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 |
Alexander, David Graham | Died | 1943-12-05 | () | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Baikie, Robert Gordon | Killed in Action | 1942-12-05 | Blenheim (BA791) | Nanaimo, British Columbia |
 Australia |
Barrett-Lennard, John Allen | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-05 | Halifax (R9531) | York, Western Australia |
| Canada |
Baxter, Arie Gordon | Killed in Action | 1944-12-05 | Lancaster (KB768) | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Beckwall, August Leroy | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-05 | Hudson (FK687) | Radville, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Berlinguette, Joseph Jean Paul Osias | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-05 | Wellington (NC967) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Blair, Herbert Douglas | Killed in Action | 1943-12-05 | Sunderland (W6013) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Bond, Aubrey Fraser | Killed in Action | 1943-12-05 | Hurricane (LB884) | Toronto, Ontario |
 UK |
Bonorino, Carlos Frederick | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-05 | Halifax (R9531) | |
| Canada |
Bordewick, Henry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-05 | Hudson (FK687) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Australia |
Brockhoff, Ralph Lindsay | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-05 | Harvard (3198) | |
| Newfoundland |
Brown, Arthur | Killed in Action | 1943-12-05 | Hurricane (LA105) | St John's, Newfoundland |
| UK |
Bush, R E | Prisoner of War | 1940-12-05 | Wellington (T2501) | |
| Canada |
Cameron, Douglas Charles | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-05 | Halifax (R9531) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Canada |
Carter, Albert Victor | Killed in Action | 1944-12-05 | Halifax (LW200) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Chevrier, George Albert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-05 | Wellington (NC967) | Sault Ste Marie, Ontario |
| Canada |
Chiddenton, Arthur Dickens | Killed in Action | 1942-12-05 | Spitfire (AB369) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Chipman, Percy Gilbert | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-05 | Halifax (LW204) | |
| Canada |
Cooper, Everett Elwyn | Killed in Action | 1944-12-05 | Lancaster (KB768) | Vancouver, British Columbia (parents) |
| Canada |
Davis, Harold Carleton | Died | 1918-12-05 | () | Oxford, Nova Scotia. |
| Canada |
De Forest, Hardie Grosvenor | Prisoner of War | 1940-12-05 | Wellington (T2501) | |
| Canada |
Dowding, Richard Boyd | Killed in Action | 1944-12-05 | Halifax (LW200) | Oakville, Ontario |
| Canada |
Downing, Albert Edward | Killed in Action | 1944-12-05 | Halifax (LW200) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Drennan, Gerald Maxwell | Killed in Action | 1941-12-05 | Hudson (AM556) | Cookshire, Quebec |
| Canada |
Drennan, James Douglas | Killed in Action | 1941-12-05 | Hudson (AM556) | Lennoxville, Quebec |
| Canada |
Dube, Joseph Lucien Marcel | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-05 | Wellington (NC967) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Dumas, Joseph Laurent Gerard Gilbert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-05 | Wellington (NC967) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Eccles, David Roderick | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-12-05 | F.2 (Bristol) (A7197) | |
| Canada |
Edy, Allen Laird | Killed in Action | 1941-12-05 | Spitfire (P7502) | St Andrews, Manitoba |
 USA |
Fitch, Wayne | Killed in Action | 1941-12-05 | Hurricane (BE582) | Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |
| UK |
Gage, John | Prisoner of War | 1940-12-05 | Wellington (T2501) | Harnham, Salisbury, England (parents) |
| Canada |
Gibson, Arthur Gordon Bertley | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-05 | Hudson (FK687) | St Catharines, Ontario |
| Canada |
Glithero, Christopher William Harry | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-05 | () | |
| Canada |
Gooch, Lawrence Charles | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-05 | Harvard (3198) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Harris, Percy Harold | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-05 | Halifax (LW204) | |
 New Zealand |
Harrison, George Newell | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-05 | Hudson (FK687) | Runciman, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Canada |
