On this day — 16 December
388 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 16 December during the Second World War.
1939
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Wilfred Barrett
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Roy Henry Edwards
- Sergeant George Robert William Sage
- Leading Aircraftman Ivor James Travers Smith
- Pilot Officer Harold Graham Tipple
1940
- Sergeant Philip James Anstey
- Sergeant Eric Percy Chapman
- Sergeant Henry James Clarke
- Pilot Officer John Coggins
- Aircraftman 1st Class George Cecil Cooke
- Aircraftman 1st Class Norman James Cross
- Sergeant Peter O'Neill Darbishire
- Sergeant Edwin Leonard Hancock
- Leading Aircraftman Frank Graham Harrington
- Sergeant Michael Joseph Oliver Heaney
- Aircraftman 2nd Class James Ian Henderson
- Sergeant Jiri Janousek
- Sergeant Jan Krivda
- Aircraftman 1st Class Herbert William Little
- Sergeant Richard Seaton Whittington Lloyd
- Sergeant Charles Malcolm
- Sergeant Christopher George Matthews
- Flying Officer Samuel James Millen
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Neil Morton
- Sergeant Walter Edward Need
- Sergeant Percy Rollo Prosser
- Sergeant Reginald Douglas Ross
- Sergeant Philip Rowe
- Flight Lieutenant Richard John Slack Rust
- Pilot Officer Norman Alfred Sadler
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Frederick William Skeens
- Sergeant William Skipworth
- Sergeant Donald Stephenson
- Pilot Officer Jaromir Toul
- Sergeant Kenneth Henry Wake
- Sergeant George Matheson Willcox
1941
- Sergeant Frederick Edward Baldock
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Boswell Birtles
- Leading Aircraftman Ronald Stephen Brooker
- Sergeant Denis Brooksbank
- Flight Sergeant Wilson Gilmore Caldwell
- Pilot Officer Gordon Arthur Chamberlain
- Flight Lieutenant Peter Sherriff Charles
- Corporal Charles Aaron Chenery
- Sergeant Raymond Harold Chivers
- Flying Officer Charles Alexander Peter Christie
- Corporal Henry Joseph Albert Clare
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Walter Henry Clayton
- Flying Officer John Herbert Morgan Davies
- Leading Aircraftman Wilfred Anthony Michael Davis
- Air Pupil Louis S. De Villers
- Pilot Officer Arthur Leo Edwards
- Flight Sergeant Walter Arthur Evans
- Leading Aircraftman Brian Patrick Fitzgerald
- Pupil Pilot Fraser
- Flying Officer Douglas Veale Gilmour
- Flight Sergeant Robert Martin Hannan
- Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Holden
- Leading Aircraftman Charles Frederick Hudson
- Sergeant Douglas Gordon Jack
- Corporal James Ernest Jones
- Sergeant Noel Patrick Julian
- Pilot Officer Gordon Richard Lamb
- Leading Aircraftman William Ian Lindsay
- Pilot Officer Alan Leslie Marshall
- Aircraftman 1st Class Harold Leslie Norton
- Pilot Officer Geoffrey Harold Ranger
- Pilot Officer Stanley Edward Reeves
- Leading Aircraftman William Graham Sheean
- Leading Aircraftman Stanley Bertram Tebby
- Sergeant George Edward Thompson
- Air Sergeant Withers
1942
- Sergeant Colin Joel Barley
- Sergeant Joseph Stevenson Thomson Baxter
- Flight Sergeant Reginald Victor Walker Bellew
- Aircraftman 1st Class Arthur Orchard Biddulph
- Pilot Officer Percival Frederick Biggs
- Lieutenant Bolleurs
- Sergeant Eric James Burbridge
- Sergeant Sydney Ernest Arthur Carter
- Leading Aircraftman Ronald Arthur Cater
- Captain Richard Clift
- Sergeant Albert Clouting
- Sergeant Percival Cockington
- Leading Aircraftman Francis Raymond Daley
- Sergeant Andrew Joseph Doherty
- Sergeant Arthur James Dubben
- Sergeant Tom Ellis Exell
- Leading Aircraftman Eric Harry Fletcher
