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Nationality ⬆⬇
Name ⬆⬇
WarStatus ⬆⬇
EventDate ⬆⬇
Aircraft ⬆⬇
Location ⬆⬇
Sergeant
Abrey, Gerald John
Killed in Flying Accident
1943‑01‑20
Ventura (AJ171)
Mussel Hill, United Kingdom
Sergeant
Adams, Howard King
Killed in Flying Accident
1943‑01‑20
Spitfire (X4852)
Toronto, Ontario
Sergeant
Aldridge, Howard
Accident
1943‑01‑20
Ventura (AJ171)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Flying Officer
Allan, James Davidson
Killed in Flying Accident
1945‑01‑20
Bolingbroke (10019)
Toronto, Ontario
Flying Officer
Anderson, William Boyd
Killed in Action
1943‑01‑20
Hudson (AM551)
Craigmyle, Alberta
Flying Officer
Ayres, Audrey Allen
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL197)
Eagle, Idaho, USA
Sergeant
Banner, William Thomas
Evader
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LK739)
 
Sergeant
Bernier, G L
Survived
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL191)
 
Flying Officer
Biddiscombe, Laurence George
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL191)
Mitcham, Surrey, England
Flying Officer
Birkinshaw, Leonard William
Killed in Action
1943‑01‑20
Hudson (AM551)
Rapid City, Manitoba
Technical Sergeant
Boisvert, Eugene Howard
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (HX162)
Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Flight Sergeant
Bonathan, Roy
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (HX162)
 
Sergeant
Brand, Daniel Archibald
Killed in Flying Accident
1943‑01‑20
Beaufort (L9828)
Port Alberni, British Columbia
Sergeant
Bremner, John
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LW337)
Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Flying Officer
Brest, Clarence Samuel
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL135)
Honolulu, Hawaii USA
Flight Sergeant
Bryant, William Henry
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL197)
 
Flying Officer
Bullis, Hubert Leslie
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (HX162)
 
Sergeant
Bushell, Horace Lionel
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LW337)
 
Pilot Officer
Carter, Norman Edward
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL197)
St Clair, Michigan USA (parents)
Sergeant
Chambers, John
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (DT731)
 
Pilot Officer
Church, Eric Arthur
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LW337)
Tottenham, Middlesex, England
Flight Lieutenant
Claydon, David Arthur
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Lancaster (R5483)
Winnipeg, Manitoba (parents)
Flight Lieutenant
Cormack, Alastair
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (DT731)
 
Squadron Leader
Cowan, Emerson Weldon
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Albacore (X9280)
Ottawa, Ontario
Sergeant
Cox, Ronald Thomas
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL179)
 
Flying Officer
Cozens, William Arthur
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL191)
Wimbledon, England
Pilot Officer
Dack, Philip Robert Arthur
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL179)
Montreal, Quebec
Sergeant
Doe, Leslie Hubert
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL135)
Hamworthy, Poole, Dorsetshire, England
Warrant Officer 2
Dowler, Norman Garth
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Lancaster (LM387)
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Flying Officer
Drake, Frederick Douglas
Killed in Flying Accident
1943‑01‑20
Ventura (AJ171)
London, Ontario
Flying Officer
Drumm, Warren Clarence
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL179)
Galt, Ontario
Sergeant
Duncan, Robert Fortune
Killed in Action
1941‑01‑20
Whitley (N1521)
Vancouver, British Columbia
Warrant Officer 2
Dupueis, Charles Gordon
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LW337)
Regina, Saskatchewan
Flying Officer
Edge, Raymond
Killed in Action
1945‑01‑20
Spitfire (MT688)
Toronto, Ontario
Pilot Officer
Elliot, Raymond William
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Lancaster (LL628)
Nottingham, England
Lieutenant
Farquharson, Frederick Burt
Prisoner of War
1917‑01‑20
Camel (B2370)
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA
Sergeant
Fell, William Edward
Evader
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LK739)
 
Sergeant
Ferguson, David Joseph
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (HX162)
 
Flying Officer
Ferris, James Bentley
Killed in Action
1943‑01‑20
Mustang (AG589)
Wawanesa, Manitoba
Flying Officer
Fisher, Alvin Robert
Evader
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LK739)
 
