On this day — 23 September
384 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 23 September during the Second World War.
1939
- Sergeant Henry Edward Brown
- Pilot Officer William Ronald Foster
- Aircraftman 1st Class William Roderick Walter Phillips
1940
- Sergeant David Hart Ayers
- Pilot Officer Walter Beaumont
- Flight Lieutenant Robert George Coventry
- Aircraftman 1st Class Frederick Charles Daniels
- Sergeant Joseph Henry Dowley
- Sergeant Alexander Glass Dunbar
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Charles Marcel Gwynn
- Pilot Officer Arthur Hood James
- Leading Aircraftman Norman Henry Pulford
1941
- Lieutenant George Eric Abbott
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Kenneth Adamson
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Thomas Archibald (tom) Berrill
- Sergeant Peter Frederick Bold
- Air Mechanic Booysen
- Flight Sergeant Walter Forsyth Prins Brown
- Flight Sergeant John Carr
- Sergeant Jack Bertram Crees
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Kenneth Frank Derry
- Flight Sergeant George Alfred Dodds
- Flying Officer Robert Edward Michael Hughes-chamberlain
- Leading Aircraftman Cyril Jenkins
- Flight Sergeant Pete Charles McCue
- Aircraftman 2nd Class George William McLeod
- Pilot Officer Sidney Gibson Nicoll
- Sergeant William John Poole
- Sergeant Rowland Secomb
- Sergeant James Christopher Sheridan
- Flight Sergeant Robert Hollis Toshack
- Pilot Officer Jeffrey Turner
- Sergeant Herbert Arthur Verrells
- Sergeant John George Walters
- Aircraftman 1st Class Ronald William Joseph Winslade
1942
- Flight Sergeant Howard Charles Baker
- Leading Aircraftman Arthur Beaty
- Flying Officer Robert Butler
- Sergeant Nial Thurlow Byrne
- Flying Officer Arthur James Calvert
- Sergeant James William Carnley
- Sergeant Arthur Carr
- Sergeant John Arthur Collum
- Flight Sergeant George Kenneth Dickenson
- Pilot Officer John Baxter Edwards
- Flying Officer Philip Frank Weller Gales
- Sergeant William John Godly
- Sergeant Rex Alfred Gotts
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Fraser Hartley
- Sergeant Leonard Anthony Kelly
- Sergeant Bruce Alfred Kerkhoff
- Aircraftman 1st Class Elmer Anthony Sutton King
- Flight Sergeant Norman Edward Kirk
- Sergeant Richard Lind
- Sergeant Archibald Sylvain Mairet
- Pilot Officer James Ivan McIntyre
- Flight Sergeant Leslie Riddy Milner
- Flight Sergeant John Frederick Mulroy
- Leading Aircraftman Harry Frederick William Patenall
- Sergeant Harold Arthur Phillips
- Sergeant Henry Norman Pleass
- Pilot Officer Ian Fraser Preston
- Leading Aircraftman William Thomas George Pridmore
- Squadron Leader Cuthbert Raymond
- Sergeant William James Cynlais Roberts
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth Rutherford
- Flight Sergeant George Windsor Sayer
- Flight Sergeant Leslie Arthur Seamark
- Pilot Officer Richard James Stevens
- Leading Aircraftman Harry Threadgold
- Sergeant Alfred Trewin
- Sergeant William Henry Trottier
- Corporal Frank Underwood
- Flight Sergeant Henry James Wade
- Sergeant Charles Francis Watson
- Sergeant Leslie Charles (les) Weatherley
- Leading Aircraftman Frederick James George Wood
- Warrant Officer Clive Alfred Woods
- Corporal Ronald Arthur Young
- Sergeant Vernon Young
1943
- Sergeant John Abbott
- Flight Sergeant Charles Edward Adair
- Flying Officer Kenneth Albiston
- Pilot Officer Cyril Thorpe Anderson
- Sergeant James Henry Anderton
- Sergeant John Bruce Atkinson
- Flight Sergeant Frank John Austen
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Hugh Thomas Bailie
