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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acthim, John | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-26 | Lancaster (LL791) | Rainy River District, Ontario | |
| Ansell, John | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-26 | Lancaster (LL791) | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
| Arnston, Frank Arthur | Killed in Action | 1944-02-26 | Halifax (LW420) | Mimico, Ontario | |
| Balmanno, David Thomas | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-26 | Lancaster (LL791) | ||
| Barnlund, Russell Edwart | Evader | 1944-02-26 | Lancaster (DS845) | ||
| Bates, Donald Stuart | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-02-26 | Ventura (AE911) | ||
| Beer, Lloyd Stuart | Killed in Action | 1944-02-26 | Lancaster (DS791) | Pictou, Nova Scotia | |
| Bell, Charles Peter | Killed in Flying Accident | 1954-02-26 | Silver Star (21141) | Whitley, Northumberland, UK | |
| Bennett, Thomas Herbert | Killed in Action | 1942-02-26 | Wellington (Z8536) | Abbotsford, British Columbia (parents) | |
| Benson, Robert Lowell | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Wellington (HE161) | Ottawa, Ontario (parents) | |
| Bernick, Lloyd Adolf | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Lancaster (ED520) | Hawarden, Saskatchewan | |
| Bessette, Gordon Macmillan | Killed in Action | 1944-02-26 | Halifax (LW420) | Longueuil, Quebec | |
| Beverley, George | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Hudson (BW634) | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Bissett, John Alexander | Killed in Action | 1942-02-26 | Halifax (V9986) | Campbellton, New Brunswick (parents) | |
| Blaber, Arthur Clarence | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Lancaster (ED520) | ||
| Blakeney, Lester Ferguson | Killed in Action | 1944-02-26 | Halifax (LW420) | Ottawa, Ontario | |
| Bockus, Alva Williams | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-26 | Lancaster (DS845) | ||
| Bond, John Basil | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Hudson (BW634) | Kelowna, British Columbia | |
| Boon, William Daniel | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Wellington (DF728) | Edmonton, Alberta (parents) | |
| Bouchie, Wallace Clarence | Killed in Vehicle Accident | 1955-02-26 | () | ||
| Bourdat, William Lloyd | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-26 | Halifax (LW420) | Port Arthur, Ontario | |
| Boutin, Leonce Germain | Killed in Flying Accident | 1981-02-26 | Freedom Fighter (116735) | Lac St-Jean, Quebec | |
| Bowler, Ronald Edgar | Killed in Action | 1944-02-26 | Lancaster (DS791) | Leicester, England (parents) | |
| Brown, Charles Harold Latshaw | Killed in Action | 1942-02-26 | Wellington (Z8536) | Hamilton, Ontario (parents) | |
| Bullen, Edwin Gordon Kingsley | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Beaufighter (X7778) | West Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Burns, Edward Robert | Killed in Action | 1944-02-26 | Halifax (LW331) | Port Credit, Ontario | |
| Cameron, William Wilson | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Wellington (Z1599) | Evarts, Alberta | |
| Cammish, Harrison Stanley | Evader | 1944-02-26 | Lancaster (LL791) | ||
| Cartwright, Ronald William St. George | Killed in Action | 1918-02-26 | R.E.8 (A3531) | Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England | |
| Chadwick, Leslie Anwyl | Killed in Action | 1945-02-26 | Liberator (KG964) | Fairville, New Brunswick (parents) | |
| Chamney, Burnet Montieth | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Wellington (BK468) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (parents) | |
| Crofts, Fred | Killed in Action | 1944-02-26 | Lancaster (DS791) | Forfar, Angus | |
| Curnock, Richard Montague | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-26 | Halifax (LW431) | ||
| Curtis, James Edward | Killed | 1943-02-26 | () | Hamilton, Ontario | |
| Daly, James Lorne Kenneth | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Hudson (BW634) | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Darwin, Clifford Francis | Killed in Action | 1942-02-26 | Halifax (V9986) | ||
| Dawson, Edward Alexander | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Hurricane (HV904) | Welland, Ontario | |
| Dean, Richard Edward | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Wellington (Z1599) | ||
| Dinsmore, Gordon Thomas | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-26 | Halifax (LW431) | Brantford, Ontario | |
| Drake, James Isaac | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-02-26 | Halifax (V9988) | Strathroy, Ontario | |
| Draper, Clarence Oscar | Killed in Action | 1944-02-26 | Lancaster (DS791) | Elgin, Manitoba | |
| Earp-Jones, Charles Lawrence | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Wellington (DF728) | South Africa | |
| Emerson, John Douglas | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-26 | Lancaster (ND417) | ||
| Essen, Stanley Frederick | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Lancaster (ED520) | Palmers Green Middlesex, England | |
| Falkiner, Claude | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Wellington (DF728) | Boscombe, Hampshire, England (parents) | |
| Fanning, Charles E. | Killed in Vehicle Accident | 1955-02-26 | () | ||
| Farquharson, James | Survived | 1918-02-26 | () | North Dorset, Dorset, England | |
| Fillion, Paul Eugene | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-26 | Lancaster (DS845) | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan | |
| Fraser, Andrew William | Died | 1944-02-26 | () | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Friskey, R | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-26 | Halifax (LW431) | ||
| Fullum, Joseph Eugene Marcel | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-26 | Halifax (LW431) | ||
