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 |
Aitken, George Edward | Prisoner of War | 1943-07-04 | Halifax (JD159) | |
| Canada |
Anderson, John Albert | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Halifax (JD159) | London, Ontario |
| Canada |
Anderson, John Ivan | Prisoner of War | 1943-07-04 | Halifax (HR813) | Pelly, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Anderson, Lloyd MacDonald | Prisoner of War | 1943-07-04 | Halifax (HR813) | New Glasgow, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Armstrong, William Ernest | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Wellington (LN285) | Steiller, Alberta |
| Canada |
Arseneaut, Joseph Douglas Henry | Prisoner of War | 1943-07-04 | Halifax (JD159) | |
 UK |
Backler, Alec Frederick | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Lancaster (ED689) | Burnage, Manchester, England (parents) |
| Canada |
Baker, Johial William | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Wellington (HE630) | Smiths Falls, Ontario |
| Canada |
Baltins, Raimonds | Missing | 1962-07-04 | Sabre (23407) | Riga, Latvia Republic |
| Canada |
Bell, Angus Hugh | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Halifax (JD159) | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Bishop, John Philpott | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Wellington (LN296) | Vernon, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Bousfield, George Raymond | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Wellington (LN285) | Ceylon, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Bowlby, Arthur Tremaine | Evader | 1943-07-04 | Halifax (JB913) | |
| Canada |
Brodie, John Toles | Died | 1943-07-04 | () | Melbourne, Ontario |
| Canada |
Brown, Thomas Nicholas | Prisoner of War | 1943-07-04 | Halifax (JB913) | Amherst, Nova Scotia |
| UK |
Burleigh, Frank Kenneth | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-07-04 | Wellington (BK251) | Sherwood, Nottingham, England |
| Canada |
Campbell, Earl Kenneth | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Boston (Z2205) | Ingersoll, Ontario (Parents) |
| UK |
Capel-Dunn, Denis Cuthbert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-07-04 | Liberator (JT982) | Stowmarket, Suffolk, England |
 USA |
Carver, Herman Joe Jr | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-07-04 | Beaufighter (JM223) | Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
| USA |
Chambers, Patrick Kelly | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Wellington (HZ481) | Long Beach, California, USA |
| Canada |
Clee, Hugh Alexander McIvor | Prisoner of War | 1943-07-04 | Halifax (HR813) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| UK |
Close, James Joseph | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Stirling (BF579) | Birkenhead, Cheshire, England (parents) |
| UK |
Cole-Hamilton, Joan Margaret | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-07-04 | Liberator (JT982) | Llangattock, Powys, Wales (parents) |
| UK |
Collard, Agnes Mary | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-07-04 | Liberator (JT982) | |
| Canada |
Combres, Maurice Emile | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Lancaster (ED820) | Richard, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Conway, Joseph William Henry | Killed in Action | 1944-07-04 | Mustang (FD502) | East Angus, Quebec (parents) |
| Canada |
Cote, Paul Emile | Prisoner of War | 1943-07-04 | Halifax (JB796) | Montreal, Quebec |
| UK |
Dalton, Frank Albert | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Stirling (BF579) | Anerley, Kent, England (parents) |
| Canada |
Daly, John Raymond | Killed in Action | 1944-07-04 | Spitfire (JG384) | Crystal City, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Davie, James Anderson | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Stirling (BF579) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| UK |
Davies, Richard Allen | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-07-04 | Liberator (BZ813) | Adamsdown, Cardiff, Wales |
| Canada |
Day, Francis John | Killed in Action | 1941-07-04 | Wellington (T2984) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Canada |
Denman, Robert Oliver | Survived | 1918-07-04 | F.E.2 (A6411) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| UK |
Dickinson, William Henry | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Stirling (BF579) | Southwick, Sussex, England (mother) |
| Canada |
Dohaney, George Francis | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Lancaster (ED689) | Chipman, Queens County, New Brunswick |
| USA |
Draper, M D | Prisoner of War | 1942-07-04 | Boston (AL677) | |
| Canada |
Dungey, Elmer Burton | Evader | 1943-07-04 | Halifax (JB913) | Collingwood, Ontario |
| UK |
Dunn, John Robert Leslie | Killed in Action | 1941-07-04 | Wellington (T2984) | Scarborough, Yorkshire, England |
| UK |
Eccles, Joseph | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Stirling (BF579) | |
| Canada |
Ellis, Sidney Emerson | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-07-04 | Camel (N6337) | Smith's Falls, Ontario |
| USA |
Evans, George Peter | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-07-04 | Liberator (JT982) | |
| UK |
Evans, Ronald | Prisoner of War | 1943-07-04 | Halifax (JB913) | |
| Canada |
Eversfield, Sydney Eric | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Lancaster (W4958) | Duncan, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Eyre, Henry Norman | Survived | 1918-07-04 | () | Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA |
| Canada |
Finlay, Thomas Bertram Gardner | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-07-04 | Hudson (V9111) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Fish, Hilton William | Killed in Action | 1941-07-04 | Whitley (Z6573) | St Thomas, Ontario |
| UK |
Ford, Sidney James | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-07-04 | Liberator (BZ813) | Redfield, Bristol, England |
| Canada |
Foster, Arthur Baker | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Halifax (JB796) | Port Hammond, British Columbia |
| UK |
Foster, Victor William George | Prisoner of War | 1943-07-04 | Halifax (JB913) | |
| Canada |
Frudd, Francis William | Prisoner of War | 1943-07-04 | Halifax (HR813) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Gabryelski, Theodore | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-07-04 | Wellington (BK251) | Montreal, Quebec |
