On this day — 24 August
438 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 24 August during the Second World War.
1940
- Sergeant Cecil Alfred Victor Attwood
- Sergeant Alan Berry
- Sergeant William Briggs
- Sergeant Dennis Brook
- Aircraftman 1st Class Harry Lewis Burridge
- Sergeant Eric Richard Eastoe
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Eric Norman Edwards
- Aircraftman 2nd Class William Fairfield
- Sergeant Frank Arthur Edwin Gates
- Sergeant Richard Sidney Hartnell
- Squadron Leader Philip Algernon Hunter
- Sergeant Hubert Geoffrey Ives
- Pilot Officer Joseph Trevor Jones
- Pilot Officer Frederick Harry King
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Alexander Kirk
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Lowry
- Sergeant William Howard Machin
- Pilot Officer William Alan Ponting
- Sergeant Royston Thomas Richardson
- Flying Officer Stephen Christopher Rochford
- Leading Aircraftman Henry Allan Shackleton
- Flying Officer Ian Garstin Shaw
- Sergeant Evan John Stephens
- Sergeant Kenneth Thompson
- Sergeant Edward Gordon Turner
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Frank Walker
- Pilot Officer David Noel Woodger
- Sergeant Daniel Leslie Wright
1941
- Leading Aircraftman Allan Masheder Chadwick
- Air Mechanic Frederic Hugh Ainslie Damant
- Aircraftman 1st Class John Clement Dutton
- Pilot Officer Gordon Creighton Martin Fletcher
- Pilot Officer Robert Henry Wright Horn
- Sergeant John Edward Mylrea
- Pilot Officer John Leigh Okell
- Flying Officer Stanley Clifford Thornley
- Sergeant Hartley Walton
1942
- Sergeant Robert Walter Beales
- Aircraftman 1st Class Donald Francis Bicknell
- Sergeant Lawrence Frederick George Boreham
- Sergeant George Lascelles Boxall
- Leading Aircraftman Horace Edward Brooker
- Flight Sergeant Alexander Nelson Charlton
- Flying Officer Lawrence Dewhurst
- Sergeant Benjamin Robert Dixon
- Leading Aircraftman Walter Edward Dodds
- Pilot Officer Jack Douglas Ernst
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Stuart Henry Fleet
- Sergeant William Green
- Pilot Officer Robert Talbot Hemmons
- Leading Aircraftman Herbert John Hodgson
- Flying Officer Canon Frederick Isaacs
- Sergeant George Leadbeater
- Sergeant John Edward Littlewood
- Pilot Officer Hugh John Macdonell
- Pilot Officer Gerald Peabody Mackay
- Flight Sergeant Stanley Martin
- Flight Sergeant John Claude McGann
- Air Pupil McKenzie
- Flight Sergeant Victor Howard Miller
- Aircraftman 1st Class Joseph Fernley Mitchell
- Corporal Henry Arthur Moore
- Flight Sergeant James Auld Morgan
- Flight Lieutenant Denis Arthur Pebworth
- Sergeant Ronald Lindsay Raphael
- Sergeant Arthur Edward Richardson
- Sergeant Trevor Anthony Tate
- Pilot Officer John Oswald Thorne
- Pilot Officer James Arthur Trotter
- Flying Officer Albert Alfred Turner
- Pilot Officer Eric Pierce Wynn
- Flight Sergeant Robert Yates
1943
- Sergeant Frank Abell
- Flight Sergeant Stanley William Abrams
- Sergeant Woodward Russell Acland
- Sergeant Frank Kitchener Alcock
- Sergeant Alan Brian Allen
- Warrant Officer Harold Edward Allen
- Flight Sergeant John Thomas Armstrong
- Flight Sergeant Albert Ernest Arter
- Flying Officer Norman Ashburner
