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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armitage, Arthur Robson | Killed in Action | 1944-02-08 | Wellington (HZ642) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Baines, Lloyd Wallace Edward | Prisoner of War | 1945-02-08 | Lancaster (NG455) | London, Ontario | |
| Barton, James Robert Carl | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-02-08 | Anson (6691) | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Batchelor, Alexander William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1952-02-08 | Wellington (RP383) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |
| Bean, Boyd Owen | Prisoner of War | 1945-02-08 | Lancaster (NG455) | Bli Bli, Queensland, Australia | |
| Beattie, Robert L | Evader | 1944-02-08 | Halifax (LW275) | Seaforth, Huron County, Ontario | |
| Bechard, Louis Joseph Raymond | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-02-08 | Wellington (T2714) | Montmagny, Quebec | |
| Bell, Ernest | Evader | 1944-02-08 | Halifax (LW275) | ||
| Black, Harry Gordon | Killed in Action | 1943-02-08 | Lancaster (ED309) | Arvida, Quebec (parents) | |
| Bond, Alfred Leslie | Killed in Action | 1943-02-08 | Lancaster (ED309) | Torquay, Devon, England (parents) | |
| Brooks, Ronald Charles | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-02-08 | Hudson (FH235) | Westboro, Ontario | |
| Burnham, Hubert John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-02-08 | Ventura (AJ211) | ||
| Campbell, Beatty Elwood | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-02-08 | Anson (6691) | Foresters Falls, Ontario (parents) | |
| Carmody, Cornelius John | Killed in Action | 1943-02-08 | Spitfire (EP473) | Schrieber, Ontario | |
| Carter, Edward Frederick | Killed in Action | 1941-02-08 | Wellington (W5365) | Sidney, British Columbia (parents) | |
| Champoux, Joseph Lucien Antole | Killed in Action | 1944-02-08 | Wellington (HZ642) | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Clarke, Denis George | Killed in Flying Accident | 1957-02-08 | Harvard (20330) | Sligo, Ireland | |
| Cooke, Thomas Charles Seymour | Evader | 1944-02-08 | Halifax (LW275) | ||
| Corish, Joseph Francis Henry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1957-02-08 | Harvard (20330) | St Lambert, Quebec (parents) | |
| Cryderman, Lawrence Elwood | Killed in Action | 1941-02-08 | Hurricane (V6823) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Curtis, Leslie Harold | Killed in Action | 1943-02-08 | Lancaster (ED309) | High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England (parents) | |
| Curtis, Leslie Harold | Killed in Action | 1943-02-08 | Lancaster (ED309) | High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England (parents) | |
| Dickie, Guy Douglas | Killed in Action | 1968-02-08 | () | ||
| Donaldson, William Robert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-02-08 | Wellington (X9954) | Lakeview, Ontario (parents) | |
| Douglas, John Keith | Killed in Action | 1945-02-08 | Lancaster (NG455) | Tamworth, NSW, Australia (parents) | |
| Drury, Robert William | Killed in Action | 1943-02-08 | Lancaster (ED309) | Vancouver, British Columbia (parents) | |
| Edmond, Philip Llewellyn | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-02-08 | Ventura (AJ211) | ||
| Ellis, Douglas Quirk | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-02-08 | 504 (B4344) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Endleman, Saul | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-02-08 | Anson (6691) | Levak,Ontario | |
| Fall, Harry | Survived | 1918-02-08 | F.E.2 (A5562) | ||
| Ferguson, William George | Killed in Flying Accident | 1962-02-08 | Harvard (20417) | Oshawa, Ontario | |
| Fitzpatrick, John Edward | Killed in Action | 1945-02-08 | Beaufighter (LZ399) | Medicine Hat, Alberta | |
| Gamble, Thomas Reginald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-02-08 | Wellington (X9954) | Rolleston, Nottinghamshire, England (parents) | |
| Gibson, Maurice Weir | Killed in Action | 1944-02-08 | Wellington (HZ642) | Pine Inn, California, USA | |
| Gornall, Leonard John | Evader | 1944-02-08 | Halifax (LW275) | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | |
| Gullison, Frederick Eugene | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-02-08 | Whitley (LA784) | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia | |
| Handfield, Guy Real | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-02-08 | Anson (6691) | ||
| Hanson, Edward | Killed in Action | 1944-02-08 | Wellington (HZ642) | Loco, British Columbia | |
| Hardie, James Graham | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-02-08 | Wellington (T2714) | Birkenhead, Cheshire, England (parents) | |
| Hatch, Eric Geoffrey | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-02-08 | Wellington (X9954) | Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales | |
| Healy, George Washington | Killed in Flying Accident | 1952-02-08 | Lancaster (FM218) | Hill End, Alberta | |
| Hemingway, Raymond | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-08 | Bolingbroke (10195) | ||
| Hogan, John Edward | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-02-08 | Ventura (AJ211) | Ruatoria, Gisborne, New Zealand | |
| Holmes, Rowland Geoffrey | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-02-08 | Wellington (X9954) | Selly Park, Birmingham, England | |
