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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acquier, John Francis | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LL134) | ||
| Alderson, Robert (Bob) Carson | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-29 | Wellington (Z1685) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Andrews, Walter Harold | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Lancaster (JB311) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Archer, Ross James | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-29 | Wellington (X3586) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Argo, William | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-29 | Wellington (X3586) | Oakville, Manitoba | |
| Auclair, Joseph Arsene Roch Tancrede | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-29 | Wellington (BK503) | St Hilaire, Quebec | |
| Baily, Norman Godwin | Killed in Action | 1945-01-29 | Halifax (NP743) | Georgetown, Ontario (parents) | |
| Baker, Herbert Allan | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-29 | Wellington (Z1697) | Graysville, Manitoba | |
| Ballantyne, William George | Died | 1946-01-29 | () | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Bannister, Lorne Crosby | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LL134) | Sarnia, Ontario | |
| Barnes, Arthur | Survived | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK918) | ||
| Barrie, John Donald | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LL150) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Bates, Michael Joseph | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-29 | Hudson (FK547) | Port au Port, Newfoundland (parents) | |
| Beech, John Thomas Henry | Survived | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK918) | ||
| Begg, James | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK746) | ||
| Bell, Norman Andrew | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LL181) | Windsor, Ontario | |
| Bittner, John Drake | Killed in Action | 1943-01-29 | Wellington (DF626) | Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA | |
| Black, Ivor Howard | Survived | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK918) | ||
| Bodell, Edwin John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-29 | Hudson (FK547) | Hamilton, Ontario | |
| Boisevain, Henry Glen | Survived | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (HX285) | ||
| Bonokoski, Daniel | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK963) | Torquay, Saskatchewan | |
| Borrett, George | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LL134) | ||
| Bothwell, James Roger | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK963) | Stevenston, Ayreshire, Scotland | |
| Boundy, William Allan | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-29 | Wellington (HE650) | Cobourg, Ontario | |
| Boyd, Thomas | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK963) | ||
| Bradley, Paul Kirkland | Missing | 1955-01-29 | Silver Star (21359) | Yorkshire, United Kingdom | |
| Brown, Robert J | Survived | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (EB256) | ||
| Buie, Robert Montgomery | Survived | 1943-01-29 | Wellington (BK436) | ||
| Carson, Lewis Gerald | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Lancaster (DV364) | Mount Elgin, Ontario | |
| Carter, George Frederick | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LL181) | Darlington, County Durham, England (parents) | |
| Castonguay, Joseph Paul-Emile Claude | Killed in Flying Accident | 1989-01-29 | Hercules (10318) | ||
| Chandler, Thomas Herbert | Killed in Action | 1945-01-29 | Lancaster (NP743) | Marske-By-The-Sea, Yorkshire, England (parents) | |
| Charlebois, M J | Rescued | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LL150) | ||
| Chaulk, Artillus | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Lancaster (LL649) | Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland | |
| Clark, Edwin John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-29 | Hudson (FK547) | ||
| Clark, W | unknown | 1944-01-29 | () | ||
| Clarke, William Harold | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Lancaster (DV180) | ||
| Clay, Harry Charles | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK746) | Montague, Prince Edward Island | |
| Clayton, James | Survived | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (EB256) | ||
| Coderre, Wilfred Henry | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LW277) | Forget, Saskatchewan | |
| Cole, Ralph Stewart | Rescued | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LL150) | Montreal, Quebec (parents) | |
| Collinson, Leslie John | Killed in Action | 1945-01-29 | Halifax (NP746) | Camlachie, Ontario (parents) | |
| Cook, William Arthur | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK697) | Barrie, Ontario | |
| Cornfield, Edward Albert | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK697) | Trail, British Columbia (parents) | |
| Corriveau, Joseph Thomas Raymond | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LL150) | Barre, Dorchester County, Quebec | |
| Corver, Richard Ernest | Killed in Flying Accident | 1990-01-29 | Hornet (CF-188) (188726) | Fremantle, Australia | |
| Cote, Leonard Elric Joseph | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (HX333) | ||
| Cox, Henry | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (HX281) | Comox, British Columbia (parents) | |
| Crompton, Richard Clifford | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK649) | Regina, Saskatchewan | |
| Cross, Arthur Laurence | Killed in Action | 1943-01-29 | Spitfire (EN932) | Melville, Saskatchewan | |
| Cummings, James Graig | Survived | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (HX285) | ||