- Sergeant Robert Askwith
- Flight Sergeant Vincent Eardley Attree
- Flight Sergeant John Francis Aubrey
- Flying Officer John Austin
- Sergeant Roy Frederick Avis
- Sergeant Andrew Bain
- Warrant Officer William Charles Baker
- Squadron Leader William Henry Baldwin
- Sergeant Fred Ball
- Sergeant Leslie Bambridge
- Sergeant Mark Sidney Baras
- Sergeant Richard Barrass
- Flying Officer Sydney Barrow
- Flying Officer John Basten
- Flying Officer William George Rex Baum
- Sergeant Alan Russell Baxter
- Flying Officer Harry William Baylis
- Pilot Officer Harold Hayward Beard
- Flight Sergeant George Goodall Bell
- Sergeant Arthur Edwin Best
- Pilot Officer Peter Theobald Beszant
- Flight Sergeant Douglas John Bigham
- Flight Sergeant Thomas David Bishop
- Warrant Officer Class II Osborne Lloyd Bliss
- Sergeant Jack Samuel Blyth
- Sergeant Harry Booth
- Sergeant Handel Bottomley
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Gordon Boyd
- Flying Officer Ward Bray
- Sergeant Basil Brear
- Flying Officer Manley Lyall Brechin
- Pilot Officer Andrew James Ewen Brown
- Flight Sergeant James Herbert Brown
- Sergeant Peter Leighton Buck
- Flight Sergeant Noel Joseph Bullen
- Squadron Leader Peter Bunclark
- Sergeant Walter Arthur Burgess
- Flight Sergeant William Arnold Burgum
- Flight Sergeant Dennis Burke
- Pilot Officer Leslie Gordon Emanuel Burnett
- Sergeant Charles Burton
- Sergeant Laurence Wortley Bush
- Sergeant John Joseph Butler
- Flying Officer Verner Charles Bye
- Sergeant William Harry Cade
- Sergeant Norman James Calcraft
- Flying Officer Walter Allen Calder
- Flying Officer John Waran Campbell
- Flight Lieutenant Edmund Carr
- Flight Sergeant James Cassidy
- Sergeant Alfred Castle
- Pilot Officer John Gordon Castle
- Sergeant Cyril Chadwick
- Sergeant John Chalkley
- Sergeant Frederick George Chapman
- Sergeant Lawrence George Chesson
- Sergeant William Leslie Clarke
- Leading Air Mechanic Clifford Clarkson
- Flying Officer Melville David Cohen
- Sergeant Robert Henry Cole
- Sergeant Norman Pine Collins
- Pilot Officer Thomas Collins
- Sergeant George Edward William Coombs
- Sergeant Edwin George Cooper
- Pilot Officer Ernest Dean Cornelius
- Pilot Officer Eric Raymond Ivan Cornell
- Sergeant Albert John Cossins
- Sergeant Harold Coulson
- Sergeant Alfred Cousins
- Sergeant Arthur Cox
- Leading Aircraftman James Leslie Cox
- Pilot Officer Walter David Craig
- Sergeant Charles Ernest Crampton
- Sergeant Edward Harold Cuff
- Sergeant Sidney Cugley
- Flight Sergeant John Curran
- Sergeant John Armstrong Currey
- Sergeant Kenneth William Darrah
- Flight Sergeant Alexander Davidson
- Sergeant Frederick William Robert Day
- Flying Officer Richard Chester Day
- Flying Officer Leslie James De'ath
- Warrant Officer Class II Desmond Michael De Silva
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Thomas Dixon
- Sergeant William Edward Dixon
- Sergeant Arnold Richard Downes
- Sergeant Michael Macannon Doyle
- Pilot Officer Denis Claude Desmond Du Boulay
- Flying Officer Peter Rutherford Duff
- Sergeant Alec Edward Duncan
- Flight Sergeant Frank Shepley Edgar
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Chapman Edwards
