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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Warrant Officer 1 |
Aumond, Marie Joseph Alfred Jean | Prisoner of War Early Release | 1943-03-13 | Wellington (BK340) | |
 Pilot Officer |
Bailey, Derrick Bourchier | Killed in Action | 1942-03-13 | Whitley (Z9312) | |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Barham, Douglas Van der Biesen | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-03-13 | Oxford (AR913) | |
| Sergeant |
Bell, John Clydesdale | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-03-13 | Anson (N9652) | |
| Warrant Officer |
Binnie, Albert Edward | Prisoner of War | 1941-03-13 | Wellington (R1326) | Outremont, Quebec |
 Lieutenant |
Blake, Richard William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1969-03-13 | Silver Star (21621) | London, United Kingdom |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Bridgen, William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-13 | Liberator (EW626) | Warrington, Lancashire, England |
 Warrant Officer Class I |
Brochard, Dalibor Eugen | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-13 | Liberator (EW626) | Nitra, Slovakia |
| Second-Lieutenant |
Brookes, Ronald Baines | Killed in Action | 1918-03-13 | DH.4 (A7489) | Ingleton, Carnforth, England (parents) |
| Warrant Officer 1 |
Brown, Adrian Walter | Prisoner of War | 1943-03-13 | Wellington (BK340) | Westmount, Quebec |
| Sergeant |
Cain, George Alexander | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-13 | Liberator (EW626) | |
| Flight Sergeant |
Cannon, David Armstrong | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-03-13 | Ventura (AJ173) | Albert Park, Alberta |
| Civilian Radio Officer |
Collins, William Bradley | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-03-13 | Canso (FP116) | St Johns, Newfoundland |
 Warrant Officer 2 |
Cooke, George Henry | Prisoner of War | 1943-03-13 | Wellington (HE690) | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| Pilot Officer |
Corr, Thomas Anthony | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-03-13 | Ventura (AJ173) | |
| Flying Officer |
Cumming, Charles Gordon | Killed in Action | 1943-03-13 | Spitfire (BR625) | Galt, Ontario |
| Squadron Leader |
Davey, Arthur John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-13 | Liberator (EW626) | Hatch End, Middlesex, England |
| Flt. Sergeant |
Dodsworth, Henry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-03-13 | Anson (N9595) | |
| Aircraftman 1 |
Douglas, Colin Trevor | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-03-13 | Anson (N9595) | Sherwood, Nottingham, England (parents) |
| Lieutenant |
Dowds, Brian Herbert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1969-03-13 | Silver Star (21621) | |
| Warrant Officer 2 |
Dunbar, Ronald | Killed in Action | 1943-03-13 | Spitfire (BS196) | Mission, British Columbia |
| Flight Sergeant |
Edwards, Russell Irwin | Killed in Action | 1943-03-13 | Wellington (HZ263) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Flight Sergeant |
Evans, Edmund Cheney | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-03-13 | Whitley (P5051) | Thessalon, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
Farrell, James Paul | Killed in Action | 1945-03-13 | Lancaster (NG233) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Ordinary Seaman |
Faulkner, Ronald Herbert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-03-13 | Ventura (AJ173) | |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Folkard, Maurice Godfrey | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-03-13 | Anson (N9652) | |
| Civilian |
Ford, Jack Cecil | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-03-13 | Canso (FP116) | Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA |
| Lieutenant |
Forster, Kivas Burton | Survived | 1918-03-13 | F.2 (Bristol) (A6802) | Comox, BC |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Gardner, Murray Macdonald | Killed in Action | 1945-03-13 | Argus (Fairchild 24) (FZ786) | Medicine Hat, Alberta |
| Warrant Officer 1 |
Gauthier, Joseph Adrian Vincent | Prisoner of War | 1943-03-13 | Wellington (BK340) | St Louis, Prince Edward Island |
| Warrant Officer 2nd Class |
George, Floyd Eugene | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-13 | Dakota (KN345) | Egremont, Alberta |
| Flying Officer |
Gilbert, Edward Franklin | Killed in Action | 1945-03-13 | Argus (Fairchild 24) (FZ786) | Windsor Mills, Quebec |
