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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Flight Sergeant |
Agate, James Victor | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (HE728) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Pilot Officer |
Arthurs, John William | Killed in Action | 1942-04-29 | Hudson (AE574) | Sifton, Manitoba |
| Flying Officer |
Ashburner, Leslie John | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Spitfire (W3572) | St Catharines, Ontario |
| Flying Officer |
Aubrey, Gordon Alexander | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-04-29 | Oxford (DF332) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
Baker, Richard Aubrey | Killed in Action | 1942-04-29 | Hudson (AE574) | Windsor, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
Balcer, Cyril Rene | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (HE543) | Granby, Quebec |
| Warrant Officer 2 |
Banks, Gordon John | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (LB169) | Bridgetown, Nova Scotia |
 Captain |
Beevor, 6th Baronet of Hethel, Sir Thomas L | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-29 | Hudson (V8983) | |
| Sergeant |
Bisson, Lawrence Ulrich Joseph | Killed in Flying Accident | 1960-04-29 | Mitchell (5220) | Wainwright, Alberta |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Black, Byard Broder | Died | 1943-04-29 | () | Hallville, Ontario |
| Second-Lieutenant |
Black, James Somerville | Killed in Action | 1917-04-29 | B.E.2 () | Regina, Saskatchewan (at time of enlistment) |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Blake, Vernon Arthur | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-04-29 | Harvard (2510) | London, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
Brown, James Bernard Frederick | Killed in Action | 1942-04-29 | Halifax (W7663) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Sergeant |
Cameron, George Alexander Duncan | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (LB169) | Bardorwie, Sterlingshire, England |
 Flying Officer |
Clark, Laurence Maurice | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (HZ278) | Hollywood, California, USA |
| Sergeant |
Collier, William | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (HE543) | Swinton, Lancashire, England |
| Flying Officer |
Cornwall, James Raymond | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (MP618) | Minnedosa, Manitoba (parents) |
 MCpl, AESO |
Cousins, Matthew Alexander | Killed in Flying Accident | 2020-04-29 | Cyclone (148822) | |
| Sub-Lieutenant MSEO |
Cowbrough, Abbigail Lillian | Killed in Flying Accident | 2020-04-29 | Cyclone (148822) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Flight Sub-Lieutenant |
Cuzner, Albert Edward | Missing in Action | 1917-04-29 | Triplane (N5463) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
Dalton, John Anthony | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (HZ278) | Merritt, British Columbia |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Davis, Philip Meyer | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-29 | Hudson (V8983) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Pilot Officer |
Day, Gordon Robert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1940-04-29 | Harvard (1343) | Ottawa, Ontario (parents) |
| |
Dinsmore, George Hastings Stone | Survived | 1917-04-29 | () | |
| Flight Sergeant |
Doyle, Louis Martin | Killed in Action | 1942-04-29 | Wellington (Z8766) | Kaministikwia, Ontario |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Dyck, Delmar Edward | Killed in Flying Accident | 1960-04-29 | Mitchell (5220) | Moose Range, Sasaktchewan |
| Pilot Officer |
Fergusson, John Drummond | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (MP618) | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Lieutenant Colonel |
Finlay, Charles Francis Geoffrey | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-29 | Hudson (V8983) | |
| Warrant Officer 1 |
Fisher, Horace Reginald | Prisoner of War | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (HZ278) | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Flying Officer |
Flemington, Arthur Allen Styles | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (MP618) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Flying Officer |
Ford, Frederick Ronald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-29 | Hudson (V8983) | Bebington, Cheshire, England |
| Sergeant |
Garnett, Kenneth Peter | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (HE543) | |
| Flight Sergeant |
Giles, David Edward | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (HZ278) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) |
| Flight Sergeant |
Gordon, Richard Lawrence | Killed in Action | 1942-04-29 | Hampden (AE426) | Hagersville, Ontario |
| Sergeant |
Graham, Ernest | Killed in Action | 1942-04-29 | Hudson (AE574) | |
| Warrant Officer 2 |
Grasley, Joseph Robert | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (LB169) | Port Arthur, Ontario |
| Captain |
Hagen, Kevin Matthew | Killed in Flying Accident | 2020-04-29 | Cyclone (148822) | Nanaimo, British Columbia |
| Pilot Officer |
Harvey, Kenneth Foreman | Killed in Action | 1942-04-29 | Hudson (AE574) | |
| Captain |
Haywood, Arthur Percival | Survived | 1917-04-29 | Triplane (N5441) | Toronto, York County., Ontario |
| Lieutenant |
Hill, Robert Brinton | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-04-29 | B.E.2 (C7009) | Orange, New Jersey, USA |
| Sergeant |
Holt, Kenneth William Collis | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-04-29 | Tiger Moth (4196) | Horfield Bristol, UK |
| Flying Officer |
Howard, Robert Paul | Killed in Flying Accident | 1960-04-29 | Mitchell (5220) | London, Ontario |
| Lieutenant |
Hyde-Pearson, Leonard Brooke | Survived | 1917-04-29 | () | Toronto, Ontario |
| Private First Class |
