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 Benge, Arthur Norman Survived 1917-01-08 DH.2 (7844) Hailsham, Sussex, England
Canada Bridgeman, Robert Vale Killed in Flying Accident 1943-01-08 Wellington (BJ836) Turtleford, Saskatchewan
UK Broadhurst, John Killed in Flying Accident 1944-01-08 Harvard (AJ889)
Canada Clark, John Harvey Killed in Action 1945-01-08 Lancaster (JB661) Paisley, Ontario
Canada Clarson, Owen Munro Wovenden Killed in Flying Accident 1945-01-08 Oxford (LW903) Ste Anne De Bellevue, Quebec
Canada Dale, William Killed in Action 1943-01-08 Hudson (BW447) Toronto, Ontario (parents)
Canada Durnan, Grant Killed in Action 1945-01-08 Lancaster (PB851) Toronto, Ontario
Canada Dyer, Harold George Killed in Action 1943-01-08 Lancaster (W4800) Lebret, Saskatchewan
Canada Elliott, Verne Douglas Killed in Action 1945-01-08 Lancaster (NG290) Comber, Ontario
Canada Findlay, Harry Frank Gordon Survived 1918-01-08 ()
USA Frayn, Richard Paul Killed in Flying Accident 1943-01-08 Oxford (BG158) South Dakota, USA
Canada Gynane, John Killed in Action 1945-01-08 Lancaster (PB851) Peterborough, Ontario
Canada Hammill, Elbert Mervin Died 1946-01-08 () Singhampton, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada
Canada Hanbidge, Ralph Trever Killed in Action 1943-01-08 Lancaster (ED367) Omemee, Ontario
Canada Hanbidge, Robert Donald Keith Killed in Action 1945-01-08 Lancaster (PB851) Kerrobert, Saskatchewan
Canada Hepburn, Reginald Lionel Reddy Killed in Flying Accident 1943-01-08 Beaufighter (JL441) Brighton, Ontario
Canada Hornoi, James Killed in Action 1945-01-08 Liberator (KG928) Regina, Saskatchewan
USA Horton, Harold Albert Killed in Action 1943-01-08 Lancaster (ED367) Brooklyn, New York, USA
Canada Horton, James Andrew Killed in Flying Accident 1944-01-08 Bolingbroke (9031) Vegreville, Alberta
Canada Humberstone, George Arthur Killed in Action 1945-01-08 Lancaster (NG290) Montreal, Quebec
Canada Hutchins, Donald Ross Killed in Action 1945-01-08 Lancaster (JB661) Leamington, Ontario
Canada Hyde, Henry John Killed in Flying Accident 1944-01-08 Bolingbroke (9031) Lowe Farm, Manitoba
Canada Jean, Gerald Joseph Killed in Flying Accident 1944-01-08 Bolingbroke (9031)
Canada Joslin, Kenneth Ross Killed in Action 1945-01-08 Lancaster (JB661) Washago, Ontario
UK Leather, Ernest Killed in Action 1945-01-08 Lancaster (JB661) Sheffield, England, UK
Canada Macaulay, Thomas Hadley Roderick Killed in Flying Accident 1945-01-08 Liberator (EW101) New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Canada Mackay, John Garwood Killed in Action 1945-01-08 Lancaster (NG290) Montreal, Quebec
Canada Mackie, George Forrester Squire Killed in Flying Accident 1942-01-08 Harvard (AJ789) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Canada MacRae, William David Killed in Action 1943-01-08 Hudson (BW447) West Middle River, Nova Scotia
Canada May, David Merriman Killed in Action 1943-01-08 Hudson (BW447) Coaticook, Quebec
Canada McCabe, Charles Arthur Patrick Killed in Flying Accident 1943-01-08 Harvard (3080) Owen Sound, Ontario
Canada McLean, John Kenneth Killed in Action 1945-01-08 Lancaster (NG290) Southampton, Ontario
Canada Morgan, Alexander Mcdonald Killed in Flying Accident 1942-01-08 Anson (6831) Toronto, Ontario
Canada Powell, David Haynes Barcham Killed in Action 1943-01-08 Lancaster (ED367) Ottawa, Ontario
Canada Rahkola, Wayne John Killed in Action 1945-01-08 Lancaster (JB661) Port Arthur, Ontario
Canada Riley, Norman Geoffrey Killed in Flying Accident 1945-01-08 Oxford (LW903) Vancouver, British Columbia
UK Robinson, Alexander Ward Killed in Flying Accident 1942-01-08 Harvard (AJ789)
UK Rosewell, Kenneth Henry Killed in Flying Accident 1944-01-08 Harvard (AJ889)
Rutherford, C B Killed in Flying Accident 1942-01-08 Anson (6831)
Canada Smith, Roydon Morehouse unknown 1921-01-08 ()
Canada Soper, Walter Young James Killed in Action 1945-01-08 Lancaster (NG290) Ottawa, Ontario
Canada Stevenson, Bert Lloyd Died 1945-01-08 () Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Canada Stroh, Kenneth Albert Killed in Action 1945-01-08 Lancaster (JB661) Wetaskiwin, Alberta
Australia Sutton, Bede Bernard Killed in Flying Accident 1942-01-08 Anson (6831)
Canada Terreau, Jean Paul Herbert Killed in Action 1945-01-08 Lancaster (JB661) Montreal, Quebec
Canada Thomas, Leslie Edmund Killed in Action 1943-01-08 Hudson (BW447) Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia
Canada Toner, William Joseph Killed in Flying Accident 1944-01-08 Bolingbroke (9031) Guelph, Ontario
Canada Vogelsang, Edward Walter Killed in Action 1943-01-08 Hudson (BW447) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
UK Voss, Michel Killed in Flying Accident 1943-01-08 Harvard (3080)
Canada Wallace, Clarence Burdett Died 1944-01-08 Lancaster (JB678) Stony Beach, Saskatchewan
USA Wark, Albert Mercier Killed in Action 1943-01-08 Lancaster (ED367) Seattle, Washington, USA
Canada Wells, Albert Eldon Killed in Action 1945-01-08 Lancaster (NG290) Runciman, Saskatchewan
Australia Wins, J Killed in Flying Accident 1942-01-08 ()
Australia Witts, John Killed in Flying Accident 1942-01-08 Anson (6831)
Canada Woyce, Stanley Verdun Killed in Action 1943-01-08 Lancaster (ED367) Palmerston, Ontario
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