On this day — 20 December
433 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 20 December during the Second World War.
1939
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Ronald William George Hobart
- Leading Aircraftman Donald Cranston Selby
- Leading Aircraftman Richard Hampton Willis
1940
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Charles Stanley James Brookes
- Pilot Officer Philip Basil Coleman
- Flight Lieutenant Frederick Edgar Howard Cooper
- Pilot Officer Kenneth James Dobbie
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Ian Francis Dodwell
- Sergeant George Raymond Ellerington
- Sergeant Sidney Evans
- Flying Officer Victor Thomas Harry Frith
- Aircraftman 1st Class Herbert Gracey
- Pilot Officer Harold Edwin Hooker
- Pupil Pilot Frederick Kapp
- Sergeant George Hartley Lyle
- Sergeant Edward Montague William McKim
- Sergeant Peter Milligan
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Richard Ernest (dick) Moore
- Sergeant William Sidney Plant
- Sergeant Norman Grey Riddell
- Second Lieutenant Setzkorn
- Leading Aircraftman John Charles Dewing Spurgin
- Sergeant Charles Maurice Tiplady
- Pilot Officer Edward Noel Ward
- Pilot Officer Richard Ward
- Pilot Officer Nelson Henry Webb
- Sergeant Thomas Norman Wilson
1941
- Corporal Alfred Allen
- Flight Sergeant Charles Sydney Herbert Bayford
- Sergeant Herbert Haig Brown
- Warrant Officer Class II Charles Harold Bumstead
- Flight Sergeant John Burns
- Flying Officer Brian Moore Cavan
- Sergeant Cecil Chapman
- Flight Sergeant Charles Moore Complin
- Flight Sergeant David Copes
- Corporal Leslie John Critchlow
- Flight Lieutenant Edward Dawes
- Wing Commander Wilfrid Albert Antony De Freitas
- Corporal Derrick Leslie Dickenson
- Captain Lewis Nurden Evans
- Aircraftman 1st Class John Vernon Fawcett
- Sergeant Archibald Henry Ferguson
- Flight Sergeant Eric Gordon Forster
- Aircraftman 1st Class David Norman Gealy
- Pilot Officer Harry D. Grey
- Pilot Officer Frank Nason Hilton
- Sergeant Matthew Hogarth
- Sergeant James Francis Liles
- Sergeant Patrick Fleming Matthews
- Corporal Patrick McGlone
- Pilot Officer Robertus McRee
- Pilot Officer Douglas Frederick Meacham
- Sergeant Howard Moren
- Sergeant Cyril Stanton Mort
- Flight Sergeant Evan Ellis Nelson
- Squadron Leader Harry Parkinson
- Sergeant Kenneth Frank Peters
- Sergeant Ronald Sidney Prior
- Sergeant Roy Edwin James Reeves
- Sergeant Thomas William Sherratt
- Flight Lieutenant Douglas Edgar Shorman
- Aircraftman 1st Class Alan Joseph Weare
- Flight Sergeant Douglas Edward Webb
- Sergeant James Edward Wilcock
- Pilot Officer Douglas Woodcock
- Leading Aircraftman Andrew Young
1942
- Sergeant William Edward Adams
- Sergeant Eric Airey
- Aircraftman 1st Class Kenneth Gregor Williamson Aitken
- Flying Officer Douglas Anderson
- Sergeant George Stewart Anderson
- Pilot Officer James Lloyd Armitage
- Flight Lieutenant Douglas Goad Astington
- Sergeant Roy Henry Bambury
- Sergeant Sydney Roy Barling
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Bennett
- Sergeant Roy Arthur Frank Bignell
- Sergeant James Milne Monro Billing
- Sergeant Harry Bispham
- Leading Aircraftman Eugene Bohush
- Pilot Officer George Henry Brazier