- Sergeant John Francis Egan
- Sergeant David Morgan Ellis
- Flight Sergeant Henry Cecil Elsley
- Pilot Officer Mervin Arthur Ericksen
- Sergeant George William Evans
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Fairlie
- Pilot Officer Edward George Farr
- Warrant Officer Trevor Fear
- Flying Officer Russel Gardiner Fisher
- Flight Sergeant Leonard Charles Fitzner
- Flight Sergeant John Francis Flanagan
- Sergeant Robert Bernard Fletcher
- Sergeant Robert George Cameron Forbes
- Squadron Leader Joseph Neville Forrest
- Sergeant Allan Maynard Fox
- Sergeant William Steel Frame
- Flight Sergeant George William Fraser
- Sergeant Frank Morris Freeman
- Sergeant Richard Albert Freeman
- Flight Sergeant Herbert John French
- Sergeant Frank Frogson
- Sergeant Russell Edwards Fuller
- Sergeant Leslie Gardner
- Flying Officer Abraham Joseph Gibson
- Corporal Douglas Edward Gibson
- Pilot Officer Ronald Reid Gilbert
- Sergeant Thomas James Gleeson
- Flight Sergeant Edward Gorbert
- Flight Sergeant John Galbraith Gourley
- Sergeant John James Gratton
- Sergeant Vernon Guy Green
- Sergeant Peter Thomas Crawford Griffiths
- Sergeant Mervyn Stanley Grivell
- Flight Sergeant Alexander Alan Hadiken
- Flight Sergeant Harley Cecil Harber
- Flying Officer Frank Albert Harman
- Sergeant Geoffrey Harper
- Flight Sergeant Gordon Rudolph Harrison
- Sergeant Ronald William Harrison
- Flight Sergeant Sydney Hatton
- Sergeant Donald Roy Hempstock
- Sergeant Dennis Arthur Hewitt
- Sergeant Percy William Charles Higgs
- Squadron Leader Waldo Harry Bentley Hiles
- Sergeant Archibald Eric Thomas Hill
- Sergeant Roland Hill
- Flying Officer Jack Hillen
- Sergeant Charles Henry Hilton
- Flying Officer William Edward Hinchcliffe
- Sergeant Jack Allen Hobbs
- Flight Lieutenant William Arthur Hobson
- Flight Sergeant Roy Frederick Holdaway
- Sergeant Joseph Andrew Cletus Holmes
- Sergeant Harold Francis Hooper
- Flight Lieutenant Richard Hornby
- Flight Lieutenant Harold Kevin Hornibrook
- Pilot Officer William Grover Hurle
- Flying Officer Andrew Bruce Warwick Illius
- Sergeant Gordon Clarence Jeffreys
- Sergeant John Henry Jenkins
- Flight Sergeant William George Jennings
- Sergeant Henry Raymond Jones
- Sergeant John Morris Jones
- Sergeant Ronald Lloyd Jones
- Flying Officer Charles James Keirl
- Flying Officer Arthur Leonard Kellow
- Flight Sergeant Norman Kendall
- Sergeant Stanley Wilfred Kent
- Sergeant John Bailey Kershaw
- Pilot Officer Leslie Ronald King
- Pilot Officer Eric Kirk
- Flight Sergeant Raymond Arthur Kirk
- Flying Officer Raymond Bernard Kitchen
- Sergeant George Ernest Knight
- Flight Sergeant John Robert Kraemer
- Aircraftman 1st Class John Laidler
- Sergeant James Readdie Laing
- Flying Officer Harold Laverick
- Sergeant Arthur Lee
- Pilot Officer Aubrey Lens
- Sergeant Albert Eric Lester
- Flight Sergeant Percy John Lewis
- Flight Sergeant Vernon Charles Lewis
- Sergeant Austin Raymond Line
- Sergeant Albert Eric Lloyd
- Leading Aircraftman William Logie
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth William Longmore
- Flying Officer George Stewart Low
- Sergeant Evan Robert Lowe
- Sergeant John William Lowe
- Pilot Officer James Harold Lowery
