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 |
Arbic, Henry Campbell | Prisoner of War | 1942-12-21 | Wellington (Z1660) | Sudbury, Ontario |
 UK |
Austin, Albert William George | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LK970) | Dymchurch, Kent, England |
| Canada |
Ayer, Winslow Bartlett | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Lancaster (DS716) | |
| Canada |
Baker, Cyril Albert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-12-21 | JN-4 Canuck () | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (mother) |
| UK |
Baker, Jack Hilton | Killed in Action | 1942-12-21 | Lancaster (W4185) | |
| Canada |
Barber, C B | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-21 | Anson (6234) | |
| Canada |
Barnes, Alan Clifford | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LK627) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Canada |
Barrette, Joseph Bertrand Gerard | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LK970) | Berthierville, Quebec |
| UK |
Bennett, Kenneth William | Killed in Action | 1941-12-21 | Sunderland (W3998) | Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland |
| Canada |
Blake, John Michael | Killed in Action | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LW330) | Long Branch, Ontario |
| Canada |
Boyes, Harry Thomas | Killed in Action | 1942-12-21 | Wellington (BK386) | Brandon, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Briffett, George William | Killed in Action | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LK644) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Burlock, Clarence Reginald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1958-12-21 | Dakota (975) | Painsec Junction, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Chalmers, Richard Jerome | Killed in Flying Accident | 1959-12-21 | Sabre (23601) | Souris, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Christien, William Roderick | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-21 | Wellington (LN540) | Lumby, British Columbia (parents) |
| Canada |
Clarke, Archibald Erle | Killed in Action | 1943-12-21 | Spitfire (MH738) | North Bay, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Clarkson, Robert Guy | Killed in Action | 1942-12-21 | Lancaster (W4185) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Copp, Arthur | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-21 | Mosquito (KB563) | Picton, Prince Edward County, ON |
| Canada |
Cormier, Joseph Laurie | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LK627) | Leger Corner, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Cotton, William Martin Vernon | Killed in Action | 1916-12-21 | B.E.2 (5783) | Hove, Brighton, England (parents) |
| Canada |
Coulter, Arthur Howard | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-21 | Harvard (3145) | Vancouver, British Columbia (parents) |
| Canada |
Crawford, William Samuel | Killed in Action | 1942-12-21 | Wellington (BK386) | High River, Alberta |
| UK |
Cremins, Thomas David | Killed in Action | 1944-12-21 | Lancaster (PB461) | |
| UK |
Croft, Walter Steven | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-21 | Anson (6234) | |
| UK |
Cunningham, Robert | Killed in Action | 1941-12-21 | Sunderland (W3998) | Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Canada |
Cybulski, Stanley Julian | Killed in Action | 1942-12-21 | Wellington (BK386) | Pembroke, Ontario |
| Canada |
Davis, Darold Walson | Prisoner of War | 1916-12-21 | B.E.2 (5782) | |
| Canada |
Dickie, Charles Richard | Killed in Flying Accident | 1940-12-21 | Finch (4441) | Canning, Kings County, Nova Scotia (parents) |
| Canada |
Dixon, Robert Warren | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LK970) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Canada |
Dobson, Walter Arthur | Killed in Action | 1942-12-21 | Spitfire (ER721) | London, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Douglas, James Wallace | Killed in Action | 1941-12-21 | Sunderland (W3998) | New Westminster, British Columbia (parents) |
| Canada |
Dudley, Gordon Howard | Killed in Action | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LK644) | Sudbury, Ontario |
| Canada |
Eden, Arthur William Webster | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-12-21 | JN-4 Canuck () | Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
| Canada |
Edwards, John Frederick | Killed in Action | 1942-12-21 | Lancaster (W4185) | Portage LaPrairie, Manitoba, (parents) |
| Canada |
Edwards, William Earl | Killed in Action | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LW330) | London, Ontario |
| UK |
Fenwicke-Clennell, Edward | Killed in Action | 1942-12-21 | Lancaster (W4185) | |
 Australia |
Fletcher, David James | Killed in Action | 1941-12-21 | Sunderland (W3998) | Lowood Queenslad, Australia |
| UK |
Forster, Kenneth | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-21 | Lancaster (DS615) | |
| UK |
Foster, Victor George | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LK970) | |
| Canada |
Fulton, Stanley Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-12-21 | Oxford (R6329) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Garrett, Clifford Henry James | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LW245) | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Glydon, Wesley Cyril | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LW245) | Morse, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Gray, Samuel Robert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1958-12-21 | Dakota (975) | Hanna, Alberta |
| Canada |
Grieve, John Melrose | Killed in Action | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LK644) | Shoal Lake, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Griffin, William Frederick | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Lancaster (DS716) | |
| Canada |
Hatchwell, James Gaston | Killed in Action | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LK644) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Haugh, James Hutchins | Killed in Flying Accident | 1958-12-21 | Dakota (975) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Heubner, W | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (JN974) | |
