On this day — 27 September
378 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 27 September during the Second World War.
1939
- Sergeant Albert Bryan Greensides
- Sergeant James Ernest Milne
- Leading Aircraftman Thomas James Page
- Leading Aircraftman Ritson Finlay Petts
- Pilot Officer Dennis Eric Ryder
1940
- Sergeant James Joseph Aloysius Bogue
- Pilot Officer Eric Burgoyne
- Flying Officer Percival Ross-frames Burton
- Pilot Officer Philip Melville Cardell
- Aircraftman 1st Class Walter Leslie Carver
- Sergeant William Charles Clarke
- Flying Officer Paul John Davies-cooke
- Sergeant Leslie Arthur Dyke
- Flying Officer Ambrose Sydney Barnard Godrich
- Pilot Officer Edward Maurice Gunter
- Sergeant Bernard Harvey
- Flying Officer Michael Giles Homer
- Pilot Officer John Edgecombe Lowe
- Pilot Officer John Sheppard Hewitt Lupton
- Pilot Officer Ernest Edward Males
- Sergeant Lloyd Haig Beatty McLeod
- Pilot Officer James Reginald Bryan Meaker
- Pilot Officer Rogers Freeman Garland Miller
- Flight Lieutenant James Alfred Paterson
- Flying Officer Otto John Peterson
- Flight Lieutenant Reginald Frank Rimmer
- Flight Lieutenant Lionel Harold Schwind
- Sergeant Ernest Scott
- Wing Commander Grenville Hammerton Shaw
- Sergeant Eric Henry William Shelfer
- Flight Sergeant Charles Sydney
- Sergeant William Henry Thompson
- Squadron Leader John Richard Welsh
- Leading Aircraftman Roger Charles Whitley
- Leading Aircraftman Edward Bryant Wilde
- Flying Officer Donald Sidney Thomson Young
1941
- Pilot Officer Ronald Drury Anderson
- Flight Sergeant William James Archibald
- Sergeant Albert Henry Ashwood
- Pilot Officer Charles Sewell Barrell
- Sergeant Albert Frederick Binns
- Sergeant David Hastings Budden
- Sergeant William Gordon Chant
- Leading Aircraftman James Frederick Colin Cliffe
- Flight Sergeant Michael Vincent Connolly
- Air Sergeant Daniels
- Flight Lieutenant Louis Romeo Dubuc
- Sergeant Gordon Bannerman Dundas
- Flight Sergeant Terence Cunliffe Fitzgerald
- Second Lieutenant Fripp
- Sergeant Frederick James Goodwin
- Pilot Officer John Edward Hiller
- Sergeant John Denis Hogden
- Warrant Officer Sam Howarth
- Squadron Leader Gordon Forbes Irving
- Flight Sergeant Edward Harold Keeping
- Flight Sergeant Frank Christopher Nugent Kiteley
- Flight Sergeant Herbert James Hawkins Kitson
- Squadron Leader Roland Anthony Lee Knight
- Sergeant William Ronald Lance
- Aircraftman 1st Class William Daniel Langford
- Pilot Officer Creighton Carlisle Lowther
- Aircraftman 1st Class John Grieg Macfarlane
- Sergeant Leslie Robert Mack
- Sergeant David Osborne McFall
- Sergeant John Graham Merrett
- Flight Lieutenant Malcolm James Miller
- Flying Officer Harold Wilson Oldham
- Sergeant Leslie Mellor Rhodes
- Sergeant Victor Ernest Thomas Riddiford
- Aircraftman 1st Class James Ridley
- Pilot Officer Arthur Donald Roberts
- Pilot Officer John Ross Robertson
- Sergeant William Thomas Charles Selman
- Pilot Officer Walter Gordon Soares
- Pilot Officer Richard Gordon Sutherland
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Glanville Thomas
- Flight Sergeant William Trotter
- Flight Sergeant Joseph Valentine
- Sergeant Bernard George Watson
- Pilot Officer Stanley Anton Wells
- Sergeant Leslie John Wigglesworth
- Sergeant Bernard Kenneth George Willmer
- Sergeant Matthew Ward Wright
1942
- Sergeant Robert Frederick Ashby
- Flying Officer Rolf Edgar Atkinson
- Leading Aircraftman Robert Sharp Bailey
- Pilot Officer Denis Ross Crockford Bartlett
