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 |
Armstrong, Robert Kenneth | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Dakota (FD949) | Harriston, Ontario |
| Canada |
Arps, Lyle Ralph | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-06 | Wellington (R1522) | Tisdale, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Arsenault, Toussaint Joseph | Killed in Action | 1941-12-06 | Wellington (R1066) | Wellington, Prince Edward Island |
| Canada |
Backes, Orval George | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-06 | Wellington (HF199) | Moosomin, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Baird, Jack Douglas | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-06 | Wellington (HF199) | Winnipeg, Manitoba (parents) |
| Canada |
Baldwin, Cecil Henry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-06 | Wellington (HF199) | Metabetchouan, Quebec |
 USA |
Beck, John William | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Boston (Z2252) | Shoreham, Vermont, USA |
 Australia |
Burrows, Ronald George Stanley | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-06 | Hudson (FK690) | Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia |
| Canada |
Callaghan, Patrick Alec | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (NP695) | |
| Canada |
Cann, Ronald Maclean | Killed | 1941-12-06 | () | Louisburg, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Chalmers, James George William | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (NP695) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Canada |
Cheesman, Gordon Roy | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Lancaster (KB779) | Forget, Saskatchewan (parents) |
| Canada |
Christian, Kenneth Cregeen | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (NR143) | Vancouver, British Columbia (parents) |
| Canada |
Clark, Edwin Spencer Charles | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (MZ463) | Westmount, Quebec (parents) |
| Canada |
Clements, John Gordon | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Halifax (W7911) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Copeland, James Coulter | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (MZ463) | Dundalk, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Coughlin, Gerald Philip | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (NR143) | Port Arthur, Ontario (parents) |
 UK |
Darling, Robert Donnisthorpe | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-06 | Mitchell (FW159) | |
| UK |
Dawson, George | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-06 | Anson (12043) | |
| Canada |
De Macedo, Joseph Maurice | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (NR143) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Eastland, George Bletcher | Died | 1941-12-06 | () | Calgary, Alberta |
| UK |
Edwards, Vivian Russell | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-06 | Anson (12043) | |
| Australia |
Fazel, Jack Eric | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-06 | Hudson (FK690) | Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Canada |
Finlayson, George | Killed in Action | 1943-12-06 | Wellington (JA415) | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Fletcher, James Lester | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Boston (Z2266) | Plantagenet, Ontario |
| Canada |
Forster, William Frederick | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-06 | Mitchell (FW159) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Canada |
Fretwell, John Arthur | Died | 1943-12-06 | () | Drumheller, Alberta |
| Canada |
Garner, Albert Melville | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (NP945) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Graham, Lloyd Thomas | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Lancaster (KB779) | Sarnia, Ontario |
| Canada |
Gunn, Robert Joseph | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-06 | Hudson (FK522) | Carrot River, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Hansen, Ezra Mulloy | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Lancaster (KB779) | Aetna, Alberta |
| USA |
Harvey, Beverly Morton | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Ventura (AE945) | Waltham, Massachusetts, USA |
| UK |
Higginbotham, Walter Christopher | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (NR143) | |
| Canada |
Howe, Robert Wendell | Killed in Flying Accident | 1956-12-06 | Mitchell (HD325) | Hillsdale, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Hyndman, Bruce Douglas | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Lancaster (KB779) | Quebec City, Quebec |
| UK |
Isaac, Sidney James | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Ventura (AE701) | Kingsbury, Middlesex, United Kingdom |
| Canada |
Jackson, William | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Halifax (W7911) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Johnson, Harry William | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Lancaster (NG276) | Calgary, Alberta |
| UK |
Jonas, Julian Gerald | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (NP695) | |
| UK |
Jones, Thomas Glyndwr | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-06 | Moth, Tiger (1253) | |
| Canada |
Keown, John Lightfoot | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (NP945) | Fairfax, Manitoba |
| UK |
Kessler, Leslie Albert | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Mosquito (HR357) | Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom |
| Canada |
King, Francis Edward | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Ventura (AJ196) | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Canada |
Kowalchuk, Theodore | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (NR143) | Wainwright, Alberta (parents) |
| Canada |
Lavalley, David Henry | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (NR143) | Ottawa, Ontario (parents) |
| UK |
Lazarus, Stanley Henry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-06 | Anson (12043) | |
| Canada |
Lee, John Robert | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (NP945) | Caledonia, Ontario |
| Canada |
Low, Arthur A J | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (NP945) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Canada |
Marcellus, Douglas Lloyd | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Lancaster (KB779) | Chesterville, Ontario |
| Canada |
McArthur, Hugh Joseph | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-06 | Wellington (HF199) | Midland, Ontario |
| Canada |
McCartney, John | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Halifax (W7911) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Canada |
