On this day — 27 October
144 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 27 October during the Second World War.
1939
1940
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Albert Edward Batchelor
- Leading Aircraftman Ronald Charles J. Brown
- Pilot Officer Ronald Leach Buckley
- Leading Aircraftman Wilfred Chapman
- Pilot Officer Robert Basil Dewey
- Leading Aircraftman James Duffy
- Lieutenant Charles Terry Gould
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Thomas Head
- Aircraftman 2nd Class George Reuben Heckler
- Sergeant Cecil Henderson
- Pilot Officer Alexis Rene Isidore Ghislain Jottard
- Corporal Frank Arthur Lacey
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Emlyn Lloyd
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Martin
- Pilot Officer John Romney Mather
- Sergeant Percival Eric James Neale
- Sergeant John Alan Scott
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Herbert Sigsworth
- Leading Aircraftman Thomas Arthur Snell
- Sergeant Douglas Owen Stanley
- Sergeant Leonard Vivian Toogood
- Leading Aircraftman Cyril Varker
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Kenneth Aubrey West
- Aircraftman 1st Class Victor West
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Wyatt
1941
- Squadron Leader William Johnston Allingham
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Herbert Frederick Barnes
- Pilot Officer Raymond Herbert Batten
- Sergeant Frank Raymond Bayliss
- Pilot Officer Walter Gordon Clement Beatson
- Pilot Officer David Roy Bowden
- Sergeant James Wilson Bradley
- Sergeant James Bradshaw
- Flying Officer Anthony Carey-hill
- Pilot Officer James Geiger Coxetter
- Second Lieutenant Datt
- Aircraftman 2nd Class William Josiah Elliott
- Aircraftman 1st Class Dennis Gill
- Flight Sergeant Edward Oliver Grimsdick
- Sergeant Oliver Halward
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Bernard Hassall
- Sergeant John Alexander Hedley
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Leslie Henderson
- Sergeant James Jack
- Sergeant John Reginald Jackson
- Sergeant Alan Jarrett
- Aircraftman 1st Class William Frederick Johnson
- Pilot Officer Haydn Jones
- Sergeant Eric Douglas Kennedy
- Sergeant Frederick David King
- Flight Lieutenant William Laurie Lang
- Pilot Officer Thomas William McClure Leckie
- Sergeant Esmond Leverington
- Pilot Officer Mojmir Novak
- Sergeant Douglas Allen Potts
- Leading Aircraftman Stephen Hunter Rodda
- Pilot Officer Alois Sedlacek
- Pilot Officer John Allan Small
- Second Lieutenant Smith
- Sergeant Edward Boucher Smith
- Flight Sergeant Darrel Barry Stables
- Sergeant Arnold Stanier
- Pilot Officer Cecil Robert Stokes
- Sergeant Harold William Taylor
- Flight Sergeant Stanley Lewis Thompson
- Leading Aircraftman Fred Tufft
- Flying Officer Clarence Alfred Blake Wallace
- Pilot Officer John Archibald Watson
- Sergeant Gerald Anthony Willats
1942
- Leading Aircraftman John Douglas Bell
- Sergeant William Henry Brazenall
- Aircraftman 2nd Class William Allan Cameron
- Aircraftman 1st Class Neville Leigh Chesshire
- Leading Aircraftman Albert John Creed
- Flight Sergeant William George Drayton
- Flight Sergeant Albert Vernon Elliott
- Sergeant Robert Alexander Ellis
- Leading Aircraftman Allan Samuel Gadd
- Sergeant Gordon Hancock
- Sergeant Hilton Graham Hilton-barber
- Sergeant Arthur Vincent Howarth
- Lieutenant Eric Watts Hudson
- Flight Lieutenant Edward Albert Jones
- Squadron Leader Rhys Martin Lloyd
- Sergeant Alfred Charles Loeber
- Sergeant Robert Theodor Luepke
- Sergeant Charles Marklew
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Frederick George Martin
- Sergeant George Wilkie Newman
- Leading Aircraftman Edwin James Osmond
- Squadron Leader Cyril Dampier Palmer
- Sergeant Arthur William Pryke
- Flying Officer Edward Loughry Reis
- Captain Thomas Rhodes
- Flight Sergeant Eric Raymond Richardson
- Flight Sergeant Leslie Roy Sherwood
- Corporal Howard Preston Smith
- Flight Sergeant Robert James Stringer
- Squadron Leader Francis Charles Tampion
- Leading Aircraftman Albert Francis Thomas
- Leading Aircraftman Thomas Travers
- Leading Aircraftman Appollos William George Walker
- Aircraftman 1st Class William Ernest Young
1943
- Leading Aircraftman Arthur William Adams
- Warrant Officer Vernon Stewart Barnes
- Leading Aircraftman William James Beer
- Pilot Officer Denis Clive Bishop
- Warrant Officer Albert Bowyer
- Sergeant John Sydney Buchan
- Flying Officer Murray Cameron Caffyn
- Flight Sergeant Sidney Charles Corby
- Leading Aircraftman Ronald Alfred Sinclair Crabb
- Flight Sergeant Eric Gordon Cunliffe
- Flight Sergeant Charles Donald Bernard Dubery
- Lieutenant Garlick
- Flying Officer John Lewis Gibson
- Sergeant George Eric Glass
- Leading Aircraftman Jonas Percy Goates
- Flying Officer Alan Hague
- Sergeant Alfred Henry Haworth
- Sergeant Donald Owen Hedges
- Flying Officer James Robert Hutchison
- Warrant Officer Donald Arthur McCord
- Aircraftman 1st Class Frederick George Raymond
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth Ernest Scammell
- Flight Sergeant John Neil Sinclair
- Warrant Officer Alfred Byrne Slade
- Sergeant Thomas Bayly Tanner
- Lieutenant Harold Thompson
- Flying Officer Douglas Ralph Walton
- Sergeant Ronald Leslie Warren
1944
- Pilot Officer David Kenneth Caldwell
- Leading Aircraftman Stewart Campbell
- Leading Aircraftman Robert Joseph Caverly
- Pilot Officer Henry William Ferris
- Flying Officer Jack Walter Hoad
- Flying Officer Keith Ross Holland
- Flight Sergeant Harold Arthur Hughes
- Leading Aircraftman John Francis Hurley
- Flying Officer Peter Onysko