- Sergeant Percy Horace Bath
- Sergeant Neville Graham Beadle
- Leading Aircraftman John Leonard Billinton
- Warrant Officer William Arthur Reginald Bowring
- Leading Aircraftman John Francis Burns
- Sergeant Norman George Clarke
- Sergeant Grahame Hilton Clothier
- Flight Sergeant Robert Cockcroft
- Lieutenant George Cohen
- Sergeant Cecil Charles William Crofton
- Flight Sergeant Lloyd Sylvester Ernst
- Flight Sergeant David Harrison Freeland
- Flight Sergeant Stanley Goddard Gray
- Flight Sergeant Frederick George Green
- Flight Sergeant Edmund George Hayhoe
- Pilot Officer Peter Turner Lawson
- Flight Lieutenant Alan Gordon Howard Lindsell
- Sergeant Frank Lister
- Pilot Officer Arthur Clendon Long
- Pilot Officer Geoffrey Richard Gwynydd Maund
- Sergeant Alexander Richard Minney
- Sergeant Francis Beaumont Mitchell
- Sergeant John Manwaring Steward Moir
- Sergeant James Noble
- Sergeant Claude Edward John O'Keeffe
- Leading Aircraftman Bertram Rawlinson
- Wing Commander George Hedley Stainforth
- Pilot Officer Bernard Reginald Steel
- Sergeant Arthur Edgar Thomas
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Naunton Thomas
- Flight Sergeant Jan Christofell Van Eck
- Flight Lieutenant John Waddingham
- Flying Officer Gavin William Walker
- Sergeant James Weir
- Warrant Officer Class II Raymond John Williams
1943
- Sergeant Harold Ackroyd
- Flight Sergeant Wilfred Ernest Allison
- Wing Commander John Chilton Archer
- Flight Sergeant John Edward Griffiths Aston
- Pilot Officer Stanley Kyle Atkinson
- Flying Officer Justus Clifford Austin
- Flight Lieutenant Keith Todd Balding
- Sergeant Archibald Robert Bangs
- Pilot Officer Malcolm James Banks
- Flying Officer Kenneth Arthur Barber
- Pilot Officer Barker
- Sergeant Arthur Mallinson Barnes
- Flight Sergeant Gerald Victor Bartle
- Air Mechanic John Begg
- Flight Sergeant John Henry Benny
- Sergeant Douglas Lowain Bick
- Flying Officer Donald Sutherland Bier
- Flight Sergeant Christopher Kevin Bolger
- Warrant Officer Cecil Jack Walton Boone
- Flying Officer Charles Royce Booth
- Flight Sergeant Irvine Charles Randolph Bowden
- Sergeant David Benjamin Bowen
- Sergeant William Henry Boyden
- Sergeant William Richard Bray
- Sergeant Eric James Bream
- Sergeant John Harrison Brewer
- Sergeant Fred Brierley
- Sergeant Henry George Bright
- Sergeant William Alfred Brown
- Sergeant William Buckton
- Sergeant Jack Bullock
- Flying Officer Charles Merton Butcher
- Sergeant Lionel Wembley Henry Butler
- Sergeant Ian Nicol Ferguson Cameron
- Sergeant Donald Thomas William Cammies
- Sergeant Jack George Cavie
- Sergeant Maurice Dudley Chasmar
- Warrant Officer Paul Fulton Chesterton
- Sergeant Fernley Graham Chilcott
- Pilot Officer Alfred William Chubb
- Flight Sergeant Alan John Clark
- Flying Officer Leonard Douglas Clay
- Pilot Officer Arthur Bernard Cocking
- Pilot Officer Harry William George Cockrem
- Flying Officer Stuart Vivian Cole
- Sergeant Raymond Martin Coles
- Flight Sergeant Leo Frederick Cook
- Sergeant Harry William Frederick Cooke
- Sergeant Ronald Arthur Cordell
- Flight Lieutenant John Craig
- Pilot Officer Robert Edward Crewe
- Flight Sergeant Ronald William Dando
- Pilot Officer Leo Malcolm Dargie
- Sergeant Alan Davidson
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Davis
- Sergeant Leslie John Dawkins
- Sergeant Harry Dickson
- Sergeant Thomas Andrew Cuthbertson Dorn
- Sergeant Leonard George Doughty
- Flying Officer John William Downs
- Sergeant Robert James Drinkwater
