On this day — 21 September
208 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 21 September during the Second World War.
1939
1940
- Leading Aircraftman Percy Chapman
- Pilot Officer Alex Robert Temple Cox
- Aircraftman 2nd Class George Sidney Everett
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Eric Fox
- Sergeant Edgar Arthur James Keighley
- Aircraftman 1st Class Albert Edward Porter
- Sergeant Philip Quill
- Sergeant Victor William Sims
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Robert Thomas McWilliam Streight
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Forbes Thomson
- Sergeant Eric Cecil Wardel Knight
1941
- Pilot Officer Cyril William Abrey
- Sergeant John Aitken
- Sergeant Reginald Frederick Archer
- Sergeant James Bulman Bell
- Sergeant Desmond Blake
- Sergeant Lionel Poston Britland
- Flying Officer Lloyd William Brooks
- Sergeant William Brownlie
- Flying Officer Wilfrid Patrick Carroll
- Squadron Leader Arthur John Frank Churchill
- Sergeant William Robert Dil
- Aircraftman 2nd Class George Etty
- Sergeant German Francis Findlay
- Sergeant Cedric Arthur Foster
- Sergeant Peitro Alfredo Giovetti
- Pilot Officer Sydney Goulston
- Sergeant Ivan John Green
- Aircraftman 1st Class Harry Greenhalgh
- Sergeant Kenneth John Haine
- Sergeant David Preston Hawkes
- Sergeant Andre Robert Hedger
- Flying Officer William Valentine Herbert
- Pilot Officer Richard Francis Keighley
- Sergeant Clifford Kellington
- Sergeant George Eugene Kelly
- Sergeant Laurence Douglas Kissack
- Flight Lieutenant Robert Frederick Leavitt
- Sergeant Ernest George Birch Lennon
- Sergeant Harold George Lintott
- Pilot Officer Charles Lloyd Macdonald
- Sergeant John Andrew Maceachern
- Leading Aircraftman Roy Peter Marshall
- Sergeant Elwood Wallace McFall
- Pilot Officer Andrew Gordon Milne
- Pilot Officer Alexander Douglas Morris
- Pilot Officer Ian Murchie
- Leading Aircraftman Otto Frank Najemnik
- Sergeant Derek Vincent Osborne
- Sergeant Eric George Paul
- Sergeant George Kenneth Proctor
- Sergeant Anthony Hughenden Rex
- Pilot Officer John Benjamin Ruston
- Sergeant John Hillhouse Sherriff
- Sergeant Lloyd George Sinclair
- Sergeant Leonard Arthur Smith
- Pilot Officer Alan Geoffrey Stanes
- Sergeant Jack Toogood
- Sergeant Eric Charles William Turner
- Aircraftman 1st Class William Thomas Walls
- Flight Sergeant Robert Henry Wharton
- Flight Sergeant Bruce George Wilbee
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Douglas Buchanan Wortley
1942
- Sergeant Prince Paul Bannerman
- Sergeant Ernest Benning
- Warrant Officer Joseph Adrien Armand Lionel Bourassa
- Flying Officer Raymond Edward Norton Butcher
- Pilot Officer Billie Bartusek Cooper
- Sergeant Derek Henry Evans
- Sergeant Sidney Alfred Gardner
- Flight Sergeant Joseph Theodore Louis Philippe Gilbert
- Leading Aircraftman Amslie Raymond Goodwin
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Hargreaves
- Sergeant Hedley Maurice Hawkins
- Leading Aircraftman Eric Rowland Hill
- Flight Sergeant Andrew Jardine
- Flight Sergeant Peter Alastair Jardine
- Flight Sergeant John Evan Jenkins
- Sergeant Clarence William Kelner
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Alfred Walton Kennedy
- Flight Sergeant Russel Quince Leatherman
- Pilot Officer James Raymond Lippi
- Sergeant John Herbert William Livesey
- Flight Sergeant William Bradley Martin
- Flight Sergeant William Montague Marvin
- Flight Lieutenant James Metham
- Flight Sergeant James Pullan Morris
- Sergeant John Robert Parmenter
- Squadron Leader Victor Roberton Paterson
- Flight Sergeant Robert Elmer Paudash
- Sergeant Gerard Pollard
- Flight Sergeant John Rimmer
- Flight Sergeant Joseph Eli Rodgers
- Flight Sergeant Edwin John Rowe
- Sergeant John Sanderson Sagar
- Flight Sergeant Whitby Shankland
- Sergeant Douglas Thomson Simpson
- Sergeant Ivor Joseph Sims
- Sergeant Joseph Henry Southwell
- Sergeant John Raymond Stott
- Sergeant Vivian Sutherst
- Sergeant Alan Frederick Thomas
- Sergeant John Ellis Thomas
- Sergeant Robert George Thomlinson
