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 |
Abildgaard, Christian | Killed in Action | 1944-12-04 | Liberator (KG822) | Windsor, Ontario |
| Canada |
Acorn, George Warburton | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Lancaster (JB222) | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| Canada |
Aitkens, Ernest Trevor | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-04 | Battle (2070) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
 UK |
Anderson, James | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Lancaster (JB222) | Hyndland, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Canada |
Anderson, Norman Thomas | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (LK968) | Lachute Mills, Quebec |
| Canada |
Armstrong, Gerald Henry | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (EB137) | Ottawa, Ontario |
 USA |
Arsenault, Joseph Cyrus | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (LK968) | Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA |
| Canada |
Awad, Philip Peter | Killed in Action | 1944-12-04 | Lancaster (LM751) | Windsor, Ontario |
| Canada |
Barr, Robert James | Killed in Action | 1944-12-04 | Lancaster (ME318) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Batters, Harold Mark | Killed in Action | 1942-12-04 | Spitfire (BS277) | Portage La Prairie, Manitoba |
| UK |
Belcher, George | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Lancaster (JB222) | Thornton Heath, Surrey, England |
| USA |
Bentley, Robert Jennison | Killed in Flying Accident | 1956-12-04 | Canuck (18477) | South City, Kansas |
| Canada |
Boles, William Robert King | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (LK902) | London, Ontario |
| Canada |
Bonany, Albert Louis | Killed in Action | 1944-12-04 | Liberator (KG822) | North Bay, Ontario |
| Canada |
Bondett, Howard John | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (HR782) | |
| Canada |
Bonet, John Cecil | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (LW343) | |
| UK |
Booth, Herbert Witham | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-04 | Lancaster (DS733) | |
| Canada |
Boudreault, Joseph Edward Rock | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Flying Fortress (FK206) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| UK |
Bowring, Norman Harvey | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Lancaster (JB222) | Merstham, Surrey, England |
| Canada |
Breakey, Andrew | Killed in Action | 1942-12-04 | Blenheim (BA800) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Brimer, Charles Toryburn | Killed in Flying Accident | 1916-12-04 | Flying Boat () | Toronto, Ontario |
| UK |
Brookman, Herbert John Redrup | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (LK898) | Wing, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Canada |
Brown, Charles | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-04 | Baltimore (AG799) | Bassano, Alberta |
| UK |
Brown, George Frederick | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (EB137) | |
| Canada |
Brown, Howard MacNair | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (JD361) | |
| Canada |
Buchholz, Karl Henry | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (JD374) | Grahamdale, Manitoba |
| UK |
Burley, William Charles | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (EB137) | |
| Canada |
Cabana, Joseph Louis Etienne | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (JD374) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Campion, Michael Patrick | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Flying Fortress (FK206) | Montreal, Quebec |
 Australia |
Cassidy, Maxwell Harrold | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-04 | Harvard (FS876) | |
| Canada |
Chambers, Stanley Victor | Killed in Action | 1944-12-04 | Lancaster (ND932) | Dauphin, Manitoba (parents) |
| Canada |
Clark, Donald Albert | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-04 | Lancaster (DS733) | Carman, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Clewley, George Christopher | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-04 | Lancaster (ME318) | |
| Canada |
Cook, Francis Ross | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-04 | Anson (6477) | Newmarket, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Cook, Robert Geoffrey | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (LK898) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Cooper, David Thomas | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-04 | Lancaster (DS733) | |
| Canada |
Crompton, Henry Dent "Harry" | Killed in Action | 1916-12-04 | B.E.2 (6732) | Lytham, Lancashire, England (parents) |
| Canada |
Darling, William Russell | Killed in Action | 1944-12-04 | Lancaster (LM176) | Windsor, Ontario (parents) |
| UK |
Davis, George Albert | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Lancaster (JB222) | Speke, Liverpool, England |
| Canada |
Dechambeau, Maynard Oliver | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (LK968) | Welland, Ontario |
| Canada |
Dennison, Bruno | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (JD361) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Edgar, Alexander William | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (LK968) | Bainsville, Ontario |
| Canada |
Etherington, Reginald Norman | Killed in Action | 1944-12-04 | Liberator (KG822) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Canada |
Farrell, William Robert | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (DT730) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Flack, Carl Thomas | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Flying Fortress (FK206) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Fowler, Cecil Allen | Killed in Action | 1944-12-04 | Lancaster (LM176) | Glace Bay, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Freeman, Arthur Edwin | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (LK968) | Cobble Hill, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Fulham, Stanley Joseph Arthur | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (LK685) | St Lazare, Manitoba |
| UK |
Galliard, John Douglas | Killed in Action | 1944-12-04 | Lancaster (ND932) | |
| Canada |
Glinz, Kevin Cyril | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-04 | Stirling (EF186) | Elnora, Alberta |