- Sergeant Edgar Smith Driscoll
- Sergeant Edward Vladimir Austin Elder
- Sergeant Peter Jeffrey Elson
- Sergeant John Maple Emerson
- Sergeant Dangan Mervyn Robert Bertin Entwisle
- Flying Officer William Jerome Erly
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Alfred Edward Evans
- Sergeant Robert Ormond Evans
- Sergeant Harry Exley
- Flying Officer Ronald Norman Faulkner
- Flying Officer James Edward Gerard Fawcett
- Pilot Officer Harold Ferme
- Sergeant Ronald Charles Fowler
- Sergeant Philip Robert Fox
- Sergeant Edward Fraser
- Sergeant Reginald Clifford Herbert Freeman
- Flight Sergeant John Henry Frewer
- Sergeant Sidney George Gibbs
- Sergeant Lewis Glentworth
- Flying Officer Joseph Erwin Godwin
- Sergeant Thomas Henry Greest
- Pilot Officer David George Griffiths
- Sergeant Maldwyn Griffiths
- Flying Officer Maurice Patrick Halpin
- Flying Officer William Norman Hamilton
- Sergeant Desmond Terence Hand
- Flight Sergeant Harry Ernest Hansell
- Sergeant Stanley James Harris
- Pilot Officer Arthur Harrison
- Pilot Officer Stanley Wilfrid Hatwell
- Flight Lieutenant William Tinsley Hawkins
- Sergeant Andrew Scott Haxton
- Sergeant Douglas Hunter Hendry
- Pilot Officer George Edward Hickling
- Pilot Officer Stewart William Hickman
- Flight Sergeant Brian Purdy Higginson
- Sergeant Ronald Hill
- Sergeant Charles Walter Hodges
- Pilot Officer Maurice Albert Nicholas Hodson
- Sergeant Anthoney Ernest Harry Holmes
- Flying Officer Milton Horkheimer
- Flight Sergeant George Stewart Hotchkis
- Sergeant William (billy) Howes
- Sergeant Frederick Walter Hucker
- Sergeant Clewin Arthur Hughes
- Sergeant Leslie Edgar Hughes
- Flying Officer George Gerard Hurst
- Lieutenant John Harry Hynd
- Flight Sergeant Robert James Gerard Hyndson
- Flight Lieutenant Hugh Gault Innes
- Sergeant Claude Roy Jackson
- Sergeant Frank Charles Jackson
- Sergeant Ernest James Emrys Jarman
- Sergeant Cyril Jeffcock
- Flying Officer Benjamin Stanley Jones
- Sergeant John Ivor Jones
- Sergeant Leonard Cecil Jordan
- Sergeant Sidney John Jordan
- Flying Officer George William Lansdowne Keene
- Squadron Leader John Herbert Kennard
- Sergeant Herbert William Ralph Kerslake
- Sergeant James Kirby
- Pilot Officer William Francis Cyril Knight
- Flying Officer Thomas Coulton Latham
- Pilot Officer George Ashley Lawrenson
- Flight Sergeant John Anthony Leach
- Sergeant Harold Lindsay
- Flight Lieutenant Frederick Charles Lord
- Pilot Officer Orville Lytle
- Flying Officer Edward Douglas Macmurchy
- Flying Officer Frank Thorburn Manners
- Flying Officer Edward Saunders Marsh
- Pilot Officer Eric George James Marsh
- Sergeant Donald Willis Matthews
- Flight Lieutenant Henry McGhie
- Sergeant John McGovern
- Flight Sergeant James Ritchie McIntosh
- Sergeant William Ellis McKee
- Sergeant Edward Milling
- Flight Sergeant John Herbert Tweedale Monteith
- Sergeant Edward Thomas Guy Moody
- Flying Officer Stanley Allan Morey
- Warrant Officer Class II Charles Earle Morgan
- Flying Officer Thomas Charles Morris
- Sergeant John Murray Morrison
- Leading Aircraftman John Murray Morsman
- Sergeant James Reid Murray
- Pilot Officer Ludwig Otto Noll
- Flying Officer George Edward Castelberg Norman
- Sergeant James Norman
- Sergeant James Patrick Nyland
- Aircraftman 1st Class Thomas O'Connor
- Flight Sergeant Basil Morgan O'Hara
- Sergeant Eric Otter
- Sergeant Ernest Albert Pack
- Sergeant Cyril Frederick Paish
- Flight Sergeant Peter Panos
- Flying Officer Douglas Roger Parker
