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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 UK |
Adams, Francis James | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Wellington (BJ730) | |
 Canada |
Arnsby, John Anthony | Prisoner of War | 1941-09-16 | Halifax (L9503) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Begbie, Kendall Bell | Killed in Action | 1943-09-16 | Halifax (DK253) | Riverside, Ontario |
| Canada |
Bell, Edward Norman | Prisoner of War | 1943-09-16 | Halifax (LK913) | Grand Forks, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Bradley, James Reid | Killed in Action | 1943-09-16 | Halifax (JD156) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Brichta, Philip Sibbald Ogilive | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Wellington (Z1084) | Sutton West, Ontario |
| Canada |
Bridge, James Arthur | Died | 1943-09-16 | () | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Brisbin, Harold Vincent | Prisoner of War | 1918-09-16 | DH.9 (F997) | Santa Clara, California, USA |
 USA |
Buechler, Maurice Emanuel | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Lancaster (W4186) | Newark, New Jersey, USA |
| Canada |
Caldwell, Gordon Miles | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Wellington (BJ730) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Campbell, James Duncan | Killed in Action | 1944-09-16 | Stirling (LJ536) | Austin, Manitoba (parents) |
| Canada |
Carson, Arthur Frederick Copithorne | Killed in Flying Accident | 1940-09-16 | Blenheim (N3564) | Westmount, Quebec |
| Canada |
Casimiri, Harry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-09-16 | Wellington (X9671) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) |
| UK |
Castle, Barrington Vincent | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-09-16 | Oxford (AR937) | |
| Canada |
Chabara, Alexander James | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-09-16 | Hudson (AM885) | Vilna, Alberta (parents) |
| Canada |
Chibanoff, Alexander | Killed in Action | 1943-09-16 | Halifax (DK253) | Glendon, Alberta (parents) |
| Canada |
Christie, David Darling | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-09-16 | Hampden (P4302) | Lindsay, Ontario |
| Canada |
Coles, George Henry | Killed in Action | 1943-09-16 | Lancaster (JA898) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Crowe, Charles David | Killed in Action | 1944-09-16 | Halifax (NP719) | Elnora, Alberta |
| Canada |
Cushing, Dougall | Prisoner of War | 1916-09-16 | B.E.2 (4495) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Davies, James Ivor | Prisoner of War | 1941-09-16 | Whitley (Z6957) | Bangor, Saskatchewan |
 Belgium |
De Steenhault De Waerbeek, Albert Marie Loius Adhenar | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-09-16 | Mosquito (KB289) | |
| Canada |
Deering, George Andrew | Killed in Action | 1943-09-16 | Lancaster (EE144) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Dennison, Gordon Joshua | Killed in Action | 1944-09-16 | Stirling (LJ536) | Willows, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Dereniuk, Harry | Prisoner of War | 1943-09-16 | Halifax (LK913) | Wimrner, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Derome, Jean Maurice Julien | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-09-16 | Harvard (3761) | Montreal, Quebec (parents) |
| Canada |
Deschaine, Gordon Edward | Interned Prisoner | 1943-09-16 | Lancaster (EE106) | |
| Canada |
Dixon, George Clapham | Survived | 1918-09-16 | Strutter (E3979) | Vancouver, B.C. |
| Canada |
Donaldson, John | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Wellington (Z1730) | Shallow Lake, Ontario (parents) |
| Newfoundland |
Evans, John Kevin | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-09-16 | Mosquito (KB211) | St Johns, Newfoundland |
| Canada |
Fawcett, Albert H John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-09-16 | Wellington (X9671) | St Thomas, Ontario |
 New Zealand |
Fawkner, J M | unknown | 1941-09-16 | () | |
| Canada |
Fisher, John Ernest | Killed in Action | 1943-09-16 | Mosquito (HJ827) | New Westminster, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Fisher, Sidney Thomas | Prisoner of War | 1941-09-16 | Halifax (L9503) | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Fitzgerald, John Bernard | Killed in Action | 1944-09-16 | Liberator (EV902) | St Catharines, Ontario |
| Canada |
Forman, John Murray | Evader | 1943-09-16 | Halifax (LK913) | |
| Canada |
Frost, Harold William | Killed in Action | 1943-09-16 | Halifax (DK253) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Gallagher, Ernest Graham | Survived | 1918-09-16 | O/400 (D9689) | Hagersville, Haldimand County, Ontario |
| Canada |
Gallagher, James Cornelius | Killed in Action | 1944-09-16 | Halifax (NP719) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
 Australia |
Gilpin, Richard Ronald Robinson | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-09-16 | Oxford (AR770) | |
| Canada |
Goold, George Clarence | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Wellington (Z1084) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| UK |
Grayston, Raymond Ernest | Prisoner of War | 1943-09-16 | Lancaster (JB144) | |
| Canada |
Griffith, Robert Kitchen | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Wellington (BJ897) | Grimsby, Ontario |
| Belgium |
Groensteen, Claude Julien Victor Hilaire | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-09-16 | Mosquito (KB289) | |
| Canada |
Hall, Clement William | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Wellington (BJ730) | Ottawa, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Halstead, David Harry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-09-16 | Wellington (X9671) | Hollyburn, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Hart, Melville Mason Jr | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-09-16 | Finch (4695) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Harvey, William | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Whitley (Z9365) | Carbon, Alberta |
| USA |
Heath, James Gilmer | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-09-16 | Anson (7070) | Richmond, Virginia, USA |
| UK |
