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 |
Aldersley, Richard George Fane | Killed in Action | 1941-08-13 | Wellington (Z8835) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Andrews, John French | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (PB258) | Kennedy, Saskatchewan |
 UK |
Arbon, Harold Edward | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (PD260) | |
| UK |
Archibald, Kenneth "Archie" | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (ND969) | Garmouth, Morayshire, Scotland |
| Canada |
Atyeo, Gene Mitchell | Prisoner of War | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (PB258) | |
| Canada |
Austen, Roy William | Prisoner of War | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (LV951) | |
| Canada |
Baker, Edward Saunders | Prisoner of War | 1943-08-13 | Lancaster (JA682) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Canada |
Balchin, David Henry | Prisoner of War | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (PB258) | |
| Canada |
Barrett, William Charles | Prisoner of War | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (LV951) | Toronto, Ontario |
| UK |
Barrett, William Edward | Killed in Action | 1941-08-13 | Stirling (N3659) | Allerton, Liverpool, England (parents) |
| Canada |
Beaufort, Francis Henry 'Frank' | Killed in Action | 1918-08-13 | DH.9 (D2881) | New York, New York, U.S.A. |
| Canada |
Belyea, Donald Gordon | Prisoner of War | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (PB127) | St John, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Bennett, Harry Curd | Killed in Action | 1943-08-13 | Spitfire (P7530) | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Bennett, Ronald Stanley | Prisoner of War | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (LM599) | |
| Canada |
Bilbe, John | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (LV821) | Fort William, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Birmingham, Joseph Patrick | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (NA604) | Stratford, Ontario |
| Newfoundland |
Blackmore, Lester John | Killed in Action | 1942-08-13 | Stirling (BF329) | Clarenville, Newfoundland |
| UK |
Bodger, Harry | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (PD260) | York, Yorkshire, England (parents) |
| Canada |
Bourne, Kenneth Reid | Killed in Action | 1943-08-13 | Wellington (HE348) | Summerberry, Saskatchewan |
| UK |
Bowrey, Cyril Kenneth George | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-08-13 | Anson (6077) | |
| UK |
Brayne, Kenneth | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (MZ825) | West Nottingham, England |
| Canada |
Brennan, Cornelius Alfred | Killed in Action | 1943-08-13 | Stirling (EF452) | Verdun, Quebec |
| UK |
Broad, John Thomas "Corny" | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (ND969) | Perranwell, Cornwall, England |
| Canada |
Brock, Cecil Guelph | Survived | 1918-08-13 | Triplane (N5373) | Toronto, Ontario |
| UK |
Brophy, Bernard Anthony | Killed in Action | 1942-08-13 | Lancaster (R5633) | Leeds, Yorkshire, England |
| Canada |
Brown, Lorne Edwin | Killed in Action | 1941-08-13 | Halifax (L9562) | Port Rowan, Ontario |
| Canada |
Brown, William Wood Lindsay | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Spitfire (NH178) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Canada |
Brownlee, Irvin Gordon Thomas | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (LL578) | Shawville, Quebec |
| Canada |
Burns, Robert James | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (LV821) | Duncan, British Columbia (parents) |
| Canada |
Burt, Henry Andrew | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (PB247) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Canada |
Campbell, George Duncan | Prisoner of War | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (LV951) | |
| Canada |
Chalk, Russell Gilbert | Prisoner of War | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (LW175) | |
| Canada |
Clarke, Edwin Cedric | Killed in Action | 1918-08-13 | DH.9 (D3088) | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Compton, Orville Francis | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (MZ825) | Winnipeg, Manitoba (parents) |
| Canada |
Cooke, William Ronald | Survived | 1917-08-13 | DH.4 (A7429) | Orillia, Simcoe County, Ontario |
| UK |
Corran, Stanley | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (LV821) | |
| Canada |
Craig, Alfred Burton | Killed in Action | 1942-08-13 | Liberator (LV341) | St John, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Craig, Walter | Killed in Action | 1943-08-13 | Wellington (HZ427) | Schumacher, Ontario |
| Canada |
Cram, William Hugh | Prisoner of War | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (LV951) | |
| Canada |
Cronyn, Peter Hume | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (LV821) | London, Ontario |
| Canada |
Crowley, Paul Anthony | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (KB758) | Brockville, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Culverson, Donald Harvey | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (PD260) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Davey, Harvey Gordon | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (LV821) | St Catharines, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
David, Bruce Arnold | Prisoner of War | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (LM658) | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Canada |
Davies, Lawrence Ward | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (PD260) | Hill Spring, Alberta |
| Canada |
Dempster, Charles James | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (MZ825) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Depew, Douglas George | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (MZ825) | Copper Cliff, Ontario |
| Canada |
Dickinson, Alfred John | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (LV821) | Windsor, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Dickson, Harry George | Killed in Action | 1941-08-13 | Stirling (N3659) | London, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Doney, Chester Arthur | Died | 1918-08-13 | () | Calgary, Alberta (parents) |
