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 Albright, Robert Baker Killed in Action 1942-07-24 Halifax (W7769) Woodstock, New Brunswick
Canada Anderson, Frank Edgar Killed in Action 1942-07-24 Hudson (V9052) Kildonan, Manitoba
UK Apperson, Maxwell Warnock Killed in Action 1942-07-24 Halifax (W7769)
Canada Aumell, Allan Daniel Killed in Action 1944-07-24 Lancaster (PB208) Montreal, Quebec
UK Barker, William Eric Killed in Flying Accident 1942-07-24 Finch (4445)
Canada Barlow, Reginald Newman Killed in Action 1943-07-24 Wellington (HF461) Willowdale, Ontario
Canada Barr, Robert Benjamin Prisoner of War 1941-07-24 Hampden (AE225) Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada Bedore, Glen Emerson Killed in Action 1945-07-24 Seafire () Arnprior, Ontario
Canada Bellingham, Adam Sidney Killed in Action 1943-07-24 Wellington (HF461) Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada Bladon, James Stanley Killed in Flying Accident 1942-07-24 Crane (8008) Regina, Saskatchewan (parents)
Canada Blair, Timothy Clayton Killed in Action 1942-07-24 Lancaster (R5632) Drake, Saskatchewan
UK Brown, Henry Ernest Killed in Action 1942-07-24 Wellington (Z1577) Bramber, Sussex, England
USA Burks, Lionel Lodowick Killed in Flying Accident 1942-07-24 Finch (4445) Bluefield, Virginia, USA
Canada Cabush, Gordon Harold Killed in Flying Accident 1942-07-24 Crane (8008) Edmonton, Alberta (parent)
Canada Cash, Frederick Alfred Killed in Flying Accident 1918-07-24 Pup (9946) Hamilton, Ontario
Canada Chiasson, John Charles Killed in Action 1942-07-24 Lancaster (R5632) Passchendaele, Nova Scotia
Canada Cole, Richard Martyn Killed in Action 1944-07-24 Mitchell (FW210) Hamilton, Ontario
UK Colloton, William Killed in Action 1942-07-24 Halifax (W7769) Birkenhead, England (parents)
Canada Coulson, Robert Frederick Killed in Action 1943-07-24 Wellington (HF461) Winnipeg, Manitoba (parents)
Canada Crump, John Colvin Killed in Action 1941-07-24 Wellington (W5537) Regina, Saskatchewan
Canada Dalphond, Melville Hermes Joseph Prisoner of War Escaper 1941-07-24 Wellington (W5551) Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Canada Davies, Garnett Arthur Killed 1943-07-24 Ship (BCStar) Vancouver, British Columbia
UK Davies, Roy Joseph Killed in Action 1944-07-24 Lancaster (LM174) Leicester, Leicestershire, England (parents)
USA Davison, Frederick George Killed in Action 1942-07-24 Hurricane (BP120) Regina, Saskatchewan.