| USA |
Garoutte, Byron Homer | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Wellington (HZ481) | Seal Beach, California, USA |
| Canada |
Gray, Howard Elmer | Died | 1943-07-04 | () | La Riviere, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Gray, Robert John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-07-04 | Wellington (BK251) | Toronto, Ontario |
| UK |
Green, Leslie George | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-07-04 | Liberator (BZ813) | Collier Row, Romford, Essex, England |
| UK |
Hall, John | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Stirling (BF579) | Leeds, Yorkshire, England (parents) |
| Canada |
Hannah, Alvin Edmund | Prisoner of War | 1943-07-04 | Boston (Z2205) | Weirdale, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Harrison, Gordon Karr | Prisoner of War | 1943-07-04 | Halifax (HR813) | |
| UK |
Hawkridge, Harold Joseph | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Lancaster (ED689) | Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom (parents) |
| Canada |
Henderson, Selby Roger | Killed in Action | 1940-07-04 | Hudson (N7368) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| UK |
Hern, James William | Killed in Action | 1944-07-04 | Halifax (JP247) | |
| Canada |
Herron, Arnold Raymond | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Lancaster (ED820) | Waterford, Ontario |
| UK |
Hibberd, Beryl Jean | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-07-04 | Liberator (JT982) | |
| Canada |
Hicks, Reginald McLeod | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Halifax (JB796) | North Gower, Ontario |
| UK |
Hodgson, Percival Hesketh | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-04 | Halifax (JP247) | |
| Canada |
Hodgson, Russell | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Halifax (BB428) | Mimico, Ontario |
| Canada |
Hogg, Douglas Allan | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Wellington (LN285) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Hunt, Leslie William | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Stirling (BK648) | Loreburn, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Jeffery, Harold Greensmith | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-07-04 | F.E.2 () | Chesterfield, England Parents) |
| Canada |
Jones, George Andrew | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-07-04 | Wellington (BK251) | Allandale, Ontario |
| Canada |
Kaplan, Harry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-07-04 | () | Winnipeg, Manitoba (parents) |
| UK |
Keates, William Thomas | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-07-04 | Liberator (JT982) | Putney, London, England |
| Canada |
Kelly, Albert Edward | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Halifax (JB796) | Thornton, Ontario |
| UK |
Kilburn, Geoffrey | Prisoner of War | 1941-07-04 | Wellington (T2984) | |
| Canada |
Lalonde, Joseph Moise Gaston | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Beaufighter (JM133) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Canada |
Lawson, George Wilson | Survived | 1918-07-04 | () | Napa, Napa County, California, USA |
| Canada |
Lawson, Walter Brogden | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-07-04 | O/400 () | Barrie, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Le Blanc, Fontelle Welles | Survived | 1918-07-04 | () | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Canada |
Le Chien, Leonard Francis | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-07-04 | Hurricane (V7081) | Windsor, Ontario |
| USA |
Levine, Harry Edgar | Killed in Action | 1942-07-04 | Harvard (2582) | Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA |
| USA |
Lewis, Glen Edwin | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Wellington (HE630) | St Louis, Missouri, USA |
| UK |
Lindsey, Eric E | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-07-04 | Liberator (BZ813) | Loftus, Yorkshire, England |
| UK |
Lowrey, Thomas | Prisoner of War | 1943-07-04 | Halifax (JB913) | |
| Canada |
Mackinnon, James Elmer | Killed in Action | 1940-07-04 | Hudson (P5162) | Moncton, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
MacPherson, Neil Copeland | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-04 | Halifax (JP247) | Kindersley Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| UK |
Malkin, Sir Herbert William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-07-04 | Liberator (JT982) | |
| Canada |
Marshall, William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-07-04 | Wellington (BK251) | Calgary, Alberta |
| UK |
Mayor, Spencer Ronald | Killed in Action | 1941-07-04 | Wellington (T2984) | Kingsgate Bay, Kent, England (parents) |
| Canada |
McAllister, Allan James | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-07-04 | F.2 (Bristol) (C980) | Quebec City, Quebec |
| Canada |
McCormick, Lee Henry Alexander | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Wellington (HZ481) | Leamington, Ontario |
| Canada |
McDowell, Manson Donald | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-04 | Halifax (JP247) | |
| Canada |
McHardy, Alexander Gordon | Killed in Action | 1942-07-04 | Harvard (2582) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
McKechnie, John Kenneth | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-07-04 | Blenheim () | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Meagher, Cyril Paul Joseph | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-07-04 | Liberator (JT982) | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| UK |
Mitch, Ivor Henry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-07-04 | Liberator (BZ813) | Ernesettle, Plymouth, England |
| Canada |
Moore, Roy Frederick | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Wellington (HZ481) | Melbourne, Quebec |
| Canada |
Morgan, Bruce | Killed in Action | 1942-07-04 | Lancaster (R5663) | Cornwall, Ontario |
| USA |
Needham, John Joseph | Prisoner of War | 1943-07-04 | Stirling (BF530) | Mountainview California, USA |
| Canada |
Ogilvie, Alfred Keith | Prisoner of War | 1941-07-04 | Spitfire (X4664) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Canada |
Owen, Brock Laverne | Killed in Action | 1943-07-04 | Wellington (HZ481) | Ingersoll, Ontario |
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