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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Captain |
Allan, John Roy | Killed in Action | 1918-04-12 | O/400 (1462) | Westmount, Montreal, Quebec. |
| Pilot Officer |
Allen, John Andrew | Killed in Action | 1945-04-12 | Spitfire (PT929) | Port Colborne, Ontario |
 Flight Lieutenant |
Ashley, Russell Bradfield | Killed in Action | 1945-04-12 | Mosquito (HR572) | La Porte City, Iowa, USA |
 LAC |
Bedford, Michael Frederick | Killed in Action | 1940-04-12 | Wellington (P9269) | |
| Pilot Officer |
Bell, David Gordon | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-12 | Halifax (LW614) | Lower Capilano, British Columbia |
| Sergeant |
Bestick, Frank Frederick | Killed in Action | 1940-04-12 | Wellington (P9269) | Selkirk, Manitoba |
| Blenkiron, Joseph Lambert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-12 | Expeditor (HB124) | ||
| Pilot Officer |
Brundish, George William | Killed in Action | 1940-04-12 | Wellington (P9269) | Cropston, Leicestershire, England |
| Flight Sergeant |
Carvajal, Earl Randolph | Killed in Action | 1943-04-12 | Wellington (HE491) | El Paso, Texas, USA |
| Pilot Officer |
Clarke, Arthur Kenneth | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-12 | Halifax (LW614) | Hawkestone, Ontario |
 Flt Sergeant |
Connelly, Jack Francis | Prisoner of War | 1942-04-12 | Boston (W8355) | Mosman, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Pilot Officer |
Cranch, Francis Edward | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-12 | Halifax (LW614) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Lieutenant |
Dean, Arthur Cyril | Prisoner of War | 1918-04-12 | Camel (D6428) | Chatham, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
Delaney, Thomas Joseph | Killed in Action | 1942-04-12 | Boston (W8355) | Placentia, Newfoundland |
| Sergeant |
Docherty, Colin Frank | Killed in Action | 1942-04-12 | Boston (W8355) | Silvertown, London, England (parents) |
| Flying Officer |
Dollery, Trevor Percival | Killed in Action | 1945-04-12 | Spitfire (TB327) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) |
| Flt Lieutenant |
Donaldson, Matthew Wilson | Prisoner of War | 1940-04-12 | Hampden (L4083) | Lethbridge, Alberta |
| Flight Sergeant |
Dorzek, Anthony Alloysius | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-12 | Wellington (BJ786) | Renfrew, Ontario |
| Flying Officer |
Elliott, Gordon William | Killed in Action | 1943-04-12 | Wellington (HE491) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Flying Officer |
Flannery, Paul Andrew | Killed in Flying Accident | 1955-04-12 | Canuck (18325) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Flight Sergeant |
Fleming, Robert Stewart | Killed in Action | 1942-04-12 | Whitley (Z9442) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Aircraftman 2 |
Flynn, Gerald | Killed in Action | 1940-04-12 | Wellington (P9269) | Geevagh, Co. Sligo, Republic of Ireland (parents) |
| Flying Officer |
Fortt, Edward William Ronald | Killed in Action | 1942-04-12 | Spitfire (AA798) | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Flight Sergeant |
Graves, Grant Russell | Killed in Action | 1942-04-12 | Wellington (W5531) | Port Williams, Kings County, Nova Scotia |
| Sergeant |
Greet, John | Killed in Action | 1940-04-12 | Hampden (L4083) | |
| Sergeant |
Halliwell, Harvey | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-12 | Halifax (LW614) | Middleton, Lancashire |
| Captain |
Harrison, William Leeming | Survived | 1918-04-12 | Camel (B2408) | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Sergeant |
Hatton, Alan Sydney | Killed in Action | 1942-04-12 | Boston (W8355) | West Dulwich, London, England (parents) |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Hemphill, Samuel | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-12 | Expeditor (HB124) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Warrant Officer |
Henry, Alexander Campbell | Prisoner of War | 1940-04-12 | Hampden (L4083) | |
| Pilot Officer |
Hindmarsh, Felix Campbell | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-12 | Halifax (LW614) | St Catherines, Ontario |
| Flying Officer |
Hogg, John Macleod | Killed in Action | 1943-04-12 | Hurricane (KX126) | Perth, Ontario |
| Flying Officer |
Honderich, Robert Wayne | Killed in Action | 1944-04-12 | Ventura (SAAF6457) | Baden, Ontario |
| Flying Officer |
Howard, Robert John | Killed in Action | 1943-04-12 | Wellington (HE491) | St John, New Brunswick |
| Sergeant |
