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 |
Adam, Raymond Francis | Killed in Action | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (KB753) | Windsor, Ontario |
| Canada |
Beare, TJ | Survived | 1941-12-29 | Halifax (V9981) | |
 UK |
Bedford, Edward Rowland | Survived | 1941-12-29 | Halifax (L9614) | |
| UK |
Bell, Phillip Gordon | Survived | 1941-12-29 | Halifax (L9614) | |
| Canada |
Bishop, Gordon Eugene | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Halifax (LK701) | Muirkirk, Ontario |
| Canada |
Blakely, Wallace Bennett | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-29 | Wellington (BK552) | North Bay, Ontario |
 USA |
Blanchard, Merton Campbell | Killed in Action | 1941-12-29 | Hurricane (BE343) | Lisbon, North Dakota, USA |
| Canada |
Card, Harry Duncan | Killed in Action | 1940-12-29 | Blenheim (K7104) | Melville,Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Chapman, Arthur | Killed in Action | 1941-12-29 | Digby (744) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Conley, Roy Clifford | Killed in Action | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (KB765) | Frankford, Ontario |
| UK |
Crockett, John Alexander | Survived | 1941-12-29 | Halifax (V9981) | |
| Canada |
Cummine, Gordon | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Halifax (LK701) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (parents) |
| Canada |
Cushing, Geoffrey Edgar | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-12-29 | Camel (B3888) | Montreal, Quebec |
| UK |
Davidson, George Russell | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Halifax (HR986) | Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland |
| Canada |
Dawson, Gerald Obenauf | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-29 | Oxford (W6648) | Peterborough, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Dennis, Frederick Stanley | Killed in Action | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (KB753) | Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta |
| Canada |
Dillow, Wallace Edward Charles | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Halifax (HR986) | Milton, Ontario |
| Canada |
Dryer, Howard Raymond | Killed in Action | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (PB525) | Montreal, Quebec |
 Switzerland |
Du Pasquier, Renault Claudy | Killed in Action | 1941-12-29 | Hurricane (Z4205) | Corcelles S/Concise, Vaud, Switzerland |
| Canada |
Falkoski, Franklin J | Survived | 1941-12-29 | Halifax (V9981) | |
| Canada |
Feldman, Jacob | Killed in Action | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (KB765) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Fox, Gerald Gordon | Killed in Action | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (PB525) | Dresden, Ontario |
| UK |
Geldard, L | Survived | 1941-12-29 | Halifax (L9614) | |
| Canada |
Gerow, Glen Thomas | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-29 | Oxford (LW730) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Canada |
Gillap, Albert Feeney | Died | 1941-12-29 | () | Dunnville, Ontario |
| Canada |
Gillings, Albert Edward | Died | 1944-12-29 | () | Humboldt, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Gray, Allan Cyril | Died | 1918-12-29 | JN-4 Canuck () | Collingwood, Ontario (at enlistment) |
| UK |
Green, William Cleary | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-29 | Halifax (V9981) | Brighton, Sussex, England (parents) |
| Canada |
Gregory, Francis Brooke Pickard | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (KB703) | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Haley, Alan Wardell | Killed in Action | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (PB525) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Harrigan, Thomas Raymond | Killed in Action | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (PB525) | Chelmsford, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Heeney, Cecil George | Killed in Action | 1941-12-29 | Digby (744) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Canada |
Holtby, Robert Armstrong | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Halifax (LK701) | Marshall, Saskatchewan |
| UK |
Hooson, Joseph | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Halifax (HR986) | Shirley, Derbyshire, England |
| UK |
Howick, Victor Charles | Survived | 1941-12-29 | Halifax (L9614) | |
| UK |
Hughes, Richard Pryce | Survived | 1941-12-29 | Halifax (V9981) | Cheshire, England |
| Canada |
Innes, Arthur Gordon | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Halifax (JD318) | Simcoe, Ontario |
| Canada |
Kaesemodel, Ernest Richard | Killed in Action | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (PB525) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Kehoe, Gerald Desmond | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Halifax (LK701) | Espanola, Ontario |
| UK |
Laverick, William | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Halifax (HR986) | West Cornforth, Co. Durham, England |
| Canada |
Legon, John Sydney | Killed in Action | 1941-12-29 | Digby (744) | Peterborough, Ontario |
| Canada |
MacFarlane, Donald John | Killed in Action | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (PB525) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Canada |
Maloney, Thomas Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (KB765) | Marmora, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Marrion, Robert Ormond | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-29 | Halifax (JD318) | |
| Canada |
McCabe, Dennis Albert | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Lancaster (DS718) | Richmond, Quebec |