- Sergeant Denison Brierley
- Pilot Officer William Stanley Brimble
- Pilot Officer Sisson William Brooke-norris
- Sergeant Charles Harry Sidney Brooks
- Sergeant Alfred Ernest Brown
- Sergeant Francis George Brown
- Sergeant James Buckland
- Sergeant James Wild Butterfield
- Sergeant Cyril Calvert
- Pilot Officer Joseph Henri Jacques Cholette
- Sergeant Morris William Croft
- Flight Sergeant Neil John Dalgleish
- Sergeant Jack Davey
- Leading Aircraftman Thomas Albert Davies
- Sergeant Sydney Victor Deed
- Sergeant James Donald
- Flying Officer William Norman Eales
- Sergeant Alan James Easton
- Sergeant Arthur William Edwards
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Edward Edwards
- Pilot Officer Anthony Charles Elger
- Sergeant Ronald Owen Eynon
- Sergeant Austin Bernard Fawcett
- Sergeant Harry George Ford
- Flight Sergeant Robert William Forman
- Flight Sergeant John Leonard Fowler
- Flying Officer James Pagan Fraser
- Sergeant Michael William Fugere
- Sergeant Edward Arthur Gardiner
- Flight Sergeant John Gardner
- Sergeant Brian Arthur Gear
- Sergeant Frederick Gilder
- Pilot Officer Vincent Noel Giri
- Leading Aircraftman Robert Edward Grainger
- Sergeant Richard Ivor Gunter
- Sergeant Colin Harmston
- Pilot Officer Milton Alexander Harper
- Pilot Officer Leslie Charles Hazell
- Sergeant George Henderson
- Flight Sergeant Walter Adolf Henschel
- Sergeant Leonard Edward Herbert
- Leading Aircraftman William Heyes
- Sergeant James Hill
- Squadron Leader Jack Edward Houlston
- Sergeant Arnold Howison
- Flight Sergeant George Donald Humphrey
- Warrant Officer Class II James Albert Hunter
- Pilot Officer James Connacher Jackes
- Sergeant Edward Jackson
- Flight Sergeant Edward Irvine Johnston
- Warrant Officer Class II Edmund George Jones
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Kenneth Kent
- Flight Sergeant Joseph Leopold Rene Kingsley
- Sergeant Frederick Victor Lamb
- Flight Sergeant Allan Lord
- Warrant Officer Class II James Hawthorne Love
- Flying Officer James William Lynes
- Sergeant Malcolm Maclellan
- Warrant Officer Class II Edward Cecil Malone
- Flight Lieutenant Jack Marchant
- Pilot Officer Pierre Augustine Guy Martel
- Pilot Officer Norman Matthews
- Warrant Officer Class II Lloyd Peter McClive
- Warrant Officer Class II George Donald McCready
- Sergeant William Thomas Miller
- Warrant Officer Class II Louis Edmund Moriarty
- Sergeant Frederick William Morris
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Mortimer
- Flight Sergeant Austin Roy O'Dell
- Flight Lieutenant Fenton Charles Oldmeadow
- Flight Sergeant Francis James O'Neill
- Leading Aircraftman Stanley Leonard Palmer
- Flight Sergeant Fred Vincent Passant
- Sergeant Ronald McLay Paterson
- Squadron Leader Raymond Newport Peace
- Sergeant Robert George Percival
- Pilot Officer Jack Phipp
- Flight Sergeant Peter Ernest Poulson
- Sergeant Douglas Norman Powell
- Sergeant Cecil Robert Ray
- Warrant Officer Class II Jean Paul Alban Raymond
- Sergeant Sydney Clarence Reardon
- Flight Sergeant Richard Leslie Romig
- Warrant Officer Class II Charles William Horley Roy
- Sergeant Raymond Arthur Harry Russ
- Squadron Leader Basil Henry Sackville Russell
