On this day — 31 May
404 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 31 May during the Second World War.
1940
- Aircraftman 1st Class Horace Relby Elliott Atkinson
- Sergeant Alfred Beard
- Pilot Officer Guy William Vernon Biden
- Sergeant Thomas Boyd
- Sergeant James Francis Brown
- Sergeant Lionel Roy Butler
- Flying Officer Richard Douglas Clutterbuck Chambers
- Pilot Officer John Edward Martin Collins
- Flight Lieutenant Nicholas Gresham Cooke
- Pilot Officer Thomas Edward Stafford Crossman
- Pilot Officer Clifford Herbert Dearden
- Pilot Officer Antonio Simmons Dini
- Leading Aircraftman Alfred Fidler
- Pilot Officer Peter Leslie Gossage
- Flying Officer William Napier Gray
- Pilot Officer Charles John Francis Hare
- Pilot Officer Guy Lewis Hickman
- Sergeant Robert Heaton Jack
- Corporal Gordon William Egbert Jacobs
- Sergeant Stanley Bernard Johnson
- Corporal Albert Lippett
- Leading Aircraftman Arthur O'Neil McCoy
- Sergeant William Thomas Pigott
- Aircraftman 1st Class James Charles Ryan
- Aircraftman 1st Class William Henry Smythe
- Pilot Officer Gordon McKenzie Stewart
- Sergeant Leslie William Charles Sturges
- Aircraftman 1st Class Patrick Graham Elliot Sword
- Leading Aircraftman Albert Alfred Vyse
- Pilot Officer Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson
1941
- Corporal Norman Bert Jones Alexander
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Cyril Edward Banks
- Aircraftman 1st Class John William Bradley
- Aircraftman 1st Class Thomas Charles Chatfield
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Cookson
- Sergeant Henry Moncrieff Cox
- Sergeant James Francis Cranston
- Corporal Arthur Geoffrey Crapp
- Sergeant Richard Ambrose Cross
- Leading Aircraftman Oliver Cumins
- Corporal Cecil George Day
- Leading Aircraftman John William Dixon
- Pilot Officer Raymond Douglas Dunscombe
- Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Austin Eaton
- Sergeant Idris Clifford Elson
- Aircraftman 1st Class Daniel James Fellowes
- Leading Aircraftman William Fenton
- Flight Sergeant Kemsley George Fridd
- Leading Aircraftman Tom Froggatt
- Corporal Albert Frederick Fudge
- Sergeant Alexander Gordon
- Leading Aircraftman James Robert Benjamin Green
- Corporal John Sedgewick Harrison
- Sergeant Vernon Ernest Hill
- Leading Aircraftman Walter Hoyle
- Aircraftman 1st Class Thomas Oswald Huggins
- Sergeant George Francis Humber
- Sergeant William Innes
- Aircraftman 1st Class George Johns
- Aircraftman 1st Class Livingston Forsyth Kerr
- Flying Officer Richard Thomas Wyndham Ketton Cremer
- Sergeant Anzac Piripi Tamihana Lewis
- Leading Aircraftman Alexander Mair
- Corporal Frederick Matthews
- Leading Aircraftman John Mooney
- Leading Aircraftman Leonard Charles Nash
- Leading Aircraftman John Tate Oswald
- Leading Aircraftman Frank Ernest Poole
- Aircraftman 1st Class Arthur Stanley Pryor
- Aircraftman 2nd Class James Robert Rankin
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Peter Graeme Smithson
- Leading Aircraftman George Arthur Stone
- Leading Aircraftman Thomas William Freeman Sturman
- Aircraftman 1st Class Norman George Thompson
- Aircraftman 1st Class David Thomson
- Aircraftman 1st Class Alan Edward Tonkin
- Aircraftman 2nd Class William Tonks
- Leading Aircraftman Walter Henry Trinder
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Edmund John Digby Walton
- Leading Aircraftman Cyril George White
- Aircraftman 1st Class Maurice Victor Whitehorn
- Corporal Henry George Whitehurst
- Leading Aircraftman Max Godden Wood
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Jack Woodhead
- Corporal Hedley Wrigley
1942
- Sergeant Thomas Harold Allen
- Flight Lieutenant Thomas Willcox Allen
- Sergeant William Harry Arnold
- Sergeant Maurice Samuel Ash
- Pilot Officer Francis Henry John Ashton
- Pilot Officer Douglas Claude August
- Flight Sergeant David Monroe Baird
