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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abery, Frederick James | Killed in Action | 1944-02-24 | Lancaster (JB241) | Hendon, Middlesex, United Kingdom | |
| Andrews, George Albert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-24 | Lancaster (ME641) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Arthurs, Ken Norman | Killed in Action | 1941-02-24 | Wellington (L7810) | Parry Sound, Ontario | |
| Atkins, Earl Hector | Killed in Action | 1941-02-24 | Hurricane (P5186) | Ottawa, Ontario | |
| Balcombe, Jack Kingswood | Prisoner of War | 1945-02-24 | Lancaster (RA523) | ||
| Barbet, Eugene Herman | Killed in Action | 1944-02-24 | Mosquito (HX949) | Calgary, Alberta | |
| Barr, Joseph James | Survived | 1944-02-24 | Halifax (LK754) | Point Edward, Ontario | |
| Beck, P | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-02-24 | Anson (6479) | ||
| Beevers, William Scott | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-24 | Halifax (LK998) | Blackhall, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Bell, Earl Theodore | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-24 | Halifax (LK998) | Guelph, Ontario | |
| Bosloy, Phillip | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-02-24 | Lysander (459) | Sydney, Nova Scotia | |
| Boyd, Frank Ralph | Prisoner of War | 1945-02-24 | Lancaster (RA523) | ||
| Brennan, Lester (Lyster) Luke | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-02-24 | DH.4 (B5508) | Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (parents) | |
| Broder, John Gordon | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-24 | Halifax (DK146) | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Brown, Raymond Clifford | Killed in Action | 1945-02-24 | Halifax (NP936) | Regina, Saskatchewan | |
| Byrne, Donald Joseph | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-24 | Anson (7269) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Carriere, Joseph Denis Pierre Andre | unknown | 1947-02-24 | () | ||
| Carter, George Arthur | Killed in Action | 1940-02-24 | Blenheim (L6742) | ||
| Christison, Robert Lawson | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-24 | Lancaster (JB668) | Victoria, British Columbia | |
| Clarke, Arthur Kenneth | Survived | 1944-02-24 | Halifax (LK754) | Hawkestone, Ontario | |
| Clarkson, Robert Leon | Survived | 1944-02-24 | Halifax (LK754) | ||
| Coffing, George Lee | unknown | 1919-02-24 | () | ||
| Comrie, Peter | Killed in Action | 1943-02-24 | Beaufort (AW349) | ||
| Connolly, Thomas Leo | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-24 | Lancaster (ME641) | Montreal, Quebec (parents) | |
| Cousineau, Joseph Alfred Emile Thomas | Killed in Action | 1945-02-24 | Spitfire (NH489) | Temiskaming, Quebec | |
| Craigie, Charles Cleghorn Brockie | Killed in Action | 1945-02-24 | Halifax (NP936) | Ludlow, Massachusetts, USA (parents) | |
| Cross, Ronald Horace | Killed in Flying Accident | 1925-02-24 | 504 (GCYAM) | ||
| Davidson, Robert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-02-24 | Harvard (2847) | Hamilton, Ontario | |
| Davies, Keith Selwyn | Killed in Action | 1942-02-24 | Hudson (AM563) | Walnut Grove, British Columbia | |
| Dawson, Richard John Secord | Killed in Action | 1943-02-24 | Beaufort (AW349) | Medicine Hat, Alberta | |
| Doyle, Joseph Garrett | Killed in Action | 1945-02-24 | Spitfire (MJ464) | Iroquois Falls, Ontario | |
| Eastham, Douglas Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-02-24 | Lancaster (JB241) | St John, New Brunswick | |
| Fairbairn, Robert Douglas | Killed in Action | 1942-02-24 | Hudson (AM563) | Comox, British Columbia | |
| Fielding, John William | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-24 | Lancaster (JB668) | ||
| Fletcher, Frank Ralph | Prisoner of War | 1945-02-24 | Lancaster (RA523) | ||
| Freiburger, Robert Henry | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-24 | Lancaster (JB241) | ||
| Gallagher, James | Killed in Action | 1945-02-24 | Halifax (NP936) | Swift Current, Saskatchewan | |
| Gillan, Leslie William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-02-24 | Crane (7717) | ||
| Goodfellow, James Kendall | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-24 | Halifax (LK998) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Gordon, Bruce Moore | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-24 | Anson (7314) | Hagersville, Ontario | |
| Green, George Henry | Killed in Action | 1941-02-24 | Wellington (T2891) | Sardis, British Columbia | |
| Gugins, Clarence Walter | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-24 | Halifax (DK146) | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Hathaway, Francis Raymond | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-02-24 | Anson (DG893) | Whitney Point, New York, USA | |
| Hearn, Edgar Washington | Died | 1946-02-24 | () | Yorkton, Saskatchewan | |
| Hogan, William Joseph | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-02-24 | Harvard (2623) | ||
| Hosick, Richard Winley | Died | 1943-02-24 | () | Dunchurch, Ontario | |
| Hunter, William Bruce | Killed in Action | 1940-02-24 | Demon (K8196) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |
| Ingeberg, Norman William | Prisoner of War | 1945-02-24 | Lancaster (RA523) | ||
| Irvine, George Proudfoot | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-24 | Halifax (LK998) | Aberdeen, Scotland | |
