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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Flight Lieutenant |
Armstrong, George Christopher | Prisoner of War | 1943-04-19 | Spitfire (ES135) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Sergeant |
Baggs, Herbert Gerald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Tiger Moth (8941) | Toronto, Ontario |
 Sergeant |
Bailey, John Edward | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Lancaster (LL667) | Rainham, Gillingham, Kent England (parents) |
| Pilot Officer |
Bell, James Bond | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (LW643) | Coleman, Alberta |
| Warrant Officer 2 |
Bennis, Henry | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Lancaster (LL667) | Medicine Hat, Alberta (parents) |
| Warrant Officer 2 |
Boudreau, H F | Interned Prisoner | 1944-04-19 | Hudson (T9439) | |
 Petty Officer 1st Class |
Brown, Guy James | Killed in Flying Accident | 1971-04-19 | Tracker (1575) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Flying Officer |
Bruce, Douglas Earl | Killed in Action | 1943-04-19 | Spitfire (ER345) | Nelson, British Columbia |
 Sergeant |
Burns, P M | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Hudson (AM773) | |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Camp, John Arthur | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-04-19 | Harvard (2924) | |
| Lieutenant |
Clarke, Benjamin Lewis | Killed in Action | 1915-04-19 | B.E.2 () | Kamsack, Saskatchewan |
| Pilot Officer |
Cosgrove, Joseph Patrick | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Lancaster (ME734) | Montreal River, Ontario (parents) |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Cowan, Henry | Killed in Action | 1945-04-19 | Spitfire (RN204) | Trout River, British Columbia |
| Flight Sergeant |
Cunningham, Stanley Oswald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Anson (7353) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) |
 Captain |
Durham, Jack Groover | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Baltimore (FA330) | Fort Payne, Alabama, USA |
| Pilot Officer |
Dwyer, Roy Orson | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (JP202) | Chemainus, British Columbia |
| Flying Officer |
Elliott, Harry Bertram | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Wellington (DF743) | Blyth, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
Feldman, Arnold Lepine | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Lancaster (LL667) | Norwalk, Connecticut, USA (parents) |
| Sergeant |
Ferguson, Jack | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Lancaster (LL667) | Kendal, Cumbria, England |
| Pilot Officer |
Gares, Ernest Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (JP202) | Duff, Saskatchewan |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Gautreau, Joseph Emile | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Bolingbroke (9180) | Shediac, New Brunswick |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Giles, Joseph Horace | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-04-19 | Harvard (2924) | |
| Sergeant |
Gillis, John Archibald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Hudson (AM773) | Sydney, Nova Scotia |
| Flying Officer |
Grant, John Dickson | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Baltimore (FA330) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Grant, Lewis Charles | Prisoner of War | 1943-04-19 | Spitfire (ER634) | |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Harten, John Wilbert Edmund | Killed in Action | 1945-04-19 | Spitfire (RR256) | Sault Ste Marie, Ontario |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Hogg, Mervin Cooksley | Killed in Action | 1945-04-19 | Wellington (NC419) | Warren, Manitoba |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Homan, Howard John | Died | 1944-04-19 | () | Killam, Alberta |
| Pilot Officer |
Howard-Bangs, J | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Hudson (AM773) | |
| Pilot Officer |
Hutton, Allan | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Marauder (FK159) | Cumberland, British Columbia |
| Flying Officer |
Jackson, George Frederick Radcliffe | Killed in Action | 1943-04-19 | Mustang (AP181) | Wilmington, Delaware, USA |
| Flying Officer |
Jackson, Lawrence Kendall | Killed in Action | 1945-04-19 | Typhoon (SW412) | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Flt Sergeant |
Jones, David Lloyd | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Lancaster (LL667) | Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Kent, Robert Edward | Killed in Flying Accident | 1951-04-19 | Mustang (9242) | Macklin, Saskatchewan |
| Pilot Officer |
Kent, Walter Harris | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (LW643) | Margate, England |
| Sergeant |
Kerwin, Ernest | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Lancaster (LL667) | Wakefield, Yorkshire, England |
 Flying Officer |
Kidd, Peter Douglas | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-04-19 | Mosquito (KB277) | |
| Flying Officer |
Lewis-Watts, Desmond Loftus | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (JP202) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Lewis, David Earl Kitchener | Died | 1945-04-19 | () | Morden, Manitoba |
| Sergeant |
Lightheart, Alvin Ernest | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Wellington (DF743) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Sergeant |
Longstaff, A | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Hudson (AM773) | |
| Pilot Officer |