- Sergeant Douglas Wilson Baird
- Flight Sergeant Philip Grimshaw Barclay
- Flight Sergeant Frederick Frank Barker
- Flight Sergeant Donald Gladstone Barrie
- Flight Lieutenant Hector Austin Charles Batten
- Sergeant Leonard Beck
- Sergeant Charles Albert Blackwell
- Flying Officer Harold Roger Blake
- Flight Sergeant David Block
- Flying Officer Peter Frederick Barlow Bluett
- Sergeant George Bolton
- Sergeant George Frederick Bolton
- Flight Sergeant Joseph Lewthwaite Borrowdale
- Sergeant Herbert Bottomley
- Sergeant Malcolm Boyle
- Sergeant Donald Broadhurst
- Sergeant Ronald Arthur Broodbank
- Sergeant James Brown
- Sergeant Andrew Turnbull Brunton
- Sergeant Geoffrey Charles Bunning
- Sergeant Andrew Caie
- Pilot Officer William Frazer Caldwell
- Sergeant William James Callaghan
- Flight Lieutenant Wilfred Lawrie Cameron
- Sergeant Brian Buchanan Camlin
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Edward Carr
- Pilot Officer John Philip Carter
- Sergeant Raymond Catley
- Pilot Officer George Henry Chaffey
- Flight Sergeant John Hamilton Charles
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Alexander Cole
- Sergeant Albert Allan Conisbee
- Flight Sergeant Josiah Robert Connor
- Flight Sergeant Leonard Frank Cooke
- Flight Sergeant William Thomas Cormack
- Flight Sergeant William Francis Crampton
- Flight Sergeant Ralph Nelson Adams Creswell
- Sergeant Richard Sweet Cruise
- Sergeant Roy Alexander Currie
- Pilot Officer William Davies
- Pilot Officer Arthur Wilfrid Davis
- Pilot Officer Harry Dent
- Pilot Officer Sydney Stephen Dimond
- Sergeant John James Dixon
- Sergeant James Donn-patterson
- Major Andrew Duncan
- Pilot Officer Alexander Robertson Edgar
- Sergeant Denis Henry Edwards
- Sergeant Emrys Edwards
- Sergeant Kenneth William George England
- Sergeant Marshall Frederick English
- Pilot Officer Emrys Evans
- Sergeant Frederick Harold Falk
- Flight Sergeant Robert Gordon Fawkes
- Pilot Officer Robert Leslie William Ferrer
- Sergeant Edward William Finch
- Sergeant Dennis Howard Fletcher
- Sergeant Leslie William Flowers
- Pilot Officer Philip Nevil Floyd
- Flight Sergeant Edwin John Ford
- Pilot Officer William Kenneth Ford
- Pilot Officer Anthony De Faye Gardner
- Sergeant John Hartas George Garrick
- Aircraftman 1st Class Norman Gill
- Sergeant Michael Lotherington Glenton-wright
- Pilot Officer William Howarth Gorton
- Flight Sergeant Noel Grattan
- Sergeant Donald George Green
- Warrant Officer Stanley Maurice Green
- Sergeant Arthur Francis Gregory
- Sergeant Ronald Joseph Guntrip
- Sergeant James Milton Hall
- Sergeant Horace Ronald Hallam
- Flight Lieutenant Alwyn Crampton Hamman
- Squadron Leader Donald Joseph Harkness
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Richard Harrison
- Sergeant Ronald Edward Hart
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Joseph Hartnett
- Sergeant George Charles Haynes
- Flight Lieutenant Thomas Hindle
- Flight Lieutenant Michael Ryland Hodges
- Flight Sergeant Robert George Kenyon Holden
- Warrant Officer Cecil Holmes
- Sergeant James Herbert Holmes
- Pilot Officer Wilfred Herbert Ismay
- Lieutenant Rowan Edgar Jackson
- Warrant Officer Oldrich Jambor
- Pilot Officer David Malcolm Johnson
- Pilot Officer Eric Raymond Johnson
- Flight Sergeant William Ross Campbell Johnston
- Sergeant William Kerr Jones
- Pilot Officer William Deryck Kennard
- Pilot Officer John Henry Knowling
- Sergeant Dennis Roy Laddams
- Sergeant Alexander Leslie
- Pilot Officer James Norman Lewis
- Pilot Officer Harvey Strong Little
- Flight Lieutenant Bernard James Lovett
- Pilot Officer Albin Lucki
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Leo Lyons
- Sergeant Alistair Robert Mackay
- Sergeant Ian Currie Mackeand
- Flying Officer Donald Stewart Maclean
- Sergeant Peter Gordon Arthur Malin
- Sergeant Kenneth James Arthur Manley
