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 |
Anderson, Gordon John | Killed | 1944-12-20 | () | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Anderson, Morley Charles | Killed in Flying Accident | 1956-12-20 | Canuck (18553) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Andrew, George Varnum | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Lancaster (LL630) | Sarnia, Ontario |
| Canada |
Bernard, David | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Lancaster (R5552) | Sudbury, Ontario |
 UK |
Berry, Sidney Albert | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (JD474) | |
| Canada |
Bohush, Eugene | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-20 | Bolingbroke (9898) | Leduc, Alberta |
| UK |
Boughton, Wifred Thomas William | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (JD474) | |
| Canada |
Brager, Kenneth Lloyd | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Lancaster (DS758) | Watson, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Brazier, George Henry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-20 | Bolingbroke (9898) | Arbuthnot, Saskatchewan |
| UK |
Broad, John Charles Sidney | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (JD474) | |
| Canada |
Buckles, Robert James | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-20 | Spitfire (EN629) | |
| Canada |
Bumstead, Charles Harold | Killed in Action | 1941-12-20 | Blenheim (T2394) | Montreal, Quebec |
 Canada |
Cant, Eugene Robert | Died | 1968-12-20 | () | Ahmic Harbour, Ontario |
| UK |
Carpenter,George | Survived | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (HX328) | |
| Canada |
Cholette, Joseph Henri Jacques | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Wellington (Z1729) | Montreal, Quebec (parents) |
| Canada |
Cochrane, Thomas Donald | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Lancaster (DS758) | Mission City, British Columbia |
| UK |
Cohen, Herbert Cyril | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (LK926) | Walthamstow, Essex, England (parents) |
| UK |
Complin, Charles Moore | Killed in Action | 1941-12-20 | Wellington (Z8728) | Gidea Park, Essex, England (parents) |
| Canada |
Dalgleish, Neil John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-20 | Bolingbroke (9898) | Grande Prairie, Alberta (parents) |
| Canada |
Daniel, Fleetwood Earnscliffe | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-12-20 | S.VII (A8874) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Dessureau, Joseph Rene Gilles | Killed in Flying Accident | 1980-12-20 | Otter (9403) | Rivire des Prairies, Quebec |
| UK |
Dowling, Alan James | Survived | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (HX328) | |
| Canada |
Dunphy, Roderick James | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Lancaster (LL630) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Elliott, John Dale | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (EB252) | |
| Canada |
Ferrier, Walter Robert | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (LK686) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Fischer, Alfred Austin | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (LK686) | North Bay, Ontario |
| Canada |
Flower, Edward James | Killed | 1944-12-20 | () | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Forman, Robert William | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Halifax (DT511) | New Westminster, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Fox, Albert Lloyd | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Halifax (DT509) | Desford, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Froud, Denis Percival | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-20 | Moth, Tiger (4052) | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Fugere, Michael William | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Halifax (W7768) | Owen Sound, Ontario |
| Canada |
Gardiner, Ross Ernest | Died | 1945-12-20 | () | |
| Canada |
Gardner, John | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Lancaster (R5697) | Boissevain, Manitoba |
| UK |
Gillingham, Leslie Frederick | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (LK926) | Winchester, England |
| Canada |
Gott, Alfred Norman | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (HR948) | Kelliher, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Gowrie, Chester Bruce | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Lancaster (DV398) | Tramping Lake, Saskatchewan |
| UK |
Gray, George Edward | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (JD474) | |
| Canada |
Grey, Harry Donald | Killed in Action | 1941-12-20 | Wellington (T2987) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Canada |
Harper, Milton Alexander | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Lancaster (R5512) | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Henry, Stevenson Allan | Killed in Flying Accident | 1956-12-20 | Canuck (18553) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Henschel, Walter Adolf | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Halifax (DT511) | Cabri, Saskatchewan |
| UK |
Henson, Leslie Allan | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Lancaster (R5552) | Broughty Ferrty, Angus, Dundee, Scotland (parents) |
 USA |
Hilton, Frank Nason | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-20 | Harvard (1346) | Bowdoinham, Maine, USA |
| UK |
Hughes, William Austin | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-20 | Harvard (FE343) | |
| Canada |
Hunter, James Albert | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Halifax (DT509) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Jackes, James Connacher | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Wellington (BJ589) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Jessiman, George Herkis | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (LK928) | Fort William, Ontario |
| Canada |
Johnston, Edward Irvine | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Lancaster (R5762) | Green Court, Alberta |
| Canada |
Jones, Edmund George | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Halifax (DT570) | Byron, Ontario |
| Jones, Eric Edward | Killed | 1943-12-20 | () | ||
| Canada |
Keighan, Joseph Lawrance | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (LK928) | Niagara Falls, Ontario |
| UK |