Lowther, Roy Woodside | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Stirling (LJ504) | Melfort, Saskatchewan |
| Pilot Officer |
Mackinnon, Bernard Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Marauder (FK159) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Sergeant |
Macmillan, William James | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Lancaster (LL667) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) |
| Lieutenant |
Magee, Danny Charles | Killed in Flying Accident | 1971-04-19 | Tracker (1575) | Windsor, Ontario |
| Sergeant |
McCluskie, Alexander | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (LW643) | Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Leading Aircraftman |
McDonald, Duncan Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Bolingbroke (9180) | Mulgrave, Nova Scotia |
| Pilot Officer |
McGregor, Alexander Morvan | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (LW643) | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |
| 2nd-Lieutenant |
McLaughlin, Lee Thompson | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-04-19 | DH.1 (A1627) | Montego Bay, Jamaica, BWI |
| Flying Officer |
Mercer, Angus Cameron Graeme | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (LW643) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Pilot Officer |
Meyer, Lawrence Marius | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (LW722) | Galahad, Alberta |
| Leading Seaman |
Mitchell, Donald John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1971-04-19 | Tracker (1575) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Sergeant |
Mulligan, John | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Stirling (EH955) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Flight Sergeant |
Munro, John Oswald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Wellington (DF743) | Perth, Ontario |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Nagley, Arthur Harold | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-04-19 | Beaufighter (RD486) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Sergeant |
Nicholson, Gordon Joseph | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-04-19 | Mosquito (KB277) | |
| Squadron Leader |
Percival, John Fred | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Liberator (BZ864) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Flight Sergeant |
Petrina, Michael Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (JP202) | Sudbury, Ontario |
| Sergeant |
Pett, Stanley David | Prisoner of War | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (LW643) | |
| Civilian |
Picher, Harold Alfred | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Baltimore (FA330) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Sergeant |
Player, Geoffrey Albert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-04-19 | Hampden (AD869) | England |
| Pilot Officer |
Power, John Manley | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Marauder (FK159) | South Burnaby, British Columbia |
| Pilot Officer |
Quinn, Joseph Denis | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (JP202) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Flying Officer |
Redman, Alan Harry | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (LW643) | |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Riley, John Martin | Prisoner of War | 1943-04-19 | Spitfire (ER343) | Bell River, Prince Edward Island |
| Flight Sergeant |
Robinson, Neil Owen | Killed in Action | 1943-04-19 | Lancaster (W4849) | Sunny Brae, New Brunswick |
| Pilot Officer |
Rose, Clifford William | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (LW722) | Kamsack, Saskatchewan |
| Pilot Officer |
Schroder, Donald Kilgour | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Marauder (FK159) | Guelph, Ontario |
| Flying Officer |
Scott, Alexander Graham | Killed in Action | 1945-04-19 | Spitfire (SM242) | Westmount, Quebec |
| Sergeant |
Scott, William Charles | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Wellington (DF743) | Listowel, Ontario |
| Sergeant |
Shaugnessy, Gerard Joseph | Evader | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (LW643) | Brantford, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada |
| Flying Officer |
Smith, George Sydney | Killed in Action | 1945-04-19 | Wellington (NC419) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Sergeant |
Stapleton, Douglas Leslie | Killed in Action | 1942-04-19 | Kittyhawk (AL212) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Sutcliffe, John Joseph | unknown | 1946-04-19 | () | |
| Flying Officer |
Swinden, Harold Alwin | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Bolingbroke (9180) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Tarbath, Geoffrey William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-19 | Anson (7353) | Penwortham, Preston, Lancashire, England |
| 2nd-Lieutenant |
Thompson-McLaughlin, Lee | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-04-19 | DH.1 (A1627) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Sergeant |
Vear, Kenneth Edward | Interned Prisoner | 1944-04-19 | Hudson (T9439) | |
| Lieutenant (N) |
Walker, Richard Brian Douglas | Killed in Flying Accident | 1971-04-19 | Tracker (1575) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Pilot Officer |
Weeks, Douglas Francis Christian | Killed in Action | 1944-04-19 | Halifax (JP202) | Manitowaning, Ontario |
| Flying Officer |
Willis, Frederic Grant | Killed in Action | 1943-04-19 | Spitfire (AR430) | Victoria, British Columbia |
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