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 |
Adams, Victor Robert | Killed in Action | 1945-01-14 | Lancaster (HK756) | Sayerville, Quebec |
| Canada |
Alexander, Edward Sudbury | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (ND357) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Annis, Lloyd Dyer | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (JA974) | Barrie, Ontario |
 Australia |
Aplin, John Howard | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (DS850) | Kingsford, New South Wales, Australia |
| Canada |
Astbury, John William | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (JA974) | Portage La Prairie, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Barnett, Joseph Roy | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-14 | Anson (6739) | St James, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Booth, Wyman Alexander | Killed in Action | 1945-01-14 | Lancaster (HK756) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Boudreau, Gerald Charles | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-01-14 | Wellington (DV481) | Wedgeport, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Boulter, Philip Pullyn | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (LL685) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Bowskill, Thomas | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (LM383) | Windsor, Ontario |
| Canada |
Bricker, Gordon Charles | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-14 | Anson (6739) | Elora, Ontario |
| Canada |
Cameron, Jack Burton | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (DS767) | Waskada, Manitoba |
 UK |
Capel, Brinley George | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (DS767) | Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales (parents) |
| Canada |
Carr, Leo Augustave | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (LL699) | Belleville, Ontario |
| Canada |
Chauvin, Joseph Leon Alfred | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-01-14 | Halifax (MZ466) | Montreal, Quebec (parents) |
| Canada |
Chobaniuk, Nickolas | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-01-14 | Wellington (MF116) | Regina, Saskatchewan (mother) |
| Canada |
Clark, Donald Kenneth | Killed in Action | 1945-01-14 | Liberator (TT336) | Brownsburg, Quebec |
| Canada |
Cloutier, William Blaise Burke | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (ND341) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) |
 USA |
Cochran, Robert Hearne | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-14 | Anson (6739) | Buffalo, New York, USA |
| Canada |
Connelly, Montague Edward | Died | 1918-01-14 | () | Vancouver, B.C. |
| Canada |
Curatolo, Louis | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (R5729) | Montreal, Quebec (parents) |
| Canada |
Dawson, Stanley | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (DS767) | Victoria, British Columbia |
| UK |
Deighton, Garry | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (LL699) | |
| Canada |
Di Filippo, Adam Matthew | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-14 | Anson (7272) | Hamilton, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Dimock, Arthur Edward | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (LL679) | South Rawdon, Nova Scotia (parents) |
| Canada |
Drimmie, Gordon Robert | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (ND423) | Revelstoke, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Drinkwater, Kenneth Gordon | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-01-14 | Defiant (V1182) | Birch Cliff, Ontario |
| Canada |
Dubeau, Robert Joseph | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-01-14 | Halifax (MZ466) | Penetanguishene, Ontario |
| UK |
Dunbavand, Edward Cecil | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-01-14 | Oxford (AS382) | |
| UK |
Dunnett, Charles Alexander | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (ND341) | |
| Canada |
Earle, James Allan | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (DS767) | Myakka City, Florida, USA |
| UK |
Evans, John Sidney | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (DS850) | |
| UK |
Evans, Kenneth Edgar | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (DS740) | Romford, Essex, England |
| Canada |
Evens, Arthur Leslie | Killed in Action | 1945-01-14 | Liberator (TT336) | Benton, Alberta |
| Canada |
Ferguson, Gordon Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (LM383) | Orillia, Ontario |
| Canada |
Field, Walter Harry George | Killed in Action | 1945-01-14 | Lancaster (HK756) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Fisher, Ernest Edward | Died | 1943-01-14 | Wellington (HZ104) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Floren, Harold Arthur | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (JA974) | Weyburn, Saskatchewan |
 New Zealand |
Gallagher, James Stanley | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (LL679) | Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand |
| UK |
Garvey, William John Thomas | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (DS850) | |
| Canada |
Gibbon, Donald Ernest | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Boston (Z2226) | Trail, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Gilbey, James Frank | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (ND423) | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Canada |
Gilmar, Leslie Kenneth | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (DV306) | Woodstock, Ontario |
| Canada |
Gingras, Joseph Robert Real | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-01-14 | Halifax (MZ466) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Glen, William Reid | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (LL699) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Goodall, Arthur Manley | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (ME576) | Chauvin, Alberta |
| UK |
Goodwin, Lawrence Frederick Bransby | Killed in Action | 1945-01-14 | Lancaster (HK756) | London, England |
| Canada |
Gray, William Alexander | Killed in Action | 1945-01-14 | Liberator (TT336) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Grundy, David Herbert | Killed in Action | 1945-01-14 | Kittyhawk (726) | Deseronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Gutensohn, Karl Gerhard | Killed in Action | 1945-01-14 | Lancaster (LM714) | Capilano, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Hansen, Lloyd Leonard Hans | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (DS767) | Lethbridge, Alberta |