- Warrant Officer Class I Howard Andrew Sharpe
- Flight Sergeant Emrys Frederick Sharples
- Sergeant Frederick Newman Skinner
- Flying Officer George Smith
- Flight Sergeant John Edward Smith
- Warrant Officer Class II Lloyd Elsworth Snarr
- Sergeant Henry Spinner
- Flight Sergeant Leonard George Spires
- Sergeant Harold Burrows Stokes
- Flying Officer Ernest Stollery
- Sergeant John Sykes
- Sergeant Hubert Thomas Tatley
- Flight Lieutenant Victor Joseph Thagard
- Flight Sergeant Walter John Henry Thompson
- Sergeant Francis Gerald Tredinnick
- Sergeant John William Tyreman
- Flight Sergeant Norman Albert Van Brunt
- Flying Officer Arthur Hugh Vernon
- Flight Sergeant Gerald Edward Wagner
- Sergeant George Albert Wainwright
- Sergeant Dermid McDermid Orrock Walker
- Sergeant Eric Wilson Walker
- Sergeant Malcolm Ronald Wallis
- Sergeant Thomas Henry Walpole
- Sergeant Jack Edgar Novelli Warner
- Pilot Officer Robert Washer
- Pilot Officer Frank Vernon Watkins
- Sergeant Edwin James Duguid Watt
- Sergeant Kenneth Oliver White
- Flight Sergeant Raymond Daniel Wiberg
- Sergeant Sidney John Wick
- Lieutenant Noel Thomas Wilkin
- Sergeant George Clive Wing
- Sergeant Bernard Jack Woodley
1943
- Leading Aircraftman Keith Andrew Aiton
- Sergeant Louis Paul Edwin Allais
- Sergeant Alexander McNeil Anderson
- Flying Officer George Varnum Andrew
- Pilot Officer William John Armour
- Flight Sergeant Ralph James Ayers
- Sergeant Leonard Balich
- Flight Sergeant Frank Ball
- Flight Sergeant Leonard William Ball
- Sergeant John Edward Barrington
- Flight Sergeant David Bernard
- Flight Sergeant Sidney Albert Berry
- Squadron Leader Herbert Frank Bickerdike
- Sergeant Arthur Reginald Bird
- Pilot Officer Alfred Henry Blackmore
- Flying Officer John Blair
- Flying Officer Frederick John Blake
- Flight Sergeant Walter Steward Blake
- Sergeant Norman William Edward Blatch
- Flight Sergeant Jack Thomas Stillman Boddington
- Pilot Officer Bernard Bolsworth
- Sergeant Peter Waring Booth
- Sergeant William Borthwick
- Flight Sergeant George Beedham Bradley
- Pilot Officer Kenneth Lloyd Brager
- Sergeant Maurice Henry Britton
- Flight Sergeant Ronald George Edwin Buckner
- Flight Lieutenant Arthur Robert Burchett
- Flight Sergeant Stephen Burns
- Flying Officer Robert Burrell
- Pilot Officer William Douglas Vernon Cable
- Sergeant George Chapman
- Leading Aircraftman Percy Henry Clarke
- Pilot Officer Frank Cottier Clucas
- Pilot Officer Thomas Donald Cochrane
- Sergeant William Atkinson Cockburn
- Sergeant George Muirhead Coggans
- Sergeant Herbert Cyril Cohen
- Flight Sergeant Patrick Michael Conway
- Flight Sergeant Charles William Maxwell Corkill
- Flight Sergeant Cyril Harold William Cotterell
- Flight Sergeant Leonard Peter Coupe
- Pilot Officer William Howie Craig
- Sergeant Thomas Stanley Roy Dagnall
- Flying Officer Kenneth Thornton Dale
- Sergeant Thomas Steadman Daniel
- Sergeant Joseph Henry James Darvall
- Sergeant William Daniel Roydon Davies
- Sergeant David Dand Dempster
- Sergeant Trevor Radley Derrington
- Sergeant William Dickie
- Sergeant Ewart Wentworth Dickman
- Sergeant Stanley Victor Domleo
- Flight Sergeant Herbert Charles Dumbrill
- Sergeant Kenneth James Dunger