| Jackson, Basil George Deleyal | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-24 | Lancaster (JB241) | ||
| Johnson, Harold Chester | Killed in Action | 1943-02-24 | Hudson (BW453) | Weldon, Saskatchewan | |
| Jones, William Harvey | Killed in Action | 1945-02-24 | Halifax (NP936) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Kay, Solomon | Killed in Action | 1944-02-24 | Lancaster (JB241) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Keeler, Walter Arthur | Survived | 1918-02-24 | R.E.8 (B5071) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Kemp, Harold Leon | Killed in Action | 1944-02-24 | Lancaster (ND593) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Kennedy, Leo Francis | Prisoner of War | 1945-02-24 | Lancaster (RA523) | ||
| Kennedy, William Elmer | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-24 | Bolingbroke (10241) | Southampton, Ontario | |
| Knight, Frank Stewart | Prisoner of War | 1942-02-24 | Hudson (AM563) | ||
| Langford, Frederick George | Killed in Action | 1944-02-24 | Halifax (LV778) | Edmonton, Alberta | |
| Laudrum, Ernest Hubert | Died | 1943-02-24 | () | Oberon, Manitoba | |
| Lillico, Gordon Everett | Survived | 1918-02-24 | () | Mariposa, Victoria County, Ontario | |
| Loftson, Stefan August | Killed in Action | 1944-02-24 | Lancaster (LM433) | Lundar, Manitoba | |
| Loginoff, Neville Arthur | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-02-24 | Yale (3373) | ||
| Long, Alfred Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-02-24 | Stirling (EF307) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |
| MacDonald, Vincent Charles | Survived | 1944-02-24 | Halifax (LK754) | Meota, Saskatchewan | |
| Mackenzie, Ian | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-02-24 | Spitfire (X4036) | Stornoway, Scotland | |
| Macmillan, Edgar | Killed in Action | 1943-02-24 | Hudson (BW453) | Ottawa, Ontario | |
| Maguire, George Glen | Survived | 1944-02-24 | Halifax (LK754) | ||
| Martin, William Thomas | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-24 | Halifax (LK998) | Southfields, London, England | |
| Mathews, Thomas Donald | Died | 1943-02-24 | () | Shellbrook, Saskatchewan | |
| May, John Albert | Survived | 1944-02-24 | Halifax (LK754) | ||
| McArthur, Kenneth A R | Prisoner of War | 1940-02-24 | Wellington (R3170) | ||
| McCredie, Caldwell Harvey | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-02-24 | Harvard (3072) | Smiths Falls, Ontario | |
| McLaren, William Bryce | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-24 | Halifax (LK998) | ||
| McLenaghan, W A | Prisoner of War | 1945-02-24 | Lancaster (RA523) | ||
| Mitchell, Peter Roy | Killed in Action | 1944-02-24 | Mosquito (HX949) | Darwen, Lancashire, United Kingdom | |
| Neville, Andrew Christopher | Killed in Action | 1944-02-24 | Liberator (FL980) | North Battleford, Saskatchewan | |
| Nunan, Noel Daniel | Killed in Action | 1919-02-24 | () | Woodville, Blarney, Co. Cork. Ireland (Parents) | |
| Pearson, Richard | Killed in Action | 1943-02-24 | Beaufort (AW349) | ||
| Perkins, John Walter Philip | Prisoner of War | 1940-02-24 | Wellington (R3170) | ||
| Pokryfka, Paul | Killed in Action | 1945-02-24 | Halifax (NP936) | Kitchener, Ontario | |
| Poure, Emile Lawrence | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-24 | Lancaster (JB668) | ||
| Radford, John Arthur | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-24 | Lancaster (JB241) | Brockville, Ontario | |
| Ray, David Arnold | Killed in Action | 1942-02-24 | Hudson (AM563) | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia (parents) | |
| Redstone, Percy George Frank | Killed in Action | 1944-02-24 | Lancaster (JB241) | Southfields, London, United Kingdom | |
| Reid, Earle Kerr | Survived | 1944-02-24 | Halifax (LK754) | ||
| Rhea, David Ronald | Killed in Action | 1943-02-24 | Hudson (BW453) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Robinson, George Stuart Hugh | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-24 | Lancaster (JB668) | ||
| Robinson, William Thomas Gudlaugur | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-24 | Halifax (LK998) | Pine Falls, Manitoba | |
| Rowe, Maurice Medcalf | Killed in Action | 1943-02-24 | Hudson (BW453) | Kincardine, Ontario | |
| Russell, Lewis Alexander | Killed in Action | 1945-02-24 | Halifax (NP936) | Brussels, Ontario | |
| Sangster, Donald William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-24 | Bolingbroke (10241) | Stratford, Ontario | |
| Scanlon, Charles James | Prisoner of War | 1940-02-24 | Wellington (R3170) | ||
| Schwartz, Meyer Edsel | Killed in Action | 1944-02-24 | Lancaster (JB668) | Windsor, Ontario | |
| Searle, Walter Ronald | Prisoner of War | 1945-02-24 | Lancaster (RA523) | Port Fairy Victoria Australia | |
| Sexton, Gerald F | Killed in Action | 1940-02-24 | Wellington (R3170) | ||
| Shaw, John Russell | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-24 | Lancaster (JB668) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Sinclair, Andrew Ian | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-24 | Halifax (DK146) | Goshen, Guysboro County, Nova Scotia | |
| Sinclair, Leslie Robert | Killed in Action | 1942-02-24 | Wellington (AD606) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Slabick, John Joseph | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-02-24 | Lysander (459) | Estevan, Saskatchewan |
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