On this day — 9 October
330 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 9 October during the Second World War.
1939
1940
- Leading Aircraftman William Moore Aspinall
- Flight Sergeant Ernest Frederick Bishop
- Aircraftman 1st Class Charles Frederick Blyth
- Sergeant George William Brown
- Sergeant Cleveland Cottham
- Pilot Officer Ronald Arnold Hadley
- Sergeant George Edgar Hall
- Sergeant George Ernest Keel
- Pilot Officer James Charles Kirkpatrick
- Sergeant George Loud
- Sergeant William Goodall Macmorland
- Pilot Officer Richard Arthur Phillips
- Sergeant James Munro Ramsay
- Pilot Officer Richard Ceredig Thomas
- Sergeant Joseph Reginald Wardman
- Sergeant Stanley Warren
- Sergeant Charles Austin Wright
1941
- Flying Officer Charles Oscar Bloodworth
- Air Mechanic Hendrick Boltman
- Sergeant Elwyn Harry Brace
- Leading Aircraftman John Jay Elliott
- Sergeant William Fleming
- Sergeant George William Gray
- Sergeant Harry Hancock
- Air Mechanic Cecil George Hansen
- Leading Aircraftman George William Hogben
- Pilot Officer Ormonde John Horace Hoskins
- Sergeant William Karl Hunting
- Sergeant Stanley Jones
- Sergeant Paul Kelly
- Leading Aircraftman William Deveraux Langhorne
- Leading Aircraftman Colin Macgregor
- Sergeant Archie Mackenzie
- Flying Officer William Richard Macpherson
- Sergeant Leslie Gordon Masters
- Sergeant Leonard Henry Oldman
- Flying Officer Neville Whitford Walders
- Flying Officer Thomas Wewage-smith
1942
- Flight Sergeant Edwin Laurence Anderson
- Sergeant Mervin Ainsley Ball
- Flight Sergeant Claude Cecil Barnfather
- Lieutenant Becker
- Flying Officer Lynton Vennell Howard Birt
- Sergeant Victor Cyril Bond
- Warrant Officer Charles Ronald Kernick Bools
- Sergeant Thomas Ala Botterill
- Sergeant Geoffrey Eyre Broughton
- Sergeant George Buckland
- Corporal Ebenezer Burgess
- Sergeant Donald Arnott Cameron
- Flying Officer Clement Francis Amedee Cantin
- Squadron Leader Sidney George Champ
- Sergeant Michael Clifford
- Sergeant Geoffrey Lancaster Debenham
- Sergeant Derek Michael Dymond
- Corporal John Thomas Finch
- Flight Sergeant Leslie Jack Robert Govett
- Leading Aircraftman Charles Frederick Green
- Sergeant John Wyndham Harris
- Sergeant Harold Joseph Bryon Harrison
- Corporal James Murray Harrow
- Leading Aircraftman Ernest Hartland
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Henry Howlett
- Sergeant Kenneth Colin Hugo
- Leading Aircraftman William Arthur Humphrey
- Sergeant Alexander Howard Isaac
- Sergeant George William Jackson
- Flight Sergeant Ernest Frederick Richard Keeper
- Sergeant Jack Kirkham
- Pilot Officer Francis Leach
- Sergeant John Horace Leadley
- Warrant Officer Class I Norman Russel Learmonth
- Leading Aircraftman Robert John Little
- Leading Aircraftman Thomas William Lloyd
- Flying Officer Bruce Johnstone McClelland
- Leading Aircraftman Patrick Joseph McGonigle
- Flight Sergeant William Milford McGrath
- Warrant Officer Stanley James Mott
- Sergeant Noel Louis Nixon
- Sergeant Thomas Wynford Parry
- Sergeant Stanley Frederick Partington
- Flying Officer Andrew James Penman
- Flight Sergeant Albert Alfred Charles Peters
- Aircraftman 1st Class Arthur David Robbins
- Sergeant John Neville Smith
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Tan Seng Huat
- Aircraftman 2nd Class William Armstrong Thomson
- Sergeant Reginald Stanley Ware
- Leading Aircraftman Charles Henry White
- Aircraftman 1st Class Arthur Wilson
1943
- Sergeant Donald Albert Adams
- Sergeant Peter Maurice Adams
- Sergeant William Thompson Adamson
- Sergeant Edward Slaven Andrew
- Sergeant Thomas Alfred Ashcroft
- Sergeant William Thomas Austin
- Flying Officer Ralph Edmund Baht
- Sergeant Clifford John Bailey
- Warrant Officer Class II Douglas Charles Baker
- Flying Officer Robert Edward Baker
- Flight Lieutenant Edward Cecil Ball
- Flight Sergeant Wallace Bruce Ballantyne
- Sergeant Percy Barton
- Warrant Officer Class II William Beckthold
- Sergeant Graham Beeken
