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 |
Albert, Martin H. | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (DV308) | New York, New York, USA |
| Canada |
Arklie, Andrew Melville | Prisoner of War | 1943-01-02 | Kittyhawk (FR111) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Baillie, Sir Frank Wilton | Died | 1921-01-02 | () | Oakville Ontario Canada |
| Canada |
Baker, Ned | Killed in Action | 1945-01-02 | Lancaster (LM687) | Okotoks, Alberta |
| Canada |
Bedwell, Edward James | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (EE129) | |
 UK |
Bedwell, George Frederick Kenneth | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JA711) | Saxmundham, Suffolk, England |
| Canada |
Bourque, Joseph Herbert | unknown | 1947-01-02 | () | |
| Canada |
Braid, Robert Williamson | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (LM423) | |
| Canada |
Bridgman, Edward Fleming | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (DS667) | |
| Canada |
Cameron, Bruce Clarke | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JB737) | Oshawa, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Campbell, Allan Paul | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JB737) | Melville, Saskatchewan (parents) |
| Canada |
Chittim, Richard Hugh | Killed in Action | 1945-01-02 | Lancaster (ND635) | Windsor, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Clark, William Leonard John | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JB280) | North Vancouver, British Columbia (parents) |
 Australia |
Clarke, Maxwell John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-02 | Oxford (AS674) | |
| Canada |
Colk, Frederick Charles Goodwin | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JB317) | |
| Canada |
Crawford, Nathan | Killed in Action | 1945-01-02 | Lancaster (PB477) | Moncton, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Crawford, Norman Willard | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-02 | Wellington (BK387) | St John, New Brunswick (parenrs) |
| Canada |
Dalling, James Edwin | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-02 | Wellington (BK387) | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (parents) |
| UK |
Dixon, Norman Frederick | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JA711) | Old Balderton, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Canada |
Donahue, Carroll Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JB682) | Lindsay, Ontario |
| Canada |
Donnelly, Thomas Henry | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JB280) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Doran, Willard Lawrence | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JA711) | Edmonton, Alberta (parents) |
| Canada |
Dunne, James Barry | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JB737) | Spillimacheen, British Columbia (parents) |
 USA |
Durling, Maurice Vaughn | Killed in Action | 1945-01-02 | Lancaster (PB515) | Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA |
| Canada |
Eardley, Albert Rudolf Osborne | Killed in Action | 1945-01-02 | () | Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Eberle, Arthur Jason | Killed in Action | 1945-01-02 | Lancaster (PB515) | Ridgetown, Ontario |
| Canada |
Evans, Paul Hyrum | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (DV189) | |
| Canada |
Fawcett, Rowland Eden | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JA925) | Duncan, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Field, John James Alfred | Killed in Action | 1943-01-02 | Boston (W8292) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Newfoundland |
Finn, Robert Cyril | Killed in Action | 1943-01-02 | Hurricane (HV849) | St John's, Newfoundland |
| Canada |
Gavin, Thomas Donald | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JB737) | Edmonton, Alberta (parents) |
| Canada |
Geeves, Gerald Edward | Killed in Action | 1945-01-02 | Lancaster (PB477) | Montreal, Quebec (parents) |
| Canada |
Glass, Ernest Israel | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-02 | Wellington (BK387) | Grenfell, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Gosney, Leonard David | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (W4892) | Allandale, Ontario |
| Canada |
Green, George Gladstone Aloysious | Died | 1944-01-02 | () | Dundas, Ontario |
| Canada |
Halloran, William Richard | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (ND354) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Henfrey, Jack | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-02 | Wellington (BK387) | Kenora, Ontario |
| Canada |
Himmelman, Maurice William | Died | 1945-01-02 | () | Rose Bay, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Holmes A'court, Walter Alexander | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (W4831) | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Hope, George Proud | Killed in Flying Accident | 1951-01-02 | Chipmunk (CFCXF) | Walkerville, Ontario |
| Canada |
Hoskins, Donald Dunk | Killed in Action | 1945-01-02 | Lancaster (PB515) | Chatham, Ontario |
| Canada |
Howard, James Paul Ogilvie | Killed in Action | 1945-01-02 | Mosquito (KB222) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| UK |
Ingram, Derek Thomas | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (EE129) | |
| UK |
James, George Lloyd | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JA711) | |
| UK |
Keene, Eric Douglas | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JA711) | Coverntry, England |
