank Henry
- Flight Sergeant William Moffatt Tattersall Hetherington
- Flight Sergeant Henry Outred Hillier
- Pilot Officer William Henry Hodson
- Flying Officer Theodore Robert Hoffman
- Flight Sergeant William Edmund Hogan
- Flying Officer Geoffrey John Homersham
- Sergeant George Hopkins
- Flight Sergeant Cyril Duggan Hughes
- Sergeant Thomas Idwell Hughes
- Flight Lieutenant Harold Reginald Hunt
- Flight Sergeant Dwain Nowell Hunter
- Flight Sergeant Basil Hyman
- Flying Officer William James Irwin
- Sergeant Thomas Sidney James
- Flying Officer Victor John Jewell
- Flying Officer Alan James Johnson
- Flight Sergeant Leonard John Johnson
- Sergeant Leslie James Jones
- Warrant Officer Pax Lloyd Evan Jones
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Noel Lascelles Jowett
- Wing Commander Harold Wilmer Kerby
- Aircraftman 1st Class Arnold Ray Kerley
- Pilot Officer Benjamin Gabriel Knoesen
- Sergeant Thomas Lancaster
- Sergeant Cecil Raymond Langley
- Flying Officer Glyn James Lawrence
- Flying Officer David Thomas Boret Leader
- Sergeant Thomas George Lewis
- Flying Officer Peter Ronald Benjamin Littlewood
- Flight Sergeant Clarence Herbert Mackie
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Albert Macquarie
- Sergeant George Samuel Maddocks
- Flying Officer Norman Manifold
- Flying Officer Vincent James Markey
- Pilot Officer Douglas James Marks
- Sergeant Andrew Heriot Marshall
- Sergeant Bernard Marshall
- Flying Officer William John Marshall
- Flying Officer Gerard Mathews
- Flying Officer Neville Ronald Maxwell
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Charles McBean
- Sergeant Daniel McDonald
- Pilot Officer Ninian Robson McDonald
- Sergeant Kenneth Hector Crichton McLennan
- Flight Sergeant Michael Joseph McMahon
- Sergeant Raymond Hardie Morgan
- Warrant Officer Class II Claire Keith Morrow
- Flying Officer Patrick Scott James Murphy
- Flight Lieutenant Elbert Alonzo Murray
- Sergeant George Conrad Nault
- Sergeant Albert Edwin Newman
- Sergeant James Robert Nicholls
- Sergeant Edward George Nickels
- Sergeant Eric Richard Norburn
- Flying Officer Clifford Timothy O'Riordan
- Sergeant Tom Lawrence Ormerod
- Flight Sergeant Robert William Park
- Pilot Officer Geoffrey Albert Norris Parker
- Flight Sergeant Louis Joseph Roger Andre Pelland
- Warrant Officer Rex Gordon Perrett
- Flight Lieutenant Harold Cass Pexton
- Pilot Officer John Montague Phillips
- Flight Lieutenant John Albert Philps
- Sergeant Raymond Stuart Pickard
- Sergeant John Piper
- Pilot Officer Douglas Leonard Arthur Pool
- Flying Officer Dale Ernest Pushor
- Flying Officer Arthur Pyrah
- Pilot Officer Frederick Sydney Ralph
- Flight Sergeant Douglas Angus Reid
- Sergeant William Stanley Roberts
- Sergeant Thomas Norman Robinson
- Flying Officer Anthony Alexander Rossie
- Sergeant Stanley Ernest Russell
- Pilot Officer Thomas Sandham
- Flight Sergeant Charles Frederick Sargent
- Pilot Officer Stuart Nicholson Scott
- Pilot Officer Derrick George Scruton
- Flying Officer Harry Pritchard Shann
- Sergeant Stanley Victor Sherrington
- Flying Officer Clifford Shnier
- Sergeant Edwin Douglas Slade
- Aircraftman 1st Class Alan Smith
- Flight Lieutenant Basil Francis Smith
- Sergeant Ronald Stanley Smith
- Sergeant Samuel Smith
- Flight Lieutenant William John Smith
