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 Sergeant |
Beare, Donald Sylvester | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Canso (FP269) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Bell, Thomas | Killed in Action | 1945-04-22 | Mosquito (NS675) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| |
Bjarnason B | Rescued | 1945-04-22 | Liberator (EV863) | |
| Lieutenant |
Blowes, Arthur William | Survived | 1918-04-22 | F.2 (Bristol) (C4887) | Mitchell, Ontario |
| Flight Sergeant |
Booty, Cameron Harrison | Killed in Action | 1945-04-22 | Lancaster (ME424) | Galt, Ontario (parents) |
 Flying Officer |
Borum, John William | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Pine Valley, San Diego County, California, USA |
| Pilot Officer |
Bradley, Lloyd Latimer | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Winnipeg, Manitoba (parents) |
 Flight Sergeant |
Bramley, Ennis Frederick | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-04-22 | Wellington (DV548) | Finchley, England |
| Pilot Officer |
Bray, Eric William | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Lethbridge, Alberta |
 Leading Aircraftman |
Burcher, George Peter | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-22 | Anson (FP719) | |
| Sergeant |
Burman, Leslie | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-22 | Stirling (EF498) | Leeds, England |
| Flying Officer |
Carew, Henry Walter Palk | Killed in Flying Accident | 1930-04-22 | FC-2 (GCYXX) | Vernon, B.C. |
| Flight Sergeant |
Chapman, Kenneth Frank | Killed in Action | 1945-04-22 | Lancaster (ME424) | London,Ontario (parents) |
| Pilot Officer |
Clarke, Donald Mason | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Irvine, Alberta |
| Pilot Officer |
Clarke, Russell Beverley | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Flying Officer |
Cockcroft, Arthur Clarence | Killed in Action | 1945-04-22 | Lancaster (ME424) | Knottingley, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England (parents) |
 Leading Aircraftman |
Crane, Gordon Neil | Died | 1977-04-22 | () | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Corporal |
Crotty, William Joseph | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-22 | Anson (7472) | |
| Flight Sergeant |
Daughney, John Haliburton | Killed in Action | 1942-04-22 | Hampden (AE237) | Charlo Station, New Brunswick |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Day, James Arthur Baxter | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-04-22 | Master (T8468) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Pilot Officer |
Dean, Stanley William | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Flying Officer |
Duchesnay, Andre Adolphe Antoine Henri Jules | Evader | 1944-04-22 | Halifax (LV867) | |
| Warrant Officer |
Durnan, Hamilton | Killed in Action | 1945-04-22 | Whitley (Z9386) | Thornliebank, Renfrewshire, Scotland (parents) |
| Flight Sergeant |
Dutton, Kenneth Lister | Killed in Action | 1945-04-22 | Lancaster (ME424) | Sheffield, Yorkshire, England (parents) |
| Pilot Officer |
Fife, Benjamin Gordon | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Flight Sergeant |
Finlayson, John Norman Gilbert | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Canso (FP269) | Wells, British Columbia |
| Sergeant |
Garrity, Neville Hugh Banning | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-22 | Stirling (EF498) | Verdun, Quebec |
| Pilot Officer |
Gibson, Frank George | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Pilot Officer |
Goatley, Stephen George | Killed in Action | 1942-04-22 | Hudson (AM542) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Grose, Douglas Fraser | Killed in Action | 1945-04-22 | Liberator (EV863) | Thorold, Ontario (parents) |
| Flying Officer |
Gunning, Wilbert Arnold | Killed | 1945-04-22 | () | Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA |
| Flying Officer |
Gurski, Michael Stephen | Killed in Action | 1944-04-22 | Beaufighter (LZ266) | Fort Frances, Ontario |
| Corporal |
Hale, Cecil Adrian | Killed | 1940-04-22 | () | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
Harding, Clifford Alexander | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Sergeant |
Harker, Kenneth Alvin Michael | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Canso (FP269) | Millbrook, Ontario |
| Flying Officer |
Hawthorne, Austin Arthur | Killed in Action | 1945-04-22 | Mosquito (KB529) | Medicine Hat, Alberta |
| Pilot Officer |
Healey, Henry Harold | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | London, Ontario |
| Flying Officer |
Hetherington, John Hugh | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Flying Officer |
Hunter, Samuel Wilson | Prisoner of War | 1943-04-22 | Spitfire (EN311) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Sergeant |
Illingworth, Peter Bartley | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-22 | Stirling (EF498) | Romford, England |
| Warrant Officer 2 |
Illingworth, Philip | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Canso (FP269) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Pilot Officer |
Jackson, Donald Victor | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Dauphin, Manitoba |
| Pilot Officer |
Jardine, Robert Stewart | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Nelson, British Columbia |
| Pilot Officer |
Johnson, Merle | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Canoe, British Columbia |
| Pilot Officer |
Keys, Frederick Bennett | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
Kidd, Terence William | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Flight Sergeant |
King, Arnold William Charles Ernest | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-04-22 | Wellington (DV548) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Pilot Officer |
Lamont, Douglas Peter | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Minto, Manitoba |
| Pilot Officer |
Lees, Archibald MacPherson | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-22 | Stirling (EF498) | Port William, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
