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 |
Abey, Harry Ross | Prisoner of War | 1918-11-02 | Camel (H7079) | Kaslo, B.C. |
 UK |
Afford, R A | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (MZ882) | |
| Canada |
Alderson, R | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NP686) | |
| UK |
Anderson, Archibald | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NP744) | |
| Canada |
Anderson, Bruce Benjamin | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (MZ603) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Anderson, William Frank | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NP709) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Arthur, Charles Ian Rose 'Duke' | Survived | 1942-11-02 | Spitfire () | Fort Gary, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Bachant, Joseph Ferdinand Jacques | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Lancaster (KB782) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Barrett, Eric Henry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-11-02 | Oxford (AT765) | Coronach, Saskatchewan |
| UK |
Beale, George | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NP686) | |
| Canada |
Boddington, Charles Wesley | Prisoner of War | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (LW199) | Weston, Ontario |
| Canada |
Boulton, David Graham Smith | Died | 1944-11-02 | () | Beamsville, Ontario |
| Canada |
Brandt, Clarence Elmer | Killed in Action | 1943-11-02 | Wellington (HF119) | Verdun, Quebec |
| Canada |
Brodie, Robert James | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NP686) | |
 USA |
Bush, Charles William Jr | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-11-02 | Blenheim (Z5947) | Carbondale, Illinois, USA |
| USA |
Bushell, Durlin Duncan | Died | 1918-11-02 | () | |
| Canada |
Cairns, R I | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NP696) | |
| Canada |
Campton, Clifden Homer Foch | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (LW199) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Carrier, J Alfred Marcel Robert | Prisoner of War | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (LW379) | |
| Canada |
Christie, Thoburn Westley | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NP686) | |
| Canada |
Church, Clifford Henry | Survived | 1918-11-02 | Dolphin (E4712) | |
 Canada |
Cooper, Leonard Alexander | Killed in Flying Accident | 1971-11-02 | Dakota (12930) | Gilbert Plains, Manitoba (parents) |
| Canada |
Cowan, Walter Sidney | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Lancaster (HK650) | Port Carling, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Crispin, Jean Paul | Prisoner of War | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (LW379) | |
| UK |
Crossley, Ernest | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Lancaster (KB782) | |
| Canada |
Desbaillets, Charles-Andre | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-11-02 | Oxford (AT486) | Lake Masson, Quebec |
| Canada |
Devlin, Brian | unknown | 1916-11-02 | () | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Deyell, J | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NP686) | |
| Canada |
Disney, Douglas Haig | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-11-02 | Canso (FP120) | Mimico, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Dorrell, Matthew | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Lancaster (KB782) | Bulyea, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Dugas, Maurice Joseph | Prisoner of War | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (LW379) | |
| Canada |
Dunn, R | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NP696) | |
| UK |
Edgell, Thomas Robert | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NP709) | Sandford Orcas, Somerset, England |
| UK |
Evans, Bruce Trevor | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-11-02 | Oxford (AS550) | |
| Canada |
Fahselt, Richard Elmer | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Lancaster (PB639) | Cabri, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Federico, Joseph Sebastien | Prisoner of War | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (LW379) | |
| Canada |
Fernie, J M | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (MZ882) | |
| Canada |
Forbes, F M | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (MZ882) | |
| Canada |
Funk, Peter J | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Lancaster (HK663) | |
| Canada |
Gilson, Vernon Beverley | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NP744) | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Gitzel, Stanley Richard | Killed in Flying Accident | 1971-11-02 | Dakota (12930) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Canada |
Goble, Cyril Christian | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NP709) | Calgary, Alberta |
 South Africa |
Goodwin, Harry James | Prisoner of War Escaper | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (LW379) | Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia |
| Canada |
Grant, M M | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (MZ822) | |
| Canada |
Griffin, Jack Douglas | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NA583) | Picton, Ontario |
| Canada |
Griffith, Leslie George | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NP709) | Farmington, Michigan, USA |
| UK |
Grundy, Elson Holland | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (LW199) | Manchester, England |
| Canada |
Hamilton, G S | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NP696) | |
| Canada |
Hanes, William Herbert | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (MZ829) | Sault Ste Marie, Ontario |
| Canada |
