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A group portrait of pilots and observers of No. 31 Squadron in January 1943

No. 31 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force fighter squadron of World War II. The Squadron was formed in August 1942 and was equipped with Bristol Beaufighter aircraft. The Squadron deployed to the Northern Territory in October 1942 and from November 1942 until December 1944 flew ground attack missions against Japanese forces in the Netherlands East Indies (NEI). From December 1944 until the end of the war the Squadron continued in the ground attack role from bases in the NEI. No. 31 Squadron returned to Australia in December 1945 and was disbanded in July 1946.