| Flight Sergeant |
Leonard, Roderick John | Killed in Action | 1945-04-22 | Liberator (EV863) | Portage La Prairie, Manitoba (parents) |
| Pilot Officer |
MacDonald, Alan Stuart | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Pilot Officer |
MacDonald, Ernest Mills | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | St Catharines, Ontario |
| Captain |
Magor, Gerald Atkinson | Missing in Action | 1918-04-22 | Camel (B6428) | West Mount, Montreal, Quebec |
| Aircraftman 2nd Class |
Maksymetz, Max Ronald | Died | 1943-04-22 | () | Dauphin, Manitoba |
| Flight Sergeant |
Martin, Emerson Hubert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-04-22 | Wellington (DV548) | Bury, Quebec |
| Pilot Officer |
Martin, John Joseph Bernard | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Lourdes, Nova Scotia |
| Flying Officer |
McCloskey, Richard Scott | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
McDonald, Melvin Joseph | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Canso (FP269) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Flying Officer |
McKinley, William Archibald | Prisoner of War | 1944-04-22 | Wellington (LN848) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Aircraftman 1st Class |
McLean, Thomas Begley | Killed | 1940-04-22 | () | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Sergeant |
Mitchell, Thomas | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-22 | Stirling (EF498) | Campbeltown, Argyllshire, Scotland |
| Pilot Officer |
Moore, James Edward | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Pilot Officer |
Mosser, Andrew James | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Preston, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
Mosser, Robert William | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Preston, Ontario |
| Flight Sergeant |
Mulligan, Thomas Cecil | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Canso (FP269) | Carp, Ontario |
| |
Munro W M | Rescued | 1945-04-22 | Liberator (EV863) | |
| Pilot Officer |
Murray, Gordon | Killed in Action | 1942-04-22 | Spitfire (BP970) | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Flight Sergeant |
Murray, Ralph William | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Bolingbroke (9038) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Noddings, Eris Edward | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-04-22 | Master (T8468) | West Hartlepool. England |
| Warrant Officer 1st Class |
Norfolk, Kenney Weeks | Killed in Action | 1944-04-22 | Ventura (AE806) | London, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
O'Connell, Howard Ferguson | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Flying Officer |
O'Keefe, Michael Patrick | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-22 | Stirling (EF498) | Trealaw, Wales |
| Flight Lieutenant |
O'Neill, Arthur Henry | Died | 1942-04-22 | () | Toronto, Ontario |
| Sergeant |
Oliver, Roland Stanton | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-04-22 | Wellington (DV548) | Norwood, Manitoba |
| Pilot Officer |
Ollis, Reginald Keith | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | North Makwa, Saskatchewan |
| Corporal |
Payne, Randy Joseph | Killed in Action | 2006-04-22 | () | |
| Pilot Officer |
Pearson, Arthur Henry | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Sergeant |
Philpot, Dennis James | Killed in Action | 1945-04-22 | Lancaster (ME424) | Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England |
| Pilot Officer |
Pidduck, George William | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Westmount, Quebec |
| Warrant Officer |
Plater, Jack Sidney | Killed in Action | 1945-04-22 | Mosquito (NS675) | Enfield, Middlesex, England |
| Flt Sergeant |
Poore, Donald Frank | Killed in Action | 1945-04-22 | Lancaster (ME424) | |
| Corporal |
Powers, Hugh Allan | Died | 1940-04-22 | () | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Sergeant |
Puder, Henry Fred | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Oxford (BG208) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Warrant Officer 1st Class |
Ramsden, Samuel Smart | Killed in Action | 1945-04-22 | Lancaster (JA716) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Flying Officer |
Reed, Robert Burns | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Mustang (AM255) | Lowellville, Ohio, USA |
| Pilot Officer |
Reid, James Howe | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-04-22 | Wellington (DV548) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Sergeant |
Richards, Arthur | Killed in Flying Accident | 1930-04-22 | FC-2 (GCYXX) | |
| Pilot Officer |
Ritchie, Thomas James | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
Rombough, John Noble | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Sergeant |
Rowley, John Edward | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-22 | Stirling (EF498) | Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, England |
| |
Ruston R F | Rescued | 1945-04-22 | Liberator (EV863) | |
| Pilot Officer |
Scott, William Alfred Dean | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Pilot Officer |
Slack, Warren Oliver | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Sergeant |
Stoneham, Albert Louis | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-22 | Stirling (EF498) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Taylor, Lloyd Elwin | Killed in Action | 1945-04-22 | Liberator (EV863) | Amherst, Nova Scotia |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Thompson, Edward Blake | Killed in Action | 1943-04-22 | Ship (MVAmerika) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Air Mechanic Class I |
Thorpe, Norman Harold | unknown | 1918-04-22 | () | Montreal, Quebec. |
| Captain |
Tucker, Hollis Rutherford | Killed in Flying Accident | 1990-04-22 | Hornet (CF-188) (188772) | Peterborough, Ontario |
| |
Tutton D | Rescued | 1945-04-22 | Liberator (EV863) | |
| Captain |
Twidale, Elfric Ashby | Killed in Action | 1917-04-22 | () | Niagara Falls, Ontario. |
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