Jobey, Andrew John | Killed in Action | 1968-04-29 | () | |
| Wing Commander |
Kusiar, George Walter | Killed in Flying Accident | 1960-04-29 | Mitchell (5220) | New Toronto, Ontario |
| Cadet |
Leblanc, Edgar Patrick | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-04-29 | JN-4 Canuck (C1001) | Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick (parents) |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Low, George | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (MP618) | Norway House, Manitoba |
| Captain |
MacDonald, Brenden Ian | Killed in Flying Accident | 2020-04-29 | Cyclone (148822) | |
| Flight Sergeant |
Maceachen, Hugh Archibald | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (HZ278) | Sydney, Nova Scotia |
| Flt Lieutenant |
MacIntyre, Gordon Leslie | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-29 | Hudson (V8983) | Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, N.I. |
| Rear Admiral |
Mack, Philip John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-29 | Hudson (V8983) | |
| Nurse |
Macleod, Jessie Margaret Ns | Died | 1941-04-29 | () | Kirkland Lake, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
MacLeod, Lloyd George | Killed in Action | 1942-04-29 | Hudson (AE574) | Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia (parents) |
| Flight Sergeant |
Manson, William Mackenzie | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (HE728) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Squadron Leader |
May, Robert Seayears | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Stirling (BF346) | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Warrant Officer 1 |
McGrath, Dennis Brien | Killed in Action | 1942-04-29 | Wellington (X3593) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Flying Officer |
Meakins, Geoffrey | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (HE543) | Grantham, Lincolnshire, England |
| Captain ACSO |
Miron-Morin, Maxime | Killed in Flying Accident | 2020-04-29 | Cyclone (148822) | |
| Pilot Officer |
Monk, William Greenhalgh | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Stirling (BF346) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Aircraftman 1 |
Newton, Harold John Anthony | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-29 | Hudson (V8983) | Norbury, Surrey, England |
| Pilot Officer |
Parkinson, Ronald Albert | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (HE543) | Drymen, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Flying Officer |
Parr, William Russell | Prisoner of War | 1942-04-29 | Halifax (W1053) | |
| Flight Sergeant |
Paton, John | Killed in Action | 1942-04-29 | Wellington (Z8766) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Porteous, Neil Allan | Killed in Flying Accident | 1960-04-29 | Mitchell (5220) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Sub-Lieutenant |
Pyke, Matthew Kendall | Killed in Flying Accident | 2020-04-29 | Cyclone (148822) | |
| Warrant Officer 2nd Class |
Radcliff, Kenneth Edward | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (HE728) | Chemainus, British Columbia |
| Warrant Officer 2nd Class |
Ramsay, James Alexander | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Stirling (BF467) | Orillia, Ontario (parents) |
| Lieutenant |
Rathbone, George Henry | Missing in Action | 1917-04-29 | B.E.2 (A2738) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
Robertson, Forbes | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Mitchell (4113190) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Roe, John Raemonde | Prisoner of War | 1942-04-29 | Halifax (W1053) | Kitchener, Ontario |
| Flight Sergeant |
Romas, James Arthur Esterbrooks | Killed in Action | 1942-04-29 | Hampden (AE426) | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Pilot Officer |
Row, John Raemond | Prisoner of War | 1942-04-29 | Halifax (W1053) | |
| Sergeant |
Rushton, Ian Peter Douglas | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (HE728) | Chelsea, London, England |
| Major General |
Salmon, Harry Leonard Noel | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-29 | Hudson (V8983) | |
| Flight Sergeant |
Smith-Jones, Henry Vaynor | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (HE728) | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Warrant Officer 2 |
Stelter, Norman Albert | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (LB169) | Lamont, Alberta (parents) |
| Air Commodore |
Stephenson, John Gay | Killed in Flying Accident | 1960-04-29 | Mitchell (5220) | Windsor, Ontario |
| Flight Sergeant |
Stoddard, Elmer Gerald | Died | 1941-04-29 | () | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Flight Sergeant |
Summers, Samuel Charles Franklin | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (MP618) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Sergeant |
Swain, Fred Charles | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (HE170) | Caron, Saskatchewan |
| Sergeant |
Tyler, George | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Lancaster (W4945) | Calgary, Alberta |
 Flying Officer |
Veira, Basil Vernon Lancelot | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Lancaster (ED408) | St Kitts, British West Indies |
| Warrant Officer 2 |
Westman, Robert Morris | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (LB169) | Smiley, Saskatchewan (parents) |
| Flying Officer |
Wheeler, John Pearson | Killed in Action | 1943-04-29 | Wellington (MP618) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
White, Arthur Charles | Killed in Action | 1942-04-29 | Wellington (Z8766) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Lieutenant Colonel |
Wilson, Guy Gervers Holmes | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-29 | Hudson (V8983) | |
| Zwarteveen, J.H.M. | Killed in Flying Accident | 1957-04-29 | Silver Star (21521) |
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