| Irwin, John Howard | Killed in Action | 1944-02-08 | Marauder (FK362) | Calgary, Alberta | |
| Jenner, Edward George | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-02-08 | Wellington (T2714) | Goderich, Ontario (parents) | |
| Kapusta, Basil | Killed in Action | 1943-02-08 | Boston (W8380) | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Keith, John Rainsford | Killed in Action | 1942-02-08 | Hurricane (BD941) | Havelock, New Brunswick | |
| Lewis, Reginald William | Evader | 1944-02-08 | Halifax (LW275) | London, England | |
| Llewellyn, Frank | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-02-08 | Wellington (X9954) | Bismarck, North Dakota, USA (parents) | |
| Lussier, Joseph Emile Jean Baptiste Gerard | Killed in Action | 1944-02-08 | Marauder (FK362) | Longueuil, Quebec | |
| MacDonald, James Livingston | Killed in Action | 1945-02-08 | Lancaster (ME314) | Glace Bay, Nova Scotia | |
| MacDonald, Wallace Harold | Died | 1943-02-08 | () | Edmonton, Alberta | |
| MacGillivray, Robert | Killed in Action | 1944-02-08 | Wellington (HZ642) | Silver Park, Saskatchewan | |
| Marsh, L E | Prisoner of War | 1945-02-08 | Lancaster (ME314) | ||
| Matthews, Joseph Henry Gabriel | Killed in Action | 1942-02-08 | Spitfire (AD568) | Ottawa, Ontario | |
| McCulloch, John Ryan | Killed in Action | 1942-02-08 | Hudson (AM617) | Point Pleasant, West Virginia, USA | |
| McNeice, Hugh | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-02-08 | Harvard (AJ684) | ||
| Millar, John Whitla | Killed in Action | 1943-02-08 | Lancaster (ED309) | Edmonton, Alberta (parents) | |
| Mizen, Leslie George John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-02-08 | Wellington (T2714) | Osterley, London, Middlesex, England | |
| Morris, Douglas Granville | Killed in Action | 1942-02-08 | Tomahawk (AH747) | Oakville, Ontario | |
| Moyle, Joseph Francis Edward | Killed in Action | 1945-02-08 | Lancaster (ME314) | Sudbury, Ontario | |
| Nanscawen, John Barrie | Killed in Action | 1945-02-08 | Lancaster (NG455) | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria, Australia | |
| Ness, Alvin James | Killed in Action | 1944-02-08 | Hurricane (5423) | Howick, Quebec | |
| Ogilvie, James Manson | Killed in Action | 1942-02-08 | Moth, Tiger (R4952) | Glace Bay, Nova Scotia | |
| Perkins, Kenneth Mitchell | Killed in Action | 1943-02-08 | Lancaster (ED309) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) | |
| Pierce, Jack Randolph | Killed in Action | 1942-02-08 | Spitfire (R7135) | London, Ontario | |
| Reed, John Reginald | Evader | 1944-02-08 | Halifax (LW275) | ||
| Reid, Arthur Edward | Killed in Action | 1944-02-08 | Halifax (LL114) | Windsor, Ontario | |
| Richardson, Denis John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-02-08 | Wellington (T2714) | Ottawa, Ontario | |
| Riddell, John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-08 | Wellington (LN185) | Victoria, British Columbia | |
| Rutherford, Stuart John Gascoyne | Survived | 1942-02-08 | Wellington (T2714) | Bevendean, Sussex, England (parents) | |
| Scrimgeour, William Wilson | Killed in Action | 1943-02-08 | Lancaster (ED309) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) | |
| Slee, Richard Francis | Killed in Flying Accident | 1955-02-08 | Sabre (23265) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Smalley, Robert Cecil | Killed in Action | 1945-02-08 | Lancaster (ND961) | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Smith, Walter Graham | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-02-08 | Wellington (X9954) | Dauphin, Manitoba (parents) | |
| Speechly, Thomas Martindale | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-02-08 | F.K.8 (B1497) | Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England (parents) | |
| Stacey, James Norman | Killed in Flying Accident | 1965-02-08 | Starfighter (12894) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Standen, Philip Andrew | Killed in Flying Accident | 1955-02-08 | Sabre (23240) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |
| Stewart, Paul Murray | Killed in Flying Accident | 1962-02-08 | Nomad (Hiller) (10261) | Pleasant Ridge, New Brunswick | |
| Strickland, James Alexander | Evader | 1945-02-08 | Lancaster (NG455) | Colindale, Victoria, Australia | |
| Stuart, Henry Montgomery Stanbrook | Killed in Action | 1945-02-08 | Lancaster (NG455) | Stanley, Tasmania, Australia | |
| Taylor, Gordon Stuart | Killed in Action | 1945-02-08 | Spitfire (RM823) | Owen Sound, Ontario | |
| Taylor, James Alvin | Killed in Action | 1944-02-08 | Halifax (LL114) | Hamilton, Ontario | |
| Urban, Russell | Killed in Action | 1944-02-08 | Wellington (HZ642) | St Louis, Missouri, USA | |
| Walker, James Arthur | Killed in Action | 1944-02-08 | Dakota (FD775) | Gleichen, Alberta | |
| Wilson, Douglas Kitchener | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-08 | Bolingbroke (10195) | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Withecombe, Arthur Bruce | Evader | 1944-02-08 | Halifax (LW275) | ||
| Woollatt, George Randall | Killed in Action | 1943-02-08 | Sea Hurricane (BW854) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Young, Harry | Died | 1917-02-08 | () | Brook, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England |
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