On this day — 15 October
331 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 15 October during the Second World War.
1939
- Aircraftman 2nd Class William Henry Fiddock
- Flying Officer Dennis Ford
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Henry Hayward
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Joseph Douglas Whitford
- Flight Lieutenant Roland Williams
1940
- Leading Aircraftman Fred Alcock
- Sergeant Edgar James Andrews
- Pilot Officer Guy Paul Wentworth Austin
- Pilot Officer John Edward Bartlett
- Squadron Leader George Roderick Hartwell Black
- Aircraftman 1st Class Eric Jones Clatworthy
- Leading Aircraftman Valentine Davidson
- Pilot Officer Arthur Howell Davies
- Pilot Officer John Lionel De Keyser
- Pilot Officer Robert James Dickinson
- Pilot Officer David Mervyn Boughey Druce
- Sergeant Stanley Allen Fenemore
- Pilot Officer Peter Stackhouse Gunning
- Sergeant Colin Hay
- Squadron Leader John Olding Hinks
- Sergeant William Kent
- Sergeant Philip David Lloyd
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Mansell
- Flying Officer Harvey Gordon McCallum
- Sergeant Moroney
- Flight Lieutenant Ian James Muirhead
- Sergeant John Felix Muldowney
- Sergeant Leslie Peter Neville
- Sergeant Eric Nield
- Sergeant Kenneth Bruce Parker
- Sergeant Albert Edgar Skidmore
- Sergeant James Steel
- Flying Officer Norman Gordon Stewart-dawson
- Leading Aircraftman Guy Depledge Tilburn
- Leading Aircraftman Frederick George Westlake
- Flight Sergeant Eric Edward Williams
1941
- Pilot Officer Roger Hall Atkinson
- Flying Officer Reginald Norman Bagshaw
- Sergeant Christian Samuel Balzer
- Sergeant Reginald George Banks
- Sergeant Richard Charlwood Barker
- Sergeant Donald Frederick Barkhouse
- Sergeant Henry Raymond Barnett
- Sergeant Roger Edward Bates
- Sergeant David Levick Beney
- Pilot Officer John Whitfield Bradley
- Sergeant Edward Michael Brennan
- Pilot Officer Geoffrey Burridge Buse
- Sergeant John Percival Basil Cambray
- Sergeant John Chapman
- Sergeant Ernest Tastard Christie
- Pilot Officer Herbert Mitchell Clarke
- Leading Aircraftman Joseph Leo Coen
- Sergeant Ronald Howard George Collins
- Pilot Officer William Howard Davidson
- Sergeant Kenneth George Edis
- Sergeant Howard Lee Elliott
- Air Mechanic John W. Ford
- Sergeant Allan Irving Gate
- Sergeant Edward Felix Gwynne Gill
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Harold Neville Gray
- Sergeant Harold Dawson Grimes
- Sergeant John Edward Hawkins
- Leading Aircraftman Peter Hedley
- Sergeant John Robert Hiscock
- Sergeant Samuel Carter Hodge
- Flying Officer Royston Charles Holloway
- Pilot Officer Raymond Meredith Hudson
- Sergeant Albert William Humphries
- Sergeant George William Turner Jackson
- Sergeant David Walter Jennings
- Sergeant Brynmor Samuel Jones
- Sergeant Neville John Lewery
- Leading Aircraftman Harold Lidington
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Andrew Magee
- Leading Aircraftman Gordon Harry Manning
- Sergeant Duncan Watt Marshall
- Sergeant John Anthony Matetich
- Sergeant Gordon James McGill-nutt
- Flight Sergeant Ronald Maitland McIntyre
- Pilot Officer Keith John Miller
- Sergeant George Stephenson Needler
- Sergeant John Greener Nubley
- Sergeant Seymour Leslie Thomas Paine
- Flying Officer Thomas Roy Paxton
- Sergeant David George Peppler
- Sergeant Derek Poulston
- Sergeant Frank Ernest Ridler
- Pilot Officer Trevor Bernard Robertson
- Sergeant Edwin Kerrison Saul
- Pilot Officer Douglas Andrew Scott
- Sergeant Arthur Service
- Sergeant Edward David Simon
- Pilot Officer Frank Douglas Simpkins
- Pilot Officer Ernest Little Simpson
- Sergeant Victor Frederick William Slade
- Aircraftman 2nd Class George Edward Smith
- Squadron Leader Richard Thomas Stubbs
- Sergeant John Arthur Taylor
- Sergeant William Paterson Thom
- Sergeant Albert John Thomas
- Sergeant Robert Cecil Tyrrell
- Flight Sergeant John Emerson Weir
- Flight Sergeant Neville Henry Welsh
- Sergeant John Henry White
- Flight Lieutenant Harold Cuthbert Wiles
- Squadron Leader Charles Eardley Wilmot
- Leading Aircraftman Norman William Wilson