Heggison, Andrew Dempster | Killed in Action | 1944-09-16 | Stirling (LJ536) | Bridge of Dee, Aberdeen, Scotland foster mother) |
| UK |
Heyworth, Charles | Evader | 1943-09-16 | Halifax (LK913) | Lytham St Annes, Lancashire |
| UK |
Hobday, Harold Sidney | Evader | 1943-09-16 | Lancaster (JB144) | |
| Canada |
Holland, Lloyd Ellison | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Wellington (Z1380) | Calgary, Alberta |
| UK |
Hughes, David Thomson | Killed in Action | 1944-09-16 | Stirling () | West Linton, Peeblesshire, Scotland |
| Canada |
Jackson, Gordon McDonald Don | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-09-16 | Oxford (V3502) | Calgary, Alberta |
| UK |
Johnson, Daniel James | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-09-16 | Anson (7070) | |
| UK |
Johnson, Edward Cuthbert | Evader | 1943-09-16 | Lancaster (JB144) | |
| Canada |
Johnson, Frederick Ross | Prisoner of War | 1918-09-16 | O/400 (D8302) | St. Lambert, Quebec |
| USA |
Johnson, Howard Edward | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Wellington (DV941) | Clawson, Michigan, USA |
| Canada |
Johnson, William Ernest | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Stirling (BF353) | Galt, Ontario |
| Australia |
Kellow, Robert George Thomas | Evader | 1943-09-16 | Lancaster (JB144) | |
| Canada |
Kesselman, Murray | Killed in Action | 1944-09-16 | Stirling (LJ536) | Winnipeg, Manitoba (parents) |
| Canada |
Kidd, Thomas Harold | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Lancaster (W4765) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Australia |
Knight, Leslie Gordon | Killed in Action | 1943-09-16 | Lancaster (JB144) | Camberwell, Victoria, Australia |
| Canada |
Labelle, Joseph Gaston Gustave Andre | Killed in Action | 1944-09-16 | Halifax (NP719) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Labossiere, Jules Joseph | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Wellington (BJ650) | St Vital, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Lamothe, Marie Elizabeth Rita | Died | 1944-09-16 | () | Sault Ste Marie, Ontario |
| Canada |
Langley, Lloyd George | Killed in Action | 1944-09-16 | Stirling (LJ536) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Lawless, Joseph Frederick | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Hudson (FH265) | London, Ontario |
| Canada |
Leblanc, Joseph Edouard Gerand | Killed in Action | 1944-09-16 | Halifax (NP719) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Lemoine, Lorne James | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Wellington (Z1084) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Canada |
Lipsett, Robert Sanderson | unknown | 1918-09-16 | DH.9A (F997) | |
| Canada |
Long, Ronald Walter | Killed in Action | 1944-09-16 | Lancaster (PB527) | Windsor, Ontario |
 Bermuda |
Macauley, Frank Alfred Conway | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-09-16 | Wellington (X9671) | Newstead Paget, Bermuda |
| Canada |
MacCarthy, Dermot Reagh | Killed in Action | 1944-09-16 | Halifax (NP719) | Princeton, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Mackenzie, Walter Cameron | Killed in Action | 1941-09-16 | Stirling (N6021) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Canada |
Macleod, John Donald | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Lancaster (W4179) | Overbrook, Ontario |
| UK |
Malins, Richard Oliver | Prisoner of War | 1943-09-16 | Halifax (LK913) | Poplar, London, England |
| UK |
Marsh, Dennis Charles | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Wellington (BJ730) | Ashtead, Surrey, England |
| Canada |
Mason, Edgar Bohun | Evader | 1943-09-16 | Halifax (LK913) | |
| Canada |
Mattless, William Robert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-09-16 | Wellington (NC650) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
McCallum, Dugald Forbes | Died | 1940-09-16 | () | London, Ontario |
| Canada |
McEachern, John William Hugh | Killed in Action | 1944-09-16 | Spitfire (MJ912) | Midland, Ontario |
| Canada |
McGovern, Patrick Joseph | Died | 1944-09-16 | () | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
McLeod, Hugh Norman | Killed in Action | 1944-09-16 | Halifax (NP719) | Kars, Ontario |
| UK |
Middlemiss, John Tulloch | Died | 1943-09-16 | () | |
| Canada |
Mieyette, Lloyd | Killed in Action | 1943-09-16 | Lancaster (JA898) | Melville, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Miller, Vernon Russell | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-09-16 | Moth, Tiger (1205) | Smeaton, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Moon, John Earl | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-09-16 | Mosquito (KB248) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Canada |
Moore, Claude Russell | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-09-16 | Harvard (2851) | Wilkie, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Moore, Theodore Benjamin Thomas | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Hudson (FH265) | Tantalion, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Morelly, Max Louis | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Stirling (R9318) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Needler, John | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Wellington (Z1730) | Humber Bay, Ontario |
| Canada |
Nelmes, John Maurice | Evader | 1943-09-16 | Halifax (LK913) | Chilliwack, BC |
| USA |
Nibblet, Joseph Linwood | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Wellington (Z1730) | Salisbury, Maryland, USA |
| Canada |
O'Brien, Henry Earl | Prisoner of War | 1943-09-16 | Lancaster (JB144) | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
O'Brien, John William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-09-16 | Wellington (X9671) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Canada |
O'Sullivan, Michael Joseph | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Lancaster (W4179) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Newfoundland |
Oakley, James Francis | Killed in Action | 1942-09-16 | Wellington (BJ969) | St John's, Newfoundland |
| Canada |
Olson, Ivor Donald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-09-16 | Anson (EG168) | MacGregor, Manitoba |
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