On this day — 4 December
321 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 4 December during the Second World War.
1940
- Pilot Officer Hugh Bernard Allan
- Sergeant Frederick Charles Benbow
- Sergeant Norman Byng Cartwright
- Sergeant Peter Crawford
- Sergeant Arthur George Davidson
- Flying Officer John Gordon Forbes
- Sergeant James Henderson
- Sergeant Maurice Edmund Frank Hitchin
- Sergeant Sidney Clarence Lewis
- Flying Officer David Lingwood
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Gordon Felix Loyer
- Flying Officer Royffe Digby Masters
- Flying Officer Thomas James McCartney
- Corporal George Naylor
- Sergeant Edward James Pritchard
- Sergeant Jack Ratcliffe
- Flying Officer Thomas Gerald Rhodes
- Sergeant Tom Rutter
- Leading Aircraftman Richard Mowbray Spencer
- Sergeant Derek Vernon Taylor
1941
- Leading Aircraftman Donald Breeze
- Sergeant Leslie James Burcher
- Leading Aircraftman Francis Ross Cook
- Lieutenant Dodson
- Sergeant Douglas Stephen John Harris
- Sergeant Sidney Edward Horsfall
- Flying Officer Antony Woods Hutton
- Sergeant Robert George Kidby
- Pupil Pilot Peter Leipoldt
- Squadron Leader Alistair Lennox Taylor
- Second Lieutenant Hugh Taylor
- Pilot Officer James Henry Tolman
- Leading Aircraftman John Harry Trandell
1942
- Sergeant Ernest Trevor Aitkens
- Flight Sergeant John Edwin Albertson
- Sergeant Peter Leonard Bailey
- Leading Aircraftman Edward Thomas John Baker
- Corporal Ernest Manley Baker
- Flight Sergeant Harold Mark Batters
- Sergeant Harry Bell
- Flying Officer David Elias Bernstein
- Sergeant George Albert Booty
- Sergeant John Dennett Bradley
- Flight Lieutenant Andrew Breakey
- Warrant Officer Class II Charles Brown
- Flight Sergeant Sidney Frederick Ballam Bryant
- Sergeant Paul Bures
- Sergeant Thomas Collingwood
- Flying Officer Robert James Curtis
- Flight Lieutenant Christopher Dent
- Leading Aircraftman John Francis Duffy
- Flight Sergeant Cyril Thomas Eaton
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Evans
- Squadron Leader Richard Eyton Williams
- Sergeant Donald Hutton Foulds
- Sergeant Francis Joseph Fowler
- Flight Sergeant Douglas Keith Franklyn
- Flying Officer William Gent
- Flying Officer Cyril Hollingsworth Georges
- Flight Sergeant Jack Harry Glass
- Pilot Officer James Grant
- Flight Sergeant Charles Alfred Green
- Flight Sergeant Sidney Henry Greene
- Sergeant Bruce Durward Gregory
- Sergeant George Groves
- Aircraftman 2nd Class James Edward Higginbotham
- Flying Officer Raymond Denis Hill
- Flight Sergeant Richard Byrne Honeycombe
- Sergeant John William Hyde
- Sergeant Maurice Knapton
- Sergeant Albert Wesley Knott
- Pilot Officer Gilbert James Lawson
- Leading Aircraftman Joseph William Mahon
- Wing Commander Hugh Gordon Malcolm
- Pilot Officer Charles Douglas Marshall
- Pilot Officer Hugh Edward McGraw
- Flight Sergeant Bruce Herbert Nickel
- Pilot Officer Joseph William Robert Pavitt
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Wilfred Eric Pritchard
- Flying Officer William Francis Rielly
- Flying Officer James Robb
- Flight Sergeant Arthur William Simpson
- Sergeant William Thomas Smart
- Flying Officer Harold Reginald Snary
- Sergeant William Morton Sorbie
- Sergeant William Gordon Stott
- Flight Sergeant John Taylor
- Sergeant Gordon John Thame
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Hilton Lloyd Thomas
- Squadron Leader Ian Douglas Thow
- Sergeant Peter John Turner
- Sergeant John Thomas Williams
1943
- Warrant Officer Class II George Warburton Acorn
- Flying Officer Alexander Gordon Addison
- Flight Sergeant Stanley Ainsworth
- Flying Officer Eric Austin Alliston
- Pilot Officer James Anderson
- Sergeant Norman Thomas Anderson
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Jack Argent
- Pilot Officer Gerald Henry Armstrong
- Pilot Officer Frederick John Baker
- Sergeant Aubrey Herbert Bale
- Sergeant Fred Barratt
- Pilot Officer Clarence Herbert Bayram
- Sergeant Donald Jack Bealey
- Flight Lieutenant George Belcher