Canada Devlin, Emmett Ernest F Killed in Flying Accident 1939-07-24 Fawn (219)
Canada Dewey, Kenneth Welland Killed in Action 1944-07-24 Lancaster (LM174) Stratford, Ontario (parents)
Canada Dittmer, Donald Franklin Killed in Flying Accident 1944-07-24 Halifax (JD372) Toronto, Ontario (parents)
Canada Drouillard, Roy Henry Killed 1943-07-24 Ship (BCStar) Galiano Island, British Columbia
Canada Duclos, Joseph Jean Killed in Flying Accident 1943-07-24 Halifax (BB285) Montreal, Quebec
Canada Fairbairn, Allyn Rupert 'Allan' Survived 1917-07-24 () Brockville, Leeds, Ontario
Canada Fleming, John Brown Killed in Action 1942-07-24 Stirling (W7567) Mount Dennis, Ontario
Canada Gilchrist, Peter Alexander Evader 1941-07-24 Wellington (W5551) Port Pelly, Saskatchewan
Canada Glover, Charles Gordon Killed 1943-07-24 Ship (BCStar) Vancouver, British Columbia
USA Goldman, Arthur Jacob Killed in Flying Accident 1944-07-24 Spitfire (BM113) St Louis, Mississippi, USA
Canada Grant, James Murray Killed in Action 1941-07-24 Hampden (AD962) Woodstock, Ontario
Canada Green, Frank Harold Killed in Flying Accident 1944-07-24 Halifax (JD372) Calgary, Alberta (parents)
Canada Green, Gordon Arnold Killed in Action 1944-07-24 Mitchell (FW210) New Glasgow, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
Canada Greenlay, Wallace Brian Killed in Flying Accident 1943-07-24 Lysander (2368) Winnipeg, Manitoba
UK Harrison, Hugh Raymond Killed in Action 1944-07-24 Lancaster (LM174) Marino, County Down, Northern Ireland
Canada Harrison, Stewart Killed in Action 1943-07-24 Wellington (HF461) North Battleford, Saskatchewan
Canada Hartrick, Norman Angus Killed in Flying Accident 1944-07-24 Mitchell (FV986) Dunvegan, Ontario
Canada Hearfield, Jack Douglas Killed 1943-07-24 Ship (BCStar) Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada Henderson, David Gordon Killed in Flying Accident 1942-07-24 Oxford (DF293) Edmonton, Alberta
Canada Hexter, Robert William Killed in Action 1942-07-24 Halifax (W7769) London, Ontario
Canada Hignell, Gordon Kirby Killed in Action 1943-07-24 Typhoon (JP426) Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada Hopping, Arthur Stanley Killed in Action 1943-07-24 Wellington (HF461) Deseronto, Ontario
Canada Jacobsen, William Lloyd Prisoner of War 1941-07-24 Wellington (R1726)
UK Jefferies, Norman Prisoner of War 1942-07-24 Wellington (Z1577)
Canada Kennedy, Edward Richard Killed in Flying Accident 1941-07-24 Wellington (T2458) Westmount, Quebec
Canada Kennedy, John Richard Killed in Action 1942-07-24 Wellington (HX489) Monte Lake, British Columbia
Canada La Salle, Joseph Daniel Leo Killed in Action 1942-07-24 Lancaster (R5867) Holtyre, Ontario
Canada Leake, Eric Gilbert Killed in Action 1918-07-24 R.E.8 () Hale, Altrincham, Cheshire, England (parents)
Canada Lewthwaite, George Alexander Killed in Flying Accident 1944-07-24 Halifax (JD372) Outremont, Quebec
UK Livingstone, Ian Killed in Action 1944-07-24 Halifax (JD372) Oban, Scotland
Canada Lowing, William Allan Killed 1942-07-24 Beaufort (AW355) Edmonton, Alberta
Canada Ludlow, John Murray Killed in Flying Accident 1944-07-24 Halifax (JD372) Toronto, Ontario (parents)
Canada Mack, Frederick Charles Killed 1943-07-24 Ship (BCStar) McElhanney, Saskatchewan
Canada MacKay, William Minto Prisoner of War Early Release 1941-07-24 Wellington (W5551) Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Canada Macmillan, James Forrest Killed in Flying Accident 1941-07-24 Wellington (T2458) Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada MacNeill, William Murray Killed 1943-07-24 Ship (BCStar) Sydney, Nova Scotia
Canada Martin, Julian Lee Byron Killed in Action 1941-07-24 Wellington (W5537) Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada May, Theodore Charles Killed in Action 1917-07-24 Triplane (N5364) Toronto, Ontario