| Canada |
Henning, John Francis | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-14 | Anson (7272) | Atlin, British Columbia |
| UK |
Hennis, John William | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (LL679) | |
| Canada |
Hillis, Kenneth Millard | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-01-14 | Halifax (MZ466) | Brockville, Ontario |
| Canada |
Hjartarson, Frederick Jacob | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-14 | Halifax (DT781) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Hoar, Donald Roderick | Killed in Action | 1941-01-14 | Swordfish (P4270) | Calgary, Alberta |
| UK |
Holmes, Geoffrey Vernon | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (DS740) | Sale, Cheshire, England |
| Canada |
Hope, John Charles William | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Hurricane (KZ228) | Westmount, Quebec |
| Canada |
Hoppus, Willard Henry | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (DS740) | Lacombe, Alberta |
| Canada |
Horning, Robert Lewis | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-01-14 | Wellington (DV481) | Dundas, Ontario |
| Canada |
Houlding, Ellwood Campbell | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (JA974) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| UK |
Howe, Edward Frederick | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (DS740) | Romford, Essex, England |
| Canada |
Hunt, Norman Boulton | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Beaufighter (LZ179) | Belleville, Ontario |
| UK |
Hutchinson, Robert Anthony | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (DS850) | Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England |
| UK |
Jackson, Robert Lionel | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-01-14 | Harvard (2800) | |
| UK |
Jarvie, Roger Bingham | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (ND423) | Sheringham, Norfolk, United Kingdom |
| UK |
Jones, Harold Keith | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-01-14 | Harvard (2800) | |
| UK |
Joslyn, Kenneth Sidney | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (ND341) | Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom |
 Canada |
Kaiser, Richard Bruce | Killed in Flying Accident | 1969-01-14 | Starfighter (12726) | Victoria, British Columbia |
| New Zealand |
Kell, Lancelot | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (LL679) | Birtley, County Durham, England |
| Canada |
Kenny, Arthur Joseph | Killed in Action | 1943-01-14 | Lancaster (W4843) | North Bay, Ontario |
| Canada |
Kinghorn, Herbert Helmer | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (JB483) | Windsor, Ontario |
| Canada |
Klatman, Joseph | Killed in Action | 1945-01-14 | Lancaster (HK756) | Toronto, Ontario |
| UK |
Laishley, Ronald Frederick | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (LL679) | Small Heath, Birmingham, England |
| Canada |
Lampin, Frank Edward | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (LM344) | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Land, Robert James | Killed in Action | 1945-01-14 | Spitfire (MH761) | Luseland, Saskatchewan |
| UK |
Lane, Eric Arthur | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (ND423) | Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom |
| Canada |
Lawrence, Allan Keith | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (ND341) | Clarksburg, Ontario |
| Canada |
Leone, Nuncie | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (JA974) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Letts, Ralph Thomas | Died | 1942-01-14 | () | St Lambert, Quebec |
| Lloyd, Louis | Killed in Vehicle Accident | 1941-01-14 | () | ||
| Canada |
Long, Michael La Verne | Killed in Action | 1945-01-14 | Lancaster (HK756) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Lyng, David Thomas | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (DS740) | Montreal, Quebec |
| USA |
MacLennan, Hugh | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (DS767) | Fanwood, New Jersey, USA |
| Canada |
March, Jocelyn Jennings | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (ND341) | Manitou, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Martin, John Livingstone | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (LL685) | Phippen, Saskatchewan |
| New Zealand |
Mason, Paul Eugene | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (LL679) | Auckland City, New Zealand (parents) |
| Canada |
Matheson, Beverly William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-14 | Stirling (BF525) | Innerkip, Ontario |
| Canada |
Maynard, Richard Davies | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-14 | Hurricane (P3411) | Unionville, Ontario |
| McCullough, Allan John | Killed in Vehicle Accident | 1941-01-14 | () | ||
| Canada |
McKeown, James Loren | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (DV306) | Smith's Falls, Ontario |
| Canada |
McManus, Rodney Louis | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (ME585) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
McMurdo, John William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-01-14 | Wellington (MF116) | Cobourg, Ontario |
| Canada |
McQuillin, George Andrew | Killed in Action | 1943-01-14 | Wellington (BK165) | Lucknow, Ontario |
| Canada |
Middlemiss, Kenneth Robert | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (JB542) | Hearne, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Miller, Kenneth Norman | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-14 | Anson (6739) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Milne, George | Killed in Action | 1943-01-14 | Wellington (BK165) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Canada |
Mullin, David Sinclair | Killed in Action | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (R5729) | Boom Road, Northumberland County, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Murray, J B | Prisoner of War | 1945-01-14 | Lancaster (LM714) | Sarnia, Ontario |
| UK |
Neville, Stanley Eric | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-14 | Lancaster (ND341) |
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