Kent, Edwin | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Lancaster (DS758) | |
| Canada |
Kingsley, Joseph Leopold Rene | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Halifax (DT509) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Kneale, John Francis | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-12-20 | Camel (B2310) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Knight, Arthur Gerald | Killed in Action | 1916-12-20 | DH.2 (7927) | Leamington, Warwichshire, England (parents) |
| Canada |
Knox, Vincent Cooke Lindsay | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Lancaster (ED700) | Victoria, British Columbia |
 New Zealand |
Lamb, John Alexander | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (LK926) | Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Canada |
Lambert, James Fielden | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Spitfire (MH903) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Love, James Hawthorne | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Lancaster (W4334) | Dauphin, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Malone, Edward Cecil | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Halifax (DT509) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Marshall, Walter Farquhar | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (LK686) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Marshall, William Charles | Killed in Action | 1941-12-20 | Blenheim (Z7796) | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Martel, Pierre Augustin Guy | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Wellington (Z1729) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Martin, John Roddick | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Stirling (BK798) | Arthur, Ontario |
| UK |
Matthews, Charles William | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (LK926) | Walworth, London, England |
| Canada |
Maybee, Norman Walter | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-20 | Spitfire (MH845) | Wellington, Ontario |
| Canada |
McCabe, Robert Morrison | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (JD115) | West Grand Forks, British Columbia |
| Canada |
McClelland, David Stuart | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (LK926) | Stonewall, Manitoba |
| USA |
McClive, Lloyd Peter | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Kittyhawk (FR134) | Flint, Michigan, USA (Parents) |
| Canada |
McCready, George Donald | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Lancaster (W4259) | Jasper Park, Alberta |
| Canada |
McCulloch, Robert Lloyd | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (JD115) | The Pas, Manitoba |
| Canada |
McCurdy, Max Albert | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Lancaster (DS758) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Canada |
McQuestion, Leslie Arthur | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Lancaster (DS758) | Cadillac, Quebec |
| USA |
McRee, Robertus | Killed | 1941-12-20 | () | De Soto, Mississippi, USA |
| Canada |
Mctaggart, Duncan Dougals | Died | 1917-12-20 | () | Alvinston, Ontario. |
 Australia |
Moore, John Francis | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Lancaster (R5552) | Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia |
| Canada |
Moriarty, Louis Edmund | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Lancaster (W4334) | Toronto, Ontario |
| UK |
Morris, David Gwynne | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (JD474) | London, United Kingdom |
| Canada |
Morrisey, John Joseph | Prisoner of War | 1943-12-20 | Spitfire (MJ172) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Mortimer, Arthur | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Lancaster (R5512) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Mosher, Keith Maxwell | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (LK928) | Lower La Have, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Nelson, Evan Ellis | Killed in Action | 1941-12-20 | Wellington (T2987) | Merritton, Ontario |
| Canada |
O'Dell, Austin Roy | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Halifax (DT570) | Niagara Falls, Ontario |
| Australia |
Palmer, Stanley Leonard | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-12-20 | Bolingbroke (9898) | |
| Canada |
Peters, Kenneth Frank | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-20 | Hurricane (R4086) | Oak River, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Petit, Joseph George Arthur Jean | Killed in Flying Accident | 1980-12-20 | Otter (9403) | St. Guilaume d'Upton, Quebec |
| UK |
Picton-Warlow, Wilfred | Killed in Flying Accident | 1914-12-20 | XI () | Laleston, Bridgend, Glamorganshire, Wales |
| UK |
Picton-Werlow, Wilfred | Killed in Flying Accident | 1914-12-20 | () | |
| Canada |
Pilkey, John David | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (LK686) | Shanty Bay, Ontario |
| Canada |
Power, Warren Michael | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Stirling (BK798) | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Pridham, Edward Stanley | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (LK686) | Stayner, Ontario |
| Canada |
Raymond, Jean Paul Alban | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Wellington (Z1729) | St John's, Quebec |
| Canada |
Redmond, Jack Edward | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Lancaster (W4123) | Maple Creek, Saskatchewan |
| UK |
Rees, Marcus | Survived | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (HX328) | |
| UK |
Renelt, Kenneth Bert | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Lancaster (R5552) | Thornton Heath Surrey, England |
| Canada |
Ross, Ernest Eugene | Killed in Flying Accident | 1980-12-20 | Otter (9403) | Lamont, Alberta |
| Canada |
Roy, Charles William Hurley | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Wellington (Z1729) | Montreal, Quebec |
| UK |
Sandes, Charles Richard | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Halifax (EB252) | Bedford, England |
| Canada |
Sharpe, Howard Andrew | Killed in Action | 1942-12-20 | Beaufighter (EL407) | Kingston, Ontario |
| New Zealand |
Sheddan, Alexander Bernard | Killed in Action | 1943-12-20 | Lancaster (R5552) | Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand |
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