- Pilot Officer Paul Belkin
- Aircraftman 1st Class Harold James Beman
- Flying Officer Frederick William Bilson
- Sergeant John Black
- Warrant Officer William Gibson Blue
- Sergeant Ronald William Henry Board
- Sergeant Edward Roy Boreham
- Flight Lieutenant Richard Trent Botkin
- Sergeant Cecil Norman Boutle
- Sergeant William Henry Boyes
- Flying Officer Donald Charles Bridgman
- Leading Aircraftman Charles Brierley
- Sergeant Frederick Reginald Brine
- Sergeant Eric Alfred Brinton
- Sergeant George Henson Brown
- Sergeant Joseph Henry Brown
- Sergeant Valentine Richard Bucksey
- Sergeant Roy Eric Burgess
- Flying Officer Sydney George Burnam-richards
- Sergeant Frederick George Calway
- Flying Officer Hubert Edward Carrott
- Sergeant Patrick Cassidy
- Flight Sergeant Ivor Ramsay Chalmers
- Sergeant Ernest Harrington Chapman
- Sergeant Douglas Stanley Knox Chappell
- Aircraftman 1st Class James Etherington Chappell
- Sergeant Herbert Percy Durtnall Charlton
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Edwin Chislett
- Flight Sergeant Chris Zane Robert Christianson
- Sergeant George Edward Cleverly
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Alfred Collins
- Pilot Officer Raymond Coulson
- Flight Lieutenant Edgar William Peter Court
- Flight Sergeant Roy Cramp
- Sergeant Reginald Crofts
- Sergeant Digby Gwilym St. John Davies
- Sergeant Frank Davies
- Sergeant Ronald Davies
- Pilot Officer Thomas Herbert Davies
- Sergeant Edward George Havelock Day
- Sergeant Frank William Dock
- Pilot Officer Stanley Albert Driscoll
- Sergeant Arthur David Dufty
- Sergeant Ralph Eric Dykes
- Flight Sergeant William Bligh Eaton
- Flight Sergeant John Francis Ellins
- Pilot Officer Ronald Ellis
- Sergeant Harold Evan Evans
- Sergeant Henry Thomas Finch
- Sergeant William Findley
- Flying Officer Ronald Victor Fisher
- Pilot Officer Francis John Fry
- Sergeant Douglas Bloom Fulton
- Flying Officer Norman John Furlong
- Sergeant Albert Edwin Gadsby
- Leading Aircraftman Norman William Gay
- Aircraftman 1st Class Alfred Gillard
- Sergeant Dennis Harold Goldstein
- Sergeant Ronald Ernest Gratwick
- Flying Officer Roy Greaves
- Sergeant Alexander Neill Griffiths-buchanan
- Sergeant Henry Noble Gustard
- Sergeant Douglas William Hadlow
- Sergeant Walter Henry Hamil
- Flying Officer Bernard John Ewart Hannah
- Sergeant George Henry Harner
- Sergeant Leonard Harrett
- Sergeant Myron Clarence Harrington
- Pilot Officer Philip Hartstein
- Pilot Officer John Edwin Hay
- Sergeant George Alfred Hayes
- Sergeant Leslie Ronald Head
- Pilot Officer Leslie George Heaney
- Sergeant Edward Hickmott
- Sergeant Maurice Walter Hitchin
- Flying Officer Alan James Horobin
- Squadron Leader David William Southam Howroyd
- Warrant Officer Class II John Alfred Nelson Hucker
- Pilot Officer Griffith Lewis Hughes
- Warrant Officer Class I Carl Norman Hurl
- Sergeant Douglas Hydes
- Pilot Officer Arthur William James
- Warrant Officer Percy Joseph Jennings
- Sergeant Ronald Theodore Johnson
- Corporal George Edward Jones
- Warrant Officer Francis Richard Joy
- Flight Sergeant Francis Joseph Kelly
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Glendinning Kelly
- Flying Officer William Kemp
- Sergeant Eric Kempson
- Flight Lieutenant Philip Charles Copeland Kerr
- Sergeant Stanley Thomas Kettlety
- Sergeant Peter Frederick Kille
- Flight Sergeant William Walter Kozicki
- Flying Officer William John Lake
- Sergeant Ralph Thomas Gurden Lester
- Sergeant Herbert James Lewis
- Flight Sergeant Richard Alexander Lewis
- Sergeant Peter John Lyons
- Flying Officer Duncan Hildrain Macdonald
- Flying Officer Bruce Edwin Cornwall Macpherson
- Sergeant Frederick Madden
- Sergeant Francis Keith Maiden
- Sergeant Ernest Mallin
- Leading Aircraftman Ernest Leslie Markham
- Squadron Leader Louis Patrick Massey
- Sergeant Reginald Mather
- Warrant Officer Class II Howard Charles Alan Maynard
- Sergeant John Millar McCormack
- Flying Officer Charles Grant McDonald