| Canada |
Goudy, Gordon Hursell | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-04 | Lancaster (ND932) | |
| Canada |
Grant, Robert Huntley McDonald | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (JD374) | Maclntyre Lake, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Gregory, Bruce Durward | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-04 | Whitley (EB387) | Ravenscrag, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Hamilton, Donald Grant | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (JD361) | Raynardton, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Hampton, William Edward | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (JD361) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Hanna, Stanley Roy | Killed in Action | 1944-12-04 | Lancaster (LM176) | Stavely, Alberta |
| Canada |
Harrison, Frederick William | Survived | 1918-12-04 | () | London, England |
| Canada |
Hase, Rudolf Carl | Killed in Action | 1944-12-04 | Lancaster (PB672) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Heider, Georges | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (EB137) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Henry, Ronald Jarvis | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (LK968) | |
| Canada |
Hingston, Fayette Williams Brown George | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (JD361) | Montreal, Quebec |
| UK |
Holder, Clement Maurice | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Lancaster (JB222) | Merthty Tydfil, Glamorgan, England |
| UK |
Holland, George Charles | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Lancaster (JB222) | Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England |
| UK |
Holmes, Stanley John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-04 | Beaufort (DW856) | Hanwell, Middlesex, England |
| USA |
Honeycombe, Richard Byrne | Killed in Action | 1942-12-04 | Spitfire (BS132) | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Canada |
Hooper, George Robert | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (JD361) | St Thomas, Ontario |
| UK |
Hopper, C | Survived | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (DK181) | |
| Canada |
Hornung, Bernard | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (LK685) | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Howard, Douglas Studholme | Killed in Action | 1944-12-04 | Lancaster (LM176) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Hunter, Stanley John | Survived | 1917-12-04 | F.2 (Bristol) (C4818) | Hull, Yorkshire, England |
| Canada |
Irvine, Keith Herbert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1957-12-04 | Harvard (2708) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| UK |
Jenkins, Victor | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (LK685) | |
| Canada |
Jones, Arthur Collingwood Pelley | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-04 | Lancaster (JB291) | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Jorgenson, Maurice | Killed in Action | 1944-12-04 | Liberator (KG822) | Chilliwack, British Columbia |
| Australia |
Joyce, Jack Anthony | Killed in Action | 1944-12-04 | Lancaster (ME318) | |
| Canada |
Keilty, J Ross | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-04 | Lancaster (LM751) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Kelso, Stuart Ross | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (JD374) | Roblin, Manitoba (parents) |
| Canada |
Kingston, Philip Alan | Rescued | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (LK683) | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| UK |
L'Argent, John George | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (EB137) | Shiremoor, Northumberland, England |
| Canada |
Lees, Kenneth Enson | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (DT730) | |
| Canada |
Legault, Jean Breboeuf Laurent | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Lancaster (DS733) | Penetanguishene, Ontario |
| UK |
Lister, Eric Leslie | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (LK898) | Sandgate, Kent, England |
| UK |
Lochhead, John Campbell | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (JD361) | Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| UK |
Long, Francis Albert | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (EB137) | Edgware, Middlesex, England |
| Canada |
Lowe, Irvin Melville | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (LK902) | Bradwardine, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Loyer, Gordon Felix | Died | 1940-12-04 | () | Toronto, Ontario |
| UK |
Lyford-Pike, David | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (LK685) | |
| Canada |
Macklaier, Charles Wilbert | Killed in Action | 1944-12-04 | Lancaster (LM176) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
MacMullin, John Duncan | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (LK685) | Cape Breton, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Marchant, James Earl | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Lancaster (JB232) | Clair, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
McAllister, Douglas Fraser | Rescued | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (LK683) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
McCartney, Thomas James | Killed in Action | 1940-12-04 | Blenheim (N3578) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| UK |
McClatchey, Herbert Henry | Died | 1946-12-04 | () | |
| Canada |
McGraw, Hugh Edward | Killed in Action | 1942-12-04 | Spitfire (BS450) | Kirkland Lake, Ontario |
| Canada |
McKenzie, John Andrew Whitmore | Killed in Action | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (LW343) | St Thomas, Ontario |
| Canada |
McLean, Gordon Gillean | Killed in Action | 1944-12-04 | Spitfire (MJ744) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Canada |
McPhail, Daniel Harold | Accident | 1917-12-04 | () | Kincardine, Ontario |
| Canada |
McQueen, William Melvin | Rescued | 1943-12-04 | Halifax (LK683) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Canada |
Mercer, Frank Edwin | Accident | 1917-12-04 | () | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Meredith, Frederick Leonard | Killed in Action | 1944-12-04 | Lancaster (LM751) | Newmarket, Ontario |
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