On this day — 1 September
391 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 1 September during the Second World War.
1940
- Leading Aircraftman Sidney Andrewartha
- Sergeant Lewis Ernest Ashforth
- Pilot Officer John Oakden Bate
- Flight Sergeant Frederick George Berry
- Sergeant Robert Capeling
- Pilot Officer John Kenneth Grahame Clifton
- Leading Aircraftman Alfred Cooper
- Pilot Officer Terence Hugh Creed
- Aircraftman 1st Class William Henry Dickinson
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Donaldson
- Sergeant Alexander Duncan
- Sergeant Harry Horatio Duncan
- Sergeant John Hugh Mortimer Ellis
- Leading Aircraftman John Flanagan
- Sergeant Charles Henry George Knight
- Leading Aircraftman Charles David Lampard
- Sergeant Malcolm McLean
- Flying Officer Oswald St. John Pigg
- Cadet George William Ryall
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Dennis Arthur Suter
- Sergeant Edmund Alexander Teviotdale
- Aircraftman 1st Class Edmund Williamson
- Flying Officer Patrick Philip Woods-scawen
1941
- Pilot Officer Edwin Graham Milton Anderson
- Pilot Officer Peter Jacques Pelham Anderson
- Pilot Officer John Frederick Ashton
- Flying Officer Colin Campbell Blair
- Flight Sergeant Alfred Joseph Box
- Sergeant George Edward Boxall
- Flight Sergeant John William Boyce
- Sergeant Thomas Charles Boyle
- Sergeant Francis Anthony Bower Brodribb
- Sergeant Royston Sidney Bryer
- Sergeant Henry Wright Butt
- Sergeant Nicholas Cecil James Carter
- Flight Sergeant Cyril Coleman
- Pilot Officer David Lecky Crichton
- Pilot Officer Joseph Harold Darley
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Stuart Eatwell
- Pilot Officer Gordon Scott Eccles
- Pilot Officer Castle Blunden Stapleton Fynn
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Ernest George Gasson
- Sergeant Gordon John Poole Hartlett
- Sergeant Stafford Arthur Harvey
- Sergeant Richard Kellett Hayes
- Sergeant Donald Hartley Hodge
- Sergeant James Hughes
- Sergeant Morley Sidney Humphrey
- Leading Aircraftman Vincent Dominicus Josephus Jansen
- Sergeant James Jordan
- Sergeant Ernest Raymond Verdun Lane
- Sergeant Douglas Richard Mallett
- Flight Sergeant William David McAdam
- Leading Aircraftman Ernest Leslie Mess
- Sergeant Gordon Eric Morgan
- Flight Sergeant John Ernest Phillips
- Flight Sergeant Ralph Cuthbert Plaistowe
- Pilot Officer Orion George Sedgwick Playfair
- Sergeant John Bernard Redden
- Pilot Officer George Berkely Rushton
- Sergeant Robert Buist Scott
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Douglas Smoothy
- Sergeant Adrian John Somerville-woodiwis
- Flying Officer Alexander Arthur Fenwich Towry Steavenson
- Sergeant Harold Alvan Taylor
- Sergeant John William Welling
- Sergeant David Lewis Willacy
- Squadron Leader Eric Peter Willcox
- Sergeant Thomas Hunter Wood
1942
- Sergeant Norman Jack Alecock
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Bernard Armitage
- Flight Sergeant Harry Asquith
- Air Sergeant Oscar Berkowitz
- Leading Aircraftman Henry Marcus Bolt
- Sergeant Donald Maurice Bowd
- Lieutenant William Hubert Hart Brown
- Leading Aircraftman Frederick Chaston
- Sergeant Richard Arthur Cherrington
- Flight Sergeant Roy Victor Chinnery
- Flight Sergeant Sydney Mark Cooksey
- Sergeant Francis George Drewry
- Flight Sergeant William Horsman Drury
- Aircraftman 1st Class Daniel Francis Egan
- Sergeant Roy Fairmead Ellis
- Flying Officer Louis Gordon Emrys-jones
- Sergeant Ernest Richard Eva
- Pilot Officer Dennis Fitzmaurice Foy
- Pilot Officer Colin William Hancock
- Sergeant Eric William Hargreaves
- Sergeant Ronald James Harris
