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 |
Alger, A A | Survived | 1944-12-28 | Halifax (LW394) | |
| Canada |
Billings, Robert Arnold | Killed in Action | 1943-12-28 | Marauder (FK133) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Bishop, F. E. | Suicide | 1959-12-28 | () | ||
| Canada |
Bourgeau, Joseph Raymond Frederick | Killed in Action | 1941-12-28 | Wellington (W5561) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Canada |
Brackenbury, Stuart Bruce Keith | Prisoner of War | 1941-12-28 | Hampden (P1165) | Aylmer, Ontario |
| Canada |
Bradley, Charles Raymond | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Lancaster (PB634) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Canada |
Buell, Chester Merrill | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Lancaster (PB634) | Long Branch, Ontario |
| Canada |
Burchell, Orval Henry | Killed in Action | 1941-12-28 | Whitley (Z9202) | Brockville, Ontario |
| Canada |
Catheralle, Lloyd John Gordon | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Halifax (NR197) | New Westminster, British Columbia (parents) |
 UK |
Classen, William George | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Lancaster (PB634) | East Dulwich, London, England (parents) |
| Canada |
Cobbett, Bernard Victor | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Lancaster (PB634) | Windsor, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Conway, Edmond Joseph | Killed | 1943-12-28 | () | Montreal, Quebec (parents) |
| Canada |
Cornell, John Luther | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-28 | Hurricane (5402) | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (parents) |
| Canada |
Coyne, Vincent Harold | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-28 | Corsair (KD503) | Chesterville, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Cullen, Joseph Patrick Leonard | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Halifax (NR197) | Ottawa, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Cuthbert, Stuart Ross | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-12-28 | JN-4 Canuck (C680) | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| UK |
Davey, Allan Walter | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-28 | Cornell (10596) | |
| Canada |
Dixon, Arthur Allen | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Lancaster (KB798) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Donkin, Jack Cecil | Killed in Action | 1941-12-28 | Wellington (W5561) | Truro, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Drewery, Bertram Ernest | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Halifax (NR197) | Charing Cross, Ontario |
| Canada |
Durning, Joseph Hermile | Killed in Action | 1941-12-28 | Whitley (Z9202) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Ebber, Robert Allan | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Lancaster (KB798) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| UK |
Firmage, Leslie George | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-28 | Oxford (X6686) | |
| UK |
Gibbs, Kenneth | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Lancaster (PB634) | Sholing, Southampton, England |
| Canada |
Giblin, James Raymond | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Halifax (NR197) | Eugenia, Ontario |
 USA |
Gilkey, Richard Wallace | Killed in Action | 1943-12-28 | Marauder (FK133) | Dayton, Oregon, USA |
| Canada |
Glenwright, George Edward | Killed in Action | 1942-12-28 | Spitfire (ER846) | River Herbert, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Gordon, Donald Kenneth | Killed in Action | 1941-12-28 | Wellington (W5561) | Moncton, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Gray, Edwin Roy | Killed in Action | 1942-12-28 | Spitfire (ER660) | Toronto, Ontario |
| UK |
Herries, Robert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-28 | Oxford (X6686) | |
| Canada |
Hewson, Sydney Dalton | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Lancaster (KB798) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Canada |
Hill, Lawrence Stanley | Killed in Action | 1940-12-28 | Beaufort (N1162) | Lucky Lake, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
How, Frederick Winston | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Lancaster (KB738) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Canada |
Hubley, Cecil David Benjamin | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Lancaster (KB738) | Manitou, Manitoba |
| UK |
Isaac, Peter Frederick | Killed in Action | 1941-12-28 | Hampden (P1165) | Watford, Hertfordshire, England |
 Netherlands |
Janson, Adam | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-28 | Cornell (15025) | |
| Canada |
Jeffries, Samuel | Killed in Action | 1942-12-28 | Wellington (Z8908) | Chapleau, Ontario |
