On this day — 7 October
157 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 7 October during the Second World War.
1939
1940
- Flying Officer Nathaniel John Merriman Barry
- Pilot Officer Joseph Jeffery Ian Beedham
- Flying Officer James Frederick Bridge
- Pilot Officer John William Broadhurst
- Sergeant John Davies Cross
- Flying Officer Ivor Benison Difford
- Pilot Officer Charles Edward English
- Sergeant Alan Norman Feary
- Sergeant Herbert Frederick Green
- Pilot Officer Richard Waugh Harris
- Sergeant Marcus Rudolph Harvey
- Sergeant George Holliday
- Warrant Officer Edmund George Hunt
- Leading Aircraftman Jack Henry Kissner
- Flying Officer Henry Key Fielding Matthews
- Leading Aircraftman Dennis Henry Oldham
- Sergeant Francis Patrick O'Regan
- Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Painter
- Aircraftman 2nd Class George Edward Pound
- Sergeant Reginald Stephens
- Squadron Leader Rex Oliver Oxley Taylor
- Sergeant Basil Ewart Patrick Whall
- Leading Aircraftman Kenneth George Wheeler
- Sergeant Harry Whelpton
1941
- Pilot Officer Douglas Blundell Alan-williams
- Pilot Officer Douglas Allan Fraser Allmond
- Sergeant George Leslie Blair Arthur
- Sergeant Gordon Bertram Ashton
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Peter Roy Budd
- Leading Aircraftman Douglas Thomas Foulger
- Flight Sergeant Robert Hall
- Sergeant William Hebditch
- Leading Aircraftman Royden Marshall
- Flying Officer Charles Robert Miles
- Squadron Leader Peter Crawford Rolt
- Air Mechanic Laurie Solomon
1942
- Flight Sergeant Albert Valentine Barkel
- Flight Sergeant Joseph John Edward Cote
- Sergeant Rupert Frederick Arding Downes
- Aircraftman 1st Class Fenwick Douglas Gates
- Warrant Officer Donald Anthony Gee
- Flight Sergeant Bryan Joseph Grofski
- Flight Sergeant Leslie Jones
- Flying Officer Charles Henry Lacerte
- Leading Aircraftman Patrick Ernest Maguire
- Sergeant George Peter Frank Merle
- Sergeant William Darling Morgan
- Flight Sergeant Peter John Pitchford
- Pilot Officer Norman Hugh George Snelgrove
1943
- Sergeant Leslie John Abbott
- Sergeant George Edward Aldous
- Sergeant Derek Ellis Ashton
- Leading Aircraftman Eric William Astell
- Flight Lieutenant Ole Bechgaard
- Aircraftman 1st Class Francis George Bell
- Flying Officer Frank Vincent Breen
- Sergeant Archibald Halliday Brownlie
- Sergeant John Edward Brumwell
- Flying Officer Edmund Holmes Bullis
- Sergeant Ronald Francis Butler
- Aircraftman 1st Class Arthur Buttery
- Warrant Officer Class II John Thomas Carter
- Flight Sergeant Raymond Cole
- Leading Aircraftman Basil Thornton Cookman
- Corporal Albert Thomas Darke
- Group Captain John Darwen
- Pilot Officer Glyndwr Davies
- Flight Sergeant Ross Walker Dean
- Flying Officer Leslie Lucien Frederick De Vrye
- Sergeant Herbert Dobson
- Lieutenant Driver
- Pilot Officer Stanley Dubowski
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Donald William Jack Edwards
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Robertson Ewen
- Aircraftman 1st Class Charles Robert Findlay
- Flying Officer William John Fisher
- Sergeant Edward John Francis
- Sergeant Joseph Jean Andre Gagnon
- Flight Sergeant Edmund Harry Gold
- Corporal George Kenneth Gresty
- Flight Sergeant Roy Gosta Helmer Gustafson
- Leading Aircraftman Albert Thomas Harris
- Sergeant John Oswald Harvey
- Flight Sergeant Jack Archer Hazeldene
- Flying Officer Elmer James Hepburn
- Flight Sergeant John Powell Hey
- Sergeant Derrick Hunt
- Flying Officer Edward James Jefferies
- Aircraftman 1st Class Dennis Ian James Lawrence
- Sergeant Joseph Sidney Long
- Sergeant Joseph Raoul Rene Lussier
- Leading Aircraftman George Griffith Marsh
- Leading Aircraftman William McKenzie
- Leading Aircraftman Kenneth McKinstry
- Sergeant John Eric McQuade
- Flight Sergeant Herbert Ernest Miles
- Sergeant Thomas Richard Miller
- Warrant Officer Class II Edward Mathis Mills
- Flying Officer Charles Lionel Moody
- Aircraftman 1st Class Albert Edward (ted) Moore
- Sergeant Horace Moorhouse
- Flight Sergeant Francis John Neal
- Pilot Officer Peter Edward Newland
- Sergeant Timothy Thomas O'Leary
- Sergeant Joseph Alphonse Camille A. Paquin
- Flying Officer Donald Gordon Porter
- Pilot Officer Louis Joseph Prete
- Flying Officer William Keith Redman
- Leading Aircraftman Joseph Henri Rosaire Riopel
- Sergeant Douglas Thomas Ritchie
- Sergeant Alfred Robinson
- Flight Sergeant William John Rogers
- Sergeant Gordon George Sexton
- Leading Aircraftman Leo Gerard Shields
- Flight Sergeant Harry Benjamin Sigel
- Sergeant Laurence William Smith
- Leading Aircraftman Leo Frederick Smith
- Aircraftman 1st Class William Thomas Smith
- Flying Officer Bernard Soulsby
- Pilot Officer Malcolm Barnes Summers
- Air Mechanic Robert Taylor
- Sergeant Kenneth Reginald Trevelyan
- Sergeant Frederick James Trower
- Leading Aircraftman Samuel George Trueman
- Flight Sergeant Trevor Paul Walton
- Pilot Officer James Wilde
- Flight Sergeant Eric Alexander Worrall
1944
- Pilot Officer Alvin Graham Bodkin
- Pilot Officer Glenn Wesley Brooks
- Sergeant Archibald Henry Holton Culmer
- Sergeant James Gartland
- Flight Sergeant John Harrison Gillespie
- Captain Raymond Robert Hart
- Flying Officer Bruce James Hosie
- Sergeant David Maurice Hughes
- Pilot Officer Norman Joss
- Pilot Officer Peter Childs Lailey
- Sergeant Aubrey Randall Locke
- Lieutenant McKenzie
- Flight Sergeant Stanley McLean
- Flight Lieutenant Albert Barclay Newsome
- Squadron Leader William Harry Pentland
- Pilot Officer Ross Ferrier Philp
- Corporal John Porter
- Warrant Officer Keith George Potter
- Pilot Officer James Theodore Short
- Lieutenant Wellington
1945
- Aircraftman 1st Class Joseph McWilliams
- Leading Aircraftman John Ernest Simcock
- Flight Lieutenant John Fraser Swain
- Sergeant John Edward Timms
- Leading Aircraftman Sidney George Wordsworth