- Pilot Officer Wallace Robert Smyth
- Sergeant Peter Francis Snape
- Sergeant Charles Catto Soang
- Sergeant William John Spence
- Pilot Officer Robert Spooner
- Flying Officer Peter Sylvester Anthony St. Ledger
- Flight Sergeant George Henry Sutton
- Sergeant John Frederick Alfred Trehearn
- Sergeant Peter Henry Unwin
- Flight Sergeant Audfinn Veraas
- Flying Officer Frederic Kamiel Verhaest
- Sergeant Louis Edward Walters
- Sergeant William David Ronald Walters
- Flying Officer Sidney Arthur Walton
- Sergeant Cuthbert Watkin
- Sergeant Frederick Herbert Webb
- Sergeant Henry George Ogilvy Webb
- Sergeant Roy Webb
- Sergeant Albert Edward George White
- Sergeant Cyril George Whiteley
- Flying Officer Alexander Frederick Williams
- Sergeant John Robert Salisbury Williams
- Sergeant Ernest Frederick John Willis
- Flying Officer Kenneth Wilson
- Flight Sergeant Gerald Harvey Woodcock
- Sergeant George Percy Woodroffe
- Sergeant Donald Walter Woods
- Sergeant Raymond Worrall
- Sergeant Ernest Edward Wright
- Sergeant Thomas Samuel Yarwood
1944
- Flying Officer Ian Mackenzie Angus
- Flying Officer Francis Henry Baggs
- Sergeant Raymond Barnes
- Sergeant Earl Hume Beatson
- Flying Officer Jean Joseph Donnelly Belanger
- Flight Sergeant Ray Kethel Bolger
- Flying Officer William Stewart Bonell
- Pilot Officer Robert William Burdell Carey
- Pilot Officer Mervyn Leslie Cecil
- Flight Lieutenant Walter Evan Chitty
- Pilot Officer William Morrow Conly
- Pilot Officer Charles Cusack
- Flying Officer Ross Lloyd Cuzner
- Sergeant Joseph Adolphe Maurice Dauplaise
- Sergeant John Bruce Thornley Davenport
- Flying Officer Grant Elmer
- Flight Sergeant Philip Falkiner
- Pilot Officer Harvey Glasby
- Flight Sergeant Clayton Jay Hall
- Corporal John Henry Stewart Hitchen
- Pilot Officer James Evan McKenzie Hulme
- Pilot Officer George John Imrie
- Pilot Officer Lester Paul Jarratt
- Flight Sergeant Alan Francis Joyce
- Lieutenant Peter Daniel Kleyn
- Flight Lieutenant Henry Mathias Laflamme
- Flight Sergeant Francis Magnus Larnach
- Flying Officer John William Lippert
- Pilot Officer Frederick Willis Logan
- Pilot Officer Jack Maurice Lonie
- Flight Sergeant Jack James Manners
- Sergeant Joseph Marcisse Orval Martin
- Flight Lieutenant Thomas Stephens McCartney
- Sergeant Joseph McMillan
- Flight Sergeant John Sandiford Mitchell
- Sergeant Joseph Laurent Moreau
- Pilot Officer Colin George Nairne
- Flight Sergeant Norman Lindsay Newbey
- Flight Sergeant Murray Wilton Nielsen
- Flight Sergeant John Hilary Normyle
- Flight Lieutenant Brian Gerrard Levins O'Reilly
- Pilot Officer Lyndon Clifford Perry
- Flying Officer Harry Reid
- Flight Sergeant Henry Robert Riddle
- Flight Lieutenant Reginald Shirley Smith
- Sergeant Hugh Alexander Smyth
- Lieutenant Stanton
- Flight Sergeant Frederick Luckman Stephens
- Flight Sergeant Godfrey Tate
- Pilot Officer Clifford Arnold Thompson
- Warrant Officer William Robert Tuck
- Flying Officer John Sherwood Walsh
- Aircraftman 1st Class Wong Chew Inn
1945
- Flying Officer Melville Maxwell Castle
- Leading Aircraftman Stanley Foster
- Flying Officer Robert Meath Hammond
- Flight Sergeant Stanley Trevor Lloyd
- Warrant Officer Joseph Reid Milne
- Corporal Percival Stuart Price
- Flight Lieutenant John Evelyn Sanders
- Flight Lieutenant Edward Coles Swan