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 |
Addenbrooke, Euart Carey | Survived | 1918-12-12 | DH.4 (F6076) | |
| Canada |
Allen, Frank | Killed in Action | 1942-12-12 | Halifax (W7933) | Pleasantdale, Saskatchewan |
 UK |
Asquith, Harold | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-12 | Lancaster (ND342) | |
| Canada |
Bailey, Gordon Clinkskill | Died | 1941-12-12 | () | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Barry, George Richard | Killed in Action | 1944-12-12 | Lancaster (PB112) | Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Bellerive, Gomer Couture | Died | 1942-12-12 | Hostel (KnightsofC) | Montreal, Quebec |
 USA |
Beukema, Richard | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-12 | Cornell () | |
| Canada |
Bird, James Snelgrove | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-12 | Spitfire (R7062) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Canada |
Bone, Alan Cameron | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-12 | Spitfire (R6829) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Bottaro, Jack Albert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1959-12-12 | Tracker (1529) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Brautigam, Ernest Henry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-12 | Halifax (LL541) | Capilano, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Burton, Frank Earl | Killed | 1942-12-12 | Hostel (KnightsofC) | Eden, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Callery, Vincent | Killed | 1942-12-12 | Hostel (KnightsofC) | Deloro, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Chapman, Roy Benjamin | Killed | 1942-12-12 | Hostel (KnightsofC) | Hamilton, Ontario (parents) |
| USA |
Clark, Darwin Jackson | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-12 | Wellington (X9622) | Seattle, Washington, USA |
| Canada |
Clark, John George | Killed in Action | 1917-12-12 | Camel (N6330) | ???, Alberta |
| Canada |
Corner, Roy Henry | Killed | 1942-12-12 | Hostel (KnightsofC) | Lac Vert, Saskatchewan (parents) |
| Canada |
Croll, Arthur Leland | Killed in Action | 1942-12-12 | Wellington (HF881) | Nesbitt, Manitoba (parents) |
| UK |
Cullum, Douglas Cyril | Killed in Action | 1944-12-12 | Lancaster (PB112) | |
| Canada |
Cusack, Joseph Edmund | Killed | 1942-12-12 | Hostel (KnightsofColumbus) | St John, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Dawson, Francis Russell | Killed in Flying Accident | 1959-12-12 | Tracker (1529) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Canada |
Ellis, Harry Sinclair | Killed in Action | 1944-12-12 | Mosquito (HK512) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Fijal, Anthony | Prisoner of War | 1942-12-12 | Wellington (BK514) | Middlechurch, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Friedman, Joseph Aaron | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-12 | Lancaster (PB112) | |
| Canada |
Glickman, Bertram William | Killed in Action | 1942-12-12 | Wellington (HF881) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Goehring, Gordon Grant | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-12 | Halifax (LL541) | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Goldwater, Mark | Killed in Action | 1944-12-12 | Lancaster (PB112) | Montreal, Quebec |
| UK |
Grieveson, L M | Killed in Vehicle Accident | 1943-12-12 | () | |
| Canada |
Hall, Bertram Edward William | Killed in Action | 1944-12-12 | Lancaster (ND342) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Harris, Roger Seymour | Killed in Flying Accident | 1959-12-12 | Tracker (1529) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Canada |
Hoggard, Lester Elwood | Killed | 1942-12-12 | Hostel (KnightsofColumbus) | Redwing, Ontario |
| Canada |
Hopton, Clayton Peder | Killed in Flying Accident | 1940-12-12 | Nomad (Northrop) (3503) | Cabri, Saskatchewan |
| UK |
Hunt, Leslie | Killed in Action | 1944-12-12 | Lancaster (ND342) | |
| Canada |
Ibbotson, Wallace Leslie | Killed | 1942-12-12 | Hostel (KnightsofColumbus) | Sudbury, Ontario |
| Canada |
Johnston, Thomas Ardies | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-12 | Hurricane (AG177) | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Canada |
King, William David | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-12 | Harvard (FE757) | Aurora, Ontario |
| Canada |
Langley, Frederick Anthon | Killed | 1942-12-12 | Hostel (KnightsofColumbus) | Oshawa, Ontario |
| Canada |
Lawrence, James Allison | Killed | 1942-12-12 | Hostel (KnightsofColumbus) | Glace Bay, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Legris, Joseph Alphonse Irenee Roland | Killed | 1942-12-12 | Hostel (KnightsofColumbus) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Lepine, Joseph Georgebroise | Killed | 1942-12-12 | Hostel (KnightsofColumbus) | St Boniface, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Levine, David | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-12 | Halifax (LL541) | Swift Current, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Lister, Gerald Lawrence | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-12 | Halifax (LL541) | Amherst, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Loughead, Eric Crowe | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-12 | Wellington (T2896) | Truro, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