- Sergeant Benjamin Allan Franklin
- Pilot Officer Ronald Stanley Goodwin
- Pilot Officer William Ward Harris
- Sergeant Edgar William Harvey
- Sergeant George Walter Hicks
- Pilot Officer Anthony Higgins
- Pilot Officer Hugh Ernest Hill
- Pilot Officer Russell Neal Holmes
- Sergeant Grantley Charles George Hutton
- Leading Aircraftman Charles Francis Keates
- Flying Officer Hector Keil
- Pilot Officer Emerson Harvey Kieswetter
- Leading Aircraftman John Keith King
- Sergeant William Joseph (bill) Lawrence
- Lieutenant Charles Louw
- Sergeant Robert Hugh McKillop
- Pilot Officer Frank Severne Millen
- Aircraftman 1st Class Edward John North
- Sergeant Tom Pascoe
- Flight Sergeant Ralph Isaac Ploskin
- Pilot Officer David Jack Robertson
- Corporal Eric Norman Singleton
- Aircraftman 1st Class Sydney Gordon Bert Slater
- Sergeant William Stewart
- Flying Officer Geoffrey William Stone
- Flight Sergeant Swart
- Sergeant Peter Frederick Thomson
- Sergeant Charles Frederick Thornton
- Second Lieutenant Gert Stephanus Van Der Westhuizen
- Pilot Officer James Roderick Vosburgh
- Sergeant Alan Edwin Watts
- Sergeant Harold Rangi Welch
- Sergeant William Henry Whitcombe
1943
- Pilot Officer Gilbert Ernest Adams
- Sergeant Norman Ellis Adams
- Sergeant Ward William James Allen
- Flight Sergeant Charles William Angus
- Pilot Officer Lewis Percival Archibald
- Sergeant Raymond Askew
- Sergeant Raymond Atkin
- Flight Lieutenant Charles Oscar Aubert
- Sergeant William Stanley Austin
- Pilot Officer Donald Baker
- Flight Sergeant Robert William Baldwin
- Sergeant John Bamford
- Sergeant Leslie Banks
- Sergeant Raymond John Baroni
- Sergeant Jack Leslie Barrett
- Pilot Officer George William Frederick Batchelor
- Flight Sergeant Ernest John Battle
- Sergeant Albert Elvin Baumann
- Pilot Officer Richard Anthony Bayldon
- Flying Officer Alfred Francis Beckett
- Flight Sergeant Claude Andrew Besse
- Flying Officer Ian Campbell Bennett Black
- Flying Officer Geoffrey Livingstone Blackmore
- Sergeant John Charles Blackmore
- Flight Sergeant Joseph Omer Emile Jules Boily
- Sergeant Robert Edward Charles Bottle
- Warrant Officer Class I James Stuart Briegel
- Flight Lieutenant David James Brill
- Sergeant Alfred Thomas Broome
- Flight Sergeant George Brothers
- Sergeant William Robert Buntain
- Sergeant Henry Bernard Bushell
- Flying Officer Robert Butler
- Flight Sergeant John Butterworth
- Sergeant Edward Lionel Button
- Sergeant John Hamilton Caldwell
- Flying Officer Allan Reid Cameron
- Warrant Officer Hugh Campbell
- Sergeant William Henry Chambers
- Flight Sergeant Cyril Chapman
- Sergeant Harry Chappell
- Sergeant Bernard Chew
- Sergeant Frederick Francis Clarke
- Sergeant John Edward Clarke
- Sergeant Ralph Colin Clifford
- Flying Officer Brian Robert Clover
- Flight Sergeant Colin Coe
- Flying Officer William Roger Coggins
- Flying Officer Clarence Melville Collier
- Sergeant Peter Coopman
- Sergeant Francis Sidney Cope
- Sergeant Frederick Stanley Copping
- Sergeant Daniel Corbitt
- Flight Sergeant James Coulton
- Sergeant Alfred George Robert Cowdrey
- Sergeant Leslie Robert Cox
- Flight Lieutenant William Dennis Crimmins
- Sergeant George Gordon Critchley
- Sergeant Stanley Victor Cull
- Sergeant Charles Cushing
- Sergeant Wilfred Robert Day
- Sergeant Robert Francis Dearden
- Squadron Leader Kenneth Barry Lempriere Debenham
- Flying Officer Harold George Day Dedman
- Sergeant Timothy I'Anson Dee
- Flight Lieutenant Francis Thomas Derry
- Flying Officer Henry Andrew De Vries
- Sergeant Philip Dillon
- Leading Aircraftman Archibald Donald
