This Day In History
Canada's darkest days in Air War history are: July 29, March 31, and June 13
| Nationality | Name | War Status | Event Date | Aircraft | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canada |
Abelson, Lawrence Balfour | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-11-15 | Mosquito (DZ701) | Ottawa, Ontario |
UK |
Ambler, Jack | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-11-15 | Anson (11659) | |
Canada |
Anderson, Neville Joseph | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-11-15 | Halifax (LL137) | Hamilton, Ontario |
Canada |
Armstrong, Jack Edward | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-11-15 | Halifax (LL137) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
UK |
Bailey, Raymond Wilfred | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-11-15 | Sea Hurricane (BW874) | |
Canada |
Beck, William Tupper 'Billy' | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-11-15 | F.K.8 (5035) | New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. |
Canada |
Berg, Gilbert Louis Oscar | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-11-15 | Halifax (LL137) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
Canada |
Boss, Norman Holmes | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-11-15 | Halifax (LL137) | Nelson, British Columbia |
Canada |
Brooks, Jerry Eaton | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-11-15 | Cornell (15263) | Victoria, British Columbia |
Australia |
Burrows, Felix Milton | Killed in Action | 1944-11-15 | Lancaster (HK595) | Mount Lawley, Vincent, Western Australia |
UK |
Castle, Hugh Wilfred | Killed in Action | 1944-11-15 | Lancaster (HK595) | |
UK |
Collinson, Bernard | Killed in Action | 1944-11-15 | Lancaster (HK595) | |
UK |
Cooke, Ronald Llewellyn | Killed in Action | 1941-11-15 | Wellington (L7873) | Cambridge England |
Canada |
Crayston, Kerry Milton | Killed in Action | 1944-11-15 | Lancaster (NN706) | Toronto, Ontario (mother) |
Canada |
Davidson, John William | Killed in Action | 1944-11-15 | Lancaster (NN706) | Toronto, Ontario |
Canada |
Davidson, William Alfred | Died | 1943-11-15 | () | Toronto, Ontario |
Canada |
Dawson, Gordon Forbes | Killed in Action | 1944-11-15 | Lancaster (HK595) | Cookstown, Ontario |
Canada |
Dermody, Bernard John | Killed in Action | 1941-11-15 | Wellington (L7873) | Kennedy, Saskatchewan |
Canada |
Dion, Joseph Jacques Louis Philippe | Killed | 1944-11-15 | () | Montreal, Quebec |
UK |
Dowse, Charles Douglas | Killed in Action | 1944-11-15 | Lancaster (NN706) | Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England (parents) |
Canada |
Dunford, Joseph Reginald | Killed in Action | 1944-11-15 | Lancaster (NN706) | Sydney, Nova Scotia |
Canada |
Dunlop, John George | Killed in Action | 1941-11-15 | Blenheim (P4845) | Gronlid, Saskatchewan |
Canada |
Early, James Williard | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-11-15 | Wellington (R1149) | Semans, Saskatchewan |
Canada |
Fish, Robert Duncan | Survived | 1918-11-15 | F.E.2 () | Saginaw, Michigan, USA |
Canada |
Gamborski, John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-11-15 | Halifax (LL137) | Halfway Lake, Alberta |
Canada |
Garvie, Robert Leslie | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-11-15 | Halifax (LL137) | Owen Sound, Ontario |
UK |
Gillibrand, Arthur Douglas Ward | Killed in Action | 1944-11-15 | Lancaster (NN706) | Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England (parents) |
UK |
Gribble, Arthur Horace | Killed in Action | 1944-11-15 | Lancaster (HK595) | |
Canada |
Guest, Charles Hugh | Killed in Action | 1943-11-15 | Mosquito (ML908) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
UK |
Hall, Dennis Edward | Killed in Action | 1941-11-15 | Wellington (L7873) | Montrose, Angus, Scotland |
UK |
