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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander, Orlin Ronald | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Mosquito (MM277) | St Thomas, Ontario | |
| Allan, Francis Frederick George | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (DV220) | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Allen, John Francis | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (ME591) | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Alleyn, Foster Richard | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (DS776) | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Arpin, Joseph John Charles | Killed in Action | 1943-02-20 | Wellington (BK435) | Outremont, Quebec | |
| Astles, John James | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (DS788) | London, Ontario | |
| Ball, William Sidney | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (DS823) | Valjean, Saskatchewan (parents) | |
| Banting, Sir Frederick Grant | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-02-20 | Hudson (T9449) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Barclay, Arnold Smedley | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LW422) | Tyndall, Manitoba | |
| Barton, Victor Augustus | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LK662) | Wilcox, Saskatchewan | |
| Bates, John Donald | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LK964) | Farm Point, Quebec (parents) | |
| Bates, William Alexander | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (LL681) | Kensington, London, England | |
| Beames, Henry Denys | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LL257) | Penticton, British Columbia (parents) | |
| Beattie, John Leslie | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (JD114) | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Bennett, Alfred Edwin | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (DS823) | Enfield, Middlesex, England | |
| Bennett, Kenneth Hugh | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (DS788) | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Beresford, George James | Killed in Action | 1943-02-20 | Wellington (DF637) | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Biers, Robert Lloyd | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (W5010) | Cochrane, Ontario (parents) | |
| Bird, William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-02-20 | Hudson (T9449) | Kidderminster, Worcestershire | |
| Bodnar, Boris Olen | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (HX325) | ||
| Bolt, Ellis William | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (LL720) | ||
| Bonneville, John Raymond | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (LL720) | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Bowden, Donald Ivan | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (LL719) | Ormiston, Quebec | |
| Brewer, Thomas James | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (JA921) | Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, Canada | |
| Briggs, John | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LW422) | ||
| Broadfoot, Clifford Mcneil | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LL255) | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Brown, Harry Lyle | Killed in Action | 1943-02-20 | Lancaster (ED525) | Kingston, Ontario | |
| Brown, Norman Henry Hanbridge | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (LL720) | ||
| Burke, Joseph Gerard | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LV829) | Sluice Point, Nova Scotia | |
| Cameron, Lloyd Henry | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LK945) | Wemyss, Ontario | |
| Cant, James Sutherland | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LW422) | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Carlick, David Brynmor | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (W5010) | Treharris Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Carter, Gordon Henry Francis | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (HX325) | Bronxville, New York, USA | |
| Chalmers, Frederick Lorne | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (R5739) | Bathurst, New Brunswick | |
| Clark, George Charles | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (JN972) | ||
| Clark, William Reid | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-02-20 | Bolingbroke (9179) | Englehart, Ontario | |
| Clarke, Montague Arthur | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (HX185) | ||
| Corbett, Vaughan Bowerman | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-02-20 | Bolingbroke (9179) | Presq'uiIle Point, Ontario (parents) | |
| Cosoff, Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Mosquito (MM277) | Montreal, Quebec (parents) | |
| Cotterill, William Hobson | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LK662) | Eccleshill, Bradford, Yorkshire, England | |
| Coulter, Everett Malcolm | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LK763) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Cox, Paul Conroy | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (DS776) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) | |
| Cross, George Henry | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (HX325) | ||
| Cummings, Kenneth George | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (JN972) | Ottawa, Ontario (parents) | |
| Cunningham, James Hill | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LK964) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Cutler, Eric Herrington | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LK964) | Stouffville, Ontario | |
| Daplyn, Frederick William | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (HX230) | Cockthorpe, Norfolk, England (parents) | |
| Davenport, Frank | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (HR805) | Windsor, Ontario (parents) | |
| Davidson, John Ewart | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (HX230) | New Westminster, British Columbia | |
| Davies, Evan Hugh | Killed in Action | 1942-02-20 | Halifax (LK945) | ||
