On this day — 31 October
166 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces in this archive died on 31 October during the Second World War.
1939
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Ernest William Brogden
- Aircraftman 1st Class Joseph Frank Burge
- Pilot Officer James Doan Cody
- Pilot Officer Robert Ernest Cox
- Flying Officer Dennis Richard Dale Green
- Aircraftman 2nd Class William Walter Hutt
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Leonard James Penteny
1940
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Charles Derek Bracher
- Flying Officer Robert Hugh Clarke
- Sergeant Henry Dean
- Pilot Officer Basil Pollock Erskine
- Flying Officer Edmond Kidder Leveille
- Leading Aircraftman Theodore John Ralph Marsham
- Aircraftman 2nd Class George Hazel Riches
- Aircraftman 1st Class David Moran Thorley
- Leading Aircraftman Joseph Leslie Walker
- Sergeant James Andrew Wallace
- Pilot Officer William Owen Weaber
1941
- Leading Aircraftman Lyle Emerson Armstrong
- Flying Officer Sydney Austin
- Sergeant Gerald Leslie Donald Bailey
- Flight Sergeant Alexander McKay Barr
- Flight Lieutenant Eric Arthur Barsby
- Flight Lieutenant George Colquhoun Hamilton Birchall
- Flight Sergeant Jack Marshall Boyd
- Pilot Officer Francis Conn Brooks
- Pilot Officer Robert John Albert Cleverdon
- Leading Aircraftman Peter Ernest Coles
- Leading Aircraftman Robert Desmond Connell
- Sergeant Harold Clinton Cotnam
- Sergeant Arthur Frederick Conroy Couch
- Pilot Officer Jack Price Croker
- Sergeant William Amos Scott Doig
- Aircraftman 1st Class Thomas James Edmonds
- Sergeant Harry Redfern Elliott
- Flight Sergeant James Flannigan
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Leslie Harold French
- Sergeant William Temple Hall
- Sergeant John Rudolph Johnson
- Sergeant Jack Harris Knight
- Sergeant William Lowe
- Aircraftman 1st Class Cyril George Alfred Lyford
- Pilot Officer Neil Frederick McLean
- Flight Sergeant James Menzies
- Sergeant Allan Arthur Miles
- Sergeant Terence Patrick Mowan
- Sergeant James Mycock
- Sergeant John Richard Northcote
- Flight Sergeant Charles Stuart O'Brien
- Sergeant William Partington
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Phillips
- Squadron Leader Francis Constantine Phipps
- Sergeant Harold Every Roberts
- Pilot Officer Harold Raymond Rowntree
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Samuel Elton Rozell
- Wing Commander Arthur Thomas Drake Sanders
- Sergeant Vincent Sature
- Flying Officer Frank Simpson
- Pilot Officer Stanley David Steel
- Sergeant John Harold Stoll
- Pilot Officer David Thomas Tucker
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Thomas John Tupper
- Leading Aircraftman Ivor John Urwin
- Sergeant John Walsh
- Flight Sergeant Eric Warburton
- Sergeant Charles Edward Wood
- Sergeant Antonin Zavoral
1942
- Aircraftman 1st Class William Atherton
- Aircraftman 1st Class Peter Baird
- Sergeant Derrick Morris Belgrove
- Sergeant Stuart Edward Blackman
- Aircraftman 1st Class Edward John Bone
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Harry Bramham
- Leading Aircraftman Marcel Rene Bridgeman
- Sergeant Henry John Brook
- Warrant Officer Geoffrey Maurice Burchell
- Flight Lieutenant Clifford Goodall Coburn
- Sergeant John Gilbert Cocks
- Flying Officer Henry Philemon Collings
- Sergeant Sidney George Cook
- Sergeant Arthur Peter Cunningham
- Warrant Officer Class II Rupert Henry Davey
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Arnold Clifford Emery
- Sergeant John Dimmock Forsyth
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Kenneth Frederick Fowler
- Sergeant Donald Francis
- Sergeant John Alexand Fuller
- Sergeant James Raymond Furlong
- Flying Officer Ronald Gordon Vicary Gibbs
- Flight Lieutenant Edwin Herbert Glazebrook
- Sergeant Thomas Main Gardner Gray
- Sergeant Henry Marshall Grey
- Corporal William Frederick Ham
- Flying Officer Donald Robert Harding
- Sergeant Denzil Clair Hawk
- Pilot Officer Donald Stewart Hegan
- Flight Lieutenant Erik Lawson Hetherington
- Sergeant Ronald George James Hillyer
- Flying Officer David Hulme Hornby
- Leading Aircraftman Richard Norman Jeffs
- Aircraftman 1st Class Mervyn Johnson
- Flying Officer Douglas St. John Jowitt
- Aircraftman 1st Class Reginald George Lathey
- Pilot Officer John Samuel Lee
- Warrant Officer Class II Albert George Makay
- Sergeant Ronald George Matthams
- Aircraftman 1st Class Harry Nathaniel McRae
- Warrant Officer Class II Charles Edward Mutch
- Sergeant Stanley Walter Nash
- Leading Aircraftman Francis Frederick Packard
- Flight Sergeant Charles Reginald Patton
- Sergeant Francis Rex Pickering
- Lieutenant Edward William Leybore Popham
- Warrant Officer William Leonard Primrose
- Sergeant Harold Bevan Reid
- Sergeant William Leyson Rhys
- Leading Aircraftman William Leo Riley
- Leading Aircraftman Seva Suriyapillai Sinniah
- Flight Sergeant Frederick John Smith
- Sergeant David William James Spencer
- Sergeant Frank Swainson
- Sergeant Ronald Tebbutt
- Sergeant Peter Yeats Thomson
- Flying Officer William Alexander Tolmie
- Leading Aircraftman Archibald Torrance
- Flying Officer Jack Towner
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Geoffrey Turton
- Flying Officer Leslie Vincent Weir
- Sergeant Ieuan Heddwyn Williams
- Pilot Officer John William Williams
- Sergeant Sydney Russell Williams
- Squadron Leader Roger De-winton Kelsall Winlaw
- Sergeant Russell Hale Woolliams
1943
- Flight Sergeant Jack William Robinson Boanas
- Sergeant Donald Broughton
- Leading Aircraftman Leslie Arthur Clayton
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Vernon Cocker
- Leading Aircraftman Henry McCulloch Dunn
- Flight Sergeant Reginald Gittus
- Flight Sergeant Maurice Anthony Graham
- Leading Aircraftman Graham Alexander Gunn
- Aircraftman 1st Class Eric George Martin
- Leading Aircraftman Arthur James Salter
- Leading Aircraftman Leonard Frederick Smythe
- Sergeant Allan Clifford Spencer
- Warrant Officer Frederick James Spencer
- Warrant Officer Bernard Christian Naylor Wright
1944
- Pilot Officer Arthur Francis Emery
- Flying Officer Maxwell Alfred Flory
- Squadron Leader Russel George Foskett
- Flight Sergeant Allan Frederick Hampshire
- Second Lieutenant Raymond Hardwick
- Lieutenant Henry
- Leading Aircraftman Wilfred Lowe
- Flight Sergeant Mervyn Marshall
- Flying Officer Edward Forbes Reid
- Corporal Jack Rogers
- Flight Sergeant Robert Henry Royes
- Sergeant Albert James Topping
- Flight Lieutenant John Ward
1945
- Corporal Albert Robert Gant
- Leading Aircraftman Ernest Mervyn Hall
- Flying Officer Jeffrey Graydon Hanson
- Warrant Officer Donrick Daniel Rogan
- Warrant Officer Class I Frederick Lawrence Tomlinson