- Flight Lieutenant Roderick James Dunphy
- Flying Officer William Colin Clifford Edmends
- Flight Sergeant Patrick John Edwards
- Aircraftman 1st Class Reginald Emmett
- Flight Sergeant Harold Thomas Evans
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Lynn Evans
- Flying Officer James Robb Ferguson
- Pilot Officer Walter Robert Ferrier
- Flight Sergeant William Ferris
- Flight Sergeant Robert Fiddes
- Flying Officer Alfred Austin Fischer
- Flying Officer John William Flynn
- Sergeant Frank Harry Gage
- Corporal Frederick James Gilbert
- Flight Sergeant Leslie Frederick Gillingham
- Warrant Officer Class II Alfred Norman Gott
- Warrant Officer Class II Chester Bruce Gowrie
- Flight Sergeant David Charles Grant
- Sergeant William Mitchell Gray
- Sergeant James Edwin Grozier
- Sergeant Douglas Sinclair Hall
- Sergeant George Hampton
- Sergeant Peter George Hancock
- Pilot Officer Thomas Herbert Hastings
- Flight Sergeant Peter Mill Hayes
- Sergeant Reginald Thomas Henry Headford
- Sergeant Roy William Heaton
- Pilot Officer John Llewelyn Heckendorf
- Sergeant John Henderson
- Sergeant James Hendry
- Sergeant Leslie Allan Henson
- Warrant Officer William Liness Charles Hickling
- Warrant Officer Geoffrey Patrick Hickman
- Sergeant Hicks
- Flying Officer Gordon Leonard Hills
- Sergeant Richard Chessel Lister Hoskin
- Pilot Officer Leslie Howard
- Flight Sergeant Robert Brackenridge Hoynes
- Pilot Officer William Austin Hughes
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth Albert Humphries
- Aircraftman 1st Class Joseph Edward Hyde
- Pilot Officer David Alan Hyne
- Sergeant Thomas James Jackson
- Sergeant George Herkis Jessiman
- Captain Andrew Jordan
- Air Mechanic Charles Kemmler
- Sergeant George Kensall
- Sergeant Edwin Kent
- Sergeant Henry Richard Kitchener
- Warrant Officer Cyril William Knox
- Flight Sergeant Vincent Cooke Lindsay Knox
- Squadron Leader James Fielden Lambert
- Sergeant George Stanley Lawn
- Flying Officer Kenneth Seymour Lear
- Flight Sergeant Anthony Murray Le Grand
- Flight Lieutenant George Bruce Loder
- Sergeant Sidney James Lunn
- Flying Officer Robert Henry Herbert Lunniss
- Flying Officer Macfarlane
- Flight Lieutenant Sidney Colin Rive Mackie
- Sergeant Vincent Mandy
- Warrant Officer Class II Walter Farquhar Marshall
- Sergeant George Ladly Martin
- Flight Sergeant John Roddick Martin
- Flight Sergeant George Edward Mason
- Flight Sergeant James Richard George Matthews
- Flight Sergeant Thomas William Maynard
- Sergeant William McAdie
- Flying Officer Robert Morrison McCabe
- Warrant Officer Class II Robert Lloyd McCulloch
- Warrant Officer Class II Max Albert McCurdy
- Flight Sergeant Leslie Arthur McQuestion
- Sergeant George Dakers Milne
- Flight Sergeant Stanley Percy Mirams
- Pilot Officer James Joseph Moon
- Flight Sergeant John Francis Moore
- Flight Sergeant David Gwynne Morris
- Sergeant Hugh Morris
- Flying Officer Keith Maxwell Mosher
- Sergeant Reginald Raymond Norton
- Pilot Officer John Bernard O'Brien
- Flight Sergeant Walter David Barry O'Dea
- Sergeant Sidney Percival Page
- Sergeant Thomas Paling
- Aircraftman 1st Class Eric John Peeke
- Pilot Officer Robert William Pendergrest
- Sergeant Kenneth Perkins
