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 |
Armstrong, George Christopher | Prisoner of War | 1943-04-19 | Spitfire (ES135) | |
| Canada |
Baggs, Herbert Gerald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Moth, Tiger (8941) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Bell, James Bond | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (LW643) | Coleman, Alberta |
| Canada |
Bennis, Henry | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Lancaster (LL667) | Medicine Hat, Alberta |
| Canada |
Boudreau, H F | Interned Prisoner | 1944-04-19 | Hudson (T9439) | |
 Canada |
Brown, Guy James | Killed in Flying Accident | 1971-04-19 | Tracker (12175) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Bruce, Douglas Earl | Killed in Action | 1943-04-19 | Spitfire (ER345) | Nelson, British Columbia |
 Australia |
Burns, P M | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Hudson (AM773) | |
 UK |
Camp, John Arthur | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-04-19 | Harvard (2924) | |
| Canada |
Clarke, Benjamin Lewis | Killed in Action | 1915-04-19 | B.E.2 () | Kamsack, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Cosgrove, Joseph Patrick | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Lancaster (ME734) | Montreal River, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Cowan, Henry | Killed in Action | 1945-04-19 | Spitfire (RN204) | Trout River, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Cunningham, Stanley Oswald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Anson (7353) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) |
 USA |
Durham, Jack Groover | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Baltimore (FA330) | Fort Payne, Alabama, USA |
| Canada |
Dwyer, Roy Orson | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (JP202) | Chemainus, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Elliott, Harry Bertram | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Wellington (DF743) | Blyth, Ontario |
| USA |
Feldman, Arnold Lepine | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Lancaster (LL667) | Norwalk, Connecticut, USA |
| Canada |
Gares, Ernest Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (JP202) | Duff, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Gautreau, Joseph Emile | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Bolingbroke (9180) | Shediac, New Brunswick |
| UK |
Giles, Joseph Horace | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-04-19 | Harvard (2924) | |
| Canada |
Gillis, John Archibald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Hudson (AM773) | Sydney, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Grant, John Dickson | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Baltimore (FA330) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Grant, Lewis Charles | Prisoner of War | 1943-04-19 | Spitfire (ER634) | |
| Canada |
Harten, John Wilbert Edmund | Killed in Action | 1945-04-19 | Spitfire (RR256) | Sault Ste Marie, Ontario |
| Canada |
Hogg, Mervin Cooksley | Killed in Action | 1945-04-19 | Wellington (NC419) | Warren, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Homan, Howard John | Died | 1944-04-19 | () | Killam, Alberta |
| UK |
Howard-Bangs, J | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Hudson (AM773) | |
| Canada |
Hutton, Allan | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Marauder (FK159) | Cumberland, British Columbia |
| USA |
Jackson, George Frederick Radcliffe | Killed in Action | 1943-04-19 | Mustang (AP181) | Wilmington, Delaware, USA |
| Canada |
Jackson, Lawrence Kendall | Killed in Action | 1945-04-19 | Typhoon (SW412) | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Kent, Robert Edward | Killed in Flying Accident | 1951-04-19 | Mustang (9242) | Macklin, Saskatchewan |
| UK |
Kent, Walter Harris | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (LW643) | Margate, England |
 New Zealand |
Kidd, Peter Douglas | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-04-19 | Mosquito (KB277) | |
| Canada |
Lewis-Watts, Desmond Loftus | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (JP202) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Lewis, David Earl Kitchener | Died | 1945-04-19 | () | Morden, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Lightheart, Alvin Ernest | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Wellington (DF743) | Toronto, Ontario |
| UK |
Longstaff, A | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Hudson (AM773) | |
| Canada |
Lowther, Roy Woodside | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Stirling (LJ504) | Melfort, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Mackinnon, Bernard Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Marauder (FK159) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Macmillan, William James | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Lancaster (LL667) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Magee, Danny Charles | Killed in Flying Accident | 1971-04-19 | Tracker (12175) | Windsor, Ontario |
| UK |
McCluskie, Alexander | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (LW643) | Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Canada |
McDonald, Duncan Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Bolingbroke (9180) | Mulgrave, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
McGregor, Alexander Morvan | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (LW643) | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
McLaughlin, Lee Thompson | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-04-19 | DH.1 (A1627) | Montego Bay, Jamaica, BWI |
| Canada |
Mercer, Angus Cameron Graeme | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (LW643) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Meyer, Lawrence Marius | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (LW722) | Galahad, Alberta |
| Canada |
Mitchell, Donald John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1971-04-19 | Tracker (12175) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Mulligan, John | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Stirling (EH955) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Canada |
Munro, John Oswald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Wellington (DF743) | Perth, Ontario |
| Canada |
Nagley, Arthur Harold | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-04-19 | Beaufighter (RD486) | Montreal, Quebec |
| New Zealand |
Nicholson, Gordon Joseph | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-04-19 | Mosquito (KB277) | |
| Canada |
Percival, John Fred | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Liberator (BZ864) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Petrina, Michael Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (JP202) | Sudbury, Ontario |
| UK |
Pett, Stanley David | Prisoner of War | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (LW643) | |
| Canada |
Picher, Harold Alfred | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Baltimore (FA330) | Montreal, Quebec |
| UK |
Player, Geoffrey Albert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-04-19 | Hampden (AD869) | England |
| Canada |
Power, John Manley | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Marauder (FK159) | South Burnaby, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Quinn, Joseph Denis | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (JP202) | Toronto, Ontario |
| UK |
Redman, Alan Harry | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (LW643) | |
| Canada |
Riley, John Martin | Prisoner of War | 1943-04-19 | Spitfire (ER343) | Bell River, Prince Edward Island |
| Canada |
Robinson, Neil Owen | Killed in Action | 1943-04-19 | Lancaster (W4849) | Sunny Brae, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Rose, Clifford William | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (LW722) | Kamsack, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Schroder, Donald Kilgour | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Marauder (FK159) | Guelph, Ontario |
| Canada |
Scott, Alexander Graham | Killed in Action | 1945-04-19 | Spitfire (SM242) | Westmount, Quebec |
| Canada |
Scott, William Charles | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Wellington (DF743) | Listowel, Ontario |
| Canada |
Shaugnessy, Gerard Joseph | Evader | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (LW643) | Brantford, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada |
| Canada |
Smith, George Sydney | Killed in Action | 1945-04-19 | Wellington (NC419) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Stapleton, Douglas Leslie | Killed in Action | 1942-04-19 | Kittyhawk (AL212) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Canada |
Sutcliffe, John Joseph | unknown | 1946-04-19 | () | |
| Canada |
Swinden, Harold Alwin | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Bolingbroke (9180) | Toronto, Ontario |
| UK |
Tarbath, Geoffrey William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Anson (7353) | Penwortham, Preston, Lancashire, England |
| Canada |
Thompson-McLaughlin, Lee | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-04-19 | DH.1 (A1627) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Vear, Kenneth Edward | Interned Prisoner | 1944-04-19 | Hudson (T9439) | |
| Canada |
Walker, Richard Brian Douglas | Killed in Flying Accident | 1971-04-19 | Tracker (12175) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Weeks, Douglas Francis Christian | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (JP202) | Manitowaning, Ontario |
| Canada |
Willis, Frederic Grant | Killed in Action | 1943-04-19 | Spitfire (AR430) | Victoria, British Columbia |
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