Lieutenant
Fleming, John Archibald Mackintosh 'Archie'
Killed in Flying Accident
1930‑01‑20
F.E.2 (A801)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Pilot Officer
Forster, Benjamin Nelson
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL197)
Killam, Alberta
Sergeant
Fryer, Leo R
Evader
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LK739)
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Flight Sergeant
Gibson, Arthur Leach Patterson
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LK921)
Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
Flying Officer
Gnius, Mike
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL135)
Regina, Saskatchewan (parents)
Flying Officer
Griffiths, George Albert
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LW337)
 
Pilot Officer
Hawkes, Ernest Stewart
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Lancaster (LL628)
Leamington, Ontario
Pilot Officer
Hill, Henry Bolton
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL135)
Ballycanew, County Wexford, Irish Republic (parents)
Flight Sergeant
Hopkins, Ivan Victor
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (DT731)
 
Sergeant
Jenkins, Edward Reginald
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (DT731)
 
Flight Sub-Lieutenant
Johnston, William
Died
1918‑01‑20
 ()
?????, Ontario
Pilot Officer
Ketcher, Gerald Ralph
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Lancaster (LL628)
Cranleigh, Surrey, England
Flight Lieutenant
Kipp, Wilfred Mervyn
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL135)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Flying Officer
Lavoie, Yves
Evader
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LK739)
Monteal
Pilot Officer
MacGillivray, John Campbell
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Lancaster (JB419)
Dalkeith, Ontario
Warrant Officer 1st Class
Mackenzie, Warren Ellwood
Prisoner of War KIA
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (DT731)
Durham, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
Flying Officer
Maclean, George Murray
Killed in Flying Accident
1945‑01‑20
Moth, Tiger (N6920)
Ottawa, Ontario
Flight Lieutenant
Macpherson, B E 'Mo'
Prisoner of War
1945‑01‑20
Spitfire (PL186)
 
Flight Sergeant
Maher, Peter James
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Lancaster (R5483)
Bathurst, New Brunswick
Pilot Officer
Matheson, Ian George
Killed in Flying Accident
1942‑01‑20
Harvard (3234)
Milner, British Columbia
Flight Sergeant
Mattin, Leslie Walter
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Lancaster (R5862)
Weston, Ontario
Warrant Officer 2
Mattison, Frederick Thomas
Killed in Action
1943‑01‑20
Hudson (AM551)
Toronto, Ontario
Pilot Officer
McCaghey, William Douglas
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (DT731)
Victoria, British Columbia
Flight Lieutenant
McCaig, Leslie Neil
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Lancaster (LL628)
Ormstown Station, Quebec
Sergeant
McGowan, John
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL191)
Harlesden, Middlesex, England
Flying Officer
McGregor, Walter Roy
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LW291)
Vancouver, British Columbia
Sergeant
McKenna, John Andrew
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL179)
Ottawa, Ontario
Flying Officer
McPhee, Bruce Stormont
Prisoner of War
1945‑01‑20
Spitfire (PV352)
 
Flight Lieutenant
Middleton, Omer Kenneth
Killed in Action
1943‑01‑20
Hudson (AM551)
Revelstoke, British Columbia
Warrant Officer 2nd Class
Moffat, Frank Reagh
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LW291)
White Rock, British Columbia
Sergeant
Morgan, John Robert
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL135)
Vancouver, British Columbia
Warrant Officer 1st Class
Morrow, James Patrick
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (HX278)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Flight Sergeant
Mould, Gordon Charles
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL179)
Ottawa, Ontario
Sergeant
Moulds, Donald Lawrence
Killed in Flying Accident
1943‑01‑20
Spitfire (P9329)
Ottawa, Ontario
Leading Aircraftman
Neville, William Thomas Francis
Killed in Flying Accident
1945‑01‑20
Bolingbroke (10019)
 