- Flying Officer Leslie Thomas Manser
- Second Lieutenant Ronald Ford Marillier
- Flight Sergeant Cyril James Matthews
- Pilot Officer Joseph Morgan McAleavey
- Sergeant James McCormack
- Sergeant Patrick Gerald McGrath
- Flight Sergeant John Draper McKenzie
- Sergeant Andrew Fraser McLean
- Flight Sergeant John McKenzie McLean
- Sergeant William Arnott McLeod
- Sergeant Hill Mercer
- Sergeant David Miller
- Pilot Officer Stuart Stewart Mitchell
- Leading Aircraftman Sydney Henry Mitchell
- Sergeant Antony Reginald Moore
- Pilot Officer Leonard George Morris
- Pilot Officer Moran Scott Morris
- Flight Sergeant Clarence Henry Muir
- Sergeant John Henry Munday
- Aircraftman 1st Class Joseph Carroll Murphy
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Edgar Newby
- Pilot Officer Ralph Connors O'Brien
- Flight Sergeant William Onions
- Sergeant Frederick Parker
- Pilot Officer John Douglas Patey
- Flight Lieutenant Anthony Bremner Payne
- Sergeant Denis Pearson
- Sergeant Ronald Peel
- Flying Officer Ronald Desmond Pegram
- Warrant Officer William Peirson
- Sergeant Kenneth Richard Pexman
- Sergeant Warren Bryan Pickett
- Sergeant Geoffrey Clement Praagst
- Pilot Officer Hubert Alan Radcliffe
- Sergeant John Cook Ramsey
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Rankin
- Pilot Officer Wilson Albert Reason
- Corporal Alexander Reid
- Flight Sergeant Alfred Haydon Richards
- Sergeant George Christopher Roberts
- Sergeant Michael Bruce Rogerson
- Pilot Officer George Edmund Sankey
- Sergeant Bernard William Sansom
- Sergeant Alfred Schofield
- Flight Sergeant Arnold Adolf Seifert
- Sergeant Stanley Bernard Shaw
- Flying Officer William Bruce Shearer
- Sergeant John Edward Sheridan
- Sergeant Benjamin Sigler
- Flying Officer Grey D'Estotville Townsend Skipwith
- Sergeant Brian Clifford Slowly
- Sergeant Hector Leslie Smith
- Sergeant John Smith
- Sergeant Alfred Smithson
- Flight Sergeant James William Smyth
- Sergeant Ivan Bernard Harry Spooner
- Sergeant Hubert Sproston
- Pilot Officer Gibson Ritchie Stratford
- Pilot Officer Dudley Arthur Ronald Tallis
- Flight Sergeant Enock Taylor
- Flight Sergeant Eric Teulon Thompson
- Flight Sergeant John Thompson
- Pilot Officer John Bennett Underwood
- Pilot Officer Benson Usher
- Flight Sergeant Clarence Perley Veysey
- Sergeant David Stanley Bonner Vincent
- Flying Officer Alan Albert Waddell
- Flight Sergeant Leonard Alfred Wadman
- Sergeant Fred Walker
- Sergeant William Leonard Waller
- Flight Sergeant Julian Robert Wanbon
- Aircraftman 1st Class Philip Arthur George Warburton
- Sergeant George Samuel Watson
- Sergeant Ernest Thomas Webb
- Sergeant Arnold Gregory Welch
- Flight Sergeant Gerald Arthur Welsh
- Pilot Officer Arthur Cyril White
- Sergeant Edwin James White
- Flying Officer William Robert Humphrey Whiting
- Sergeant Richard Charles Williams
- Sergeant Anthony Williamson
- Sergeant Jack Wise
- Flight Sergeant Henry Herbert Witts
- Pilot Officer Victor Ernest Woolnough
- Sergeant Lawrence John Yeates
- Sergeant Allen Norman Young
- Flight Sergeant Edwin Albert Young
1943
- Sergeant Charles Stanley Anderton
- Pilot Officer George Hunter Boyes
- Flying Officer Robert Chester Brabham
- Sergeant Joseph Willrod Marcel Brochu
- Pilot Officer George Rawson Brown
- Flight Lieutenant William John Calver
- Pupil Air Observer Clarence
- Warrant Officer Victor Alfred Clouder
- Warrant Officer Class I Hamish Gordon Collins
- Flight Sergeant Michael Henry Cornell
- Flying Officer Edwin Creed
- Aircraftman 2nd Class William Reginald Stanley Davies
- Flight Sergeant Charles James Allwood Ferguson
- Pilot Officer Robert Grant Fowlie
- Leading Aircraftman Arthur Henry Sydney Gosden
- Sergeant Thomas Green
- Warrant Officer George Evelyn Greenwood
- Warrant Officer Class II Philip Stanley Grindley
- Flying Officer William Thomas Robertson Harding
- Warrant Officer Class I Joseph Charles Harrison