| Canada |
Jones, Milroy Eugene | Survived | 1917-12-28 | () | Ottawa, Ontario |
| USA |
Kelly, Donald Patrick | Died | 1943-12-28 | () | New York City, New York, USA |
| Canada |
Kelly, Karl Emerson | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Halifax (NR197) | New Liskeard, Ontario |
| Canada |
Ketcham, William H. | Survived | 1944-12-28 | Halifax (LW394) | |
| UK |
King, Ronald | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Lancaster (PB634) | |
| Canada |
Le Blanc, Albert Thomas | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Lancaster (KB798) | Westville, Pictou County, Nova Scotia |
| UK |
Lord, Clive Henry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-28 | Cornell (15025) | |
| Canada |
Macaulay, Douglas Lawson | Survived | 1916-12-28 | B.E.2 (7138) | Hudson Heights, Quebec |
| Canada |
MacGregor, John Alfred Stuart | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Lancaster (KB738) | Martintown, Ontario |
| Canada |
Manfield, Jack Stannas | Died | 1943-12-28 | () | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Canada |
Marcus, John Joseph | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-28 | Mosquito (HX861) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Mark, William McIntyre | Survived | 1944-12-28 | Halifax (LW394) | |
| Canada |
McDivitt, Keith Oscar | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Lancaster (KB798) | Bala, Muskoka District, Ontario |
| Canada |
McDonald, Adam Raeburn | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Halifax (NR197) | McMasterville, Quebec |
| Canada |
McDonald, Jack Thompson | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-28 | Wellington (BK517) | Strathroy, Ontario |
| Canada |
McGregor, James Bruce | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Lancaster (PB634) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Canada |
McKay, Alfred Edwin 'Eddie' | Killed in Action | 1917-12-28 | S.VII (B3560) | Brussels, Ontario |
| Canada |
McLean, A C | Survived | 1944-12-28 | Halifax (LW394) | |
 Australia |
Murn, Donald John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-28 | Harvard (2663) | |
| Canada |
Murphy, Charles Walter | Prisoner of War | 1941-12-28 | Whitley (Z6956) | |
| Canada |
Nickle, Russell Karl | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Lancaster (KB738) | North Bay, Ontario |
| Canada |
Page, Ernest William | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Lancaster (KB798) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Canada |
Parke, William Kelvin | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Lancaster (PB634) | St Lambert, Quebec |
| Canada |
Petts, John Russell | Killed in Action | 1941-12-28 | Whitley (Z9385) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Canada |
Reimer, Alvin Wilbert | Killed in Action | 1941-12-28 | Whitley (Z9385) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Rogers, Frederick William | unknown | 1915-12-28 | () | ||
| UK |
Russell, Norman Ernest | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-28 | Cornell (10596) | |
| Canada |
Sanderson, Howard Alvin 'Sandy' | Survived | 1944-12-28 | Halifax (LW394) | |
| Canada |
Saunders, Andrew | Died | 1942-12-28 | () | Borden, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Scholes, John Francis | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-28 | Mosquito (HJ826) | Toronto, Ontario |
 Canada |
Smith, Mark William | unknown | 2003-12-28 | () | Kingston, Ontario |
| Canada |
Spanner, Herbert S | Killed in Action | 1916-12-28 | Elephant (A1569) | |
| Canada |
Springstein, Norman Ray | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Lancaster (KB738) | Mend, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Stieber, Frederick Michael | Survived | 1918-12-28 | Camel () | |
| Canada |
Tait, Cecil Ralph | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Lancaster (KB738) | Pembroke, Ontario |
| Canada |
Tape, William Henry | Killed in Action | 1942-12-28 | Spitfire (ER714) | Longview, Alberta |
 New Zealand |
Thane, Desmond William | Killed in Action | 1941-12-28 | Hampden (P1165) | Wellington City, New Zealand |
| Canada |
Thomson, Donald Andrew | Killed in Action | 1943-12-28 | Marauder (FK133) | Strathroy, Ontario |
| Canada |
Toupin, Charles Zotique | Killed in Action | 1943-12-28 | Marauder (FK133) | St Albert, Alberta |
| Canada |
Warren, Gordon | Killed in Action | 1944-12-28 | Lancaster (NN750) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| UK |
Whyte, J J 'Paddy' | Survived | 1944-12-28 | Halifax (LW394) | |
| UK |
Williams, Douglas Theodore | Killed in Action | 1941-12-28 | Hampden (P1165) | Treowen, Newbridge, Monmouthshire, Wales |
| Canada |
Wotherspoon, E J | Survived | 1944-12-28 | Halifax (LW394) |
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