Corporal
Nijeboer, Michael Henry
unknown
2008‑01‑20
 ()
Carman, Manitoba
Pilot Officer
Orr, Robert James
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Lancaster (LL628)
Hamilton, Ontario
Flying Officer
Paddison, Harold Douglas
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL197)
Guelph, Ontario
Flying Officer
Palmer, Donald Carl
Killed in Flying Accident
1942‑01‑20
Harvard (3234)
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Pilot Officer
Parrott, Victor
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LK921)
Grandview, Manitoba
Lieutenant
Paterson, Alan Gordon
Killed in Flying Accident
1983‑01‑20
Freedom Fighter (116771)
 
Technical Sergeant
Paules, Frank S
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (DT731)
Lansdale, Pennsylvania
Flight Lieutenant
Perry, Sheldon William Weeley
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Lancaster (LM387)
PeIly, Saskatchewan
Warrant Officer 2nd Class
Poe, Robert David
Killed in Flying Accident
1944‑01‑20
Stirling (LJ455)
Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario
Pilot Officer
Polson, Ronald Duncan
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Lancaster (LL628)
Calgary, Alberta
Sergeant
Porter, Edward Joseph Charles
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL179)
Thornton Heath, Surrey, England
Flight Sergeant
Potter, Marwood Armstrong
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (HX162)
Workworth, Ontario
Pilot Officer
Preece, Thomas James
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Lancaster (LL628)
North Bay, Ontario
Aircraftman 2nd Class
Psaila, Dominic Stephen
Died
1942‑01‑20
 ()
Georgetown, British Guiana
Flying Officer
Ramsay, Jack McAllister
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL197)
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Flying Officer
Ransom, Glen Irvin
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Lancaster (ED974)
Nanton, Alberta
Flight Sergeant
Reain, Frederick Fortesque Edmund
Evader
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LK739)
 
Warrant Officer 2nd Class
Rusk, Charles Herbert
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Lancaster (R5862)
 
Flight Sergeant
Saffran, Ralph Alexander
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL197)
 
Sergeant
Sanderson, Frank Gordon
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (HX162)
Avonlea, Saskatchewan
Pilot Officer
Scott, John Grant
Killed in Action
1942‑01‑20
Wellington (Z1207)
Montreal, Quebec
Flying Officer
Selman, Robert Gilroy
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LW291)
Vancouver, British Columbia
Sergeant
Smith, Earl
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (JD461)
Chateauguay Heights, Quebec
Flying Officer
Snowsell, James
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL135)
Kelowna, British Columbia
Flight Sergeant
Spackman, Harry Weston
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LV773)
New Westminster, British Columbia
Sergeant
Stanbridge, Kenneth Frederick
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LW337)
Salisbury, South Australia
Sergeant
Stockford, William Leslie
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL191)
 
Pilot Officer
Thompson, Robert Henderson
Killed in Action
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LV773)
New Westminster, British Columbia
Warrant Officer 2nd Class
Towers, Arthur Henry
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (HX162)
Brandon, Manitoba
Flying Officer
Underwood, Lawrence Arthur
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LW337)
 
Flight Sergeant
Vezina, Joseph Gabriel Marcel Roger
Died
1945‑01‑20
 ()
St Michel, Quebec
Flying Officer 
Walkom, William James
Prisoner of War
1945‑01‑20
Spitfire (MJ312)
 
Flight Lieutenant
Waslyk, James
Killed in Action
1945‑01‑20
Spitfire (MT659)
Toronto, Ontario
Leading Aircraftman
Watt, Laurence Charles Joseph
Killed in Flying Accident
1945‑01‑20
Bolingbroke (10019)
 
Pilot Officer
Whitmore, William Bert
Prisoner of War
1945‑01‑20
Typhoon (PD598)
Victoria, BC
Sergeant
Whittaker, HP
Survived
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL191)
 
Warrant Officer 2
Wilson, Albert Mowat
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LL179)
Toronto, Ontario
Leading Aircraftman
Wilson, Ralph William Ashford
Killed in Flying Accident
1942‑01‑20
Finch (4646)
Waterloo, Quebec
Pilot Officer
Wilson, Reginald C
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LW337)
 
Sergeant
Wynveen, William Richard
Prisoner of War
1944‑01‑20
Halifax (LK739)
Leamington, Ontario

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