MacDonald, Arthur Climie | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-12 | Harvard (2612) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
McAuley, Vincent Cronkite | Prisoner of War | 1942-12-12 | Stirling (BF379) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
McConnell-Taylor, Edward Henry | Killed in Action | 1942-12-12 | Spitfire (EP443) | North Sydney, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
McCullough, Donald Robert | Killed in Action | 1941-12-12 | Hurricane (BD943) | Fort William, Ontario |
| Canada |
McGraw, Ronald Whyte | Prisoner of War | 1942-12-12 | Stirling (BF379) | Windsor, Ontario |
| Canada |
McMurtry, Allan Fairbairn | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-12 | Halifax (LL541) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
McPhee, John Allen | Killed in Action | 1942-12-12 | Halifax (W7933) | Brock, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Mitchell, Charles William | Died | 1941-12-12 | () | London, Ontario |
| Canada |
Monkhouse, William Geoffrey | Died | 1941-12-12 | () | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Moran, Joseph Leonard | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-12-12 | Flying Boat (N2680) | Ottawa, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Morton, Arthur Harry | Killed | 1941-12-12 | () | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Mowat, Gordon Grant | Killed in Flying Accident | 1959-12-12 | Tracker (1529) | Trail, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Murchie, John Hunter | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-12 | Tomahawk (AH919) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Murray, Stuart Clugston | Killed | 1942-12-12 | Hostel (KnightsofColumbus) | Verdun, Quebec |
| Canada |
Normandin, Joseph Roch Victor Pierre | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-12 | Harvard (FE403) | Outremont, Quebec |
| Canada |
Ouellet, Joseph Francois Rene Aurele | Killed | 1942-12-12 | Hostel (KnightsofColumbus) | Ste Anne de la Pocatiere, Quebec |
| Canada |
Overland, John Sven | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-12 | Halifax (LL541) | Preeceville, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Parker, Bruce Alexander | Killed in Action | 1944-12-12 | Lancaster (PB453) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Patterson, John Richard | Killed in Action | 1944-12-12 | Lancaster (ND342) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Canada |
Pearce, Stewart William | Killed in Action | 1942-12-12 | Spitfire (BL765) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Preece, James Harold | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-12 | Halifax (LL541) | North Bay, Ontario |
 Czech |
Prihoda, Bohuslav | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-12 | Harvard (2742) | |
| Canada |
Quilter, Robert Terrington | Killed in Action | 1941-12-12 | Blenheim (Z5908) | London, Ontario |
| Canada |
Roth, Robert Tait | Killed in Action | 1944-12-12 | Lancaster (PB112) | Kingston, Ontario |
| Canada |
Sawada, Frank Joseph | Killed | 1942-12-12 | Hostel (KnightsofColumbus) | Niagara Falls, Ontario |
| UK |
Seldon, Charles Herbert | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-12 | Lancaster (ND342) | |
| UK |
Sims, Maurice Leonard | unknown | 1946-12-12 | () | |
| Stevenson, W.N. | unknown | 1944-12-12 | Lancaster (ND342) | ||
| Canada |
Sturgeon, Joseph George | Killed | 1942-12-12 | Hostel (KnightsofColumbus) | Bruce Mines, Ontario |
| UK |
Thomas, William Daniel | Died | 1943-12-12 | () | |
| Canada |
Troup, Allan Willson | Killed in Action | 1941-12-12 | Beaufort (N1085) | Fort Erie, Ontario |
 New Zealand |
Veitch, Reginald Clive | Killed in Action | 1944-12-12 | Lancaster (ND342) | |
| UK |
Waring, Norman Richard | Killed in Action | 1944-12-12 | Lancaster (PB112) | |
| Canada |
Westlake, David Ernest | unknown | 1946-12-12 | () | |
 Brazil |
White, Bernard | Killed in Action | 1944-12-12 | Lancaster (PB112) | |
| Canada |
Williams, M A | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-12 | Lancaster (ME649) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Canada |
Willmek, Frank | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-12 | Halifax (LL541) | Mondou, Saskatchewan |
| UK |
Wood, Thomas Neville | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-12 | Oxford (AS790) | |
| Canada |
Yates, Prince Edward Gooderham | Killed in Action | 1944-12-12 | Lancaster (ME649) | Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario |
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