- Warrant Officer Class II Ronald Malcolm Barlow
- Aircraftman 1st Class Albert Thomas Bath
- Sergeant William Arthur Beales
- Sergeant Laurie George Bender
- Flight Sergeant John Louis Ward Betson
- Flight Sergeant William Douglas Bickle
- Sergeant George Alfred Bicknell
- Flying Officer William Birdsall
- Sergeant Phillip McLaughlin Birt
- Sergeant Malcolm Victor Bloxham
- Sergeant Arthur Reginald Bohn
- Pilot Officer Gregory Ross Bourdon
- Sergeant George Bown
- Flying Officer Adrian Colebrook Brace
- Pilot Officer John Dennis Bradford
- Sergeant Gordon Charles Arthur Bradshaw
- Flight Sergeant Eric William Braid
- Sergeant John Brett
- Sergeant Hedley Brown
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Brown
- Sergeant Donald Bruce
- Sergeant Arthur William Buck
- Flying Officer Kenneth Rees Burbeck
- Sergeant Alan Stewart Burgess
- Flight Sergeant Vickers Kitchener Cairns
- Aircraftman 1st Class Donald James Cameron
- Flying Officer Robert Gunn Christie
- Aircraftman 1st Class Ronald Edward Clarey
- Corporal John George Clark
- Sergeant Stephen Frank Clarke
- Sergeant Alan Hall Cleghorn
- Sergeant Robert Alfred Clothier
- Sergeant Clifford Cobley
- Flying Officer Edward Mortimer Cole
- Flight Sergeant Eugene Joseph Cooper
- Sergeant Arthur Stanley Corlett
- Sergeant Frederick William Cornwell
- Sergeant Leonard Cotton
- Sergeant William Ramsay Cowan
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Roy Cowling
- Warrant Officer Class II Murray Clayton Craik
- Sergeant Henry Richard Cronchey
- Flight Sergeant Allen Boyce Cumming
- Sergeant Richard Charles Luke Cummins
- Flight Sergeant Victor Alfred Darkin
- Flying Officer Edward Raymond Davies
- Sergeant William Alderson Davis
- Flight Sergeant James Edward Dayton
- Sergeant Edmund James Deaves
- Sergeant Richard Dempster
- Sergeant Robert Francis Devitt
- Sergeant Cecil Dickinson
- Flight Sergeant Walter Edward Dickson
- Sergeant Raymond Diggle
- Flight Sergeant Joseph Docherty
- Pilot Officer Gordon Alexander Duff
- Pilot Officer Rodney Ernest Duffy
- Sergeant Thomas Duffy
- Leading Aircraftman Charles Sidney Eldred
- Sergeant Charles Percival Ellins
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Douglas Ellis
- Sergeant Harold Roy Ellmer
- Sergeant Harold Entwistle
- Flight Sergeant Eric Ewan
- Pilot Officer Walter Theodore Farmer
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Leonard Anthony Fieldhouse
- Sergeant Norman Fleming
- Sergeant John Fletcher
- Flight Sergeant Norman Cummins Fletcher
- Squadron Leader Kenneth Jack Foster
- Flight Sergeant Gordon Charles Fowler
- Sergeant Thomas Terrance Blewett Francis
- Flight Sergeant Keith Harold Gardiner
- Sergeant John James Garner
- Pilot Officer Alan Mello Garrington
- Sergeant Cedric Brian Gazzard
- Flight Sergeant Roy Lawrence Gehrig
- Sergeant Donald Ivor Goodfellow
- Sergeant Norman Stirling Graham
- Sergeant Thomas Elliot Brydon Graham
- Sergeant William Joseph Grant
- Flight Sergeant Gilbert John Green
- Flight Sergeant Hans Asmussen Green
- Flight Sergeant Robert Thomas Griffiths
- Flying Officer George Arthur Hadley
- Sergeant Maurice Ernest Haffenden
- Sergeant Thomas Joseph Hall
- Flight Lieutenant Leonard Hugh Acland Harper
- Sergeant Dion Clive Harris
- Sergeant John Bennett Harrison
- Sergeant Jack Rodney Haworth
- Sergeant Colin Haynes
- Sergeant William Albert Heal
- Sergeant Terence James Hegarty
- Flying Officer Ronald Hellewell
- Sergeant Peter Albion Hendrickson
- Squadron Leader Lancelot Henry Higgins
- Sergeant Donald Samuel Hirst
- Sergeant Douglas Edward John Hobbs
- Sergeant Joseph Edwards Hoey