| Flight Sergeant |
Giroux, Joseph Antonio Lucien | Killed in Action | 1942-03-13 | Wellington (Z8578) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Pilot Officer |
Gorham, James Rist | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-03-13 | Whitley (P5051) | Campbellton, New Brunswick |
| Warrant Officer 1 |
Goulet, Joseph Arthur Roland | Prisoner of War Early Release | 1943-03-13 | Wellington (BK340) | |
| Warrant Officer 2nd Class |
Gunn, Stuart William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-03-13 | Oxford (V4154) | London, Ontario |
| Warrant Officer 2nd Class |
Harbottle, Ronald Winfred | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-03-13 | Vincent (K6349) | Dummer, Saskatchewan |
| Flight Sergeant |
Hatfield, Harold Reid | Killed in Action | 1942-03-13 | Hampden (AT247) | Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Haywood, Robert Alfred | Killed in Action | 1945-03-13 | Mustang (FB359) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Pilot Officer |
Hebert, Joseph Roy | Killed in Action | 1942-03-13 | Hampden (AT247) | Regina, Saskatchewan (parents) |
| Pilot Officer |
Hodge, Daniel William | Killed in Action | 1945-03-13 | Lancaster (NG233) | Asbestos, Quebec |
| Master Sergeant |
House, Willis Francis | Killed in Action | 1969-03-13 | () | |
| |
Howard, Ernest Ford | Survived | 1918-03-13 | F.E.2 (A5630) | |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Hubbard, Charles Stuart | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-13 | Liberator (EW626) | |
| Pilot Officer |
Inderbitzin, Victor Herman | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-03-13 | Bolingbroke (10111) | Tacoma, Washington, USA |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Jackson, Ivor Wilfred | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-03-13 | Anson (N9652) | |
| Corporal |
Jeckells, Frederick | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-13 | Liberator (EW626) | |
| Colonel |
Jilek, Vaclav | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-13 | Liberator (EW626) | Pisecne, Czechoslovakia |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Jones, Edgar | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-13 | Liberator (EW626) | Totley, Derbyshire, England |
| Pilot Officer |
Keele, Gordon Frederick | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-03-13 | Hampden (X2906) | Kingston, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
Kennedy, George Alexander | Killed in Action | 1945-03-13 | Lancaster (NG233) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Flight Sergeant |
Kondziolka, Ludvik | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-13 | Liberator (EW626) | Lutynia, Klodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
| Pilot Officer |
Lalor, Fintan Howard | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-03-13 | Ventura (AJ173) | Pine Falls, Manitoba |
| Warrant Officer 1 |
Lamontagne, Joseph Georges Gilles Claude | Prisoner of War | 1943-03-13 | Wellington (BK340) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Sergeant |
Lawrence, John Henry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-13 | Liberator (EW626) | Kensington, London, England |
| Leading Airman (Acting) |
Lewis, Barry Ryder | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-03-13 | Harvard (FE649) | |
| Flight Sergeant |
Lewis, Richard James Hammelsten | Killed in Action | 1942-03-13 | Whitley (Z6975) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Lindsay, David | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-13 | Liberator (EW626) | |
| Second-Lieutenant |
MacDonald, John Alexander | Survived | 1919-03-13 | () | Ripley, Ontario. |
| Flying Officer |
Mackay, William Leslie | Killed in Action | 1942-03-13 | Hampden (AT247) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Flight Lieutenant |
McCrimmon, Donald James | Prisoner of War | 1943-03-13 | Spitfire (BS351) | Sylvan Lake, Alberta |
| McGill, Russell Fremont | unknown | 1919-03-13 | () | ||
| Flying Officer |
McKay, Arthur Ralph "Bud" Wilmot | Prisoner of War | 1945-03-13 | Spitfire (MK888) | Hamilton Ontario Canada |
 Leading Aircraftman |
McKenzie, Donald Charles | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-03-13 | Bolingbroke (10111) | |
| Corporal |
McKenzie, William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-13 | Liberator (EW626) | Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| Warrant Officer 2 |
McKinnon, Thomas Steele | Prisoner of War | 1943-03-13 | Wellington (HE690) | |