- Sergeant Donald William Blackman
- Warrant Officer Class II William Robert King Boles
- Sergeant Robert Arthur Boothman
- Warrant Officer Class II Joseph Edouard Roch Boudreault
- Flying Officer Ronald Sydney Bowden
- Flying Officer Norman Harvey Bowring
- Flight Sergeant Cecil Ritchie Boyd
- Sergeant Martin Boylan
- Sergeant Herbert John Redrup Brookman
- Flight Sergeant George Frederick Brown
- Flight Sergeant William Charles Burley
- Flying Officer Arthur Edward Busby
- Sergeant Kenneth Richard Butcher
- Flying Officer Joseph Louis Etienne Cabana
- Warrant Officer Michael Patrick Campion
- Pilot Officer Reginald Job Caseley
- Corporal Peter Wilkinson Cavanagh
- Flight Sergeant Stanley Percy Clark
- Pilot Officer Kenneth John Coates
- Sergeant John Henry Forrester Cochrane
- Leading Aircraftman Horace Stanley Coghlan
- Pilot Officer Alan Joseph Coleman
- Squadron Leader Robert Geoffrey Cook
- Sergeant William Roland Cox
- Flight Sergeant Ivor Glyn Davies
- Flight Sergeant George Albert Davis
- Sergeant Francis John Dimond
- Flying Officer John Christopher Doherty
- Sergeant Alfred William Dowsett
- Pilot Officer Jack Earle
- Flying Officer Alexander William Edgar
- Sergeant Reginald John Edwards
- Sergeant Ernest Evans
- Warrant Officer Class II William Robert Farrell
- Warrant Officer Class II Carl Thomas Flack
- Aircraftman 1st Class Gilbert Nigel Charles Gillman
- Leading Aircraftman Herbert Greenwood
- Flight Sergeant George Rex Lilburn Gunningham
- Warrant Officer Class II Donald Grant Hamilton
- Sergeant William Warnock Black Hamilton
- Flight Sergeant Maurice Hampson
- Flying Officer William Edward Hampton
- Flight Lieutenant John Mercer Hartley
- Leading Aircraftman James Heaton
- Sergeant Georges Heider
- Sergeant James Heron
- Sergeant George Walter Hewitt
- Pilot Officer Fayette Williams Brown George Hingston
- Flight Sergeant Clement Maurice Holder
- Pilot Officer George Charles Holland
- Flight Sergeant Robert Mead Hollingworth
- Sergeant Kenneth Holt
- Sergeant George Robert Hooper
- Sergeant Eric Hubbert
- Sergeant Dennis Hudson
- Aircraftman 1st Class Leonard Hudson
- Flying Officer Trevor Hugh Jackson
- Pilot Officer James Geoffrey Johnson
- Sergeant Charles Robert William Jones
- Sergeant Stanley Jones
- Pilot Officer Stuart Ross Kelso
- Sergeant Owen Vernon Kent
- Sergeant John Richard William Kerner
- Flying Officer Evelin Leon Joseph Key
- Sergeant Arthur James Kirby
- Sergeant John George L'Argent
- Sergeant Dion Patrick Lawrence
- Pilot Officer Harold Lawson
- Sergeant Jean Breboeuf Laurent Legault
- Sergeant George Leggott
- Flight Lieutenant Eric Leslie Lister
- Flight Sergeant John Campbell Lochhead
- Flight Sergeant Leslie George Kitchener Lock
- Flight Sergeant Francis Albert Long
- Flight Sergeant Ian Lerwick Mainland
- Flight Sergeant James Earl Marchant
- Leading Aircraftman Peter Cramer Marson
- Sergeant William Mason
- Sergeant Cyril Percy Matthews
- Flight Sergeant Leslie Ronald Bruce Matthews
- Pilot Officer John Leonard May
- Sergeant Thomas George McDermott
- Flight Sergeant Donald McDonald
- Warrant Officer Class II John Andrew Whitmore McKenzie
- Flying Officer David Paton McLoughlin
- Aircraftman 2nd Class George Victor McRae
- Sergeant Leslie Roy Miles
- Pilot Officer James Miller
- Warrant Officer Class II Douglas Wilson Milliken
- Leading Aircraftman Louis Amy Walter Monette
- Sergeant Dennis Maurice Moore
- Flying Officer Desmond Edward Morris
- Flight Sergeant Robert Noel Morrison
- Flight Sergeant Frank Peter Morro
- Pilot Officer Colin Bruce Muir
- Flight Sergeant Joseph Roger Emil Nadeau
- Flying Officer William Percival Neale
- Flight Sergeant Fergus Robert Neil
- Sergeant Leonard Newey
- Sergeant Laurence Maurice Parker
- Flying Officer Leslie Rupert Parnell
- Leading Aircraftman Sidney Parry
- Pilot Officer Arthur Pearce
- Sergeant Cyril William Phillips
- Sergeant Mansel Vernal Phillips
- Wing Commander John James Raine
- Sergeant Wilfred James Rattigan
- Sergeant Peter Reginald Redbourn