- Pilot Officer Ernest John Hamlin Downs
- Flying Officer George Drake
- Sergeant George Arthur Draycott
- Flying Officer William Hedley Eager
- Sergeant Edward Egan
- Flight Sergeant Peter Martin Crowle Ellis
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Harry Emmerson
- Sergeant Fred Emsley
- Flight Sergeant John Ellis Findley
- Flight Sergeant William Starkey Fisher
- Flying Officer Leslie Fletcher
- Sergeant Charles Frankish
- Sergeant Francis Andrew Furrie
- Flying Officer Hedley Howard Garment
- Flying Officer Max Gennis
- Squadron Leader Arthur Gibson
- Flight Sergeant Donald James Gibson
- Flying Officer Ted Charles Gierulski
- Sergeant Douglas Travell Gordon
- Flight Sergeant John Gray
- Sergeant John Greenwell
- Pilot Officer Edward Henry Gribble
- Flight Sergeant Eric Granville Grundy
- Flight Sergeant Roy Edward Hackett
- Squadron Leader Ronald Hadley
- Flight Sergeant William Kevin Halstead
- Flying Officer William Hamilton
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Clifford Hampson
- Flight Lieutenant Rowland Ernest Handley
- Flight Sergeant Bruce Wismer Haney
- Flight Sergeant Albert Alfred Harris
- Flight Sergeant Matthew Hartley
- Flight Sergeant Alfred Henry Hartshorn
- Sergeant Donald Bruce Harvey
- Sergeant Ronald Hawkins
- Sergeant Bernard Heaton
- Flight Sergeant Raymond Edgar Hedges
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Eric Heeley
- Sergeant Henry George Alfred Hine
- Wing Commander David William Holford
- Sergeant Edward Holloway
- Flight Sergeant Edward Hoskings
- Flight Sergeant Charles Gordon Howie
- Sergeant Raymond Hughes
- Pilot Officer Harold James Hurley
- Sergeant James Hurst
- Sergeant John Ireland
- Flying Officer Terence Walter Jackson-baker
- Flying Officer Charles Reginald Jaques
- Flying Officer Ralph Francis Jenkin
- Flight Lieutenant Roy Percival Johnson
- Pilot Officer Angus Augustus Johnston
- Pilot Officer George Macdonald Jones
- Sergeant Eric Ronald Edward Jordan
- Corporal Stanley Charles Joyce
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Leslie Hobson Kay
- Flight Sergeant Bede James Veitch King
- Pilot Officer Colin John Kinross
- Sergeant Frederick William Kite
- Squadron Leader Thomas Matthew Kneale
- Pilot Officer Joseph Leonidas Roger Rolland Lachance
- Sergeant Laurence Bert Lawrance
- Flight Sergeant Islwyn Lewis
- Flying Officer Gordon James Little
- Sergeant Richard Herbert Lloyd
- Pilot Officer Glen Benson Loney
- Flight Sergeant Ricardo Losa
- Flying Officer Clive Prosdocimi Luther
- Flying Officer Ian Roy Macdonald
- Flight Lieutenant Ronald Ernest Macfarlane
- Flying Officer James Mackay
- Sergeant Michael Maher
- Flight Lieutenant William John Maitland
- Pilot Officer Robert Philip Marks
- Sergeant Albert Edgar Arthur Marsland
- Aircraftman 1st Class Albert Henry Martin
- Sergeant Maurice Jack Martin
- Flying Officer Michael Edmund Marynowski
- Pilot Officer Robert Edward Mason
- Flight Sergeant James Mathewson
- Flying Officer Ronald Stenhouse McAra
- Flight Sergeant Denis McGrath
- Flying Officer Norman Gregor McIntyre
- Sergeant John McKenzie
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Robert McMillan
- Flying Officer George Ernest McTaggart
- Flight Sergeant Reginald Douglas McWha
- Pilot Officer Thomas Bernard Melia
- Sergeant Henry Edwin Miles
- Flight Sergeant Stanley Frederick Miller
- Pilot Officer Arthur Thane Moodie
- Sergeant Thomas Watson Moore
- Flying Officer Howard Paul Morris
- Pilot Officer Norman Byng Morrison
- Flight Sergeant Reginald Albert Moynagh
- Flight Sergeant John Henry Murphy
- Warrant Officer Class II Jack Dunbar Newcombe