| Gagne, Paul Emile | Killed in Flight Line Accident | 1943-02-26 | () | ||
| Gallipeau, Joseph Leo | Killed in Action | 1945-02-26 | Liberator (KG964) | Smiths Falls, Ontario | |
| Gaunce, Stanley David | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-26 | Bolingbroke (9890) | High River, Alberta | |
| Gigg, Robert Phillip | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-26 | Lancaster (DS845) | ||
| Gilson, Kenneth Edric | Killed in Action | 1944-02-26 | Lancaster (LL791) | Holcombe, Somerset, England | |
| Glanville, William Arthur Ivor | Killed in Action | 1942-02-26 | Halifax (V9986) | Porlock, Somerset, England | |
| Glazebrook, Jack Kenneth | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Beaufighter (X7778) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |
| Gordon, Thomas Donald | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Wellington (HE161) | Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland (parents) | |
| Hackney, Charles | Killed in Action | 1942-02-26 | Wellington (Z8536) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) | |
| Hallam, Ernest Victor | Killed in Action | 1942-02-26 | Halifax (V9986) | Wieland, Birmingham, England | |
| Hambrook, Mark David Willis | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Lancaster (W4846) | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Hansen, Harry Alvin | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Wellington (BK468) | Brooks, Alberta | |
| Harris, Norman Clifford | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-02-26 | Ventura (AE911) | ||
| Harris, Victor Henry | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Stirling (R9279) | Sarnia, Ontario | |
| Hartleib, Anthony Joseph | unknown | 1946-02-26 | () | ||
| Herbert, Dennis | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Wellington (HE161) | Leicester, England (parents) | |
| Hetherington, Ewart Albert Sim | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-26 | Lancaster (DS845) | Newmarket, Ontario | |
| Howey, Edward Clayton | Killed in Action | 1944-02-26 | Halifax (LK705) | Chatsworth, Ontario | |
| Hunter, Donald Campbell | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Lancaster (ED520) | Fort St John, British Columbia | |
| Jarvis, Ambury Newton | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Lancaster (ED387) | Newcastle, New Brunswick | |
| Jeffries, John Harold | Killed in Action | 1942-02-26 | Halifax (V9986) | Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England (parents) | |
| Johnson, Sydney Farquhar | Killed in Action | 1941-02-26 | Defiant (N3520) | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Jupe, Royden Martin | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Wellington (BK468) | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Kellaway, Lorne Edward | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Wellington (BK468) | Belleville, Ontario | |
| Kelly, William | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Wellington (DF728) | Manningham, Bradford, Yorkshire, England (parents) | |
| Kennedy, Robert Van Jr | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-02-26 | Hurricane (P8813) | Wilmington, North Carolina, USA | |
| Kent, Emil Dan | Killed in Action | 1944-02-26 | Halifax (JP200) | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Kimmel, Spencer | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Mosquito (DZ413) | Shamokin, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| Kinloch, James Alexander | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-26 | Bolingbroke (9890) | ||
| Kirkland, Harry Nettleton | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Mosquito (DZ413) | Edmonton, Alberta | |
| Lalonde, Joseph Albert Roderique Wilfred | Killed in Action | 1944-02-26 | Halifax (LW331) | Bourget, Ontario | |
| Lange, William Henry | Survived | 1918-02-26 | JN-4 Canuck () | Hewlett Long Island, New York, USA (parents) | |
| Leach, Charles Francis | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Wellington (BJ886) | Newton, Massachusetts, USA | |
| Littlefield, Everett Emerson | Prisoner of War | 1942-02-26 | Wellington (Z8410) | Walpole, Massachusetts, USA | |
| Lubold, A L | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-26 | Halifax (LW597) | ||
| Lussier, Kenneth Edward | Evader | 1944-02-26 | Lancaster (DS845) | ||
| MacAllister, Gordon Dale | Killed in Action | 1942-02-26 | Wellington (W5516) | Rochester, Alberta | |
| Matthews, George | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Stirling (BF450) | Verdun, Quebec | |
| Matthews, Richard Ayerst | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Lancaster (ED520) | Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland | |
| McIntyre, Donald Carstairs | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Lancaster (ED520) | ||
| McLintock, John Lawrie | Missing in Action | 1918-02-26 | Dolphin (B6871) | Dorothy Fussell, married 1917-04-24 | |
| McNeill, George Gordon | Died | 1942-02-26 | () | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Metka, Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-02-26 | Halifax (LW331) | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan | |
| Minett, Mike | Killed in Action | 1944-02-26 | Halifax (JP200) | Verdun, Quebec | |
| Mitchell, Philip Hubert | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Wellington (BK468) | Lloydminster, Saskatchewan | |
| Monckton, John Philip | Killed in Action | 1943-02-26 | Wellington (Z1599) | Royal Oak, Victoria, British Columbia (parents) | |
| Morgan, Norman Anthony | Killed in Action | 1942-02-26 | Wellington (Z8536) | Gloucester, Gloustershire, England | |
| Mullock, Douglas George | Prisoner of War | 1944-02-26 | Lancaster (DS791) | ||
| Munro, Alexander Milton George | Killed in Action | 1944-02-26 | Halifax (LK705) | Buchans, Newfoundland |
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