- Sergeant Cyril Ernest Hayward
- Sergeant Leslie Douglas James Holmes
- Leading Aircraftman Thomas Gilbert Hornsey
- Flying Officer Robert Henry Holloway Hosband
- Lieutenant Harold Edmond Ironside
- Air Sergeant Jacobs
- Flying Officer Russell George Denis Jaggard
- Warrant Officer Stanley Joseph Johnson
- Warrant Officer James Edward (toby) Jones
- Leading Aircraftman William Jones
- Air Sergeant Barney Katz
- Flight Sergeant Samuel King
- Warrant Officer Class II Norman Angus Mackenzie
- Warrant Officer Class II Norman Macpherson
- Flying Officer Ian Walter Matthews
- Leading Aircraftman John Edwin Moore
- Sergeant Michael Frederick Nathan
- Pilot Officer Jack Godfrey Newman
- Flight Sergeant Joseph Gerard Newman
- Sergeant Donald Newton Parkes
- Flight Sergeant Cedric Howie Pierson
- Lieutenant John Ainsley Pocock
- Flight Sergeant Frederick George Potter
- Pilot Officer Thomas Richard Prescott
- Wing Commander John Kane Rogers
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Milton Rowe
- Pilot Officer Humphrey Gordon Sherwood
- Sergeant Charles Peter Smith
- Leading Aircraftman Leslie Albert Songest
- Leading Aircraftman Ernest Robert John Spooner
- Flying Officer Donald Ian Stewart
- Sergeant Lionel Stanley Cross Tait
- Sergeant George Thornhill
- Flying Officer Eugene Dunlop Vanier
- Air Pupil Jansen Van Vuuren
- Leading Aircraftman John Richard Vogt
- Flying Officer Oscar Lovelock Wennholm
- Sergeant Joseph Ingleby White
- Lieutenant Wise
- Flying Officer Richard Francis Wollaston
- Leading Aircraftman Frederick Donald Young
1943
- Flight Sergeant Russell Edwin Adam
- Flight Sergeant James Frederick Allen
- Pilot Officer Alfred Percy Arnott
- Flight Sergeant James Guthrie Baker
- Sergeant Cecil Bardill
- Flight Sergeant Raymond William Barlow
- Sergeant Derryk Barnes
- Sergeant Jack Alexander Baxter
- Sergeant William John Beggs
- Sergeant William Bennett
- Warrant Officer Class II Donald Betts
- Sergeant Tom Birkby
- Flight Sergeant Sydney Edmund Birkett
- Flight Sergeant George Ernest Percy Birtch
- Sergeant Arthur John Bishop
- Sergeant Jack Blackett
- Sergeant George William Bloomfield
- Leading Aircraftman Arthur Frederick Bloxham
- Sergeant John Lewis Bloxham
- Flight Sergeant John Mayo Borthwick
- Warrant Officer Class I Graham Westwood Bower
- Flight Sergeant Robert Cecil Bradley
- Flight Sergeant William Bradshaw
- Sergeant Robert William Briggs-jude
- Sergeant William Brister
- Warrant Officer Lloyd John Brondgeest
- Flight Sergeant Philip Munro Brook
- Sergeant Alfred Clifton Brooksbank
- Sergeant Henry Ernest Buckman
- Sergeant Arthur Burgess
- Sergeant Hugh Faringdon Burrett
- Sergeant Sidney Arthur Bussey
- Sergeant Maurice Butler
- Pilot Officer Martin Philip Callaway
- Warrant Officer Class II William Donald Leslie Cameron
- Flying Officer Macquarie James Campbell
- Flight Sergeant Edward Butler Capin
- Flying Officer Fred Moncrieff Carter
- Sergeant Harold Cartwright
- Pilot Officer Lawrence Reginald Cates
- Sergeant Sidney William Chapman
- Flight Sergeant Ralph Owen Chester
- Flight Sergeant Raymond Colin Chislett
- Flight Sergeant William Douglas Clark
- Flying Officer Roy Leslie Clarke
- Sergeant Thomas Collier
- Sergeant Jack Arthur Coombes
- Sergeant Charles Joseph Cooper
- Sergeant Norman Corfield
- Sergeant Arthur Cotterill
- Sergeant Andrew Cowan
- Sergeant Peter William Cramb
- Sergeant Thomas Lockerbie Craven
- Sergeant William Arthur Crawford
- Sergeant Reginald Herbert Crooks
- Warrant Officer Class II Hans D'Aperng
- Flight Sergeant Allan John Davey
- Pilot Officer Arthur William Davies