- Sergeant William James Stanley Wolstenholme
- Sergeant Frederick Lionel Roy Wood
- Sergeant Frederick Harry Worlledge
- Aircraftman 1st Class Gilbert George Wyatt
- Leading Aircraftman James Ambrose Straker Yonge
1942
- Pilot Officer Thomas Adamson
- Flying Officer Jack Whitwell Allison
- Leading Aircraftman Charles William Anders
- Sergeant Patrick James Anderton
- Sergeant Irving Arbuckle
- Flight Sergeant Douglas Drennan Baird
- Sergeant Robert Bayley
- Pilot Officer Keith Thomas Beange
- Sergeant Arthur Ewart Bell
- Sergeant John Ernest Bellamy
- Pilot Officer Gerrard Roy Bing
- Flight Sergeant Reginald George Blair
- Sergeant Edward Albert Blake
- Sergeant Sidney Brans
- Flight Sergeant Raymond Gerard Brasnett
- Sergeant Frank Briggs
- Flight Lieutenant Alfred Brindley
- Flight Sergeant John Crawford Brocket
- Sergeant Ronald Brooker
- Flight Sergeant John Hooper Brooks
- Pilot Officer Frederick Walter Buck
- Sergeant Leslie Albert George Buckton
- Sergeant Thomas Bernard Bywaters
- Sergeant George Sinclair Calder
- Aircraftman 1st Class Reginald Arthur Candler
- Sergeant James Clifford Clarke
- Pilot Officer Thomas Bernard Crowfoot
- Pilot Officer Alan Henry Cunningham
- Sergeant William Gordon Dale
- Sergeant James Denny
- Sergeant Joseph William Du Broy
- Sergeant Ernest George Edwards
- Sergeant Ronald Jack Emms
- Sergeant Weiland Fairfax Ensor
- Leading Aircraftman Leonard Farmery
- Sergeant Joseph G. Ferris
- Sergeant James Arthur Fleming
- Sergeant Alfred Merrill Foster
- Flying Officer Robert Franks
- Sergeant Richard John Fuller
- Flight Sergeant Henry Ernest Game
- Sergeant David Douglas Garbett
- Sergeant Michael John Gardner
- Flight Sergeant Henry Arthur Grover
- Sergeant Harold Hancocks
- Sergeant Philip Charles Harrison
- Pilot Officer Douglas Leonard Hemming
- Pilot Officer Jack Herrington
- Squadron Leader Charles Ernest Hill
- Warrant Officer Edwin Tytler Hiskens
- Squadron Leader James Hobbs
- Sergeant Jack Holmes
- Pilot Officer Geoffrey Christopher Appleby Holt
- Sergeant Ernest Henry Hooper
- Sergeant Cecil Bruce Horne
- Sergeant Mervyn James Howe
- Sergeant Stanley George Jenner
- Flying Officer Jack Johannesen
- Flight Sergeant John Percy Jolley
- Sergeant Ronald Jones
- Flight Sergeant John Millar Joynt
- Sergeant John Kenny
- Sergeant Vincent Xavier Kirby
- Flight Sergeant Douglas James Kirkland
- Sergeant Maurice Desmond Lawlor
- Flying Officer John Clifford Lawton
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Geoffrey Lee
- Flight Sergeant Gerald Edwin Lewis
- Sergeant John Llewellyn Lloyd
- Flight Sergeant John Arthur Longley
- Flying Officer Russell Stronach Longuet
- Flight Sergeant Levi Lowe
- Pilot Officer Raymond Keith Marshall
- Flight Sergeant John Edward Freese Martin
- Sergeant West Stewart Mason
- Sergeant James Munro Matheson
- Pilot Officer Frederick Maxfield
- Sergeant Edward Alexander McCord
- Sergeant John McDonald
- Sergeant Leslie Frank Meadows
- Aircraftman 1st Class Ernest James Mole
- Flight Sergeant Donald Lloyd Morrow
- Flight Lieutenant Ronald Lawrence Moss
- Flying Officer Douglas Philip Munns
- Pilot Officer David Beveridge Murdoch
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Narayanaswami
- Warrant Officer Gordon Douglas Nash
- Flight Sergeant Samuel Nicolson
- Sergeant Vincent Ormerod Noonan
- Sergeant Francis William O'Sullivan
- Flying Officer John Mitchell Paape
- Flight Lieutenant Graham Noel Parker
- Sergeant Thomas Leonard Hill Piddock
- Sergeant Trevor Charles Beckett Pike
- Sergeant Henry Lewis Pitchforth
- Pilot Officer Francis John Pook
- Warrant Officer Class II John Thomas Ratcliffe
- Sergeant Richard James Reay
- Flight Lieutenant Kenneth John Austin Reed
- Flight Sergeant Emile Ernest Joseph Regis
- Sergeant William Stuart Rendall
- Sergeant Norman Arthur Revitt
- Flight Sergeant Edmund St. Aubin Richardson
- Pilot Officer Bertram Samuel Robertson
- Sergeant Brian Larcum Rogers
- Corporal Kenneth Ross
- Flight Sergeant John De Forest Russell
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Sayner
- Flying Officer Leslie Rowland Scourfield