| Davis, Harry Llewellyn | Survived | 1943-01-29 | Wellington (BK436) | Acme Alberta | |
| Davis, Mervyn | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK963) | ||
| De Witt, Ian Martin | Killed in Flying Accident | 1953-01-29 | Mitchell (5246) | North Vancouver, BC | |
| Demers, Joseph William Raoul | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (EB256) | Quebec City, Quebec | |
| Desrosiers, Joseph Claude Marcel | Killed in Action | 1943-01-29 | Wellington (DF615) | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Devaney, Edward Phillip | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK916) | Edmonton, Alberta, (parents) | |
| Dobney, Richard Norris | Survived | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (EB256) | ||
| Douglass, William Ewart | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-29 | Wellington (HE650) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Downton, Charles Murray | Killed in Action | 1943-01-29 | Wellington (DF626) | Lillooet, British Columbia | |
| Drewett, Ronald Edwin | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK746) | Gloucester, England | |
| Dubroy, Thomas Edmund | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Mosquito (HJ722) | Ottawa, Ontario | |
| Duncan, Robert Mcintosh | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (HR841) | Almonte, Ontario | |
| Durdin, Charles Newton | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (HX333) | ||
| Ebert, George Wilburt Henry | Killed in Action | 1943-01-29 | Hudson (T9464) | Cache Bay, Ontario | |
| Elms, Francis John | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK740) | St James, Manitoba | |
| Emerson, John Alexander | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-01-29 | Lancaster (LM308) | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Ferguson, Jock | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LL134) | Patricia Bay, British Columbia | |
| Fitzgibbon, Joseph Francis | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-01-29 | Lancaster (LM308) | St John's, Newfoundland | |
| Flewelling, Murray Franklin | Survived | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (EB256) | Calgary, Alberta | |
| Forrest, Frederick | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (JP119) | Brantford, Ontario | |
| Freeman, James Harold | Killed in Action | 1945-01-29 | Lancaster (PB186) | Fleming, Saskatchewan | |
| Gibbon, Homfray Reece | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Lancaster (DV180) | ||
| Gibson, Stanwill John | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (JP119) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Gilmour, Oswald Merwin | Survived | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK918) | ||
| Goode, Wilfred George | Killed in Action | 1943-01-29 | Wellington (DF615) | Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England (parents) | |
| Grant, William Douglas | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-29 | Lancaster (ND386) | Daventry, Ontario | |
| Gray, John MacPherson | Rescued | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (HX265) | ||
| Green, Richard Swindon | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK746) | ||
| Griffin, Terence James | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LW466) | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Groucott, Stanley Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK649) | Brocton, Staffordshire, England | |
| Gustafson, John Kenneth | Survived | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK918) | ||
| Hague, Albert | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK711) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Hall, George Langley | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-29 | Wellington (HE650) | Lachine, Quebec | |
| Hammett, Lawrence Samuel | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LW466) | Swift, Current, Saskatchewan | |
| Harrigan, James Francis | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Lancaster (DS833) | Dauphin, Manitoba | |
| Harrison, W | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-01-29 | Hudson (FK547) | ||
| Harron, William Rehfeld | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-01-29 | Wellington (Z1685) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Hearsey, Frederick George | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LL134) | ||
| Heathers, Percy Charles | Killed in Flying Accident | 1919-01-29 | Camel (F9413) | Windsor, Ontario | |
| Heaton, Albert Kencil | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK740) | Windsor, Ontario | |
| Henry, Frank | Killed in Action | 1945-01-29 | Halifax (NP743) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Hewetson, William Russell | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LL181) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |
| Hicks, Winford Gordon | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK746) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| Hill, Murray Donald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1953-01-29 | Mitchell (5246) | Lindsay, Ontario | |
| Hillyard, Edward Peter | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Lancaster (DV180) | ||
| Hockey, John Eric | Prisoner of War | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LL134) | Kentville, Nova Scotia | |
| Horn, John | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Lancaster (DS833) | Regina, Saskatchewan | |
| Hornby, Albert William | Killed in Action | 1944-01-29 | Halifax (LK740) | Timmins, Ontario | |
| House, Brooks Earl | Killed in Action | 1945-01-29 | Halifax (NP743) | Waterdown, Ontario |
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