- Sergeant Alan Lucas
- Sergeant Thomas James Lucy
- Flight Sergeant Francis Patrick Lundon
- Sergeant Derrick William Macdonald
- Pilot Officer George William Macdonald
- Flight Lieutenant Alexander Niven Macpherson
- Flying Officer Philip John Ashworth Magson
- Flight Lieutenant John Philip Mahoney
- Warrant Officer Class II Leslie Allan Mallory
- Flight Sergeant William Marshall
- Sergeant Denys Philip Martin
- Pilot Officer William Martin
- Pilot Officer Alexander Massie
- Flying Officer Robert John Massie
- Squadron Leader Geoffrey Charles Matheson
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Ernest May
- Sergeant George Arthur McArthur
- Flight Sergeant Everett Elmer Stuart McCulloch
- Sergeant George McDonald
- Flight Sergeant Samuel John McEllenborough
- Pilot Officer William Philip Macdonald McIntosh
- Pilot Officer Frederick Goodwin McIntyre
- Flight Sergeant Graham Albert George McLeod
- Sergeant Brian Barry McSweeney
- Flight Sergeant Allan Menzies
- Sergeant Frank Vero Messenger
- Leading Aircraftman Thomas Millard
- Flight Sergeant James Arthur Miller
- Wing Commander Charles Harold Mitchell
- Flying Officer Desmond George Mitchell
- Sergeant Charles William Moore
- Pilot Officer James Stirling Moore
- Sergeant Evan Maunder Morgans
- Sergeant Frederick Thomas Morris
- Pilot Officer Douglas Hamilton Moss
- Sergeant Charles Munro
- Sergeant Phillip James Peter Murphy
- Wing Commander Rowland Gascoigne Musson
- Flight Sergeant Robert Clarence Naffin
- Pilot Officer Clifford Morton Nairn
- Pilot Officer Douglas Cameron Neil
- Sergeant Jack Ernest Nicholson
- Pilot Officer Robert William Nixon
- Sergeant Paul John Norreys
- Sergeant George Ogden
- Flight Sergeant Frederick George Painter
- Sergeant Cecil Reginald Parish
- Sergeant Jeffery Cyril Bert Parkinson
- Squadron Leader Eric Horace Parrott
- Leading Aircraftman Robert Gerald Victor Parsons
- Sergeant Walter Thomas Peace
- Sergeant William Alan Peers
- Sergeant Norman Pendlebury
- Flight Sergeant Ellis Lister Pennington
- Sergeant Derrick Stephen Phillips
- Flight Sergeant Everard John Phillips
- Flying Officer Frederick Edward Phillips
- Sergeant John Henry Phillips
- Sergeant James Andrew Pitt
- Sergeant William James Plant
- Pilot Officer Edward Platt
- Sergeant Jack Poole
- Sergeant Cecil Joseph Purcell
- Sergeant John Francis Quickfall
- Pilot Officer Andrew Rankin
- Flight Sergeant Richard Easthope Rasmussen
- Pilot Officer John Alexander Reid
- Sergeant Leslie Richardson
- Flight Sergeant George Stephen Roadley
- Sergeant Frederick Roberts
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Frank Roberts
- Pilot Officer Clifford Robinson
- Sergeant Keith Robson
- Flying Officer Francis Edward Rodda
- Flight Sergeant Noel Charles Rollett
- Flying Officer Charles Richard George Rollings
- Sergeant Frederick Robert Rowen
- Sergeant Brian Hartley Ruddy
- Flying Officer Patrick Joseph Ryan
- Wing Commander John Sydenham Sabine
- Leading Aircraftman Reginald William Sainsbury
- Sergeant Philip James Saunders
- Pilot Officer Joseph Saxon
- Flight Sergeant Derek Percival Robert Schubert
- Sergeant Ernest Bertram Frank Scorey
- Flight Lieutenant Russell Clare Scott
- Flight Lieutenant Alan Joseph Lyall Sedunary