| UK |
Hides, John Burnett | Killed in Action | 1941-12-21 | Sunderland (W3998) | Middlewich, Cheshire, England |
| UK |
Hobbs, Edward Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-12-21 | Lancaster (PB461) | |
| Canada |
Jenner, John Thomas Russell | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-12-21 | JN-4 Canuck (C707) | Kingsville, Ontario. |
| Canada |
Jewitt, Robson Thomas | Killed in Flying Accident | 1940-12-21 | Finch (4441) | Horning's Mills, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Kendall, George Herbert | Killed in Action | 1944-12-21 | Lancaster (PB461) | St James, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Kinney, John Raphael | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (HX164) | Nanton, Alberta |
| Canada |
Kiteley, James Roger Joseph | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LK627) | Mimico, Ontario |
| Canada |
Lacerte, Rudolph Joseph | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LK627) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| UK |
Leah, Herbert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1958-12-21 | Dakota (975) | Suffolk, England |
| Canada |
Limmer, Joseph Gerald | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Lancaster (DS716) | |
| Canada |
Little, George Harold | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LK627) | Petrolia, Ontario |
| Canada |
Mackay, Anthony Haddon | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LK970) | North Battleford, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Maclachlan, C D | Evader | 1943-12-21 | Lancaster (DS704) | |
| Canada |
Major, Thomas Ernest | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-21 | Lancaster (DS615) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Mann, Lloyd Robertson | Killed in Action | 1942-12-21 | Wellington (BK386) | Truro, Nova Scotia |
| UK |
Mannion, Kevin | Killed in Action | 1944-12-21 | Lancaster (PB461) | |
| UK |
Martin, John Humphrey | Killed in Action | 1941-12-21 | Sunderland (W3998) | Bishopston, Swansea, Wales |
| Canada |
McClure, Chester George | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LK970) | |
| Canada |
McConnell, John David | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LK970) | |
| Canada |
McGavock, John Joseph | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-21 | Lancaster (DS615) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
McGuire, Thomas Francis | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-12-21 | Snipe (E8269) | New York, New York, USA |
 USA |
McIntyre, Peter Douglas | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-21 | Anson (6234) | Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA (parents) |
| Canada |
Miller, Charles Wesley | Killed in Action | 1943-12-21 | Typhoon (JP674) | Mimico, Ontario |
| UK |
Mitchell, Herbert Frederick | Killed in Action | 1941-12-21 | Sunderland (W3998) | Billericay, Essex, England |
| UK |
Moffat, John Alexander Wilson | Killed in Action | 1942-12-21 | Lancaster (W4185) | |
| UK |
Morgan, Stanlet Baldwin | Killed in Action | 1944-12-21 | Lancaster (PB461) | |
| UK |
Oliver, Gorson Anthony O'neil | Killed in Action | 1944-12-21 | Lancaster (PB461) | |
| Canada |
Parrish, Earle Douglas | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-21 | Hudson (AM624) | Medicine Hat, Alberta |
| Canada |
Parsons, Ray Eugene | Died | 1942-12-21 | () | Toronto, Ontario |
| USA |
Phillips, Floyd | Killed in Action | 1943-12-21 | Boston (BZ330) | Bellingham, Washington, USA |
| UK |
Robinson, James | Killed in Action | 1941-12-21 | Sunderland (W3998) | Lower Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire, England |
| Canada |
Rogers, John Ernest | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-21 | Mosquito (KB563) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Canada |
Salmon, Edward Alexander | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Lancaster (DS704) | |
| Canada |
Scott, John Pressly | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LK970) | |
| Canada |
Sedgwick, Ronald Franklin William | Killed in Action | 1943-12-21 | Hurricane (5404) | York Mills, Ontario |
| Canada |
Seefried, Reuben | Killed in Action | 1944-12-21 | Oxford (R6329) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Australia |
Sinclair, William Robert | Killed in Action | 1944-12-21 | Lancaster (PB461) | |
| UK |
Slater, Peter Myram | Prisoner of War | 1942-12-21 | Lancaster (W4185) | |
| Canada |
Sondergaard, Svend | Killed in Action | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LK644) | Ponoka, Alberta |
| UK |
Southall, Herbert Leslie | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-21 | Sunderland (W3998) | |
| Canada |
St Pierre, Armand Joseph | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LK627) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Sullivan, Joseph Michael James | Killed in Flying Accident | 1958-12-21 | Dakota (975) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Sullivan, Joseph Patrick | Killed in Action | 1942-12-21 | Wellington (BK386) | Chapeau, Quebec |
| Canada |
Thompson, Thomas Walter | Killed in Action | 1943-12-21 | Halifax (LK644) | Brantford, Ontario |
| Canada |
Wahlers, Edward | Killed in Action | 1944-12-21 | Oxford (R6329) | Toronto, Ontario |
| UK |
Wallace, John Hay | Killed in Action | 1941-12-21 | Sunderland (W3998) | |
| UK |
Warren, Jack Passmore | Killed in Action | 1942-12-21 | Lancaster (W4185) | Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
| UK |
Watson, William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-21 | Sunderland (W3998) | Denton Holme, Carlisle, Cumbria, England |
| UK |
Weatherley, William Edward | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-21 | Anson (6234) | |
| Canada |
Welch, Robert Thomas James | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-21 | Lancaster (DS615) | Boissevain, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Wright, Percy Andrew | Killed in Flying Accident | 1916-12-21 | S.7 Longhorn (2986) | Fort Frances, Ontario |
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