| UK |
Downie, J A | Evader | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (LM658) | |
| Canada |
Dubuc, Marcel Camille | Survived | 1919-08-13 | 184 () | Montreal West, Quebec (parents) |
| Canada |
Dufton, Donald William | Killed in Action | 1943-08-13 | Halifax (JD125) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Eldridge, Arthur Harvey | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (LV957) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Falls, Ronald Bryan | Killed in Flying Accident | 1953-08-13 | Harvard (20369) | ||
| Canada |
Farrar, Douglas Gordon | Died | 1945-08-13 | () | Nanaimo, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Flanagan, Thomas Fordom 'Tom' | Survived | 1917-08-13 | R.E.8 (B757) | Halifax, Nova Scotia (parents) |
| Canada |
Galvin, Leo Patrick | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (PB127) | Burdett, Alberta |
| Canada |
Greer, Clifford | Prisoner of War | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (KB758) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Gulevich, Peter | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (LV957) | Mundare, Alberta |
| Canada |
Hale, Earl Robert | Killed in Action | 1940-08-13 | Blenheim (R3821) | Lemsford, Saskatchewan |
| UK |
Harold Paston-Williams, Harold | Evader | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (LM658) | |
| Canada |
Harris, William Lane | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (MkIII/) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Harvey, Edward Gordon | Prisoner of War | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (LV951) | |
| Canada |
Hay, Alan Joseph Fairfield | Killed in Action | 1943-08-13 | Boston (BZ224) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Hayes, T E | Prisoner of War | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (PB247) | |
| Canada |
Henson, George Knowsley | Killed in Action | 1941-08-13 | Stirling (N3659) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| UK |
Holland, Christopher | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (LM658) | Horsham, Sussex, England (parents) |
| UK |
Hood, Gerald | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (LM658) | |
 USA |
Jay, David Joseph | Killed in Action | 1942-08-13 | Beaufighter (T5101) | The Bronx, New York, USA |
| Newfoundland |
Jeans, Donald Templeman | Killed in Action | 1942-08-13 | Stirling (BF329) | St John's, Newfoundland |
| UK |
Jeffery, John Dennis | Prisoner of War | 1941-08-13 | Stirling (N3659) | |
| Canada |
Johnson, Charles Seymour | Killed in Action | 1918-08-13 | DH.9 (D5590) | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA |
| Canada |
Johnston, Allan Andrew | Killed in Action | 1943-08-13 | Wellington (MP622) | Stony Mountain, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Jolley, Edward Daniel Birch | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (LW175) | Toronto, Ontario |
| UK |
Jones, Reginald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-08-13 | Anson (6077) | |
| Canada |
King, John Gregory | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-08-13 | Liberator (EV813) | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Kosloff, J l | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-08-13 | Anson (6077) | ||
| Canada |
Lambart, Frederick Arthur Henry | Killed in Action | 1940-08-13 | Wellington (L4387) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Canada |
Lance, William George | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-08-13 | Dolphin (C3902) | London, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Lawrence, Kenneth Frank | Died | 1943-08-13 | () | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Canada |
Lowe, Kenneth Ross | Prisoner of War | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (LW175) | |
| Canada |
Macrae, George Dougald | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Liberator (EV961) | Ardbeg, Ontario |
| Canada |
Main, Thomas | Killed in Action | 1943-08-13 | Wellington (MP622) | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Maki, Leo Raffael | Evader | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (LV951) | |
 Australia |
Mathers, Barcroft Melrose | Prisoner of War | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (ND969) | |
| Canada |
Maxwell, William | Killed in Action | 1941-08-13 | Wellington (W5443) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
McCurdy, Roger Eugene George | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Typhoon (MN720) | Haileybury, Ontario |
| Canada |
McDonald, Robert Alexander | Prisoner of War | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (MZ349) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
McGregor, J A | Prisoner of War | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (KB758) | |
| Canada |
McInnes, Reginald James | Killed in Action | 1941-08-13 | Halifax (L9562) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Canada |
McIntyre, Donald Anderson | Prisoner of War | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (LW175) | |
| Canada |
McNally, Percy Byron | Killed in Action | 1917-08-13 | DH.4 (A2157) | Fredericton, New Brunswick. |
| Canada |
Meek, John | Prisoner of War | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (ME596) | |
| Canada |
Moore, James Gordon | Survived | 1919-08-13 | () | |
| Newfoundland |
Moore, William English | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (PB247) | St John's, Newfoundland |
| Canada |
Morris, Gerald | Killed in Action | 1941-08-13 | Wellington (T2716) | Belleville, Ontario |
| Canada |
Moysey, Noel Harvey | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-08-13 | Liberator (EV813) | Eston, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Murphy, Henry Arthur | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Lancaster (KB758) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Murray, John Frank Gordon | Killed in Action | 1944-08-13 | Halifax (LV821) | Vernon, Prince Edward Island (parents) |
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