- Flight Lieutenant Richard Edward Davies
- Sergeant Jack Davis
- Sergeant Harold Dean
- Warrant Officer Class I Kenneth Ignatius Joseph Deane
- Sergeant George Noon Dodds
- Sergeant Ivan Geoffrey Henderson Dodds
- Pilot Officer Earle George Dolby
- Sergeant Robert Downs
- Sergeant Eric William Dredge
- Flight Sergeant Herbert George Edis
- Flight Sergeant John Douglas Alexander Este
- Sergeant Stanley William Evans
- Flight Sergeant George Stanley Feakes
- Sergeant John Findlay
- Sergeant Leonard Robert Fisher
- Flight Sergeant Joseph George Arkless Fisk
- Flight Sergeant William Hugh Fitzgerald
- Sergeant John Reid (jack) Forrest
- Flight Sergeant Sydney Franklin Foster
- Sergeant Leslie Charles Gale
- Flight Sergeant Edwin Richard Galligan
- Flight Sergeant Douglas Haig Armour Garland
- Pilot Officer Harold Evans Vivian Gawler
- Flight Sergeant Peter Raymond Good
- Warrant Officer Class I Curtis Albert Goring
- Flight Lieutenant Walter Albert Gorton
- Sergeant Terence Grange
- Flight Sergeant Sinclair August Grant
- Warrant Officer Leonard Edward Frank Green
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Kendall Green
- Sergeant Geoffrey Haigh
- Sergeant Ronald Charles Haigh
- Flying Officer Harry Douglas Ham
- Flight Sergeant Albert Charles Harris
- Sergeant Edward Charles Harris
- Sergeant Edwin Fuller Harris
- Sergeant Stanley De Gruchy Harris
- Flight Sergeant Bruce Robert Harrison
- Pilot Officer Leslie Jack Haymes
- Pilot Officer George Vincent Helm
- Pilot Officer Douglas Charles Henley
- Sergeant Robert James Henry Hitchmough
- Pilot Officer James Douglas Hocking
- Sergeant Frederick Hodson
- Sergeant Ronald David Holdaway
- Sergeant Peter Holloway
- Pilot Officer Sidney George Holman
- Flight Sergeant William Percy Homersham
- Flight Sergeant Allan Hooker
- Pilot Officer Samuel David Hopkin
- Sergeant Stanley Harold Hopkins
- Flight Sergeant Douglas Conway Houghton
- Sergeant George Howard
- Sergeant Noble Hugill
- Sergeant Sydney James Humphreys
- Leading Aircraftman Alfred Hunt
- Flying Officer Ellis Edward Huxter
- Pilot Officer Ernest James
- Sergeant Norman William Jewell
- Flying Officer Walter Stephen Jobling
- Sergeant Edward Neilan Jones
- Sergeant John Glynn Jones
- Sergeant Rhys Jones
- Flight Sergeant Trevor John Jones
- Sergeant George Robert Joyce
- Flying Officer Trevor Francis Joyce
- Flight Sergeant Brian Arthur Kelly
- Sergeant Brian James Kennell
- Sergeant William Kidd
- Flight Sergeant William Adam Kilby
- Sergeant William Albert (bill) King
- Sergeant Peter William Kitchen
- Flight Sergeant Arne Gabriel Knuuttila
- Warrant Officer George William Anthony Lambert
- Warrant Officer Oliver Lambert
- Flight Sergeant Stanley Charles Langston
- Sergeant Marcel Lavoie
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Leddy
- Sergeant Frank Lennard
- Pilot Officer David Bruce Leslie
- Sergeant Edward Jack Liptrott
- Wing Commander Edwin John Little
- Sergeant Thomas Harold Loke
- Flying Officer James Benjamin Lovelock
- Sergeant William Lowe
- Flight Sergeant Roy Wolseley Lower
- Sergeant Cecil Hill Macaulay
- Pilot Officer Joseph Widger Murphy Macdonald
- Sergeant Harry Machin
- Sergeant Sidney Mackrell
- Sergeant George Derrick Mair
- Sergeant Sydney John Marks
- Flight Sergeant Lewis William Martin
- Warrant Officer Class II Thomas Edwin Martin
- Sergeant James Francis Maxwell
- Sergeant Henry James McAdam
- Warrant Officer Class I Edwin Matthew McArthur
- Flight Sergeant Leslie Brooks McBride
- Sergeant Oliver McCoo
- Corporal William Henry McCormick
- Sergeant William McGill
- Flight Sergeant Keith Alexander McGregor
