5 December 1940 P/O Cecil Reginald Young: age 20 bbm.org.uk/airmen/YoungCR… Sgt Jack Burrall Courtis (RNZAF): age 26 bbm.org.uk/airmen/Courtis…

6 December 1941 P/O Alexander Roman Zatonski He was lost whilst flying Hurricane II, BD923 'N' of No 238 Sqn, which was shot down on a sweep to Bir el Gubi in Libya. bbm.org.uk/airmen/Zatonsk…

7 December 1941 P/O John Douglas McVay RNZAF Sgt Norman William Barbeau RCAF P/O Frank Howie Sutton RCAF F/O Richard Fuller Patterson RCAF F/Lt Joseph Bedo Hobbs

9 December 1941 F/O David Arthur Coke He was lost whilst flying Hurricane I, Z4833 of No 80 Sqn, which was shot down by fighters during a squadron sweep in the El Adem area, Libya. bbm.org.uk/airmen/Coke.htm

10 December 1940 F/O John Rankin Rathbone + P/O F. McMurray and Sgt. A. Birt were lost whilst flying in Blenheim IV, T2225 of 82 Sqn, near Antwerp during a raid. Sgt Ralph Vincent Hogg He was lost whilst flying Spitfire II, P7326 of 41 Sqn, which failed to return from a patrol.

11 December 1941 P/O John Gillespie Magee RCAF - age 19 bombercommandmuseumarchives.ca/s,johnmagee.ht… LAC (Pilot U/T) Ernest Aubrey Griffin - age 19 findagrave.com/memorial/59983…

12 December 1940 P/O William Henry Franklin DFM and Bar bbm.org.uk/airmen/Frankli… Sgt Merrik Hubert Eric Hine bbm.org.uk/airmen/Hine.htm P/O Kenneth John Marston bbm.org.uk/airmen/Marston… F/O Allan Walter Naylor Britton. bbm.org.uk/airmen/Britton…

13 December 1941 P/O George Charles Henry Jackson RCAF P/O Harold Fraser English RCAF Sgt Norman Clunie Pow RCAF F/Lt Arthur Adrian Percy Weller DFC surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/commonwealth_w…

14 December 1941 Sgt Derrick Ellis Priory: age 21 sungreen.co.uk/Coleford-Glos/… Sgt Anthony Frederick Bulgin: age 19 natwestgroupremembers.com/our-fallen/our… F/O James Julius Frederic Henry Bandinel: age 23 bbm.org.uk/airmen/Bandine…

15 December 1941 F/Lt Richard Playne Stevens DSO, DFC and Bar findagrave.com/memorial/12727… Sgt Patrick Redmond Roach RCAF veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance…

16 December 1940 P/O John Coggins MBE, DFC and Bar P/O Norman Alfred Sadler F/O Samuel James Millen DFC Sgt William Skipworth Sgt Jiří Janoušek Sgt Jan Krivda P/O Jaromír Toul

17 December 1941 P/O Rainford Gent Marland He was lost in Hurricane IIb Z5617 when he had completed a slow roll, the engine cut out and the aircraft spun into the ground at Alam el Mallah. bbm.org.uk/airmen/Marland…

18 December 1941 P/O Marian Sikorski He was lost whilst flying Spitfire, AA941 of No 317 Sqn, during an aircraft collision, when taking-off at RAF Exeter with Flying Officer J Solak who was uninjured. infolotnicze.pl/2015/03/20/sik…

19 December 1943 Halifax HX245 of 433 sqn F/Sgt Peter R Humphrys RCAF aged 22 F/Sgt Harry Lewis Miller RCAF aged 30 Sgt Kenneth N Lake RCAF aged 19 Sgt Leonard D Griese RCAF aged 20 Sgt Harry G Buxton RAFVR aged 19 Halifax HX277 Cpl Wilfred M Joseph O'Connor RCAF aged 23

19 December 1941 Sgt Jaroslav A R Kučera (Czech) He was lost whilst flying in Spitfire VB, BL293 of No 312 Sqn. bbm.org.uk/airmen/KuceraJ…

20 December 1943 Halifax MkV LK928 428sqn Standing l-r: F/O Keith M Mosher (RCAF) Sgt John P Slater (RAFVR) Sgt George H Jessiman (RCAF) Sgt Thomas S R Dagnall (RAFVR) Seated l-r: Sgt George Kensall (RAFVR) F/Sgt Joseph L Keighan (RCAF) WO2 Elmer L Tycoles (RCAF)

21 December 1940 Squadron Leader William Joseph ‘Bill’ Hickey DFC, RAF no. 32035 He was lost after abandoning Gladiator II, N5816 of No 80 Sqn. 3sqnraafasn.net/subpages/hicke…

22 December 1940 Sgt (740896) Harold Norman Howes DFM RAFVR He was lost whilst flying Hurricane I, V6679 of No 85 Sqn. bbm.org.uk/airmen/HowesHN…

23 December 1943 Wg/Cdr Eric Clive Le Mesurier DSO DFC He was lost whilst flying in Mosquito III, HJ964 of the 8 (C) OTU, which spun to the ground near Dyce after losing its tail due to an oxygen bottle exploding. AC1 (1221770) Lawrence Frederick Gough (passenger) was also lost.

The Christmas Truce of 25th December 1914, where British and German soldiers fraternised at Ploegsteert in Belgium. Seen here are troops of the 5th London Rifle Brigade and the 104th and 106th Saxon Regiments.