| Canada |
McLaughlin, Kenneth Keith | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-29 | Moth, Tiger (4090) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
McLeod, W R | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (KB765) | |
| Canada |
McVicar, Reginald Archibald | Killed in Action | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (KB765) | North Vancouver, British Columbia |
| UK |
Merkley, Allen Leonard | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-29 | Halifax (JD318) | UK |
| UK |
Molesworth, John Henry Nassau | Survived | 1941-12-29 | Halifax (L9614) | |
| UK |
Mooney, Thomas Frederick | Survived | 1941-12-29 | Halifax (L9614) | |
| Canada |
Morgan, William George Eaton | Killed in Action | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (KB765) | Fort William, Ontario |
| Canada |
Nelson, Jack Norrin | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Halifax (LK659) | Tisdale, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Pavely, William George | Died | 1942-12-29 | Hurricane (HV792) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Canada |
Peasland, Charles Willcox | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Halifax (JD318) | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Phillips, James Murray | Killed in Action | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (PB525) | Dutton, Ontario |
| Canada |
Pildrem, Robert Alexander | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Lancaster (DS718) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Canada |
Podborochinski, Edmund | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Lancaster (JB407) | Arborg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Raban, William Edward | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Lancaster (DS718) | Kildonan, Manitoba |
| UK |
Redman, Frederick Charles | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-29 | Halifax (HR986) | |
| Canada |
Rhind, John Campbell | Killed in Action | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (KB753) | York Mills, Ontario (North Toronto) |
| Canada |
Rogers, R G | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (KB753) | |
| Canada |
Roos, Robert Edward | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Halifax (JD314) | Mount Forest, Ontario |
| UK |
Rouse, Sidney Thomas Arthur | Survived | 1941-12-29 | Halifax (V9981) | |
| Canada |
Runte, Albert William | Killed in Action | 1941-12-29 | Digby (744) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Ruthven, James Roy Addison | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Halifax (LK659) | Chatham, Ontario |
| Canada |
Sameh, H A J | Died | 1930-12-29 | () | |
| Canada |
Schaefer, Kenneth George | Killed in Action | 1941-12-29 | Digby (744) | Hanover, Ontario |
| Canada |
Shaw, Stuart Resser | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Typhoon (JR313) | Moncton, New Brunswick |
 Ireland |
Sheehy, Edward Bernard | Killed in Action | 1944-12-29 | Spitfire (MK300) | Holly Park, Kilcornan, County Limerick, Ireland |
| Canada |
Simpson, Walter Howe | Died | 1943-12-29 | () | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| USA |
Skidmore, James William Paul | Killed in Action | 1941-12-29 | Digby (744) | Drexel Hul, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Canada |
Smyth, Kenneth Malcolm | Died | 1940-12-29 | () | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Canada |
Sorrenti, Vincent Andrew | Killed in Action | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (KB765) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| UK |
Spencer, Harry | Survived | 1941-12-29 | Halifax (L9614) | |
| UK |
Stone, Eric John | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Halifax (HR986) | Walcot-on-Sea, Norfolk, England |
| Canada |
Stringer, Allan James | Killed in Action | 1944-12-29 | Beaufighter (NV179) | Sundre, Alberta |
 New Zealand |
Swingler, R J | Died | 1942-12-29 | () | |
| Canada |
Tarzwell, Herbert Chester | Killed in Action | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (KB753) | Grandview, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Tripp, Warrington Wade | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-29 | Halifax (L9614) | Belleville, Ontario |
| UK |
Tuck, John Anthony Hustler | Survived | 1941-12-29 | Halifax (V9981) | |
| Canada |
Wakely, Leo Paul | Killed in Action | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (KB753) | Toronto, Ontario |
| UK |
Walsh, Richard James Hartland | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Halifax (JD318) | Newcastle on Tyne, England |
| UK |
Watt, William Wallace | Survived | 1941-12-29 | Halifax (V9981) | |
| Canada |
Whelan, John Joseph | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Halifax (LK701) | Lachine, Quebec |
| Canada |
Wilkinson, Arthur Morley | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Lancaster (DS834) | Toronto, Ontario |
| UK |
Williams, Ronald Charles | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Halifax (HR986) | |
| Canada |
Wilsher, Frederick Harold | Killed in Action | 1944-12-29 | Lancaster (PB525) | Dorval, Quebec |
| Canada |
Wilton, Walter Torrance | Killed in Action | 1943-12-29 | Lancaster (DS718) | Wawanesa, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Woodington, William Edmonstone | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-29 | Master (T8602) | Surnmerside, Prince Edward Island |
| Canada |
Zygarlicki, Victor | unknown | 1954-12-29 | () | Tyndall, Manitoba |
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