Harwood, Edward James Francis | Killed in Action | 1944-12-05 | Halifax (LW200) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Hill, Frederick George | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-12-05 | JN-4 Canuck (C660) | Blenheim, Ontario |
| UK |
Hoppe, John Ray | Prisoner of War | 1940-12-05 | Wellington (T2501) | |
| UK |
Ingram, Arthur Hilton | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-05 | Anson (11735) | |
| UK |
Jenkins, Herbert Gregory | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-05 | Halifax (R9531) | |
| Canada |
Jobin, Paul Andrew Marc | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-05 | Wellington (NC967) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Knoke, Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-12-05 | Halifax (LW204) | Unity, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Lenehan, John Donald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-05 | Hurricane (N2662) | Woodstock, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Lewis, Arthur Lloyd | Killed in Action | 1941-12-05 | Hurricane (BE548) | Calgary, Alberta |
| UK |
Lucas, Thomas Francis Crozier | Killed in Flying Accident | 1940-12-05 | Finch (4406) | Moy, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland |
| UK |
MacAulay, John Crichton | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-05 | Halifax (R9531) | |
 Canada |
MacLeod, Glen Neil | unknown | 1990-12-05 | () | |
| UK |
Marshall, Robert John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-05 | Halifax (R9531) | |
| Canada |
McCoy, Anthony Richard | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-05 | Wellington (L4348) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
McLaren, Donald Neil | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-05 | Halifax (LW204) | |
| Canada |
Murrell, William James | Killed in Action | 1944-12-05 | Halifax (LW200) | Belton, Ontario |
| Canada |
Myron, Ian Thomas | Killed in Action | 1944-12-05 | Halifax (LW200) | Eburne, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Pechet, Samuel William | Killed in Action | 1944-12-05 | Lancaster (KB768) | Fort Frances, Ontario |
| Canada |
Peddie, James Wyndham | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-12-05 | Dolphin (C4233) | Inverness, Scotland |
| Canada |
Popadiuk, John | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-05 | Halifax (LW204) | |
| UK |
Pretty, R F | Survived | 1942-12-05 | Halifax (R9531) | |
| UK |
Pritchard, Thomas Bradley | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-12-05 | F.2 (Bristol) (A3314) | Beaconsfield, South Africa (parents) |
| Canada |
Reid, John | Killed in Action | 1944-12-05 | Lancaster (KB768) | Montreal, Quebec |
| UK |
Rhodes, Henry | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-05 | Halifax (LW204) | |
| Canada |
Roller, Lester Wilber | Died | 1944-12-05 | () | Neelin, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Savard, Joseph Ludger Norman | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-05 | Wellington (NC967) | Verdun, Quebec |
| Canada |
Shewfelt, Harold Angus | Killed in Action | 1944-12-05 | Lancaster (KB768) | Medicine Hat, Alberta |
| Canada |
Shipman, Charles Leslie | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-05 | Halifax (LW204) | |
| Australia |
Smith, John Charles | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-05 | Harvard (2952) | |
| Canada |
Stewart, John Albert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-05 | Anson (11735) | Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Sutherland, Wilfred Kastner | Killed in Action | 1943-12-05 | Stirling (LK387) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Taylor, Norman | Killed in Action | 1942-12-05 | Beaufighter (V8157) | Wainwright, Alberta |
| UK |
Thomson, Ernest Cecil | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-05 | Oxford (AS365) | |
| Canada |
Thomson, Scott Tudhope Calder | Killed in Action | 1941-12-05 | Hudson (AM556) | Parkhill, Ontario |
| Canada |
Virag, James Emil | Killed in Action | 1944-12-05 | Lancaster (KB768) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| UK |
Vivian, Frank Harvey | Prisoner of War | 1940-12-05 | Wellington (T2501) | |
| Canada |
Walker, John Herbert | Killed in Action | 1941-12-05 | Spitfire (AA723) | Victoria, British Columbia |
| USA |
Warner, Kenneth Earle | Killed in Action | 1942-12-05 | Beaufighter (X8140) | Lexington, Oregon, USA |
| Warren, Edward Dudley | unknown | 1918-12-05 | () | ||
| UK |
Wright, Cyril Henry Charles | Prisoner of War | 1940-12-05 | Wellington (T2501) | |
| Canada |
Young, Harold Victor | Killed in Action | 1917-12-05 | Pup () | Jump, Yorkshire, England |
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