- Flying Officer Gordon Ernest Malbon Parker
- Sergeant James Leo Parry
- Sergeant Arthur Richard John Parsons
- Sergeant William Joseph Patterson
- Flight Lieutenant George Graham Paul
- Sergeant Peter Henry Payne
- Warrant Officer Class II Robert Clinton Pedlar
- Sergeant Frank George Peploe
- Sergeant Alfred Charles Petre
- Lieutenant Kenneth Wilson Prescott
- Flight Sergeant Alfred Stanley Pring
- Aircraftman 1st Class Peter Purden
- Sergeant Alfred John Quar
- Flight Sergeant Douglas Edward Lanyon Reddy
- Warrant Officer Class II Robert William Revell
- Sergeant William Stephen Robinson
- Sergeant Edgar Ronald Rogers
- Flying Officer Rowland David Rosser
- Sergeant Alfred Rostron
- Sergeant Joseph Henri Fernand Rousseau
- Flight Lieutenant Dennis Arthur Routen
- Flight Sergeant Bernard Joseph Schollum
- Sergeant George Scott
- Sergeant Alec James Sharman
- Flight Lieutenant Ronald Hubert Sherback
- Flight Sergeant Bertram Arthur Shortland
- Flight Sergeant John Thompson Simpson
- Flight Sergeant Charles Raymond Skerrett
- Flight Sergeant George Russell Smith
- Sergeant Ronald Alfred Smith
- Flight Sergeant Russell Harry Smith
- Flight Lieutenant William Brian Smith
- Sergeant William Thomas Smith
- Corporal John Spencer Sparke
- Sergeant Henry Arthur Stanworth
- Sergeant Douglas Bryant Stone
- Flight Sergeant John Philip Strachan
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Swinney
- Sergeant Jack Taylor
- Sergeant Robert Martin Telfer
- Sergeant William Thornhill
- Sergeant George Todkill
- Leading Aircraftman Robert Paterson Torbit
- Flying Officer Richard Harry John Tozer
- Sergeant Robert Kirby Triggol
- Pilot Officer Metro Daniel Tymchuk
- Warrant Officer Peter Eric Gilbert Utton
- Flying Officer Stanley John Huxtable Verney
- Squadron Leader Peter Ree Vincent
- Flight Sergeant Michael Nancy Vitch
- Flying Officer Byron Emerson Alwyn Vye
- Sergeant Charles Raymond Walker
- Flying Officer John William Wallace
- Flight Sergeant Robert Noble Wallace
- Flight Sergeant Leonard Charles Arthur Walters
- Pilot Officer Norman Percy Wardman
- Sergeant Thomas Warhurst
- Pilot Officer Alan Henry William Warrell
- Sergeant Philip Henry Vernon Weale
- Sergeant Norman Edwin Weighell
- Flying Officer Denis Leslie West
- Sergeant Frank Whiteside
- Flight Sergeant William Ross Wicks
- Sergeant Reginald Wild
- Flight Sergeant John Selwyn Wilkins
- Flight Sergeant Bruce Dean Winders
- Pilot Officer Cyril Wolstenholme
- Sergeant Dugald Gillies Wood
- Pilot Officer Ernest Morgan Wood
- Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Woodcock
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Zrnik
1944
- Flight Sergeant Glenn Prosper Adams
- Flight Lieutenant Robert Clasper
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Bernard George Dadds
- Lieutenant Thomas William Eaton
- Flying Officer Allan Thomas Fitzpatrick
- Pilot Officer William Adam Gray
- Flight Lieutenant Robert Edward Holness
- Pilot Officer Paul Emile Hurtubise
- Flight Lieutenant George Lane
- Squadron Leader Henry Wallace McLeod
- Warrant Officer John Bonaventure O'Connell
- Pilot Officer Alan John Perkins
- Flying Officer Raymond Wilbur Pettigrew
- Air Mechanic Johannes L. Pretorius
- Pilot Officer Albert Victor Quirk
- Pilot Officer Brian Augustus Raftery
- Pilot Officer Edgar Ray
- Sergeant Bruce Walter Secker
- Flying Officer John William Thompson
- Corporal Raymond Walton
- Leading Aircraftman Donald George White
- Flight Lieutenant John Adair Woodward
- Flying Officer Thomas Wyllie