| Davies, Gordon Paul | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LW327) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) | |
| Davison, Joseph | Prisoner of War | 1943-02-20 | Halifax (W1012) | ||
| Dawkins, Arnold Frederick Augustus | Prisoner of War | 1943-02-20 | Halifax (W1012) | Victoria, British Columbia | |
| Dawson, Donald James Vens | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LL184) | Smiths Falls, Ontario (parents) | |
| De Lisser, Louis Stanhope | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-02-20 | Blenheim (Z5899) | St Andrews, Jamaica (parents) | |
| Dean, Wesley Barrington | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (HX185) | Yorkton, Saskatchewan | |
| Dehoux, Joseph Fernand Gustave Rene | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LW327) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Dixon, Elton Lascelles | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Typhoon (R8971) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) | |
| Dixon, John | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (ND503) | Bay Tree, Alberta (parents) | |
| Dodding, James David | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (LL681) | Kamloops, British Columbia | |
| Donnelly, James William | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LL255) | St Thomas, Ontario (parents) | |
| Douglas-Pulleyne, Ian Richard | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LK763) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Douglas, John Dempsey | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-02-20 | Fawn (283) | St PauIs, Ontario | |
| Dove, James | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LL255) | Currock, Carlisle, Cumbria, England | |
| Dowe, Edward Albert | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (DS776) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Dramnitzke, Eldore | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (LL720) | Willow Brook, Saskatchewan | |
| Dryden, Ian Murdoch | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (HX185) | ||
| Fairclough, Leonard Thomas | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (W5010) | Adlington Lancashire, England (parents) | |
| Ferrier, George Norton | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LK945) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Fidge, Harold Stanley | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (LL681) | Echuca, Victoria, Australia (parents) | |
| Fincham, Leslie Bernard | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LK662) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Findlow, Reginald George | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (ND532) | ||
| Fisher, John Allan | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-02-20 | Bolingbroke (9179) | Bainsville, Ontario | |
| Fitzsimmons, Gerald Robert | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (HX351) | Ashcroft, British Columbia | |
| Forsyth, Albert Carmen | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LK993) | Britannia Bay, Ontario | |
| Foster, Charles Sidney | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LL184) | ||
| Frampton, John Albert | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (DS788) | Regina, Saskatchewan | |
| Fraser, James Bruce | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (HX230) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Froud, Denis Percy John | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (W5010) | Leyton, Essex, England | |
| Fry, John Libby 'Jack' | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-02-20 | DH.2 (5954) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) | |
| Gallagher, William James | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LL257) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Gardiner, Donald Bissell | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-02-20 | Harvard (3173) | Lyn, Ontario | |
| Garfield, Benjamin Robert | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LL184) | Chiselhurst, Kent. England | |
| Gibbons, James Walter | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LK974) | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Giddings, Leslie George | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (JN972) | ||
| Gillanders, Robert Edward | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LK905) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Gillis, Angus Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (ND410) | Cobalt, Ontario | |
| Gilman, John Peter Walter | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LK945) | ||
| Goulet, Daniel Frederick | Killed in Flying Accident | 1974-02-20 | Silver Star (21453) | Chatham, Ontario | |
| Greip, Benedict Vincent | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (LL632) | ||
| Hackbart, Alfred Harvey | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (JD114) | Kitchener, Ontario | |
| Hairsine, John Edwin | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LW327) | ||
| Hancock, Harold Alton | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (DS776) | Port Hope, Ontario | |
| Hand, George William | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LL257) | Morcott, nr Uppingham, Rutland, England | |
| Hanisch, Charles Fuller | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-02-20 | Fawn (283) | South Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA | |
| Harman, Fred | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Lancaster (W5010) | Maidstone, Kent, England (parents) | |
| Harvey, A G | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LK905) | Bright, Ontario | |
| Hatch, George Charles | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LL257) | Fort William, Ontario | |
| Hayter, William Douglas | Killed in Action | 1944-02-20 | Halifax (LL255) | Huntingdon, Quebec (parents) | |
| Heal, William Stanley | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-20 | Oxford (X6874) | Woodstock, Ontario |
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