Harper, Earl Douglas | Killed in Vehicle Accident | 1963-11-02 | () | Kamsack, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Harper, James Russell | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (MZ603) | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Harris, W E | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (MZ822) | |
| Canada |
Harrison, Robert William | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (LW199) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Hatrick, William Joseph | Survived | 1918-11-02 | Camel (E1415) | New York City, New York, USA |
| Canada |
Healey, Clifford Andrew | Killed in Flying Accident | 1971-11-02 | Dakota (12930) | Sault Ste Marie, Ontario |
| Canada |
Hodges, Peter Charles | Killed in Flying Accident | 1971-11-02 | Dakota (12930) | Prestwick, Lancashire, England |
| UK |
Hodgkinson, Henry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-11-02 | Oxford (AS350) | Allestree, Derby, England |
| UK |
Hodgkinson, Henry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-11-02 | Oxford (AT486) | Allestree, Derby, England |
| Canada |
Hodgson, Robert Yarnell | Prisoner of War | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (LW199) | |
| Canada |
Holmes, S | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NP696) | |
| Canada |
Holtze, Jack | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Lancaster (KB782) | London, Ontario |
| Canada |
Howie, Wesley Stirling | Prisoner of War | 1942-11-02 | Hurricane () | Westmount, Quebec |
| Canada |
Hull, Frederick George | Prisoner of War | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (LW379) | |
| Canada |
Huskilson, William St Clair | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (MZ603) | Lockport, Shelbourne County, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Hutt, Hector Maitland | Survived | 1918-11-02 | JN-4 Canuck () | Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA |
| Canada |
Ineson, Allan Clifford | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NP744) | Kitchener, Ontario |
| Canada |
Ives, G | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NP696) | |
| UK |
Jeeves, A H | Survived | 1942-11-02 | Oxford (AT765) | |
| Canada |
Johnson, Richard Walter | Died | 1918-11-02 | () | Springfield, Clapton, London, England (parents) |
| Canada |
Jopp, A D | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (MZ822) | |
| Canada |
Judges, Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (MZ829) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
King, James Leonard | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (MZ822) | |
| UK |
Kirkpatrick, Samuel | Prisoner of War | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (MZ603) | |
| Canada |
Knobovitch, Harry | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (MZ603) | Montreal, Quebec |
| UK |
Langton, James | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NP709) | Dundee, Scotland UK |
| Canada |
Lankin, William Walford | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (MZ829) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Law, Ian | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Lancaster (PB115) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Canada |
Lawlor, Joseph John | Prisoner of War | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (LW199) | |
| Canada |
Lazier, Vernon John | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (MZ829) | Leaside, Ontario |
| Canada |
Le Noury, Harold Frederick | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (MZ829) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Lemieux, Joseph Rene Paul Gerard | Killed in Flying Accident | 1971-11-02 | Dakota (12930) | ||
| Canada |
Lord, Clifford Allan | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Lancaster (PB639) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Lupinsky, Jack | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Lancaster (KB782) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Lusier, Emile John | Survived | 1918-11-02 | Camel (E7184) | Matyland, USA - owned farm there |
| Canada |
MacDonald, John James | unknown | 1946-11-02 | () | |
| Canada |
MacKay, George Chisolme | Survived | 1917-11-02 | Camel (D9648) | Mimico, Ontario |
| Canada |
Major, Frank | Prisoner of War | 1944-11-02 | Lancaster (HK663) | |
| Canada |
McArthur, Walter William | Died | 1943-11-02 | () | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
McCann, Joseph Maurice Allan | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Lancaster (PB639) | Guelph, Ontario |
| Canada |
McCormack, Robert Jamieson | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Lancaster (PB639) | New Westminster, British Columbia |
| Canada |
McLea, John Alexander | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NP709) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Canada |
McLeod, J A | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NP696) | |
| USA |
Meyer, Bernard William | Prisoner of War | 1941-11-02 | Spitfire (W3830) | |
| Canada |
Mitchell, Roy | Prisoner of War | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (LW199) | |
| Canada |
Morris, S E | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (MZ882) | |
| Canada |
Morton, Milton Robert | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NA583) | Port Hope, Ontario |
| Canada |
Moss, F H | Survived | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (MZ822) | |
| Canada |
Muffitt, Edward Earle | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-11-02 | Canso (FP120) | Coe Hill, Ontario |
| Canada |
Mullin, Gordon Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NP709) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Nelson, Vincent Emerald | Killed in Action | 1944-11-02 | Halifax (NA583) | Red Deer, Alberta |
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