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, McKeen | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Lancaster (ED481) | Northport, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada | |
| Allen, Norman William | Killed in Action | 1944-01-31 | Lancaster (DV378) | ||
| Baker, Clifford Stanley | Killed in Action | 1944-01-31 | Lancaster (DV378) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) | |
| Barden, John Leslie Emory | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Lancaster (ED447) | Hounslow, Middlesex, England | |
| Barrett, Fred | Killed in Action | 1944-01-31 | Lancaster (DV378) | Harehills, Leeds, Yorkshire, England (parents) | |
| Baugh, Norman Lee | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Dakota (MA929) | Sheffield, England | |
| Belanger, Frank James | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Lancaster (ED447) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) | |
| Bishop, Clarence Leslie | Died | 1946-01-31 | () | ||
| Boutin, Joseph Louis Paul | Died | 1943-01-31 | () | Ottawa, Ontario | |
| Brown, Robert Luke | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-31 | Lancaster (DV406) | St Thomas, Ontario | |
| Burgess, Douglas Mcintosh | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-01-31 | Hudson (T9308) | Port Credit, Ontario | |
| Butcher, Arthur William | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Lancaster (ED481) | Upper Tysoe, Warwickshire, United Kingdom | |
| Campbell, Hugh John Munro | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Dakota (MA929) | Portland, Victoria, Australia | |
| Campbell, Ralph Patrick | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Lancaster (ED447) | St Peters, Nova Scotia (parents) | |
| Casaubon, Joseph Jean Jacques Fernand | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Dakota (MA929) | Cardinal, Ontario | |
| Cumming, Charles Linnaeus | Killed in Flying Accident | 1919-01-31 | DH.9 (E8877) | Killsby, Rugby, England (parents) | |
| Debeurier, Wilfred Eric | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Lancaster (ED447) | Tarkastad, Cape Province, South Africa | |
| Dewart, Douglas Lyle | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-01-31 | Wellington (LP786) | Elva, Manitoba | |
| Done, George Francis | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Lancaster (ED481) | Northwich, United Kingdom | |
| Down, Charles James | Killed in Action | 1944-01-31 | Hudson (FK733) | Birch Cliff, Ontario | |
| Drope, John Harold Nelles | Survived | 1917-01-31 | 10 (Nieuport) (A3272) | Lonquiel, Champlain, Quebec | |
| Farrer, Thomas William Aubrey | Killed in Action | 1944-01-31 | Hudson (FK733) | Somerville, Massachusetts, USA | |
| Gee, Donald Kirby Edmund | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-01-31 | 504 (C4369) | Lowestoft, Suffolk, England | |
| Gorick, Norman | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-31 | Wellington (HE173) | Eccles, Manchester, England | |
| Graham, James Craig | Killed in Action | 1944-01-31 | Halifax (JD165) | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan | |
| Green, Frederick George | Killed in Action | 1944-01-31 | Sunderland (DW110) | Kagawong, Manitoulin Island, Ontario | |
| Haddon, Douglas Stewart | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-31 | Oxford (LX633) | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Howard, William Morrison | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-01-31 | Wellington (LP786) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) | |
| Hutchinson, Gordon James | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Lancaster (ED447) | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Jacques, John Charles | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Lancaster (ED447) | Hasland, Chesterfield, England | |
| Jones, Henry Summers | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Lancaster (ED481) | Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, United Kingdom | |
| Jones, Marshall Levi | Killed in Action | 1944-01-31 | Mosquito (HX951) | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| King, William George | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-31 | Halifax (DK185) | Teepee Creek, Alberta | |
| Laidlaw, Jeffrey Cayley | Killed in Action | 1944-01-31 | Canso (FP123) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Marritt, Robert Harvey | unknown | 1947-01-31 | () | ||
| Martin, George | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-31 | Halifax (DK185) | Spanish, Ontario | |
| Mason, James Hubert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-31 | Stirling (EF232) | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| McLeod, Donald George | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-31 | Halifax (DK185) | Waterford, Ontario | |
| Mossop, William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-31 | Wellington (HE173) | ||
| Mullen, Albert Lorne | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-31 | Halifax (DK185) | Burnaby, British Columbia | |
| Murton, Walter George | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Lancaster (ED481) | Capetown, South Africa | |
| Nelson, Frank Goheen | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Lancaster (ED481) | Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| Nicholls, John Orson | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Dakota (MA929) | Coldharbour, Sherborne, Dorsetshire, England | |
| O'Connor, George Dalton | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-01-31 | Wellington (LP786) | Pickering, Ontario (parents) | |
| Phelps, Kenneth Ross | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Dakota (MA929) | Wolseley, South Australia | |
| Pickavance, George | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-31 | Lancaster (ND396) | Baltimore, Maryland USA | |
| Price, Charles Melville | Killed in Action | 1944-01-31 | Lancaster (JB659) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Rae, John Archibald | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Beaufighter (X8003) | Stavely, Alberta | |
| Rahn, Robert Henry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-31 | Halifax (DK185) | Waterloo, Ontario | |
| Reynolds, Arthur Mac | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Beaufighter (X8003) | Chatham, Ontario | |
| Riggs, Lewis | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-31 | Halifax (DK185) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Riley, Alexander Douglas | Killed in Action | 1944-01-31 | Lancaster (DV378) | McMahon’s Point, New South Wales, Australia. | |
| Ruddell, John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-31 | Martinet (MS525) | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Rundle, Russell Kerslake | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-01-31 | JN-4 Canuck (C704) | St. Marys, Ontario | |
| Samuels, Bernard Edwin | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-31 | Wellington (HX430) | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Settle, Arthur | Killed in Action | 1944-01-31 | Mosquito (HX951) | Addlington, United Kingdom | |
| Spice, Donald Angus | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-01-31 | Wellington (LP786) | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Stevenson, John | Killed in Action | 1945-01-31 | Wellington (LP786) | Glasgow, Scotland (parents) | |
| Styne, Norman | Died | 1941-01-31 | () | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Trowbridge, Stuart Urquhart | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-31 | Wellington (X3990) | Newcastle, New Brunswick | |
| Trueman, Harry George | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-31 | Stirling (EF232) | St Catharines, Ontario | |
| Tupper, Sidney Webb | Killed in Action | 1944-01-31 | Lancaster (DV378) | ||
| Valastin, Jan R | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-31 | Lancaster (DV378) | Broderick, Saskatchewan | |
| Wall, Samuel David | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Lancaster (ED447) | Leicestershire, England | |
| Webb, Herbert | Killed in Action | 1944-01-31 | Hudson (FK733) | Hamilton, Ontario | |
| Welsh, John | Survived | 1943-01-31 | Wellington (HE173) | ||
| Wilhelm, Edward Louis | Killed in Action | 1944-01-31 | Hudson (FK733) | Kitchener, Ontario | |
| Williams, Allan Arthur Frederick | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Lancaster (ED481) | Whitstable, United Kingdom | |
| Williams, Gordon Ivan | Killed in Action | 1944-01-31 | Lancaster (JB659) | Elkhorn, Manitoba | |
| Williamson, Thomas Gladstone | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Dakota (MA929) | Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, England | |
| Wilson, David Leslie Thompson | Died | 1943-01-31 | () | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Wilson, Edward Arthur | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-01-31 | Wellington (LP786) | St John, New Brunswick | |
| Wood, George | Killed in Action | 1943-01-31 | Wellington (HE173) | Toronto, Ontario |
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