Canada McCabe, Edward James Killed in Flying Accident 1945-07-24 Mustang (KH569) Toronto, Ontario
Canada McCormick, John Gibney Killed in Action 1943-07-24 Wellington (MP514) Flin Flon, Manitoba
Canada McFadyen, Gilbert Campbell Killed 1943-07-24 Ship (BCStar) Sarnia, Ontario
UK Mills, William Henry James Killed in Action 1944-07-24 Mitchell (FW210)
Canada Mitchell, William Ernest Killed 1943-07-24 Ship (BCStar) Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada Moffat, Archibald Douglas Killed in Flying Accident 1944-07-24 Halifax (JD372) Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada Morfoot, Lorne Albert Killed in Action 1944-07-24 Lancaster (LM174) Beausejour, Manitoba (parents)
UK Newell, Alfred James Killed in Action 1944-07-24 Lancaster (LM174) Cardonald, Renfrewshire, Scotland (parents)
Canada Oakenfold, Harold Frederick Killed 1943-07-24 Ship (BCStar) Calgary, Alberta
Canada Olsen, Philip Eric Killed 1943-07-24 Ship (BCStar) Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada Onuski, Maurice Daniel Killed 1943-07-24 Ship (BCStar) Coniston, Ontario
Canada Owen, William Killed in Action 1941-07-24 Wellington (N2854) Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada Owens, Thomas Reid Killed in Action 1942-07-24 Halifax (W7769) Westmount, Quebec
Canada Paton, John Shedden Evader 1941-07-24 Wellington (W5551)
Canada Pattyson, Leonard William Killed in Action 1944-07-24 Mitchell (FW210) Regina, Saskatchewan
Canada Peters, Roy Donald Killed in Action 1942-07-24 Wellington (BJ673) Herbert, Saskatchewan
Canada Polec, Tadeusz Ludwig Killed 1943-07-24 Ship (BCStar) Winnipeg, Manitoba
UK Powell, Frank Alfred Killed in Action 1944-07-24 Lancaster (LM174) West Ham, Essex, England
Canada Radcliffe, Edward Ernest Killed in Action 1944-07-24 Lancaster (ND931) Penticton, British Columbia
Canada Ratcliff, Alfred Frank Chilvers Prisoner of War KIA 1942-07-24 Wellington (Z1577) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Canada Raymond, George Vail Killed in Flying Accident 1918-07-24 Camel (F6156) Vancouver, B.C.
USA Rember, Raymond Alexander Killed in Action 1944-07-24 Lancaster (ND931) Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Canada Reynolds, Albert Chalmers Killed in Flying Accident 1944-07-24 Halifax (JD372) Toronto, Ontario (parents)
Canada Saul, Robert Jardine unknown 1967-07-24 ()
Canada Schultz, Elmer Joseph Killed in Flying Accident 1943-07-24 Lysander (2368) Hubbard, Saskatchewan
Canada Sherlock, Clarence James Killed 1943-07-24 Ship (BCStar) Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada Slater, Jonathan Charles Killed 1943-07-24 Ship (BCStar) Sidney, British Columbia
Canada Smalley, Ronald Whitehead Killed in Action 1944-07-24 Lancaster (ND931) Toronto, Ontario
Canada Smith, George Burton Prisoner of War 1942-07-24 Wellington (Z1577)
Canada Smith, Harold Alexander Killed in Action 1944-07-24 Lancaster (LM174) Fredericton, New Brunswick (parents)
Canada Stead, George Thornton Killed 1943-07-24 Ship (BCStar) Biggar, Saskatchewan
Canada Strong, George Frederick Killed in Action 1942-07-24 Halifax (W7769) Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada Sutcliffe, Carman Fletcher Killed in Flying Accident 1941-07-24 Wellington (T2458) Georgetown, Ontario
Canada Thurlow, William Charles Killed in Action 1942-07-24 Halifax (W7769) Kitchener, Ontario
Canada Vollhoffer, Titus Killed 1943-07-24 Ship (BCStar) Southey, Saskatchewan
Canada Waddell, John Burrows Killed in Action 1942-07-24 Hurricane (BN358) Beausejour, Manitoba
Canada Waller, B H Died 1942-07-24 ()
Canada Webster, Paul Osborne Killed in Action 1942-07-24 Beaufighter (X8088) Vancouver, British Columbia
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