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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan, Robert Edward | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ME587) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Ashford, Albert Henry | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (JA924) | Victoria, British Columbia | |
| Bannon, Carlin Anthony | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-30 | Wellington (DF566) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Bennett, Cecil Joseph | Killed in Action | 1943-01-30 | Wellington (BK389) | Kamloops, British Columbia | |
| Boileau, Joseph Paul Roger | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ND462) | Granley, Quebec | |
| Bonikowski, Arthur | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ND493) | Janson, Saskatchewan | |
| Buchanan, Gordon Robertson | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ND493) | ||
| Campbell, Ronald Fawcett | Killed in Action | 1942-01-30 | Hudson (V9109) | Campbellton, New Brunswick (parents) | |
| Carlson, Robert Brownlee | Killed in Action | 1943-01-30 | Wellington (HX494) | New Liskeard, Ontario (parents) | |
| Caron, Joseph Aurele Roland | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Hudson (FK788) | Ottawa, Ontario | |
| Carroll, Colin Stewart | Killed in Action | 1943-01-30 | Wellington () | Calgary, Alberta | |
| Charest, Joseph Marie Antoine Laurent | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ND493) | Thetford Mines, Quebec | |
| Chequer, George Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (DS735) | Ottawa, Ontario | |
| Clarke, Jack Albert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-01-30 | Anson (7399) | ||
| Cole, Friend Samuel | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ND493) | ||
| Croft, Harold Taylor | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Hudson (FK788) | Davyhulme, Lancashire, England | |
| Cunningham, Elson Wright | Killed in Action | 1943-01-30 | Beaufighter (EL321) | Montreal, Quebec | |
| David, Albert Edgar | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-30 | Master (AZ319) | Stroud, Ontario | |
| Davis, Edward Addy | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-30 | Wellington (DF566) | Victoria, British Columbia | |
| Doucet, Joseph Geoffrey | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Hudson (FK788) | Charlo Station, New Brunswick | |
| Edy, Donald Leslie | Prisoner of War | 1942-01-30 | Hurricane (P3822) | ||
| Einarsson, Sigurjon | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ND493) | Gimli, Manitoba | |
| Fitz-Gibbon, George Desmond | Killed in Action | 1943-01-30 | Wellington (Z1680) | Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada | |
| Ford, Frederick James | Killed in Flight Line Accident | 1957-01-30 | () | Exeter, Ontario | |
| Gibson, Robert Charles | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (JA924) | Banbury, Oxfordshire, England | |
| Guiton, Ernest Stuart | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ND462) | Valois, Quebec | |
| Hackett, Douglas | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ND462) | Kingston, Ontario | |
| Hagerman, Gerald Ernest | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Halifax (LV797) | St John, New Brunswick | |
| Hargreaves, Kenneth | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Halifax (LV797) | Detroit, Michigan, USA | |
| Hazlehurst, Alan | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ND462) | Long Eaton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom | |
| Henrion, Leon Louis | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Hudson (FK788) | Amay, Liège, Belgium | |
| Hobson, William Allan | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-30 | Wellington (DF566) | Rochester, Alberta | |
| Houston, Allan Dale | Killed in Action | 1942-01-30 | Bolingbroke (716) | St Anne de Bellevue, Quebec | |
| Hyndman, John Thomas William | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Mosquito (HX916) | Morrinsville, Auckland, New Zealand | |
| Johnson, Harold | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ND360) | Hamilton, Ontario | |
| Johnstone, Ronald Elliott | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (W4245) | Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan | |
| Keeler, Ervin Leroy | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ED758) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |
| Kent, Hugh Benjamin | Killed in Action | 1943-01-30 | Wellington (BK389) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Laberge, Joseph Andre Roger | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ND493) | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Lafferty, Albert Ervin | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ME587) | Windsor, Ontario | |
| Lawrence, Jack | Killed in Action | 1943-01-30 | Spitfire (ER707) | Long Branch, Ontario | |