- Flying Officer Robert Gemmell McInnes
- Flying Officer Donald Hugh McKay
- Sergeant Alfred John Henry Millin
- Warrant Officer Joseph Emmett Milner
- Pilot Officer Herbert Allen Moore
- Sergeant Victor Clague Moore
- Pilot Officer Eric Gordon More
- Pilot Officer Harold George Pete Mounsey
- Sergeant John Thomas Mullany
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth Duncan Murray
- Flight Sergeant Paul Antoine Musso
- Sergeant Henry Napier
- Flight Sergeant David George Newlands
- Sergeant Alan Paterson
- Flying Officer David Walter Alexander Philip
- Flight Sergeant Charles Phillips Pierce
- Flight Sergeant Edward Vivian Potter
- Flight Sergeant William John Poulin
- Sergeant Alfred Arthur Poulton
- Warrant Officer John Reginald Prockter
- Sergeant George Albert Purcell
- Sergeant Tom Pyle
- Flight Sergeant Robert William Rashbrook
- Sergeant Douglas Harbinson Reid
- Sergeant Francis Douglas Rex
- Pilot Officer John Alexander Robertson
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Joseph Ryan
- Flight Sergeant David Scott
- Sergeant Thomas George William Shepherd
- Pilot Officer Kenneth George Sheward
- Pilot Officer Herbert William Shinn
- Flight Sergeant Leslie Edwin Short
- Pilot Officer Kenneth John Simpson
- Sergeant Robert Alfred Sims
- Flight Sergeant Albert Ralph Smith
- Flight Sergeant Ian Hector Ross Smith
- Sergeant William John Riddle Soulsby
- Sergeant Thomas Stearman
- Sergeant Charles Clifford Stenning
- Pilot Officer George Noel Stephenson
- Flight Sergeant Donald Mackay Stewart
- Sergeant George William Stokes
- Sergeant John Michael Stringfellow
- Flying Officer Owen Kenneth Sutherland
- Sergeant Dennis William Sweet
- Sergeant Charles William Sweeting
- Flying Officer Harold Frederick Symons
- Flight Sergeant Oliver James Tanner
- Sergeant Sydney Richard Tattersall
- Sergeant Albert Edward Taylor
- Pilot Officer Frederick Harold Thacker
- Sergeant George Herbert Tough
- Sergeant Sidney Elmer Towle
- Flying Officer Gordon Frederick Toy
- Sergeant Bernard Frederick Trew
- Pilot Officer Stanley Charles Turner
- Sergeant William Turner
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Ward
- Flying Officer Clifford Arnold Watson
- Sergeant Jack Watson
- Sergeant John Knox Watson
- Squadron Leader Dennis Crosby Wellburn
- Sergeant William Dennis Whitfield
- Sergeant Victor Henry Wigmore
- Flight Sergeant Kevin John Wilkes
- Sergeant Robert Williams
- Flight Lieutenant John Leslie Wilson
- Flight Sergeant Victor Joseph August Wintzer
- Warrant Officer Michael Woolcott
- Sergeant Frank Ernest Worsley
- Sergeant Edward John Wright
- Sergeant Frederick George Wright
- Pilot Officer John Murray Young
1944
- Flight Sergeant Robert Alexander Ashton
- Lieutenant Bain-marais
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Hugh Barclay
- Flight Sergeant Norman Edward Barnes
- Flying Officer James E. Brown
- Flight Lieutenant Harold John Callin
- Flight Sergeant Stuart George Catto
- Flying Officer Alexander Cruickshank
- Flying Officer James Lyman Eagleson
- Sergeant Leslie Albert Gibbs
- Leading Aircraftman William Thomas Whitelaw Girvan
- Pilot Officer Morrison Carlyle Grant
- Flying Officer Robert Blackburn Hardie
- Flight Sergeant Stuart James Hayes
- Flight Sergeant Gordon Wesley McLeod
- Flying Officer Paul Edwin McNamara
- Lieutenant Morgan
- Leading Aircraftman Leo Martin Morrissy
- Flying Officer Robert Bertram Mumberson
- Flight Sergeant Morris Stanley
- Lieutenant Douglas Keith Stewart
- Warrant Officer Class I Terblanche
- Flying Officer C. Bruce Thompson
- Warrant Officer Class I Van Der Walt
- Flight Lieutenant Alfred Jerry Wallace