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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abrey, Gerald John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-20 | Ventura (AJ171) | Mussel Hill, United Kingdom | |
| Adams, Howard King | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-20 | Spitfire (X4852) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Aldridge, Howard | Accident | 1943-01-20 | Ventura (AJ171) | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Allan, James Davidson | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-01-20 | Bolingbroke (10019) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Anderson, William Boyd | Killed in Action | 1943-01-20 | Hudson (AM551) | Craigmyle, Alberta | |
| Ayres, Audrey Allen | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL197) | Eagle, Idaho, USA | |
| Banner, William Thomas | Evader | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LK739) | ||
| Bernier, G L | Survived | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL191) | ||
| Biddiscombe, Laurence George | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL191) | Mitcham, Surrey, England | |
| Birkinshaw, Leonard William | Killed in Action | 1943-01-20 | Hudson (AM551) | Rapid City, Manitoba | |
| Boisvert, Eugene Howard | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (HX162) | Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA | |
| Bonathan, Roy | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (HX162) | ||
| Brand, Daniel Archibald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-20 | Beaufort (L9828) | Port Alberni, British Columbia | |
| Bremner, John | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LW337) | Newcastle-on-Tyne, England | |
| Brest, Clarence Samuel | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL135) | Honolulu, Hawaii USA | |
| Bryant, William Henry | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL197) | ||
| Bullis, Hubert Leslie | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (HX162) | ||
| Bushell, Horace Lionel | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LW337) | ||
| Carter, Norman Edward | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL197) | St Clair, Michigan USA (parents) | |
| Chambers, John | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (DT731) | ||
| Church, Eric Arthur | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LW337) | Tottenham, Middlesex, England | |
| Claydon, David Arthur | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Lancaster (R5483) | Winnipeg, Manitoba (parents) | |
| Cormack, Alastair | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (DT731) | ||
| Cowan, Emerson Weldon | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Albacore (X9280) | Ottawa, Ontario | |
| Cox, Ronald Thomas | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL179) | ||
| Cozens, William Arthur | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL191) | Wimbledon, England | |
| Dack, Philip Robert Arthur | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL179) | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Doe, Leslie Hubert | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL135) | Hamworthy, Poole, Dorsetshire, England | |
| Dowler, Norman Garth | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Lancaster (LM387) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |
| Drake, Frederick Douglas | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-20 | Ventura (AJ171) | London, Ontario | |
| Drumm, Warren Clarence | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL179) | Galt, Ontario | |
| Duncan, Robert Fortune | Killed in Action | 1941-01-20 | Whitley (N1521) | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Dupueis, Charles Gordon | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LW337) | Regina, Saskatchewan | |
| Edge, Raymond | Killed in Action | 1945-01-20 | Spitfire (MT688) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Elliot, Raymond William | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Lancaster (LL628) | Nottingham, England | |
| Farquharson, Frederick Burt | Prisoner of War | 1917-01-20 | Camel (B2370) | Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA | |
| Fell, William Edward | Evader | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LK739) | ||
| Ferguson, David Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (HX162) | ||
| Ferris, James Bentley | Killed in Action | 1943-01-20 | Mustang (AG589) | Wawanesa, Manitoba | |
| Fisher, Alvin Robert | Evader | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LK739) | ||
| Fleming, John Archibald Mackintosh 'Archie' | Killed in Flying Accident | 1930-01-20 | F.E.2 (A801) | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Forster, Benjamin Nelson | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL197) | Killam, Alberta | |
| Fryer, Leo R | Evader | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LK739) | Detroit, Michigan, USA | |
| Gibson, Arthur Leach Patterson | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LK921) | Rocky Mountain House, Alberta | |
| Gnius, Mike | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL135) | Regina, Saskatchewan (parents) | |
| Griffiths, George Albert | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LW337) | ||
| Hawkes, Ernest Stewart | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Lancaster (LL628) | Leamington, Ontario | |
| Hill, Henry Bolton | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL135) | Ballycanew, County Wexford, Irish Republic (parents) | |
| Hopkins, Ivan Victor | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (DT731) | ||
| Jenkins, Edward Reginald | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (DT731) | ||
| Johnston, William | Died | 1918-01-20 | () | ?????, Ontario | |