- Sergeant Patrick James Regan
- Warrant Officer Richard Reid
- Aircraftman 1st Class Joseph Charles Richards
- Sergeant Roy Commer Rigg
- Warrant Officer Class II Robert William Ritchie
- Flight Sergeant James Louis Rossiter
- Sergeant Arthur Dewhirst Roulson
- Sergeant Frederick Ernest Ryder
- Pilot Officer Arthur Jack Salvage
- Pilot Officer Harvey Maurice Schade
- Sergeant Frank Frederick Scott
- Sergeant Frederick George Selby
- Warrant Officer Ralph Mervyn Simpson
- Flight Sergeant Rodney Herbert Sinclair
- Flight Sergeant Laurence George Slaughter
- Sergeant Robert Vivian Duncan Smith
- Flying Officer Morley Vivian Snow
- Flight Sergeant Robert Redpath Steven
- Flying Officer Joseph Stott
- Flying Officer Neville Thomas Stubbs
- Flight Sergeant Ross Griffin Sturley
- Sergeant Kenneth Swinchatt
- Pilot Officer John Syme
- Sergeant Stanley George Tarrant
- Pilot Officer Malcolm John Taylor
- Flight Sergeant Vincent Nicholas Walter Turner
- Pilot Officer Frederick John Thomas (freddy) Walker
- Sergeant Arthur Emlyn Watkins
- Flight Sergeant William John Henry Webb
- Sergeant John Richard Williams
- Sergeant Jack Williamson
- Flying Officer Winning
- Sergeant Anthony Wolkowski
- Sergeant Galen Wood
- Warrant Officer Class II Harold Redfern Wright
1944
- Pilot Officer Christian Abildgaard
- Flight Sergeant Douglas George Allbon
- Flying Officer Philip Peter Awad
- Flight Sergeant Robert James Barr
- Lieutenant Philip August Becker
- Pilot Officer Albert Louis Bonany
- Sergeant Leonard Jack Bowick
- Warrant Officer James Kemble Brill
- Flying Officer Eric Ivor Britton
- Flight Sergeant John Lane Brosnan
- Flying Officer Gordon Roch Campbell
- Leading Aircraftman Maxwell Harold Cassidy
- Flying Officer Stanley Victor Chambers
- Flight Sergeant William Michael Ching
- Pilot Officer Arthur Henry Clarke
- Flight Sergeant William Russell Darling
- Flying Officer Vincent Davis
- Pilot Officer Jack Douglas Dungey
- Pilot Officer Leslie Herbert Ephraim Fairhead
- Leading Aircraftman Francis John Henry Foss
- Flight Sergeant Cecil Allen Fowler
- Pilot Officer John Howell Furness
- Lieutenant George
- Flight Sergeant Charles Leslie George
- Sergeant Kevin Cyril Glinz
- Flight Sergeant George Caleb Groves
- Flying Officer Stanley Roy Hanna
- Flight Sergeant Donald Edwin Hanscombe
- Flight Sergeant Rudolf Carle Hase
- Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Hayman
- Sergeant Norman John Heal
- Captain Hirschfeld
- Flying Officer Douglas Studholme Howard
- Flight Sergeant Robert Magnay Howell
- Warrant Officer Allan Keith Jenkins
- Flight Sergeant Henry Sylvester Jones
- Flight Sergeant Jack Anthony Joyce
- Sergeant Arthur Stanley Edward Kidd
- Flight Sergeant Desmond Maurice Lee
- Pilot Officer James Thomas Lowe
- Flying Officer Charles Wilbert Macklaier
- Flight Sergeant John Benedict Maloney
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Francis McAuliffe
- Flight Sergeant George Roger McCullum
- Pilot Officer Graham Edward McGrath
- Flying Officer Gordon Gillean McLean
- Warrant Officer Neil Macdonald Menzies
- Flying Officer Frederick Leonard Meredith
- Flying Officer Desmond Eric Murphy
- Flying Officer John Bithel Plumridge
- Flight Sergeant Robert Prunkle
- Flying Officer George Dudley Rawson
- Flying Officer Allen James Reid
- Sergeant Henry Selwyn Sands
- Flying Officer Robert Harry Schaefer
- Pilot Officer Ira Walter Shantz
- Flying Officer George Frederick Sinden
- Pilot Officer Robert Wesley Skilbeck
- Lieutenant Ronald Swiel
- Flight Sergeant Robert Park Templeton
- Pilot Officer Geoffrey McCarthy Thickett
- Flying Officer Harold John Thompson
- Flight Sergeant Harry Ray Thyret
- Flying Officer Jocelyn King Waring
- Flying Officer William James Watson
- Warrant Officer Elmer Fasken Williams
- Warrant Officer Class II William Peter Wynnyk
- Flight Sergeant Walter William Young
1945
- Leading Aircraftman Thomas Davies Albert Hinds
- Aircraftman 1st Class Cleve Western Monk
- Sergeant Andrew Wright Stumbles