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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Androsen, Nicholaus W | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-03-01 | Anson (6503) | ||
| Arnold, Allan Edward | Killed in Action | 1944-03-01 | Liberator (BZ962) | Linfield, New South Wales, Australia (parents) | |
| Bateman, Albert Leroy | Killed in Action | 1943-03-01 | Halifax (DT641) | Bateman, Saskatchewan | |
| Brimacombe, Rafe Sherme | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-03-01 | Beaufort (L4445) | Port Alberni, British Columbia | |
| Brown, Benjamin Francis | Killed in Action | 1943-03-01 | Lancaster (W4829) | Indianapolis, Indiana, USA | |
| Buckley, Kenneth Allan | Killed in Action | 1944-03-01 | Typhoon (JP507) | Squamish, British Columbia | |
| Burgess, Desmond Riversdale Anthony | Killed in Action | 1944-03-01 | Liberator (BZ962) | ||
| Burn, Arthur Robert | Killed in Action | 1944-03-01 | Liberator (BZ962) | Ealing, Middlesex, England (parents) | |
| Carter, Lloyd Hawley | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-03-01 | JN-4 Canuck () | Ottumwa, Iowa, USA (parents) | |
| Chalcraft, Stanley William | Killed in Action | 1944-03-01 | Liberator (BZ962) | Enfield, Middlesex, England (parents) | |
| Cherkinsky, Arthur David | Killed in Action | 1943-03-01 | Halifax (DT641) | Windsor, Ontario | |
| Clifton, Bernard | Killed in Action | 1944-03-01 | Liberator (BZ962) | Purston, Yorkshire, England (parents) | |
| Coffey, Harry Morley | Killed in Action | 1944-03-01 | Lancaster (ME664) | St John, New Brunswick | |
| Colangelo, William | Killed in Action | 1943-03-01 | Halifax (BB223) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) | |
| Cooper, Edward James | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-01 | Wellington (MF538) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) | |
| Coward, Geoffrey Fitton | Killed in Action | 1945-03-01 | Mosquito (NS859) | Edmonton, Alberta | |
| Cuthbertson, Hugh | Killed in Action | 1945-03-01 | Lancaster (NG184) | Noranda, Quebec | |
| Davis, Michael Ludlow | Killed in Action | 1944-03-01 | Liberator (BZ962) | Kelowna, British Columbia | |
| Doerksen, Kenneth Oliver | Killed in Flying Accident | 1957-03-01 | Mitchell (5215) | Nelson, British Columbia | |
| Easson, James Garvin | Killed in Flying Accident | 1957-03-01 | Mitchell (5215) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) | |
| Eaton, George Andrew | Killed in Action | 1945-03-01 | Auster (TJ412) | Port Elgin, Ontario | |
| Faulkner, Ronald Wesley | Killed in Flying Accident | 1957-03-01 | Mitchell (5215) | Port Arthur, Ontario | |
| Francis, Wilfred George | Killed in Action | 1943-03-01 | Halifax (DT641) | Weston, Ontario | |
| Furniss, Harry Peter Mackenzie | Prisoner of War | 1945-03-01 | Spitfire (EN569) | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Gauthier, Joseph Maurice | Killed in Flying Accident | 1957-03-01 | Mitchell (5215) | St Bernardin, Ontario | |
| Gray, James Nicol | Killed in Action | 1943-03-01 | Halifax (DT641) | ||
| Harvey, Ray Vernon | Killed in Action | 1942-03-01 | Hurricane (Z4002) | Desoronto, Ontario | |
| Herriott, Arthur James | Killed in Action | 1943-03-01 | Halifax (DT641) | ||
| Irwin, William Roy 'Sambo' | Survived | 1918-03-01 | S.E.5 (B628) | Ottawa, Ontario | |
| Johnson, Walter Sherwood | Killed in Flying Accident | 1957-03-01 | Mitchell (5215) | ||
| Kowalski, John | Killed in Action | 1943-03-01 | Halifax (DT641) | Edmonton, Alberta | |
| Leak, John Henry Starmer | Killed in Action | 1944-03-01 | Liberator (BZ962) | Hull, England (parents) | |
| Leslie, William Alexander | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-01 | Wellington (MF538) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Logan, Albert Lawrence | Killed in Action | 1942-03-01 | Spitfire (BL500) | Beamsville, Ontario | |
| Marshall, Arthur Dennison | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-03-01 | Anson (6503) | ||
| Mawson, John Douglas | Killed in Flying Accident | 1957-03-01 | Mitchell (5215) | Kingston, Ontario | |
| McVicar, Glenn Duncan | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-01 | Wellington (MF538) | Ridgetown, Ontario | |
| Moxley, James (Jim) Wallace | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-03-01 | () | Hamilton, Ontario | |
| O'Donohue, Thomas John | Killed in Action | 1944-03-01 | Liberator (BZ962) | ||
| Opie, Dudley John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-03-01 | Anson (6503) | ||
| Perraton, Frederick Arnott | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-03-01 | () | ||
| Pink, Walter Steele | Killed in Action | 1942-03-01 | () | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Plank, Charles Alfred George | Killed in Action | 1944-03-01 | Liberator (BZ962) | Liverpool, England | |
| Pulley, Harry Clinton | Killed in Action | 1943-03-01 | Lancaster (W4880) | Revelstoke, British Columbia | |
| Reif, Alfred Frederick | Killed in Action | 1943-03-01 | Lancaster (W4361) | Hamilton, Ontario | |
| Richards, James Leonard | Killed in Action | 1944-03-01 | Halifax (LW636) | St John, New Brunswick | |
| Ripley, Robert Campbell | Killed in Flying Accident | 1957-03-01 | Mitchell (5215) | ||
| Rochester, John Lorne | Killed in Action | 1945-03-01 | Lancaster (PD272) | Sudbury, Ontario | |
| Scott, Frank | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-01 | Wellington (MF538) | Tucker's Town, Bermuda | |
| Shekleton, Alexander | Died | 1941-03-01 | () | ||
| Sirluck, Robert | Killed in Action | 1944-03-01 | Halifax (LW636) | Winkler, Manitoba | |
| Spector, Samuel | Killed in Action | 1943-03-01 | Wellington (Z1724) | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Spence, Alexander Balfour | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-03-01 | Anson (6503) | ||
| Stout, Ansel Ernest Blackburn | Killed in Action | 1944-03-01 | Liberator (BZ962) | Bangalore, India | |
| Thoms, Albert Cyril | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-01 | Wellington (MF538) | Verdun, Quebec | |
| Townsend, Kenneth Mark | Died | 1942-03-01 | () | ||
| Townsend, Philip Edward Thompson | Killed in Action | 1943-03-01 | Wellington (Z1724) | Balgonie, Saskatchewan | |
| Utting, Henry Forbes | Killed in Flying Accident | 1957-03-01 | Mitchell (5215) | Woodstock, Ontario | |
| Verley, Edward Worrell Graham | Died | 1943-03-01 | Mustang (AG585) | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Whitehall, Victor Ernest | Killed in Action | 1944-03-01 | Liberator (BZ962) | South Tottenham, Middlesex, England | |
| Williams, James Dennis | Killed in Action | 1943-03-01 | Lancaster (W4880) | Edmonton, Alberta | |
| Woodhouse, Alexander Trevor | Killed in Action | 1943-03-01 | Halifax (DT641) | Toronto, Ontario |
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