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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Flying Officer |
Allen, Douglas Gerald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1953-03-17 | Sabre (19388) | |
| Flying Officer |
Armour, Earl William | Prisoner of War | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (ME848) | |
| Flight Sergeant |
Bellisle, Albert Charles | Prisoner of War | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (NN758) | Toronto, Ontario |
 Leading Aircraftman |
Biggs, Kenneth Guy | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-03-17 | Oxford (AS272) | |
| Flight Sergeant |
Blackshaw, George William | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (NN758) | Liverpool, England (parents) |
| Flying Officer |
Butler, Vernon Bartlett Groves | Killed in Action | 1944-03-17 | Spitfire (JF761) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Flying Officer |
Churchward, HF 'Bud' | Prisoner of War | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (RF154) | |
| Pilot Officer |
Cobb, Floyd Bryson | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-03-17 | Hudson (AM804) | Outlook, Saskatchewan |
| Lieutenant |
Cross, Russel Wilfred | Survived | 1917-03-17 | F.E.2 (7671) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Flt Sergeant |
Davies, Alan | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (NN758) | |
| Flight Sergeant |
Davies, Alan | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (NG492) | |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Dillabaugh, Victor Clifford | Killed in Flying Accident | 1954-03-17 | Expeditor (2369) | Mountain, Ontario |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Dotten, Frank Edmond | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (PB785) | Selmah, Hants, County, Nova Scotia |
| Flying Officer |
Etherington, LF "Lefty" | Prisoner of War | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (RF154) | |
| Flying Officer |
Farrow, Thomas Edison | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (NG503) | St George, Ontario |
| Flight Sergeant |
Fetherston, William Henry | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (NN758) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Squadron Leader |
Finch, George Herbert | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-03-17 | Baltimore (FW589) | Birtle, Manitoba |
| |
Fox, William henry | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (ME848) | |
| Fradet, G.P. | Killed in Flying Accident | 1955-03-17 | Silver Star (21343) | ||
| Pilot Officer |
Garnet, Alan William | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (PA265) | London, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
Gibb, James Stanley Marks | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (PB785) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Flying Officer |
Goddard, JL "Chuck" | Prisoner of War | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (RF154) | |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Graham, Elmer A | Prisoner of War Japan Died | 1942-03-17 | () | |
| Sergeant |
Grant, John | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (NG492) | |
| Flight Sergeant |
Hickey, James Stanley | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (NN758) | West Kensington, London, England (parents) |
| Flying Officer |
Hinchcliffe, Arthur T | Prisoner of War | 1945-03-17 | Halifax (NP689) | |
 Flight Sergeant |
Hodge, Roy Alexander | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-03-17 | Dakota (FL650) | Wellington City, New Zealand |
| Second-Lieutenant |
Hull, Edwin Charles | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-03-17 | Camel (B9222) | Bedford, Bedfordshire (parents) |
| Flying Officer |
Hutchinson, Raymond Clarence Leslie | Killed in Flying Accident | 1954-03-17 | Expeditor (2369) | Glen Adelaide, Saskatchewan |
| Flight Sergeant |
Imperious, T K | Prisoner of War | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (RF188) | |
| Sergeant |
Jackson, James Frederick | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (NN758) | Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorkshire, England (parents) |
| Flying Officer |
Johnston, Jack Dennison | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (NG503) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Flight Sergeant |
Krapek, Louie Joseph | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-03-17 | Hudson (AM804) | Huntsville, Ontario |
 Flight Sergeant |
Krueger, William Opsal | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-03-17 | Hurricane (AG114) | Audubon, Minnesota, USA |
| Lieutenant |
Latimer, Henry Benjamin 'Harry' | Survived | 1918-03-17 | () | Toronto, Ontario (parents) |
| 2nd-Lieutenant |
Letson, James Moore Kelly | Survived | 1918-03-17 | () | Winthrop, Winthrop County, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA |
| Warrant Officer 1st Class |
Lindsey, Leonard Jasper | Prisoner of War | 1943-03-17 | Beaufort (DD902) | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan |
| Flying Officer |
MacKenzie, Arthur Robert | Prisoner of War | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (ME848) | |
 Pilot Officer |
Manders, Robert Emmett | Killed in Action | 1942-03-17 | Hampden (P1226) | Shanghai, China |
 Leading Aircraftman |
Manuel, John Harvison | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-03-17 | Harvard (3071) | |
| Flight Lieutenant |