- Flight Lieutenant Wilfred Lawrence Shaw
- Flight Sergeant Raymond Francis Shortridge
- Flying Officer Lloyd Elmer Sibbald
- Flying Officer Eric Duckinson Skitt
- Flight Lieutenant Ivor Charles Brian Slade
- Sergeant Harry Richard Smith
- Sergeant Henry Roy Snell
- Flight Sergeant Charles William Snyder
- Sergeant Robert Barclay Spence
- Flight Sergeant Phillip Francis Stanley
- Sergeant Andrew John Kerr Steven
- Sergeant Mathew Waddell Stevenson
- Leading Aircraftman Leonard George Stone
- Warrant Officer Class II Lloyd Martin Stormer
- Sergeant Frederic Charles Strevens
- Sergeant Herbert Taylor
- Sergeant Alec Carson Thewlis
- Pilot Officer James Third
- Sergeant Arthur Leslie Thomas
- Sergeant Thomas Stanley Thomas
- Sergeant Gerald Thompson
- Sergeant Leonard William Thompson
- Sergeant John Charles Thomson
- Flight Sergeant Frederick William Thorstensen
- Sergeant Brian Todd
- Sergeant Ronald Henry Tozer
- Flight Sergeant Patrick Tracey
- Flight Sergeant Douglas John Tresidder
- Pilot Officer Richard Charles Tucker
- Sergeant John Tulloch
- Flying Officer John Nevllle Ure
- Pilot Officer Howard Russell Vincent
- Leading Aircraftman Edward Claude Frederick Vosper
- Sergeant Dennis Marshall Walder
- Flight Sergeant James Scott Walker
- Sergeant Kenneth Richard Wallace
- Flight Sergeant David Claude Melville Walton
- Pilot Officer William Wardrop
- Sergeant Bertram George Warren
- Flight Sergeant Victor Alfred Weaver
- Flying Officer Joseph Arthur (joe) Webb
- Flight Lieutenant Harry Webster
- Flying Officer Alan Owen Whapham
- Sergeant Ernest Whitfield
- Sergeant John Whittaker
- Flying Officer Ronald James Widdecombe
- Flight Sergeant Harold Ivan Willcock
- Sergeant Ivor George Williams
- Pilot Officer John Williams
- Pilot Officer Tracy Arthur Thomas Williams
- Pilot Officer Walter Stanley Williams
- Flying Officer Kenneth James Barclay Wilson
- Sergeant Maurice Edwin Windsor
- Pilot Officer Ronald Arthur Winn
- Warrant Officer Class I Benjamin Winter
- Sergeant Owen William Wood
- Pilot Officer Joseph Eric Woodgate
- Sergeant Edward Bert Woodrow
- Sergeant Douglas George Woolcott
- Squadron Leader Noel William Wright
- Squadron Leader Robert Brian Wright
- Flying Officer William Hector John Yeo
1944
- Flight Sergeant Emerson Gordon Barrie
- Warrant Officer Frederick Peter William Bray
- Lieutenant Derrick Gordon Browne
- Flying Officer Glenn David Welsh Burnie
- Leading Aircraftman Peter Brehaut Culph
- Pilot Officer Leonard Francis Fletcher
- Lieutenant Peter Blundell Franklin
- Warrant Officer Clifton Lawrence Hughes
- Warrant Officer David Charles Towyn Jones
- Flight Lieutenant Philip Whittenham Leah
- Pilot Officer Marie Joseph Claude Hamel Leduc
- Flight Sergeant Jack Peter Mansell
- Pilot Officer Mervin Edwin Millar
- Flight Sergeant John Duncan Morrison
- Sergeant Clyde Roswell Osborne
- Flying Officer Paul Walter Wallace Richardson
- Flight Sergeant Carl Berthold Schuller
- Flight Sergeant Maurice Edward Trimnell
- Pilot Officer Donald James Wallace
1945
- Corporal Horace Ramsdall Chance
- Flight Sergeant Clifford Francis Jellie
- Flight Sergeant Clarence Joseph O'Grady
- Leading Aircraftman Lionel Charles Schnell