- Sergeant Norman Robert Sedgwick
- Pilot Officer Charles Corbett Shadle
- Flying Officer Peter David Smale
- Sergeant Eric Norman Smith
- Flight Sergeant David Beverley Smyth
- Flight Lieutenant George Bruce Smyth
- Sergeant John Brynmor Stephens
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Arthur Geoffrey Stevens
- Flight Sergeant Douglas Harrison Stewart
- Sergeant Kenneth Penwill Stibbs
- Flight Sergeant Benjamin George Stretch
- Sergeant Ivan Raymond Styles
- Flight Lieutenant Charles Michael Brooke Symons
- Pilot Officer George Roland Tart
- Flying Officer Duncan Gordon Thompson
- Flight Sergeant George Herbert Thornley
- Sergeant Raymond Robert Todd
- Flying Officer Mansell Matthew Tomlinson
- Pilot Officer John Dayrell Turner
- Flight Sergeant Peter Worthington Samuel Varley
- Sergeant Bernard William Vaughan
- Flying Officer Arthur Douglas Walker
- Flying Officer Frank Antony Stanley Wallis
- Sergeant Derek Charles Ward
- Sergeant William Charles Warne
- Flight Sergeant Lloyd Ernest White
- Pilot Officer Peter Percy Whitley
- Wing Commander Richard Kemp (dick) Wildey
- Pilot Officer Dennis Harry Allan Wilen
- Sergeant Alec Gordon Willans
- Flight Sergeant Rees Davies Williams
- Sergeant Douglas Clarence Williamson
- Sergeant Geoffrey Charles Willis
- Sergeant Richard Wilson
- Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Frederick John Winchester
- Sergeant Paul Joseph Woodcock
1943
- Leading Aircraftman George Carman Atkins
- Sergeant William Frank Allen Baillie
- Flight Sergeant Aubrey Griffith Bicknell
- Pilot Officer Hilliard Craig Dixon
- Flight Lieutenant Merfyn Daniel Evans
- Pilot Officer Henry Willets Hooper
- Corporal Sidney Albert Howard
- Leading Aircraftman Maurice John Light
- Leading Aircraftman Jack Robertshaw
- Sergeant Sidney Underwood
- Pilot Officer Lloyd George Wilson
1944
- Sergeant Leslie Arthur Andrews
- Flight Sergeant Byron Jeremiah Becker
- Flying Officer James Commodore Campbell
- Flight Sergeant Frederick Paul Cartan
- Pilot Officer Roland Marcel Joseph Champagne
- Flying Officer Robert Albert Charland
- Flying Officer Ross Cuthbert Clouston
- Flight Sergeant Francis John Cook
- Sergeant Gordon Thomas Cook
- Warrant Officer Harold Leonard Ferguson
- Flying Officer Thomas Francis Fisher
- Flying Officer George Lyon Gilbert
- Flying Officer John Peter Grace
- Leading Aircraftman Dennis Homan Grant
- Flight Lieutenant Robert Douglas Guild
- Flying Officer James Grant Hagell
- Squadron Leader Stanley William Hart
- Pilot Officer John Douglas Hogg
- Pilot Officer Colin Charles Hunt
- Flying Officer William Edward Jory
- Flight Lieutenant Jack Griffin Lee
- Leading Aircraftman Leonard Darrel Leysley
- Flying Officer Hugh Joseph Loughran
- Pilot Officer Alexander Harvey Macleod
- Pilot Officer William George Mann
- Flight Sergeant Stanley Mara
- Pilot Officer Sidney Alexander Farquharson McHardy
- Flying Officer Lynden Arnold McIntyre
- Sergeant Harry Whittaker McKay
- Flying Officer Albert Henry Munroe
- Lieutenant Murray
- Flying Officer David Myers
- Sergeant Cyrille Henry Nolet
- Sergeant Keith Earl Odobas
- Pilot Officer William Frederick Palmer
- Flying Officer Arthur Morton Park
- Flying Officer Charles Trevor Leighton Pidcock
- Pilot Officer David Herbert Proudfoot
- Flying Officer Virgel Lee Riley
- Pilot Officer Eric Thomas Rivers
- Flying Officer Basil Trevor Roberts
- Flying Officer William Harold Sanders
- Pilot Officer Norman Alfred Smith
- Flight Lieutenant Donald Wesley Speller
- Pilot Officer Norman George Steer
- Sergeant Harold Tatton
- Sergeant Beverly Thomas Taylor
- Pilot Officer Ernest Thompson
- Flying Officer John Curtin Turner
- Pilot Officer George Ambrose Franklin Whinfield
- Flying Officer William Anderson Whitehead
- Flight Sergeant Walter Robert Wickham
- Flying Officer Lewis Henry Williams
- Pilot Officer Tasman Leonard Williams
- Flying Officer John Joseph Wolfe
- Flying Officer Benny Yellin
1945
- Leading Aircraftman Kenneth James Batty
- Leading Aircraftman Alyre Savoie
- Leading Aircraftman William Pullan Smith
- Flight Sergeant George William Voice