McBride, Charles Wylie | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (NG503) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Flight Sergeant |
McCormick, John Berchman | Prisoner of War | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (ME848) | |
| Sergeant |
McMullin, Francis Hugh | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-03-17 | Hudson (AM804) | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Second-Lieutenant |
McNair, Robert Shemerhorn | unknown | 1918-03-17 | Camel (B9204) | ????, Missouri |
| Flight Sergeant |
McRoberts, Stewart Hugh | Prisoner of War | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (ME848) | |
| Sergeant |
Mercer, P C | Died | 1943-03-17 | () | |
| Flight Sergeant |
Mino, Harold | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (NG503) | Cayuga, Ontario |
| Lieutenant |
Morris, Basil Menzies | Killed in Action | 1917-03-17 | B.E.2 (6238) | Pembroke, Ontario |
 Pilot Officer |
Murphy, John Benedict | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-03-17 | Dakota (FL650) | Erris, Co Mayo, Irish Republic |
| Nichols, Keith | Killed in Flying Accident | 1953-03-17 | Sabre (19326) | ||
| Flying Officer |
Nicol, William Frederick | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (PB785) | Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA |
| Sergeant |
Oliver, Douglas | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-03-17 | Dakota (Fl650) | Blackhill, Co Durham, England |
| Pilot Officer |
Parks, Rowland Ira | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (NG492) | Hawarden, Saskatchewan |
| Pilot Officer |
Peverley, Edward James | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (PB785) | North Bay, Ontario |
| Flying Officer |
Quinn, Donald Swallow | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (PB785) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Flying Officer |
Quinn, S S | Prisoner of War | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (PD393) | |
| Lieutenant |
Read, Norman Hatfield | Survived | 1917-03-17 | F.E.2 (7694) | Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| Flying Officer |
Reid, Frederick John | Killed in Action | 1944-03-17 | Mosquito (HK326) | Heart's Delight, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland |
| Flight Sergeant |
Reynolds, William Cyril Jeffrey | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (PA234) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Flying Officer |
Robertson, Raymond Allan | Killed in Flying Accident | 1955-03-17 | Sabre (23317) | |
| Flying Officer |
Rowan, F T | Prisoner of War | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (ME307) | |
| Flight Sergeant |
Saundercook, Roland James | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (PB785) | Collins Bay, Ontario |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Seale, Reginald Coutts | unknown | 1954-03-17 | () | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 2nd-Lieutenant |
Shaw-Wood, Richard | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-03-17 | Camel (C82105) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Lieutenant |
Sinclair, Colin Duncan | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-03-17 | () | Oliver's Ferry, Lanark County, Ontario |
| Aircraftman 2nd Class |
Sivier, Walter Edward | Died | 1943-03-17 | () | Windsor, Ontario |
| Flight Sergeant |
Smith, John Douglas | Prisoner of War | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (ME848) | |
| Sergeant |
Smith, Wilmot Winslow | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-03-17 | Hurricane (R4098) | Woodside, Sunbury County, New Brunswick |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Snow, Eric Augustus | Killed in Action | 1944-03-17 | Mosquito (HK261) | St John's, Newfoundland |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Stepharnoff, Arthur Lloyd | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (NG492) | Kingsville, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
Stott, Harry Kenneth | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (NG492) | |
| |
Thompson, Victor Wentworth | Survived | 1918-03-17 | DH.5 (A9508) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Flying Officer |
Tilley, Lloyd | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (NG503) | Windsor, Ontario |
| Flying Officer |
Turgeon, Henri Eugene Gerrard | Prisoner of War | 1944-03-17 | Spitfire (MA521) | |
| Flight Sergeant |
Walker, William Archibald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-03-17 | Hudson (AM804) | Kisbey, Saskatchewan |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Watt, Alastair Clarence | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (NN758) | Merrickville, Ontario (parents) |
| Flight Sergeant |
Whitehead, Wilfred | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (NG492) | |
| Flying Officer |
Wilkinson, Robert | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (NG492) | |
| Wood, Richard Shaw | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-03-17 | () | ||
| Lieutenant |
Woodman, Archibald Campbell | Survived | 1917-03-17 | F.E.2 (4979) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Pilot Officer |
Wotherspoon, Albert Edward | Killed in Action | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (NN758) | Langenburg, Saskatchewan (parents) |
| |
Young, Ernest | Prisoner of War | 1945-03-17 | Lancaster (ME848) |
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