- Flight Sergeant John David Pilkey
- Sergeant Alan James Pollitt
- Sergeant Warren Michael Power
- Sergeant Edward Stanley Pridham
- Pilot Officer Cyril Priest
- Wing Commander Edward Pullen
- Flight Sergeant Bertram Lambert Purvis
- Flight Lieutenant Donald Edward Rankin
- Sergeant Jack Edward Redmond
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth Bert Renelt
- Pilot Officer Eric Whitby Ritchie
- Sergeant Eric James Roberts
- Sergeant Robert William Roberts
- Pilot Officer Thomas Andrew Robson
- Sergeant Jean Maxime Herve Rochecouste
- Flying Officer Albert John Rudman
- Sergeant Gordon Charles Sage
- Flying Officer Charles Richard Sandes
- Pilot Officer Bernard John Saville
- Flying Officer John Scales
- Sergeant Reginald Derek Seddon
- Flight Sergeant Alexander Bernard Sheddan
- Pilot Officer Harry Hamblin Sherer
- Sergeant John Patrick Slater
- Sergeant James Smethurst
- Sergeant Bernard Smith
- Flight Sergeant Edward Clarence Smith
- Sergeant Edwin Smith
- Sergeant Keith Wilson Smith
- Warrant Officer Richard Bradley Smith
- Sergeant Sydney Stuart Smith
- Flight Lieutenant Victor Smith
- Flying Officer Robert Stead
- Flying Officer Frederick John Stuart
- Flight Lieutenant Michael Acton Sullivan
- Sergeant Frank Richard Taylor
- Flying Officer Malcolm Stout Taylor
- Sergeant Francis Tessick
- Sergeant Harold Parry Thomas
- Flight Sergeant James William Thompson
- Pilot Officer Arthur George Thorne
- Pilot Officer John William Thrasher
- Sergeant Ernest Charles Toms
- Sergeant Thomas Glyn Townson
- Sergeant Peter Joseph Alexander Tuppen
- Flight Sergeant Robert Campbell Turner
- Sergeant William Henry Veale
- Sergeant Frederick Alfred Viner
- Pilot Officer Peter Raymond Waller
- Sergeant Ronald Frederick Walter
- Flying Officer Peter Arthur Watts
- Flight Lieutenant Rex Henry Wedd
- Flight Lieutenant Alan Walter Whitmarsh
- Flying Officer Thomas Ingram Widdowson
- Flight Sergeant Robert Wilkinson
- Flight Sergeant David Williams
- Corporal Alfred George Wood
- Pilot Officer Allan French Wright
- Flight Lieutenant James Henry Wright
- Flight Sergeant Richard Ivor Wynne
- Major Zeederberg
1944
- Corporal John McLennon Allen
- Leading Aircraftman Gordon John Anderson
- Flying Officer John James Broderick
- Leading Aircraftman Noel Austin Chamberlain
- Leading Aircraftman Edward James Flower
- Flying Officer Leslie Thomas Forsyth
- Leading Aircraftman Joseph Michael Gleeson
- Flight Lieutenant Dennis Hugh Hobbs
- Warrant Officer Francis Herbert Mathews
- Corporal Robert Henry McIlroy
- Flight Sergeant Frederick Dudley Murphy
- Warrant Officer Stanley Anzac Nuttall
- Flight Sergeant John Alexander Rolfe
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Henry Rowlands
- Flight Lieutenant Robert Leslie Scarlett
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth James Shields
- Flight Lieutenant Ronald William Shore
- Leading Aircraftman Francis Fletcher Smith
- Warrant Officer John Ernest Stuart Thompson
- Flight Lieutenant William Frederick Elmo Thompson
1945
- Leading Aircraftman Ross Ernest Gardiner
- Lieutenant Nel
- Group Captain Alexander E. Taylor
- Aircraftman 1st Class Herbert Taylor
- Pilot Officer John Edward Frank Wilkinson