- Sergeant Keith Vivian Arkle Holmes
- Sergeant Joseph Howarth
- Sergeant Ronald Howarth
- Sergeant Edward William Howell
- Flying Officer Arthur Douglas Howlett
- Flight Sergeant John Hudson
- Flight Sergeant Gordon Henry Hughes
- Sergeant Oswald Hunt
- Flying Officer John Paul Ingham
- Sergeant Douglas Anthony James
- Flight Sergeant William Louis Jarvis
- Pilot Officer Albert George Raymond Jeanmart
- Sergeant Donald Ernest Jeffery
- Sergeant Leon McNeill Jeffery
- Warrant Officer Alfred Henry Johnson
- Corporal Robert Johnston
- Sergeant John Kelly
- Warrant Officer Class II Louis Noel Lyndon Kerr
- Flying Officer Laurence John Kirkpatrick
- Pilot Officer William John Leedham
- Flying Officer John Emile Leveroni
- Leading Aircraftman Cyril Markham Lewis
- Flying Officer Clifford Charles Pownall Logan
- Pilot Officer Arthur Long
- Flight Sergeant Oswald John Lumsden
- Flight Sergeant William Henry Macdonald
- Sergeant James Smith Macdonald
- Sergeant Edmund Magson
- Sergeant William Patrick Maher
- Sergeant John Mallaber
- Sergeant Leonard Francis Manley
- Sergeant Peter Mann
- Sergeant William Bunney Marchant
- Flight Sergeant Reginald Thomas McCudden
- Leading Aircraftman Donald Neill McDonald
- Sergeant Donald Sydney McDonald-hunter
- Squadron Leader Robert Alexander McKinna
- Sergeant Robert William Stephen McNally
- Flight Sergeant Christopher Frederick (bud) McRae
- Leading Aircraftman Leonard Raymond Meere
- Sergeant Edward George Miller
- Sergeant Stanley Thomas Mills
- Flight Sergeant Harold George Mitchell
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Henry John Morgan
- Sergeant Robert Edward Morley
- Sergeant John Morris
- Flight Sergeant D'Arcy Edward Morrison
- Flying Officer Harold Edwin Mosley
- Pilot Officer Neville Douglas Murphy
- Pilot Officer Wallace Cyril Nelson
- Warrant Officer Class II William Ness
- Flight Sergeant John Percival Nugent
- Pilot Officer Edward Albert Nutt
- Pilot Officer Robert Charles Ord
- Flight Sergeant Henry Reuben Page
- Sergeant George Palmer
- Aircraftman 1st Class Arthur Parkinson
- Sergeant Robert Campbell Paterson
- Sergeant Donald Hector Pether
- Flying Officer Leslie Charles Pitman
- Flight Sergeant Bruce Albert Plant
- Pilot Officer Francis McDonald Poole
- Sergeant John Caradoc Lewis Price
- Pilot Officer Harvey George Prins
- Flying Officer Wilfrid Selwyn Pryce-williams
- Flight Sergeant William Pryde
- Sergeant Thomas George Griffiths Pugh
- Sergeant Joseph Lucien Roger Rainville
- Leading Aircraftman Leslie Verdun Raper
- Flight Sergeant Lloyd Kenneth Raymond
- Flight Sergeant Ronald James Rays
- Warrant Officer Class II Norman Lloyd Reed
- Flight Sergeant Frederick George Reeson
- Sergeant Julian Patrick Rice
- Flight Sergeant Maurice Roantree
- Leading Aircraftman Donald Osborne Robbins
- Sergeant Kenneth Hood Robertson
- Sergeant John Harris Rodgers
- Flight Sergeant George Vincent Rogers
- Flying Officer Phillip Neville Rolfe
- Sergeant Cecil George Rolph
- Sergeant Bernard Royans
- Flying Officer Hugh Powell Sands
- Warrant Officer Class II Frank Prescott Sharpe
- Sergeant Frank Shaw
- Sergeant John Edward Shepherd
- Sergeant Richard James Smart
- Flying Officer Clifford Smith
- Flight Sergeant Raymond Purser Smith
- Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Phillips Sowerby
- Flight Sergeant George Wilson Speicher
- Sergeant Joseph Spiers
- Flying Officer Frank Stanton Spooner
- Flying Officer Arthur Oswald Stafford
- Flight Sergeant David Stanton
- Pilot Officer Louis Stevenson
- Sergeant Thomas Stewart
- Pilot Officer Verne Allison Stewart