| Leading Aircraftman |
McPherson, Keith Robert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-03-13 | Bolingbroke (10111) | |
| Sergeant |
Mercer, Ronald Guy | Prisoner of War | 1943-03-13 | Wellington (HE690) | |
| Second-Lieutenant |
Millett, James Noble Layton | Missing in Action | 1918-03-13 | () | |
| Flying Officer |
Mitchell, Thomas Ridley | Killed in Action | 1944-03-13 | Hurricane (5663) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Flight Sergeant |
Moffatt, Curtis Mackinnon | Killed in Action | 1943-03-13 | Wellington (BJ756) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Flying Officer |
Montgomery, Cyril George | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-13 | Liberator (EW626) | |
| Flight Sergeant |
Moore, John Lyndon | Killed in Action | 1942-03-13 | Whitley (Z6975) | Honea Path, South Carolina, USA |
| Sergeant |
Morris, John | Prisoner of War | 1943-03-13 | Wellington (HE690) | |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Murdoch, Alistair Kay | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-13 | Liberator (EW626) | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Flight Sergeant |
Murtha, Arthur Travers P. | Killed in Action | 1942-03-13 | Hampden (AT247) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Flight Sergeant |
Neale, Douglas | Killed in Action | 1943-03-13 | Stirling (BK592) | South Battleford, Saskatchewan |
| Warrant Officer |
Pendleton, Eugene | Prisoner of War | 1942-03-13 | Spitfire (P8797) | |
| Second-Lieutenant |
Percival, Ernest Russell | Killed in Flying Accident | 1919-03-13 | () | London, Ontario. |
| Pilot Officer |
Pierson, Thomas Clyde | Killed in Action | 1945-03-13 | Lancaster (NG233) | Verdun, Quebec |
| Flying Officer |
Plante, Arthur Vincent | Killed in Action | 1945-03-13 | Lancaster (NG233) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Cadet |
Porter, Richard Morgan | unknown | 1918-03-13 | JN-4 Canuck (C494) | Patchogue, New York, USA |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Porter, Stanley | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-03-13 | Anson (N9595) | |
| Sergeant |
Pratley, Arthur James | Killed in Action | 1942-03-13 | Whitley (Z9312) | |
| Sergeant |
Reed, Howard Murray | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-03-13 | Bolingbroke (10111) | Alameda, Saskatchewan |
| Sergeant |
Reynolds, Edgar Cecil | Killed in Action | 1942-03-13 | Whitley (Z9312) | |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Rundell, Eric Alfred | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-03-13 | Anson (N9595) | |
| Civilian Pilot (Captain) |
Schiller, Clarence Alvin "Duke" | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-03-13 | Canso (FP116) | Onawa, Monona County, Iowa, USA |
| Flight Sergeant |
Sharpe, Richard Allan Whitaker | Killed in Action | 1943-03-13 | Stirling (BK592) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Flying Officer |
Shea, David John | Killed in Action | 1944-03-13 | Spitfire (EN237) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Warrant Officer |
Shorten, Albert George | Killed in Action | 1943-03-13 | Wellington (BK158) | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Captain |
Taylor, Gordon Winslow | Survived | 1918-03-13 | Dolphin () | Saint John, New Brunswick |
| Flight Sergeant |
Thompson, Joseph Michael | Killed in Action | 1942-03-13 | Manchester (L7432) | Fort William, Ontario |
| Lieutenant |
Thompson, Luis Mark (Louis or Lewis) | Survived | 1918-03-13 | F.2 (Bristol) (C895) | Altoona, Florida, USA |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Tierney, James Edward | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-03-13 | Bolingbroke (10111) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Lieutenant-Colonel |
Volek, Alois Jaroslav | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-13 | Liberator (EW626) | Vienna, (Wien) Austria |
| Flying Officer |
Walker, Anthony Peter Ramsden | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-13 | Liberator (EW626) | |
| Sergeant |
Wilkie, David | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-03-13 | Canso (FP116) | Vernon, British Columbia, Canada |
| Flying Officer |
Williams, John | Killed in Action | 1945-03-13 | Argus (Fairchild 24) (FZ786) | Eburne, British Columbia |
| Pilot Officer |
Wilson, James Howard | Killed in Action | 1945-03-13 | Lancaster (NG233) | St Stephen, New Brunswick |
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