RAF and Commonwealth Air Forces War Dead (Courtesy CWGC)
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RAF and Commonwealth Air Forces Roll of Honour - The Unaccounted Airmen Project

122,432 casualty records in this database.
118,242 records (96.58%) are "Accounted for".
99,886 are aviation. 18,356 are non-aviation deaths.
4,190 are still unaccounted.
58 records have photographs

This is a database of all commonwealth airforces casualities in the Second World War. The primary data is taken from the CWGC site, and has been enhanced by the AIR81 data from the National Archives and the Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project that was initiated by the late Henk Welting, and being continued by the forum members. This site helps you to easily search for a casualty based on partial name or number, exact date or year of death, provide the aircraft associated with the casualty or details. Click on Surname to see more details, and sources.

The data continously feeds into some Graphical Charts : View some of the charts here

By year of death : 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947

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Your current query terms BVAF returns 8 records, 4 records (50.00%) have circumstances of death. 4 records (50.00%) do not have details.

Rank Name, Number, Trade & Details DateUnit Country Cemetery/Memorial & Loc Ref
Pilot OfficerRobert Stevenson RENNIE (BVAF/1010) Died of an obscure tropical di....  More Details 1941-01-24BVAF MyanmarRangoon War Cemetery
Pilot OfficerEdwin Kilroy HERNE (BVAF/1029) He was killed in the air raid ....  Forum Post 1941-12-23BVAF MyanmarRangoon Memorial
Pilot Officer LIM SHAI MAIN (BVAF1021) Hurricane II HV497  More Details 1943-03-20607 Sqdn AIR27 MyanmarRangoon War Cemetery
Flying OfficerRoss David ANGUS (BVAF/1017) Navigator Harvard IIb FE678  More Details 1943-08-13ATP IndiaKirkee War Cemetery
Pilot Officer HLA YI (BVAF1013)   1943-12-31 MyanmarRangoon Memorial
Aircraftman 2nd Class ANUTTAR BARUA (BVAF62)   1944-01-03 MyanmarRangoon Memorial
Aircraftman 2nd Class THAN NYUNT (BVAF42)   1944-06-30 MyanmarRangoon Memorial
Pilot Officer LAO HTIN YAN (BVAF1015)   1945-01-20 MyanmarRangoon Memorial

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We acknowledge that the data compiled here comes from multiple sources. National Archive ORBs (links given) and other external websites. Even for external websites - it is quite likely that they refer to published material on RAF history and losses. Some of these books/authors are acknowledged in our Essential RAF Researchers Book List. These Authors include (But not limited to) Bill Chorley, Colin Cummings, David Gunby, J J Halley,Ross McNeill and Pelham Temple. Additionally, the data on this site could not have been made possible without the serious contribution and help of the following websites. International Bomber Command Centre | Malcolm Barrass' RAFWEB : Air of Authority | National Archives (UK) | Air Crew Remembered | Jagan Pillarisetti's Bharat-Rakshak.

The Updated Data in its current form is the copyright of RAFCommands.com unless otherwise stated. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is acknowledged as the source of the primary material. Additional Contributions by RAF Commands Forum Members: wwrsimon, Alex Smart, Dennis Burke, COL BRUGGY, Dick, Paul McMillan, Ross McNeill, alclark, Martyn A Critchlow, davew, Pavel Vancata (CZ_RAF), thorne83, Kiran Toor (Amrit), Rich Allenby, AlanW, alieneyes, Resmoroh, Bill Walker, Theletterwriter, phill jones, John Larder, Brian (Lyffe), AL90, Ken MacLean, Marks, Andy Ingham, John Englsted (JohnE) and many others. Off Forum Contributions by Jonathan Heyworth, Andrew Curtis, Russell Guest and Glenda Godfrey.

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