Hawkes, Albert William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-11-15 | Anson (11659) | |
Canada |
Higgins, Gerald Frederick | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-11-15 | Halifax (LL137) | Chapman Camp, British Columbia |
Canada |
Horn, Albert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-11-15 | Mosquito (DZ701) | Hamilton, Ontario |
Canada |
Jemmett, Francis Charles Martineau | Killed in Action | 1942-11-15 | Spitfire (BS359) | Kingston, Ontario |
Canada |
Kinet, Lawrence | Survived | 1918-11-15 | () | |
Canada |
Laing, Kenneth Nixon | Prisoner of War | 1941-11-15 | Spitfire (AD507) | Chilliwack, British Columbia |
Canada |
Le Moine, Vernon Albert | unknown | 1947-11-15 | () | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Canada |
Leopold, Herbert Arthur | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-11-15 | Wellington (R1149) | Windsor, Ontario |
Canada |
Leslie, William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-11-15 | Anson (11659) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Canada |
MacDonald, George Alfred | Died | 1940-11-15 | () | Edmonton, Alberta |
Canada |
Malsbury, Charles George | unknown | 1918-11-15 | () | Toronto, Ontario. |
Canada |
Manning, Ernest D | Died | 1945-11-15 | () | |
UK |
McAllen, William Albert | Killed in Action | 1941-11-15 | Wellington (L7873) | Balhannah, South Australia (parents) |
UK |
Mullet, Peter Derek | Killed in Action | 1944-11-15 | Lancaster (HK595) | St. Peter's, Jersey, Channel Islands. |
Canada |
Murdie, Ross Thomas | Died | 1941-11-15 | () | London, Ontario |
Australia |
O'Sullivan, Robert John | Killed in Action | 1944-11-15 | Lancaster (HK595) | |
Canada |
Page, Donald Nelson | Killed in Action | 1944-11-15 | Lancaster (NN706) | Elnora, Alberta |
UK |
Patterson, Thomas Crawford Bentley | Killed in Action | 1941-11-15 | Wellington (L7873) | |
Canada |
Pawlowski, Michael | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-11-15 | Anson (11659) | Spedden, Alberta |
Canada |
Pengelly, Anthony Z | Prisoner of War | 1940-11-15 | Whitley (P4936) | Islington, Ontario |
Canada |
Perkins, Reginald Derek | Killed in Action | 1940-11-15 | Hampden (X2996) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
UK |
Powner, James Henry | Killed in Action | 1944-11-15 | Lancaster (NN706) | Stafford, Staffordshire, England (parents) |
Canada |
Pridham, Ernest James | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-11-15 | Halifax (LL137) | Kingston, Ontario |
Canada |
Pudifin, Arnold James | Killed in Action | 1943-11-15 | Liberator (BZ817) | Stornoway, Saskatchewan |
UK |
Sampson, Graham Mortimer | Killed in Action | 1944-11-15 | Lancaster (HK595) | |
Canada |
Sinclair, Daniel Boyd | Killed in Action | 1943-11-15 | Liberator (BZ817) | Montreal, Quebec |
Canada |
Smith, William Alexander | Killed in Flight Line Accident | 1943-11-15 | Wellington (X3820) | Toronto, Ontario |
Canada |
Smoker, Leslie Saunders | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-11-15 | Cornell (15263) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
Canada |
Sollows, Ivan Steen | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-11-15 | Beaufighter (EL285) | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |
UK |
Stacey, Donald Charles | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-11-15 | Harvard (FE455) | |
Australia |
Stickland, Ronald Stuart | Killed in Action | 1944-11-15 | Lancaster (HK595) | |
UK |
Townsend, Leonard Ronald | Killed in Action | 1941-11-15 | Wellington (L7873) | Tottenham, Middlesex, England |
Canada |
Young, Gerald | Killed in Action | 1943-11-15 | Liberator (BZ817) | Bath, Ontario |
USA |
Young, Thomas Taggart | Died | 1942-11-15 | Hurricane (BN702) | Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
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