| Ketcher, Gerald Ralph | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Lancaster (LL628) | Cranleigh, Surrey, England | |
| Kipp, Wilfred Mervyn | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL135) | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Lavoie, Yves | Evader | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LK739) | Monteal | |
| MacGillivray, John Campbell | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Lancaster (JB419) | Dalkeith, Ontario | |
| Mackenzie, Warren Ellwood | Prisoner of War KIA | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (DT731) | Durham, Pictou County, Nova Scotia | |
| Maclean, George Murray | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-01-20 | Moth, Tiger (N6920) | Ottawa, Ontario | |
| Macpherson, B E 'Mo' | Prisoner of War | 1945-01-20 | Spitfire (PL186) | ||
| Maher, Peter James | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Lancaster (R5483) | Bathurst, New Brunswick | |
| Matheson, Ian George | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-01-20 | Harvard (3234) | Milner, British Columbia | |
| Mattin, Leslie Walter | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Lancaster (R5862) | Weston, Ontario | |
| Mattison, Frederick Thomas | Killed in Action | 1943-01-20 | Hudson (AM551) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| McCaghey, William Douglas | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (DT731) | Victoria, British Columbia | |
| McCaig, Leslie Neil | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Lancaster (LL628) | Ormstown Station, Quebec | |
| McGowan, John | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL191) | Harlesden, Middlesex, England | |
| McGregor, Walter Roy | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LW291) | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| McKenna, John Andrew | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL179) | Ottawa, Ontario | |
| McPhee, Bruce Stormont | Prisoner of War | 1945-01-20 | Spitfire (PV352) | ||
| Middleton, Omer Kenneth | Killed in Action | 1943-01-20 | Hudson (AM551) | Revelstoke, British Columbia | |
| Moffat, Frank Reagh | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LW291) | White Rock, British Columbia | |
| Morgan, John Robert | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL135) | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Morrow, James Patrick | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (HX278) | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Mould, Gordon Charles | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL179) | Ottawa, Ontario | |
| Moulds, Donald Lawrence | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-20 | Spitfire (P9329) | Ottawa, Ontario | |
| Neville, William Thomas Francis | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-01-20 | Bolingbroke (10019) | ||
| Nijeboer, Michael Henry | unknown | 2008-01-20 | () | Carman, Manitoba | |
| Orr, Robert James | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Lancaster (LL628) | Hamilton, Ontario | |
| Paddison, Harold Douglas | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL197) | Guelph, Ontario | |
| Palmer, Donald Carl | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-01-20 | Harvard (3234) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |
| Parrott, Victor | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LK921) | Grandview, Manitoba | |
| Paterson, Alan Gordon | Killed in Flying Accident | 1983-01-20 | Freedom Fighter (116771) | ||
| Paules, Frank S | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (DT731) | Lansdale, Pennsylvania | |
| Perry, Sheldon William Weeley | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Lancaster (LM387) | PeIly, Saskatchewan | |
| Poe, Robert David | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-20 | Stirling (LJ455) | Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario | |
| Polson, Ronald Duncan | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Lancaster (LL628) | Calgary, Alberta | |
| Porter, Edward Joseph Charles | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL179) | Thornton Heath, Surrey, England | |
| Potter, Marwood Armstrong | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (HX162) | Workworth, Ontario | |
| Preece, Thomas James | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Lancaster (LL628) | North Bay, Ontario | |
| Psaila, Dominic Stephen | Died | 1942-01-20 | () | Georgetown, British Guiana | |
| Ramsay, Jack McAllister | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL197) | Nanaimo, British Columbia | |
| Ransom, Glen Irvin | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Lancaster (ED974) | Nanton, Alberta | |
| Reain, Frederick Fortesque Edmund | Evader | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LK739) | ||
| Rusk, Charles Herbert | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-20 | Lancaster (R5862) | ||
| Saffran, Ralph Alexander | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL197) | ||
| Sanderson, Frank Gordon | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (HX162) | Avonlea, Saskatchewan | |
| Scott, John Grant | Killed in Action | 1942-01-20 | Wellington (Z1207) | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Selman, Robert Gilroy | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LW291) | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Smith, Earl | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (JD461) | Chateauguay Heights, Quebec | |
| Snowsell, James | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LL135) | Kelowna, British Columbia | |
| Spackman, Harry Weston | Killed in Action | 1944-01-20 | Halifax (LV773) | New Westminster, British Columbia |
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