Killham, Richard Archibald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-12 | Wellington (BJ786) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Flying Officer |
Kitt, Elliott | Killed in Action | 1943-04-12 | Wellington (HE491) | Chillicothe, Missouri, USA |
| Lieutenant |
Korslund, Milo Franklin | Killed in Action | 1918-04-12 | Camel (D1850) | St. Paul, Minnesota, USA |
| Captain |
Lawson, William Sinclair | Survived | 1917-04-12 | R.E.8 (A79) | Canada |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Lloyd, Lawrence Walter Hugh | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-04-12 | Harvard (2717) | |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Mackenzie, David Victor | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-12 | Halifax (LW614) | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |
| Flight Sergeant |
Maclellan, Alexander Neil | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-12 | Wellington (BJ786) | New York, New York, USA |
| Sergeant |
MacNeil, Donald Stuart Morrison | Survived | 1944-04-12 | Halifax (LW614) | |
| Mathesen, H.O. Steen | Killed in Flying Accident | 1955-04-12 | Silver Star (21229) | ||
| Corporal |
Maxwell, Arthur | unknown | 1947-04-12 | () | |
| Flying Officer |
Maybury, Donald Conrad | Killed in Action | 1940-04-12 | Wellington (P9269) | Llanishen, Glamorgan, Wales |
| Flight Lieutenant |
McLaren, Andrew Hood | Killed in Action | 1940-04-12 | Hudson (N7258) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Pilot Officer |
McNair, Philip John | Killed in Action | 1945-04-12 | Spitfire (MK859) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Flt Lieutenant |
Middleton, Frederick Donald | Prisoner of War | 1940-04-12 | Hampden (L4083) | Dauphin, Manitoba |
| Milligan, Gerald Graig | Killed in Flying Accident | 1984-04-12 | Hornet (CF-188) (188715) | ||
| Warrant Officer |
Morrow, Frederick John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-12 | Beaufighter (JL589) | Melita, Manitoba |
| Flying Officer |
Murray, Robert Wallace | Killed in Action | 1944-04-12 | Wellington (JA572) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Flight Sergeant |
Napier, Stanley Gilbert | Killed in Action | 1942-04-12 | Spitfire (BL643) | Capreol, Ontario |
| Sqn Leader |
Nolan, Maurice | Killed in Action | 1940-04-12 | Wellington (P9269) | Llanishen, Glamorgan, Wales |
| Leading Aircraftman |
O'Connor, Michael Peter | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-12 | Oxford (AS930) | |
| Lieutenant |
Pell, Willard Augustus | Missing in Action | 1918-04-12 | Camel (C1699) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Flight Sergeant |
Pess, Frank | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-12 | Halifax (BB310) | Barrhead, Alberta |
| Lieutenant |
Robinson, Ralph | Killed in Action | 1918-04-12 | DH.9 () | Northampton, Northamptonshire, England |
| Flight Sergeant |
Rogers, Frank Edward | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-12 | Wellington (BJ786) | Port Colborne, Ontario |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Ruocco, Victor Silvio | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-12 | Expeditor (HB124) | Brentwood, British Columbia |
| Flight Sergeant |
Seabrook, Harold Stanley | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-12 | Halifax (BB310) | Southampton, Ontario |
| Sergeant |
Smith, Charles Vernon | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-12 | Harvard (2556) | |
| Sergeant |
Smith, Donald Henry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-12 | Wellington (BJ786) | Elfros, Saskatchewan |
| |
Stephenson, Ernest Frederick | Survived | 1918-04-12 | R.E.8 () | Victoria, B.C. |
| Flying Officer |
Stevens, Paul Bevens | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-12 | Halifax (BB310) | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| Pilot Officer |
Strouts, Harley Richard | Killed in Action | 1942-04-12 | Spitfire (AD375) | Hanley, Saskatchewan |
| Flight Sergeant |
Swedberg, Dean Walter | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-12 | Halifax (BB310) | Flin Flon, Manitoba |
| Flight Sergeant |
Toupin, Joseph Onesime Thomas Ange Albert Gerard | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-12 | Wellington (BJ786) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Pilot Officer |
Walls, George | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-12 | Expeditor (HB124) | Banff, Alberta |
| Pilot Officer |
Woodard, Thomas Harold | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-12 | Halifax (LW614) | Weyburn, Saskatchewan |
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