- Pilot Officer Norman Thomas Newton
- Sergeant Charles O'Neill
- Pilot Officer Arthur William Osborn
- Flying Officer Bernard Otter
- Pilot Officer Gilbert Owen
- Sergeant Jack Pennington
- Flight Sergeant Harry Harcourt Petersen
- Flight Lieutenant John Russell Petrie
- Flight Sergeant Roland Pettitt
- Sergeant Cyril Walter Plampton
- Flying Officer Peter Walter Robert Pollett
- Sergeant Harry Poole
- Flight Lieutenant Norman Thomas Riggall Poulton
- Flight Lieutenant Leslie John Powell
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Walter Pragnell
- Pilot Officer Maurice Milton Prill
- Flying Officer Robert Laval Proudfoot
- Flying Officer Francis Archibald Randall
- Pilot Officer Gordon Lennox Ratcliffe
- Sergeant Geoffrey Arthur William Ray
- Sergeant William Thomas Rees
- Sergeant Arnold Richardson
- Flight Sergeant Valentine (val) Richter
- Sergeant John James Robertson
- Flight Sergeant Charles Lloyd Robinson
- Sergeant Clifford Robinson
- Flying Officer Donald Albert Rollin
- Sergeant Joseph William Ross
- Sergeant Edward John Roynon
- Sergeant Terence Rudden
- Flying Officer Francis William Rush
- Sergeant Eric Russom
- Sergeant Leslie Sale
- Flight Lieutenant John Frederick Samuel
- Warrant Officer Class II Joseph Evans Saunders
- Warrant Officer Raymond Kenneth Saunders
- Sergeant Willis Arthur Savage
- Flight Sergeant Frederick Roy Scott
- Flying Officer William Verdun Scott
- Sergeant Marcus Seatter
- Flight Sergeant Clifford James Seery
- Pilot Officer Terence Bruce Sheekey
- Sergeant Edward Victor Smith
- Flying Officer Robert Sidney Smith
- Sergeant Eric Speirs
- Sergeant Fred Robert Maxwell Squair
- Flying Officer Douglas Hazen Stamers
- Sergeant Reginald Standing
- Warrant Officer Class II Reginald Donald Stewart
- Sergeant John Stone
- Flight Sergeant Robert James Stone
- Sergeant Reginald Tarbat Stoneman
- Pilot Officer Colin Harrison Storer
- Sergeant Gerald Lee Strang
- Sergeant Eric John Strawbridge
- Flight Sergeant Hugh Matheson Tait
- Sergeant Ernest John Takle
- Pilot Officer John Alexander Taylor
- Sergeant Sidney Alan Taylor
- Flying Officer Lorne Edgar Thompson
- Flight Sergeant Eric James Tocher
- Flight Sergeant Noel Richard Brittan Toy
- Flight Lieutenant Theodore Trilsbeck
- Sergeant Alfred Arthur Tucker
- Warrant Officer Herbert Albert Turner
- Pilot Officer Geoffrey Tyler
- Sergeant Clifford Reginald Underhill
- Flight Sergeant Garnault Mervyn Vautier
- Sergeant Sidney David Viggers
- Pilot Officer Ronald Stuart Vincent
- Pilot Officer Harold Baxter Wareham
- Sergeant John Albert Warner
- Warrant Officer William Maitland Waterman
- Sergeant Kenneth Watmough
- Warrant Officer Wallace Arthur Watson
- Sergeant Frederick Ronald Westall
- Flight Sergeant Malcolm George Western
- Warrant Officer Horace Whybrow
- Flight Sergeant Brian Price Wicks
- Sergeant John Kendall Widdop
- Sergeant Kenneth Wightman
- Flight Sergeant Kevin Frederick Wightman
- Sergeant Leonard Dinsdale Wilson
- Sergeant William Primrose Wilson
- Aircraftman 2nd Class George John Wood
- Sergeant Kenneth Roy Wood
- Wing Commander Eric Norman Woods
- Sergeant Roy Henry Woolcock
1944
- Leading Aircraftman William Edward Barham
- Flying Officer Edgar Barratt
- Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Cupples Beruldsen
- Flight Sergeant Clive Percival Calvert
- Flight Sergeant Ross George Cornwell
- Squadron Leader Roger Meredith Mace
- Flying Officer David Brownlee Robertson
- Sergeant Glen Russell Rodman
- Aircraftman 1st Class Ian Lloyd Selway
- Corporal Gordon Arthur Symmonds
- Corporal Dick Townsend