| UK |
King, Arthur William Dorrian | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (EE129) | |
| UK |
Kingsbury, Leicester Cornelius | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (EE129) | |
| Canada |
Lay, Ronald Edward | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-02 | Oxford (AS674) | Red Deer, Alberta |
| UK |
Leslie, David John | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JB737) | |
| Canada |
Lillis, J C | Prisoner of War | 1945-01-02 | Lancaster (ND635) | |
| Canada |
Lukey, Francis Harry | Killed in Action | 1943-01-02 | Canso (VA725) | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Canada |
MacDonald, Douglas Allister | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JB532) | Rockglen, Saskatchewan |
 Bermuda |
Maclean, Isaac Murray | Died | 1944-01-02 | Norseman (3529) | New Westbury, Pembroke, Bermuda, British West Indies |
| Canada |
Maxwell, William Harold McQueen | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-02 | Anson (DJ382) | Lachute, Quebec |
| Canada |
McHenry, James Justin | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-02 | Wellington (BK387) | Lonsdale, Ontario |
| Canada |
McNeill, John Clair | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-02 | Anson (DJ382) | Calgary, Alberta |
| UK |
Miller, Leslie George Robert | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JB280) | |
| Canada |
Morgan, William Joseph | Killed in Action | 1945-01-02 | Lancaster (ND635) | Windsor, Ontario |
| UK |
Mortimer, Gilbert Frank | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (EE129) | |
| Canada |
Murray, Lewis Beverly | Killed in Action | 1943-01-02 | Spitfire (ER118) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Myers, Theodore Wesley | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (W4831) | Carievale, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Nickson, John Reginald | Died | 1918-01-02 | F.2 (Bristol) (C4830) | Vancouver, B.C. |
| Canada |
O'Neill, Bernard Peter | Killed in Action | 1942-01-02 | Hurricane (BE483) | Timmins, Ontario |
| UK |
Parr, Edward | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (EE129) | |
| Canada |
Plyley, Dorland Gillies | Prisoner of War | 1945-01-02 | Lancaster (PB477) | |
| Canada |
Pogson, Charles Herman | Killed in Action | 1945-01-02 | Lancaster (PB515) | Toronto, Ontario |
| USA |
Redgrave, Charles Derek | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (W4897) | New York City, New York, USA |
| UK |
Redhead, James | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JB737) | St Anthony's, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England (parents) |
| Canada |
Reid, Daniel Clifford | Killed in Action | 1945-01-02 | Lancaster (PB515) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Riggs, Leonard Earl | Killed in Action | 1945-01-02 | Lancaster (PB635) | Baldwinton, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Salaba, Alexander Jerry | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JB280) | Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Savage, Emery | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-02 | Wellington (BK387) | Fisher Branch, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Scott, Jack M | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JB231) | |
| Canada |
Sharpe, George Edward | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (LM377) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Souchen, Douglas Wilson | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (EE129) | Kentville, Kings County, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Suddick, William Edward | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (DV308) | Toronto, Ontario |
| UK |
Sutton, Jack | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JA711) | Westboro’, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England (parents) |
| Canada |
Taylor, Charles William | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (DV345) | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Thompson, David Noel | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JB737) | |
| Canada |
Turnbull, Robert Bernad Elliott | Accident | 1917-01-02 | Scout (Nieuport) () | |
 India |
Venugopal, Bandi Sriramulu | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-02 | Harvard (AH190) | |
| Canada |
Walters, E A | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (ND325) | Veregin, Saskatchewan |
| UK |
Ward, Geoffrey | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JA711) | Westboro, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England (parents) |
| UK |
Watts, Ronald Everest | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JB280) | Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom |
| UK |
West, Brian Sidney James | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JB280) | |
| Canada |
Weston, Richard Verdun | Killed in Action | 1945-01-02 | Lancaster (PB635) | Goderich, Ontario |
| Canada |
Wilde, Clarence Elder | Killed in Action | 1943-01-02 | Canso (VA725) | Kinley, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Young, John Edward Mingay 'Johney' | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JB231) | |
| Canada |
Zimmer, Ronald | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (JB280) | Jansen, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Zubic, Frank Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-01-02 | Lancaster (DV308) | London, Ontario |
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