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 |
Balcombe, Alfred Alexander | Killed in Action | 1943-08-15 | Lancaster (JA850) | Humberstone, Ontario |
| Canada |
Beauchamp, Armand Wilfred Laurier | Accident | 1918-08-15 | B.E.2 (C7086) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Berry, Wallace Llewellyn | Killed in Action | 1941-08-15 | Halifax (L9500) | Virden, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Brannagan, Thomas Anthony 'Tommie' | Prisoner of War | 1944-08-15 | Spitfire (NH233) | Windsor, Ontario |
| Canada |
Brenton, Edwin Swayne | Killed in Action | 1943-08-15 | Dakota (FD838) | Wilkie, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Brown, Arthur | Killed in Action | 1943-08-15 | Wellington (HE524) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Brown, Douglas Walter | Killed in Action | 1944-08-15 | Lancaster (KB749) | Tantalion, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Brown, Gordon Fred Cyril | Died | 1941-08-15 | () | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Browning, F | Survived | 1942-08-15 | Wellington (HX603) | |
| Canada |
Cameron, Philip Gordon | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-08-15 | Moth, Tiger (3887) | Shamrock, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Carswell, James Richard | Killed in Action | 1943-08-15 | Spitfire (JF482) | Turtleford, Saskatchewan (parents) |
| Canada |
Cleaver, John Barry | Killed in Action | 1944-08-15 | Lancaster (KB749) | Kingsmill, Ontario |
| Canada |
Costello, Michael | Killed in Action | 1943-08-15 | Stirling (EE891) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Coulson, William George Allen | Killed in Flying Accident | 1940-08-15 | Hudson (T9320) | Winnipeg, Manitoba (parents) |
| Canada |
Creery, Kenneth Andrew | Survived | 1915-08-15 | Parasol (Morane) (A119) | Vancouver, B.C. |
| Canada |
Cullen, James Warren | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-08-15 | Wellington (HX603) | Truro, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Dawson, John Frederick Blair | Killed in Action | 1941-08-15 | Wellington (W5496) | Montreal, Quebec (parents) |
| Canada |
Di Pesa, Arthur | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-08-15 | Sunderland (DP197) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Dickinson, Earl Willard | Killed in Action | 1943-08-15 | Wellington (HE524) | Vernon, British Columbia (parents) |
 Poland |
Dlusy, Nathan | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-08-15 | Sunderland (DP197) | Montreal, Quebec (parents) |
| Canada |
Durbin, Louis | Killed in Action | 1943-08-15 | Wellington (MP565) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Fairweather, Edgar Lloyd | Killed in Action | 1943-08-15 | Wellington (HE524) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Finland, Elmer Victor 'Mike' | Survived | 1918-08-15 | 504 (F8874) | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Fleming, George Harvard | Killed in Action | 1941-08-15 | Wellington (W5496) | Owen Sound, Ontario |
| Canada |
Fulton, Roderick William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-08-15 | Sunderland (DP197) | Dauphin, Manitoba (parents) |
| Canada |
Garbutt, William Harrison | Killed in Action | 1943-08-15 | Wellington (HE524) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Grange, Edward Alexander Mcdougall | Killed in Action | 1943-08-15 | Lancaster (JA675) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Canada |
Hampson, Douglas Erle James | Killed in Action | 1941-08-15 | Whitley (Z6877) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Hawley, John Wesley Basil | Killed in Vehicle Accident | 1949-08-15 | () | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Canada |
Herne, Leslie Colrick | Survived | 1917-08-15 | () | Vancouver, B.C. (parents) |
| Canada |
Jakeman, Arthur Philip Albert | Prisoner of War | 1944-08-15 | Lancaster (KB749) | |
| Canada |
Johnston, James Thomas | Killed in Action | 1940-08-15 | Hurricane (P3941) | Brandon, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Komer, Walter | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-08-15 | Sunderland (DP197) | Hamilton, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Lawrence, Archibald Rowley 'Archie' | Survived | 1918-08-15 | () | ?????, Nova Scotia |
 UK |
Lawrence, Geoffrey Hugh | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-08-15 | Wellington (HX603) | Boundstone, Surrey, England |
| Canada |
Lesley, Arthur Bennet | Killed in Action | 1941-08-15 | Wellington (W5496) | Eburne, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Long, Arthur Bebbington | Killed in Action | 1943-08-15 | Wellington (HE524) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
 Australia |
Long, Harry William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-08-15 | Harvard (2689) | |
| Canada |
Ludington, Leroy Hart | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-08-15 | Sunderland (DP197) | Vancouver, British Columbia (parents) |
| Canada |