| Le Messurier, Thomas Jr. | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-01-30 | DH.4 (B5472) | Vancouver, B.C. | |
| Lemke, John Julius | Killed in Action | 1943-01-30 | Wellington (Z1680) | Summerland, British Columbia, Canada | |
| Lowe, Robert Henry | Killed in Action | 1943-01-30 | Wellington (Z1680) | Edmonton, Alberta | |
| Marder, Moie | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (DV303) | Trail, British Columbia | |
| Matthews, George Norman | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Mosquito (HX916) | Victoria, British Columbia | |
| Matthews, Lionel Wollaston | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-30 | Wellington (DF566) | Calgary, Alberta | |
| Mays, Bernard Dennant | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-01-30 | Anson (7399) | ||
| McIntosh, Harry James | Killed in Flying Accident | 1954-01-30 | Harvard (20339) | Dandeleith, Scotland | |
| McLeod, Ivan Gordon | Killed in Action | 1943-01-30 | Wellington (Z1680) | Edmonton, Alberta | |
| Newton, Thomas | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (JA924) | ||
| Nichols, Frederick Arthur | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-30 | Wellington (DF566) | Belmont, Colchester County, Nova Scotia | |
| Normandin, Alexander James | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (JB122) | Windsor, Ontario | |
| O'Neil, Grant Murray | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ND493) | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Palmer, William Reginald | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (JA924) | Gretton, Northamptonshire, England | |
| Parke-Taylor, M Don | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-30 | Halifax (LV797) | St John, New Brunswick | |
| Pearce, Clarence Walter | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-30 | Wellington (DF566) | St Catharines, Ontario | |
| Phillips, Cecil | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Halifax (LV797) | Myrtle, Manitoba | |
| Phillips, Lloyd Watson | Killed in Action | 1943-01-30 | Wellington (BK389) | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Piche, Joseph Lawrence | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ED364) | Ottawa, Ontario | |
| Quinlan, John Anthony Archibald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-01-30 | Harvard (2621) | Port Arthur, Ontario | |
| Riles, Henry | Killed in Action | 1943-01-30 | Wellington (Z1680) | ||
| Roberts, Warren Ainsley | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ND462) | Solsgirth, Manitoba | |
| Robertshaw, Russell William | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ED364) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Ruppel, Iverson Frederick | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ND360) | Nelson, British Columbia | |
| Ryder, Stanley | Killed in Vehicle Accident | 1942-01-30 | () | ||
| Schlitt, Gordon Henry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-30 | Wellington (DF566) | Wainwright, Alberta | |
| Schultz, Arthur Bennett | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ND462) | Pictou, Nova Scotia | |
| Shackleton, Henry Leslie | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (JA924) | ||
| Skinner, David Beatty Evans | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-30 | Wellington (X3890) | Ladner, British Columbia | |
| Smedley, Ivan Edward | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ND462) | Nottingham, England | |
| Smith, Charles Joseph | Killed in Action | 1943-01-30 | Wellington (BK389) | Regina, Saskatchewan | |
| Smollan, Joshua | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Hudson (FK788) | Montreal, QC | |
| Sprosen, Arthur Thomas | Killed in Action | 1943-01-30 | Wellington (Z1680) | London, England | |
| Staples, Melville Evans | Survived | 1918-01-30 | () | ||
| Stewart, James Bruce | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (DV371) | Sudbury, Ontario | |
| Tennyson, John Leonard | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-30 | Anson (MG393) | Rocky River, Ohio, USA | |
| Tranmer, William Thomas | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (ED758) | Stouffville, Ontario | |
| Valdes, Ramon | Killed in Flying Accident | 1954-01-30 | Harvard (20339) | Calgary, Alberta | |
| Walker, John William | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (JA924) | St Anthony's, Northumberland, England | |
| Wallace, Willard Warren | Killed in Action | 1943-01-30 | Wellington (BK389) | Fillmore, Saskatchewan | |
| Watters, James Francis | Killed in Action | 1944-01-30 | Halifax (LV797) | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Welsh, John Frederick | Killed in Flying Accident | 1952-01-30 | Chipmunk (CFCYC) | Vancouver British Columbia | |
| Williams, Hughie | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-30 | Lancaster (JA924) |
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