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 |
Ash, Joseph | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-02 | Beaufort (DD876) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Canada |
Ash, Joseph William | Killed in Action | 1944-12-02 | Halifax (MZ807) | Valdor, Quebec |
| Canada |
Baker, Shirley Wildemar Frank | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (LL618) | Coquitlam, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Beatty, James Murray | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-02 | Halifax (DJ982) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
 South Africa |
Bee, Allan Lawrence | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-02 | Wellington (LN384) | Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa |
| Canada |
Bellew, Henry Benedict | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-02 | Halifax (DG282) | Montreal, Quebec (parents) |
| Canada |
Black, Roland Edward | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (JB401) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Bower, John Frank | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (JA847) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Brisco, Frederick Lionel | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (ED601) | Amherstburg, Ontario |
 Czech |
Bures, Paul | Killed in Action | 1942-12-02 | Beaufort (N1005) | Rohatec, Moravia, Czechoslovakia |
| Canada |
Campbell, George Thomas | Killed in Action | 1942-12-02 | Blenheim (BA872) | North Vancouver, British Columbia (parents) |
| Canada |
Catto, John Harrison | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-02 | Halifax (DG282) | New Westminster, BC (parents) |
 UK |
Cheetham, Norman | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-02 | Oxford (AS347) | |
| UK |
Chilvers, George Alfred | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Halifax (DG282) | |
| Canada |
Clarke, William Robertson | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (JB179) | Watrous, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Cook, Walter Herbert | Killed in Action | 1944-12-02 | Halifax (MZ807) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Canada |
Coutts, Walter Gordon | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-12-02 | S.E.5 (B563) | Toronto, Ontario |
 Trinidad |
Cumming-Bart, Jerome Thomas Ellis | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (DS770) | Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies |
| Canada |
Cunningham, Harold Thomas | Killed in Action | 1942-12-02 | Spitfire (EE689) | Montreal, Quebec (parents) |
| Canada |
Davidson, Robert William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-02 | Canso (11086) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Day, Louis Oswald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-02 | Canso (11086) | Toronto, Ontario (mother) |
| Canada |
Deplanche, Earl Joseph | Killed | 1943-12-02 | Anson () | St Thomas, Ontario |
| Canada |
Earls, John James | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-02 | Beaufort (DD876) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Canada |
Fair, William Henry | Survived | 1917-12-02 | () | Brantford, Brant County, Ontario |
| Canada |
Fitt, Micahel Harold Peter | Killed in Flying Accident | 1958-12-02 | Sabre (23638) | Calcutta, India |
| Canada |
Foulston, James Arthur | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-02 | Halifax (DG282) | Medicine Hat, Alberta |
| UK |
Goodman, Herbert William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-02 | Beaufort (DD876) | South Harrow, Middlesex, United Kingdom |
| Canada |
Goodwin, James Robertson | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (LL618) | High River, Alberta |
| Canada |
Grant, John Edward | Killed in Action | 1944-12-02 | Halifax (MZ807) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Gray, Peter Ritchie | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-02 | Halifax (DG282) | Brandon, Manitoba (parents) |
| Canada |
Green, William Henry | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (LL618) | Churchill, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Hall, Frederick Russell | Killed in Action | 1944-12-02 | Liberator (EV887) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Harper, Robert Howard | Killed in Action | 1944-12-02 | Liberator (EV887) | Bassano, Alberta |
| Canada |
Hook, Alan Thomas | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (JB372) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Hurley, Darrel Arthur Thomas | Killed | 1954-12-02 | () | Qubec, Quebec |
| Canada |
Kay, Gordon Harry | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (EE179) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Keast, Harry Arnold | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (DS770) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Leitch, Andrew Christie | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (JA847) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Linton, Ross Franklin | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-02 | Beaufighter (EL433) | Wolseley, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Lowle, Gordon Pomeroy | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (LL618) | Calgary, Alberta |
| South Africa |
Macdonald, Hector Omdurman | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Wellington (LN384) | Rural location, Western Cape, South Africa |
| Canada |
