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 Baird, John Norman Killed in Flying Accident 1957-01-09 Harvard (20389) Toronto, Ontario
New Zealand Banks-Martin Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Halifax (DT483)
UK Bastable, Thomas Henry Killed in Flying Accident 1945-01-09 Liberator (KH173)
UK Bowles, Thomas Patrick Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Lancaster (R5738) Selby, Yorkshire, England (parents)
Canada Bradley, John Edward Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Lancaster (W4371) Lashburn, Saskatchewan
Canada Buick, John Albert Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Lancaster (W4371) Waskada, Manitoba
UK Burr, Robert Henry Killed in Flying Accident 1945-01-09 Liberator (KH173)
UK Cameron, Andrew Greenhill Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Lancaster (W4277)
UK Cocksey, Frank Killed in Flying Accident 1945-01-09 Liberator (KH173)
UK Colbert, Stanley Riswin Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Lancaster (R5738) Cuxham, Oxfordshire, England (parents)
UK Colonna, Adriano Alfred Robert Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Lancaster (W4277)
Canada Cowan, Robert John Alexander Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Halifax (DT483) Minnedosa, Manitoba (parents)
UK Crawford, Ian Kieran Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Halifax (W7751)
UK Cuthbertson, James Brown Killed in Flying Accident 1945-01-09 Liberator (KH173)
Canada Davenport, Robert Munro Evader 1944-01-09 Spitfire (MH827)
Canada De Lorme, Emile Died 1942-01-09 () Ottawa, Ontario
Canada Dell, Donald Joseph Prisoner of War 1943-01-09 Lancaster (R5738) Belleville, Ontario
UK Dick, Thomas Killed in Flying Accident 1944-01-09 Harvard (AJ756) Huyton, Lancashire, England (parents)
Canada Douglas, Donald Banbury Killed in Action 1945-01-09 Mosquito (HR159) Belleville, Ontario
Canada Fetherstonhaugh, Charles Brian Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Halifax (BB252) Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada Foote, Alan Dick Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Lancaster (W4159) Toronto, Ontario
Canada Garrity, Francis Frank Killed in Flying Accident 1942-01-09 Hudson (V9125) Fort Henry, Ontario
USA Gillen, William Albert Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Lancaster (ED319) Rumford, Rhode Island, USA
UK Goodwill, Herbert Ivor Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Halifax (W7751)
UK Hesketh, Thomas Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Lancaster (R5738) Maghull, Lancashire England
Canada Hignell, Wilbert Scott Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Lancaster (R5738) Toronto, Ontario (parents)
UK Hutchinson, Jonathan Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Lancaster (W4277)
Canada King, Clement Lawrence Clifford Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Halifax (BB252) St John, New Brunswick
Canada Lavigne, Joseph Edward Robert Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Halifax (W7751) Melfort, Saskatchewan
UK Lightfoot, John Henry Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Lancaster (W4277)
UK Llewellyn, Sidney Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Halifax (W7751)
UK Mallin, Frederick George Killed in Flying Accident 1944-01-09 Harvard (AJ756) Alum Rock, Birmingham, England (mother)
Canada Mann, Douglas Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Halifax (W7751) Montreal, Quebec
Canada Marshall, Donald Courtenay Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Lancaster (W4371) Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada Martin, Louis Grover Killed in Flying Accident 1944-01-09 Wellington (HE320) Big River, Saskatchewan
UK Mitchell, Cyril Irwin Killed in Flying Accident 1945-01-09 Liberator (KH173)
USA Mitchell, James Lee Killed in Flying Accident 1942-01-09 Hudson (V9125) Venice, California
UK Mogg,Dennis Bryant Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Lancaster (W4277)
UK Morgans, William David Newton Killed in Flying Accident 1945-01-09 Liberator (KH173)
UK Newman, Peter Frank Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Halifax (W7751)
Australia O'Donnell, Keith Percival Squire Killed in Flying Accident 1942-01-09 Hudson (V9125) Sydney, Australia
UK Owen, Roger Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Halifax (W7751)
Canada Paige, Milton James Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Lancaster (W4277) Lennoxville, Quebec
Canada Payne, Howard Victor Killed in Action 1942-01-09 Spitfire (BL298) Huntsville, Ontario
Pickett, Harry Brice unknown 1919-01-09 ()
Canada Poegal, Donald Leighton Died 1941-01-09 () Nadeauville, Saskatchewan
Canada Raby, Glenn James Killed in Flying Accident 1943-01-09 Oxford (AP500) Banff, Alberta
UK Richardson, Douglas David Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Lancaster (R5738) Bradford, Yorkshire, England (parents)
Newfoundland Roberts, Ernest Wilson David Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Halifax (DT483) Howley, Newfoundland
Canada Robertshaw, William John Killed in Flying Accident 1942-01-09 Whitley (Z9017) Tavistock, Ontario
Selmer, Nicolay Sejersted Killed in Flying Accident 1943-01-09 Oxford (V3351)
UK Simpson, Alan Killed in Flying Accident 1945-01-09 Liberator (KH173)
Canada Skelton, Edwin Kerr Killed in Action 1918-01-09 Scout (Nieuport) (B3607) Montreal, Quebec
UK Skinner, Peter Stanley Prisoner of War 1943-01-09 Halifax (W7751)
Canada Smith, John Wilmer Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Halifax (BB252) Toronto, Ontario
UK Snelling, George Arthur Killed in Flying Accident 1945-01-09 Liberator (KH173)
UK Spence, Kenneth Edmund Killed in Flying Accident 1945-01-09 Liberator (KH173)
UK Stead, Peter Killed in Flying Accident 1945-01-09 Liberator (KH173)
Canada Taylor, William Mossop Killed in Flying Accident 1944-01-09 Harvard (2872) Ottawa, Ontario
UK Trickey, James Francis Killed in Flying Accident 1945-01-09 Liberator (KH173)
Canada Wilson, Arthur William Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Halifax (BB252) Valois, Quebec
Canada Wilson, James Murray Killed in Flying Accident 1942-01-09 Whitley (Z9017) Shoal Lake, Manitoba
UK Wright, Douglas Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Lancaster (R5738) Porthill, Stoke-on-Trent, England (parents)
UK Wright, Sydney Killed in Action 1943-01-09 Lancaster (W4277)
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