- Flying Officer Samuel McManus
- Sergeant Francis Gerrard McVey
- Sergeant Norman George Minor
- Lieutenant Christopher Nethersole
- Flight Sergeant William Frederick Nethersole
- Sergeant Donald O'Donoghue
- Sergeant Michael John O'Donovan
- Sergeant James O'Reilly
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Charles O'Sullivan
- Sergeant Thomas George Palgrave
- Flying Officer Edwin David Porter
- Warrant Officer Robert Allen Powrie
- Flight Sergeant Wallace John Preece
- Sergeant Walter Quinn
- Warrant Officer Reginald Paul Rabett
- Flight Lieutenant Raymond Charles Rawlings
- Warrant Officer John Langler Ridsdale
- Sergeant Trevor Roberts
- Lieutenant Mackenzie Rogan
- Flight Sergeant Eric Rogers
- Sergeant Francis Rudd
- Warrant Officer Class I John Edward Ryan
- Flight Lieutenant Jack Braithwaite Sands
- Sergeant Kenneth Saunders
- Squadron Leader Murray Stanley Fuller Schneider
- Pilot Officer William Henry Scott
- Sergeant Ernest Harry Scraton
- Flying Officer Colin Seymour
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Shaw
- Sergeant Samuel George Short
- Warrant Officer Allan Simpson
- Flight Sergeant Leo Clayton Skerry
- Flying Officer Frederick George Small
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth George Smalley
- Sergeant Maxwell George Smallridge
- Flight Lieutenant Robert Winstone Smith
- Flight Sergeant Sydney Smith
- Sergeant William Stanley Smith
- Sergeant Thomas Roy Spencer
- Sergeant Alvin Joseph Steinacker
- Air Mechanic George Stiles
- Flight Sergeant James Anthony Osborne Strachan
- Sergeant Frederick William Stubbings
- Sergeant Gordon Herbert Styler
- Sergeant Raymond Leslie Swindale
- Sergeant Jack Taylor
- Flying Officer Joseph Greig Taylor
- Flight Sergeant David Sterrit Thomas
- Flying Officer Ernest Arthur Thomas
- Warrant Officer Class II George Welland Thompson
- Pilot Officer Maxwell Hartley Thompson
- Sergeant Roland Thompson
- Flying Officer Stanley Edgar Crosby Thorn
- Sergeant Bernard Thorpe
- Sergeant Frederick Aubrey Tiley
- Sergeant John Peter Todd
- Sergeant Albert Turner
- Sergeant William Voss
- Sergeant John Edward Wadsworth
- Flying Officer Stanley Herbert Walker
- Flying Officer Allen Leonard Warner
- Sergeant Samuel Black Watson
- Sergeant Neville Oswald Weekes
- Lieutenant Marius F. Weitz
- Sergeant Laurence Ernest Percival Wells
- Leading Aircraftman Ronald William White
- Flying Officer John Whiting
- Sergeant Alan Williams
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth Williams
- Flight Lieutenant Reginald Frank Williams
- Sergeant Sydney Williams
- Flight Sergeant Herbert John Willis
- Flying Officer Arnold Edwin Wyton
- Flight Lieutenant Keith Riley Yates
- Flying Officer Raymond Albert Lewis Young
1944
- Aircraftman 1st Class Olaf Ruprechl Boekenstein
- Leading Aircraftman Albert Leslie Brain
- Pilot Officer Russell Archibald Campbell
- Pilot Officer Ashton Irving Cohen
- Flying Officer Gerald Coleman
- Warrant Officer Joseph Robert Crisp
- Warrant Officer Albert Leslie Douglas
- Pilot Officer Kenneth James Edmison
- Pilot Officer Robert Francis Emerson
- Corporal Albert Fawcett
- Pilot Officer Mike Gnida
- Corporal Leslie Malcolm Bruce Goddard
- Pilot Officer John Henry Eaton Goldfinch
- Flight Sergeant Donald Norrie Herbert
- Flying Officer Selwyn Charles Houghton
- Flying Officer Raymond Orville Hunter
- Pilot Officer Lloyd Ronald Kay
- Flight Sergeant Francis Edward Larnach
- Flight Sergeant Philip Hedley Malcolm Levey
- Pilot Officer Charles (chuck) Males
- Corporal Joseph Anderson Mawdsley
- Sergeant Reginald Henry Desmond Maxted
- Pilot Officer Thomas George Morin
- Corporal Thomas Paterson Muckle
- Flying Officer Gerald William Murphy
- Warrant Officer James Albert Newman
- Flight Sergeant Leo Francis O'Hara
- Warrant Officer Geoffrey Francis Robins
- Flight Sergeant John Newton Tresidder
- Aircraftman 1st Class Lionel Marcus Viggers
- Pilot Officer Adolph Le Roy Wall
- Corporal Robert Arthur Whittaker