- Sergeant Paul Gilbert Straker
- Flight Sergeant George Clifford Stringer
- Flight Sergeant Joseph Gordon Stuart
- Flying Officer James Suffield
- Sergeant Thomas
- Sergeant Benjamin James Thomas
- Sergeant Hamilton John Thomas
- Leading Aircraftman Harry Gilemore Thomas
- Sergeant John Smith Thomson
- Sergeant Leslie Tomlinson
- Sergeant Joseph Alfred Town
- Pilot Officer Stanley Richard Trill
- Sergeant Edward George Truman
- Sergeant James Tunley
- Flying Officer Donald Stuart Turner
- Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Turner
- Pilot Officer Robert James Francis Vivers
- Flight Sergeant Charles Frederick Walton
- Flying Officer Arthur William Ward
- Sergeant William Watters
- Flight Lieutenant William Leonard Weager
- Sergeant Cornelius Weddell
- Flying Officer Ian Duncan Weston
- Flight Sergeant Thomas White
- Sergeant George William Wilkin
- Sergeant John William Wilkinson
- Sergeant Ronald Wilks
- Sergeant Rowland Arthur Williams
- Sergeant Aubrey Ernest Charles Willig
- Sergeant Allan Wilson
- Sergeant John Wilson
- Pilot Officer Robert Beck Woodhouse
- Sergeant James Wright
- Flying Officer Russell Terres Zdan
1944
- Flying Officer William Baker
- Lieutenant Denys Vincent Bartholomew
- Warrant Officer Class II Brits
- Flying Officer Ronald Westland Brown
- Flying Officer Gerald George Bryan
- Flying Officer William Stirling Burns
- Flying Officer Ian Melville Campbell
- Squadron Leader Albert Ferdinand Cave
- Aircraftman 1st Class Robert Barcham Chandler
- Flight Sergeant John Frederick William Clarke
- Flying Officer John James Condon
- Flight Sergeant Simon Pierre Cormier
- Flying Officer Ian Taylor Cromb
- Flight Sergeant Lawrence Arthur Davis
- Sergeant Claudien Paul Joseph Dessertine
- Flight Sergeant James McKenzie Dillon
- Flight Sergeant Joseph Alphonse Clement Duhamel
- Air Corporal Duncan
- Flying Officer John Murray Dunsmuir
- Flight Sergeant Robert Haynes Gawler
- Sergeant Walter George McDonald Geikie
- Sergeant Frederick John Gooch
- Pilot Officer Timothy Ambrose Harrington
- Flying Officer Angus Beverly Harvey
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Wilfred Haselhurst
- Flying Officer Albert Keith Hornibrook
- Flight Sergeant Norman George Hurst
- Flight Sergeant Fred Joseph Hurstwaite
- Flying Officer Donald Lawrence Jack
- Sergeant Herbert William Jennings
- Warrant Officer John Clifford Jones
- Flying Officer Raymond Thomas Kerwin
- Flying Officer George Robert Graham Kite
- Flying Officer Cyril McCall
- Flight Sergeant James Robert McIntyre
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander McLaughlin
- Flight Lieutenant Trevor Sydney Francis Meadows
- Flight Sergeant Colin Eric Mengel
- Flight Sergeant Erle Mayne Milks
- Flight Sergeant Montague John Miln
- Flight Sergeant Colin James Mitchell
- Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Albert William Morris
- Flight Lieutenant Glen Inglis Murrie
- Flight Sergeant Denis Joseph O'Sullivan
- Flying Officer William Richard Paget
- Warrant Officer Class I Roy Irving Pinner
- Corporal William Race
- Flying Officer Edgar Albert Robitaille
- Second Lieutenant Rowan
- Flying Officer George Ivan Rowlands
- Flight Sergeant William Ambrose Schultz
- Flight Sergeant Jack Kyle Scott
- Pilot Officer Henry Ian Shepherd
- Flying Officer William Lawrence Shirley
- Pilot Officer James Leroy Springsteele
- Flying Officer Sydney John Staples
- Flight Sergeant Harold James Stell
- Warrant Officer John Buxton Stinson
- Pilot Officer Francis George Totterdell
- Sergeant Joseph Philorome Ambroise Vigneault
- Flight Sergeant Samuel Vernon Wickland