- Flying Officer Almond Maynard Vandre
- Flight Sergeant Joseph Anthony Edward Vincent
- Sergeant Leonard Douglas Lewis Wadden
- Warrant Officer Class II Robert Orville Orson Warren
- Flight Sergeant Ralph Ernest Wells
- Flight Sergeant Wilfred Lawrence Williams
1943
- Flying Officer Arthur George Gordon Atkins
- Flying Officer Arthur Baron Fortescue Ayers
- Flight Sergeant Eric George Bailey
- Squadron Leader Stanley Webster Baldie
- Flight Sergeant Allan Rothery Breakspear
- Sergeant Donald Arthur Brundell
- Flying Officer Alfred Neil Buckland
- Flight Sergeant Colin Stewart Cameron
- Leading Aircraftman Sidney Carter
- Flying Officer Albert Lawrence Coomes
- Warrant Officer Class I Coughlan
- Flight Sergeant John Creighton
- Sergeant James David Thomas Daley
- Leading Aircraftman Herbert Davies
- Sergeant William George Denyer
- Leading Aircraftman Louis Oscar Dorge
- Lieutenant Clifford Henry Lance Ellis
- Pilot Officer John Alan Elms
- Flight Sergeant Noel Fisher
- Aircraftman 1st Class Joseph Alexander Fraser
- Corporal Lionel Griffin
- Flying Officer Alan William Morphett Gunson
- Flight Sergeant Donald Harris
- Aircraftman 1st Class Ernest Henry Harrison
- Warrant Officer Class II Harvey
- Flight Sergeant Ian Richard Heays
- Flight Sergeant Christopher George Hoskin
- Flying Officer Alexander Glenn Jennison
- Sergeant Jack Thomas Law
- Sergeant Kenneth Stanley Henry Lawson
- Flying Officer John Ledgerwood
- Sergeant Sydney Charles Edwin Leech
- Flight Sergeant Stanley Swanston McHardy
- Flight Sergeant Robert Sutton Neighbour
- Pilot Officer Andrew Goodwin Olson
- Aircraftman 2nd Class William Sidney Penfold
- Leading Aircraftman Sidney Platt
- Sergeant Stewart Wogan Poyntz
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Jack Eric Price
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Walter John Ralph
- Sergeant William Burrell Routledge
- Captain Robert Stephenson
- Flight Sergeant Norman Douglas Kerr Swinton
- Flying Officer Samuel Arthur Raymond Tanner
- Aircraftman 1st Class Reginald Tarling
- Sergeant Michael Justin Tymms
- Warrant Officer Hubert John Underwood
- Flight Sergeant Lawrence Ernest Waddington
- Group Captain Harry George Wheeler
1944
- Squadron Leader Robert Wilfred Alexander
- Warrant Officer Charles Allen Anderson
- Flying Officer Otto Hjalmar Antoft
- Flying Officer Brian Arthur Bebarfald
- Flying Officer John Spencer Blair
- Flying Officer Thomas John Brennan
- Warrant Officer Thomas Barry Brierley
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Jack Brown
- Captain Colin Herbert Campbell
- Second Lieutenant Bruce William Gardner Carrick
- Flying Officer Charles Herbert Cressman
- Warrant Officer Edward Lindsay Darrell
- Pilot Officer Comte Jacques Fernand Gabriel De Cordoue
- Lieutenant Deppe
- Flying Officer James William Erickson
- Warrant Officer Louis James Firth
- Flying Officer Reginald Cuthbert Gibbs
- Squadron Leader Garth Reginald Gunn
- Flying Officer Charles Douglas Hamilton
- Wing Commander Graeme Elliott Harrison
- Pilot Officer Robert Blair Herger
- Sergeant William Hewson
- Sergeant Fred Batty Howcroft
- Flight Lieutenant Elton Murray Ifould
- Pilot Officer Frederick Benbow Knight
- Warrant Officer Sidney George Lee
- Leading Aircraftman Patrick Lennon
- Flying Officer John Kenneth Macdonnell
- Flying Officer Michael Stanley Reece Mahon
- Warrant Officer Donald Meldrum Mathewson
- Flying Officer William Stewart McLintock
- Flying Officer Robert James Newman
- Flight Sergeant Garnet Arthur Phillips
- Flight Sergeant Denis Harry Ralph Plear
- Flying Officer Paul Steffin
- Flying Officer John Russell Thomas
- Pilot Officer David Arthur Webb
- Flight Sergeant William Burnaby Wheeler
- Warrant Officer Class II Leslie Innes Whitlock
- Flying Officer Jack Gordon Wills
- Pilot Officer Malcolm James Yarwood
1945
- Flying Officer Arthur Gordon Goodwin
- Flight Sergeant Alan Gordon Hensley
- Warrant Officer Allan Frank Pitt
1946
- Air Mechanic Johannes Diamond
- Leading Aircraftman Owen Edwards
- Leading Aircraftman Maxwell Leonard Rolfe