McCullough, David Louis Caskey | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (NP945) | Red Deer, Alberta |
| Canada |
McLeod, George | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-06 | Anson (12043) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Moor, Maurice Gordon | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Ventura (AE702) | St Vital, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Nichols, Eric George | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Beaufighter (T5137) | Westmount, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Norejko, Stephen Lawrence | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (MZ463) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
O'Grady, John Earl | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Mosquito (DZ371) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
O'Neil, Harold Douglas | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (MZ463) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Canada |
Oliver, Donald Gordon | Killed in Flying Accident | 1956-12-06 | Mitchell (HD325) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| UK |
Ovenden, F G | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-06 | () | |
| Canada |
Pankratz, H | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (NP945) | |
| Canada |
Paterson, Alexander Gordon | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Ventura (AE701) | Windthorst, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Perrot, Herbert Frederick | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Stirling (R9259) | Three Rivers, Quebec |
| Canada |
Prentice, James Millar | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (MZ463) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Prouse, Victor Eugene | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (NR143) | Claremont, Ontario |
| Canada |
Quinn, Harold Clinton | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (NP695) | |
| Canada |
Rae, James Douglas | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Wellington (BK513) | Calgary, Alberta |
| UK |
Redbourn, Derrick Redvers | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Boston (Z2252) | Brighton Sussex, England |
| UK |
Reid, Alan Johnstone | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Boston (Z2252) | *not found* |
| Canada |
Reynolds, Harold Charles Beresford | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-06 | Ventura (2149) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Australia |
Richardson, Eric Anthony | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-06 | Mitchell (FW159) | Montreal, Quebec |
| UK |
Richings, Thomas Montague | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Ventura (AJ196) | Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom |
 Canada |
Robbins, Horace William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1966-12-06 | Starfighter (12746) | London, Ontario |
| UK |
Salmon, Harold Nigel Egerton | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-06 | Mitchell (FW159) | South Kensington, London, England |
| Canada |
Scratch, Don Palmer | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-06 | Mitchell (HD343) | Maymont, Saskatchewan |
| UK |
Seavill, Francis Cecil | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Ventura (AJ196) | Crondall, Hampshire, United Kingdom |
| UK |
Sheldon, Jack | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Wellington (HF199) | Leeds, Yorkshire, England (parents) |
| UK |
Simmons, Douglas Percy Charles | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-06 | Hudson (FK690) | Ipswich, Suffolk, England |
| Canada |
Smith, George Edward | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Lancaster (KB779) | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Smith, Norman Frank | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Mosquito (HR357) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Soles, Clarence William | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (NP695) | |
| Canada |
Speirs, George Herbert | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (NP695) | Mount Forest, Ontario (parents) |
| UK |
Spriggs, William John Alton | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Boston (Z2252) | *not found* |
| Canada |
Stammers, Ernest Frank | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Wellington (BJ898) | Transcona, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Stewart, John Marshall | Killed in Flying Accident | 1948-12-06 | Seafire (PR500) | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| UK |
Stokes, Patrick James | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Ventura (AE701) | Mayfield, Sussex, United Kingdom |
| Canada |
Stratford, Frederick | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Lancaster (PB646) | Brandon, Manitoba |
| UK |
Thomson, Graeme Hamilton | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-06 | Hudson (FK690) | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Canada |
Vandette, Roy Emmit | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (MZ939) | Hearst, Ontario |
| UK |
Vick, Edward John Florida | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Ventura (AE701) | Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom |
| Canada |
Volny, Albert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-06 | Wellington (HF199) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Canada |
Wallingford, Kenneth Donald | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Lancaster (ND703) | Sarnia, Ontario |
| Canada |
White, Albert Stanford | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-06 | Ventura (2149) | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Wilkinson, Clarence Wilfred | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (NP695) | Waterford, Ontario |
| Canada |
Williams, David Garth | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Wellington (BJ898) | Banff, Alberta |
| Canada |
Wilson, Alan John | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Stirling (R9259) | Michichi, Alberta |
| Canada |
Wilson, Harold Eric | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Boston (AL737) | Richmond Hill, Ontario |
| Canada |
Wilson, Thomas Abercromby | Killed in Action | 1944-12-06 | Halifax (MZ463) | Swansea, Ontario |
| Canada |
Withers, Joseph Allan William | Killed in Action | 1942-12-06 | Ventura (AJ196) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Woodworth, Charles Herman | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-06 | Blenheim (L4894) | Berwick, Kings County, Nova Scotia |
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