- Leading Aircraftman Ronald Harwood
- Sergeant Norman George Hewitt
- Flying Officer Kenneth Randal Holmes
- Leading Aircraftman Harry Hudson
- Pilot Officer James Gavin Hylton
- Flying Officer Francis Cairo King
- Leading Aircraftman James Lenaghan
- Aircraftman 1st Class Donald Linthwaite
- Pilot Officer Alexander Iver Macrae
- Flight Lieutenant Gordon Ward Mason
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Patrick McCooey
- Aircraftman 1st Class James McKay
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Clarke McNabb
- Flight Sergeant John Francis Cameron McPherson
- Leading Aircraftman Walter Donald Parry
- Pilot Officer Leonard Henry Peart
- Aircraftman 1st Class Pugh
- Flying Officer Lyn Rees
- Wing Commander Gordon Leslie Maurice Schrader
- Corporal John Albert Henry Le Grand Scotchmoor
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Thomas Seddon
- Flying Officer Henry Valentine Charles Sheppard
- Sergeant John Thomas Sutherland
- Flight Sergeant William John Symons
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Arthur Dennis West
- Flying Officer Denis Kinloch Whishaw
- Leading Aircraftman Fred Wilson
- Flight Sergeant Alan William Wood
- Sergeant Geoffrey Basil Temple Wymer
1944
- Sergeant William Thomas Basham
- Sergeant Fred Bates
- Sergeant Ernest Walter Blakeman
- Sergeant William Wycliffe Bright
- Flying Officer John McCallum Brooks
- Flight Sergeant Frank Harry Brown
- Sergeant Ronald Charles James Cheesman
- Flying Officer Albert Edward Claridge
- Flight Sergeant Eric Cotterell
- Sergeant Nathaniel Hugh Crawford
- Sergeant Donald Wilfred Curtis
- Sergeant George Frederick Davis
- Flying Officer Donald Arthur Driver
- Warrant Officer William Ernest Duke
- Sergeant Peter Francis Fairweather
- Leading Aircraftman Ralph Franklin
- Warrant Officer Peter Galletly
- Sergeant Richard Baden Glasswell
- Aircraftman 1st Class John Alexander Gourley
- Sergeant Derek William Dudley Greenop
- Sergeant George Henry Hall
- Sergeant George Francis Hancox
- Flight Sergeant Malcolm Alexander Bruford Harsant
- Leading Aircraftman Albert Hodgkins
- Sergeant Hugh Judge
- Warrant Officer Vincent Gregory Kane
- Sergeant Walter Joseph Lawton
- Sergeant William Henry Valentine Leach
- Sergeant Arthur William Lewis
- Warrant Officer Class II Thomas Johnson Makepeace
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Henry Anthony Mallick
- Aircraftman 1st Class Robert Bates Alexander Marshall
- Flight Sergeant James Harvey McGregor
- Warrant Officer Class II John Stewart McWilliams
- Sergeant Joseph Henry Nixon
- Sergeant John Alexander Oliver
- Sergeant Frederick John Pack
- Sergeant Thomas Parr
- Flying Officer Frank Pegg
- Pilot Officer Gerald Clive Presland
- Sergeant Frederick Charles Putwain
- Sergeant Eric Henwood Reynolds
- Flight Sergeant James Henry Robson
- Flying Officer Cameron Hardy Scales
- Sergeant George Sinclair
- Flight Sergeant Kenneth Charles Melville Taylor
- Sergeant William Alan Trolove
- Aircraftman 1st Class Vincent Willis
- Pilot Officer Stanley Raymond Wilson
1945
- Warrant Officer Ivan Leslie Baker
- Flying Officer Gordon David Bowes
- Flight Lieutenant William Michael Bowlen
- Sergeant Keith Gittus Bradshaw
- Pilot Officer Leo Joseph Mathew Eisler
- Warrant Officer John Stephen Elwood
- Flying Officer John Edward Garrigan
- Flight Lieutenant Harold Irvin Malmas
- Leading Aircraftman Patrick McCanney
- Flying Officer Robert Kenneth McGrath
- Pilot Officer Peter George Moore
- Flight Sergeant Keith Ronald Pearce
- Sergeant Kenneth Sidney Shreeve
- Leading Aircraftman Frederick Owain Oswald Taylor
- Flying Officer Jack Albert Vogt
1946
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Henry Morgan
- Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Percy Rogers
- Leading Aircraftman Frank Reepen Whitmore
- Leading Aircraftman John Verrant Williams