Mahoney, John Ambrose | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-02 | Canso (11086) | St Leonards, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Mallory, Lorne Albert | Evader | 1944-12-02 | Halifax (MZ807) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
McCubbin, Francis Cole | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Halifax (HR876) | Fort William, Ontario |
| Canada |
McKernan, Frank Thomas Andrew | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (DS770) | Brantford, Ontario |
| Canada |
McManaman, Reginald Willis | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (JA847) | Amherst, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Moad, Harold Alexander | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (JB529) | Clanwilliam, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Morgan, Albert Raymond | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (LL618) | Kirkland Lake, Ontario |
| UK |
Morgan, William John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-02 | Halifax (DJ982) | Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, Wales |
| UK |
Motley, Cecil Godfrey | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-02 | Wellington (LN384) | South Africa |
| Canada |
Nash, Robert Leslie | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-02 | Canso (11086) | Hamilton Beach, Ontario |
| UK |
Newell, Harry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-02 | Beaufort (DD876) | Battersea, London, United Kingdom |
| Canada |
Patenaude, Joseph Roger Marcel | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-02 | Canso (11086) | Montreal, Quebec |
| South Africa |
Perkins, Rupert Maliss | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-02 | Wellington (LN384) | Ispingo Beach, Natal, South Africa |
| Canada |
Pilcher, Alan Swaine | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Mosquito (LR419) | Fort Steele, East Kootenay, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Pittman, John Benjamin | Killed in Action | 1944-12-02 | Halifax (MZ807) | Douglastown, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Porter, Frank Ferrier | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-02 | Canso (11086) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Canada |
Quickfall, Clarke Edward | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Stirling (EF191) | Kindersley, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Ramsay, George Balfour Nicol | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-02 | Canso (11086) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Rinn, Leonard Rodmond | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (ED777) | Acme, Alberta |
| Canada |
Roberts, Frederick John | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (JB401) | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Rodin, Ivan | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (W4881) | Cloverdale, British Columbia |
| South Africa |
Saul, Edward Lawrence | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-02 | Wellington (LN384) | Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa |
| Canada |
Shaw, Malcolm Crimmins | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (DS770) | Amherstburg, Ontario |
| Canada |
Shiells, Robert Howard | Killed in Action | 1944-12-02 | Halifax (MZ807) | Montreal, Quebec |
| UK |
Skyrme, Thomas John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-02 | Halifax (DJ982) | Ynysybwl, Glamorgan, Wales |
| Canada |
Slegg, Albert Edward | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (LL618) | Perth, Ontario |
| Canada |
Staples, Alonzo Irvine | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-02 | Canso (11086) | Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Stinson, Harley Vernon | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Halifax (HR876) | St Andrews, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Stinson, Wilmer Edmond | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (LL618) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Sucharov, Mortimer Samuel | Killed in Action | 1944-12-02 | Lancaster (KB766) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Taylor, William John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-02 | Halifax (DJ982) | St Thomas, Ontario |
| Canada |
Thomasberg, Balder | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (JB372) | Norwood, Manitoba |
| UK |
Tomalin, John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-02 | Oxford (AS347) | |
| Canada |
Trudel, Joseph Romeo Antoine | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-02 | Canso (11086) | Mackayville, Quebec |
| Canada |
Tulloch, Stewart | Killed in Action | 1944-12-02 | Liberator (EV887) | Craik, Saskatchewan |
| South Africa |
Vav Zyl, Derrick Errol | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-02 | Wellington (LN384) | Bloemfontein, South Africa |
| Canada |
Waddington, Robert Frederick | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (DS770) | Windsor, Ontario |
| Canada |
Walker, Donald Cameron | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-02 | Halifax (DJ982) | Sault Ste Marie, Ontario |
| Canada |
Wallace, John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-02 | Halifax (DJ982) | Milestone, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Wilton, Leo | Killed in Action | 1943-12-02 | Lancaster (DS783) | Toronto, Ontario |
 Ireland |
Winters, John Owens | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-02 | Halifax (DJ982) |
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