McAdam, William Henry | Killed in Action | 1941-08-15 | Spitfire (N3286) | Bromhead, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
McCuaig, Eric Stuart | Killed in Action | 1943-08-15 | Typhoon (JP505) | Bethany, Manitoba |
| Canada |
McEldon, Arthur Robert | Killed in Action | 1941-08-15 | Wellington (R1394) | Oshawa, Ontario |
| Canada |
McIvor, John Kitson | Killed in Action | 1942-08-15 | Kittyhawk (AL160) | Winnipeg, Manitoba (parents) |
| Canada |
Mercer, Robert Lyall | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-08-15 | Sunderland (DP197) | Freeman, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Molloy, John Patrick | Killed in Action | 1941-08-15 | Wellington (W5496) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Morrison, William Harold | Killed in Action | 1944-08-15 | Typhoon (MN426) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Australia |
Nelson, John De Medici | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-08-15 | Wellington (HX603) | Redcliffe, Victoria, Australia |
 Canada |
Nemecek, Kyle Robert | Died | 1996-08-15 | () | Mississauga, ON |
| Canada |
O'Hara, James Warren | Killed in Action | 1943-08-15 | Lancaster (JA850) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Park, James Gibson | Killed in Action | 1941-08-15 | Wellington (R1500) | Cornwall, Ontario |
| Canada |
Phelps, Charles Albert | Killed in Action | 1943-08-15 | Wellington (MP760) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Powell, Gerald Keith | Killed in Action | 1941-08-15 | Whitley (Z6829) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Revell, Philip Charles | Killed in Action | 1944-08-15 | Lancaster (KB749) | Guelph, Ontario |
| Canada |
Rowson, Ronald Shaw | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-08-15 | Sunderland (DP197) | Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta |
| Canada |
Sargent, William Benedict | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-08-15 | Sunderland (DP197) | Belleville, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Schofield, Harold Verne | Killed in Action | 1942-08-15 | Kittyhawk (EV340) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Simpson, George Bruce | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-08-15 | Wellington (HX603) | Gainsborough, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Snelgrove, Herbert Davys Bernard | unknown | 1917-08-15 | Strutter (A1079) | Wells, Somerset, England |
 Belgium |
Soubliere, Lucien Marcel | unknown | 1945-08-15 | () | |
| Canada |
Stamp, Frank Percy | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-08-15 | Hurricane (V7608) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| UK |
Stansfield, Edwin | Killed in Action | 1941-08-15 | Wellington (W5496) | Dudley, Worcestershire, England |
| Canada |
Stordy, Vernon Cleveland | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-08-15 | Sunderland (DP197) | Vancouver, British Columbia (parents) |
| UK |
Stott, Joshua Ernest | Killed in Action | 1941-08-15 | Wellington (W5496) | |
| Canada |
Swensen, Stanley Powell | Killed in Action | 1940-08-15 | Whitley (P4982) | Brooks, Alberta |
| Canada |
Swinton, William Auld | Killed in Action | 1944-08-15 | Lancaster (LM263) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Tait, Richard Albert William | Killed in Action | 1940-08-15 | Whitley (P4982) | Empress, Alberta |
| Canada |
Taylor, William Donald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1960-08-15 | Tracker (1586) | Toronto, Ontario |
| UK |
Tempest, Edmund Roger | Survived | 1918-08-15 | S.E.5 (B74) | Ackworth, Yorkshire |
| Newfoundland |
Trask, Donald Roy | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-08-15 | Sunderland (DP197) | Elliston, Newfoundland |
| Canada |
Unser, Anton Nicholas | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-08-15 | Sunderland (DP197) | Hazenmore, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Veronneau, Louis Joseph Paul | Killed in Flying Accident | 1960-08-15 | Tracker (1586) | St. Jerme, Quebec |
| Canada |
Walker, Stewart Kitchener | Killed in Action | 1944-08-15 | Mustang (FB110) | Woodstock, Ontario |
| Canada |
Watt, Alick | Killed in Action | 1944-08-15 | Lancaster (LM263) | Atwater, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Whitecross, James Alexander | Killed in Action | 1941-08-15 | Hampden (P4408) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Whyte, Gordon Edward | Killed in Action | 1944-08-15 | Lancaster (KB749) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Whyte, Percy Alexander | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-08-15 | Sunderland (DP197) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (parents) |
| Canada |
Wilson, Robert Alfred | Killed in Action | 1943-08-15 | Wellington (MP760) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Wood, Thomas Benedick | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-08-15 | Sunderland (DP197) | Douglastown, New Brunswick (parents) |
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