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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sergeant |
Alder, Clarence David | Killed in Action | 1943-04-27 | Wellington (HE771) | Kimberley, British Columbia |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Awad, Charles Mohamed Slyman | Killed in Action | 1943-04-27 | Wellington (HE737) | Truro, Nova Scotia |
| Warrant Officer 1 |
Bearnes, Kendall Leeroy | Prisoner of War | 1943-04-27 | Stirling (BK657) | Anterburg, Ontario |
| Warrant Officer 2 |
Bentley, Thomas Lloyd | Killed in Action | 1943-04-27 | Halifax (JB920) | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (parents) |
| Warrant Officer 2 |
Black, Gordon Samuel Gay | Prisoner of War | 1942-04-27 | Boston (Z2194) | |
| Flt sub-Lieutenant |
Boddy, Andrew John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1916-04-27 | Baby () | Toronto, Ontario (parents) |
| Pilot Officer |
Brad, Harold Arthur | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (ND853) | Isabella, Manitoba |
| Flying Officer |
Brooks, Reginald Maurice | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-27 | Hurricane (5701) | Moncton, New Brunswick |
| Warrant Officer 2 |
Bryson, George | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (JB562) | Deloraine, Manitoba |
 Flight Lieutenant |
Buchner, Donald Jack | Killed in Flying Accident | 1967-04-27 | Hercules (10309) | Leamington, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
Budd, Phil Clive | Killed in Action | 1942-04-27 | Stirling (W7512) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Warrant Officer 2 |
Butson, Graham Frederick | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (DS719) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
Caldwell, Esmond Russell | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (ND400) | Edmonton, Alberta (parents) |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Campbell, Robert Alexander | Survived | 1916-04-27 | () | Montreal, Quebec |
 Flt Sergeant |
Cannon, Charles Henry | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (LL860) | Wandsworth, London, England |
| Flying Officer |
Carmichael, John Archibald | Prisoner of War | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (ME631) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Sergeant |
Carpenter, Kenneth Nicholas | Prisoner of War | 1942-04-27 | Boston (Z2194) | |
| Warrant Officer 2nd Class |
Chaplin, Robert | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Halifax (MZ565) | Drumheller, Alberta |
| Pilot Officer |
Cluff, Robert Fraser | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (JB679) | Huntingdon, Quebec (parents) |
| Warrant Officer 2nd Class |
Collins, G A | Evader | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (ND850) | |
| Flight Sergeant |
Coutts, Lorne Ronald | Killed in Action | 1943-04-27 | Wellington (HZ365) | Newdale, Manitoba |
| Flt Sergeant |
Creighton, Noel Vaughan | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (LL860) | Findon Valley, Worthing, Sussex, England (parents) |
| Pilot Officer |
Crockatt, David Edward | Killed in Action | 1943-04-27 | Halifax (JB920) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Pilot Officer |
Cummings, Wesley Elmore | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Spitfire (MJ982) | North Bay, Ontario (parents) |
| Lieutenant |
Dickins, Francis Collingwood | Survived | 1917-04-27 | R.E.8 () | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Pilot Officer |
Dixon, Chester Brockie | Killed in Action | 1943-04-27 | Halifax (JB920) | Maple Creek, Saskatchewan (parents) |
| Flight Sergeant |
Donovan, Irvine Irwin | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (LL860) | RR#2 Mallorytown, Ontario |
| Flight Sergeant |
Duffy, Francis John | Killed in Action | 1943-04-27 | Wellington (HE693) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Warrant Officer |
Durnan, Hamilton | Prisoner of War | 1942-04-27 | Whitley (Z9386) | |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Duval, Henry Percy | Killed in Action | 1942-04-27 | Spitfire (AA834) | St John's, Quebec |
| Flight Sergeant |
Dyment, Leslie Roy | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Halifax (LV873) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Sergeant |
Dyson, William Albert | Prisoner of War | 1943-04-27 | Stirling (BK657) | |
| Lieutenant |
Evans, Forrest Dinnett | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-04-27 | F.K.8 (C8408) | Brighton, Massachusetts, USA (Parents) |
| Pilot Officer |
Feindell, Lewis Leslie | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (LL919) | Semans, Saskatchewan |
| 2nd-Lieutenant |
Field, Vyvyan Mervyn Vyrell | Survived | 1918-04-27 | () | |
| Sergeant |
Flather, George Edward H | Evader | 1944-04-27 | Halifax (LK807) | |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Flatt, Benjamin Arthur | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-04-27 | Crane (8701) | New Westminster, British Columbia |
| Pilot Officer |
Foster, Edward Austin Nixon | Killed in Action | 1943-04-27 | Lancaster (DS609) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Garber, Richard Frank | Killed in Flying Accident | 1967-04-27 | Hercules (10309) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Flying Officer |
Gebhard, Claude William | Killed in Action | 1943-04-27 | Halifax (HR737) | Liberty, Saskatchewan |
| Flight Sergeant |
Geddes, Robert Slessor | Died | 1945-04-27 | () | Belleville, Ontario |
| Sergeant |
Gemmell, David | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Halifax (JN960) | Saltcoats Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Genower, Leonard Edward | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-04-27 | Harvard (FE461) | |
| Flying Officer |
Gerber, R | unknown | 1965-04-27 | () | |
| |
Gilbert, James Harry | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (DS719) | |
| Sergeant |
Gillespie, John | Killed in Action | 1943-04-27 | Lancaster (W4171) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Flight Sergeant |
Glasock, Orval Kenneth | Killed in Action | 1943-04-27 | Wellington (HE693) | Shamrock, Saskatchewan |
| Sergeant |
Goldberg, Hyman | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (LL904) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Flight Sergeant |
Grainger, James George | Killed in Action | 1943-04-27 | Halifax (JB918) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
Greatrex, Douglas Thomas | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (DS719) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
 Warrant Officer 2nd Class |
Hanan, Samuel | Killed in Action | 1943-04-27 | Wellington (HE382) | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Warrant Officer 2 |
Hands, Harry Wellington | Prisoner of War | 1942-04-27 | Whitley (Z9386) | Chapleau, Ontario |
| Sergeant |
Harmsworth, Royce Desmond Aubrey | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Halifax (LK807) | Andover, Hampshire, England |
| Sergeant |
Harvey, Kenneth George Fuge | Killed | 1944-04-27 | Hurricane (5736) | |
| Haskins, Brian Ernest | Killed in Flying Accident | 1954-04-27 | Silver Star (21225) | ||
| Warrant Officer 2nd Class |
Hencke, Werner Charles Jr | Killed in Action | 1943-04-27 | Wellington (HZ365) | St Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Pilot Officer |
Hendry, Robert Elliot | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (DS719) | Peterborough, Ontario |
| Flight Sergeant |
Hodgins, Leslie Nellis | Killed in Action | 1942-04-27 | Stirling (N3727) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Sergeant |
Hollands, Alan Stanley | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (LL860) | Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England |
| Flying Officer |
Holmes, Arthur Peter Rogerson | Evader | 1944-04-27 | Halifax (LK807) | |
| Warrant Officer 2 |
Horne, James Chandler | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (LL904) | Rocky Mountain House, Alberta (parents) |
| Flight Sergeant |
Houghton, William | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Halifax (JN960) | Warrington, Lancashire, England |
| Flying Officer |
Huddart, George Joffre | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Halifax (JN960) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Sergeant |
Hudson, Eric Furlow | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Halifax (JN960) | Thorner, Yorkshire, England |
| Pilot Officer |
Hudson, Robert William Joseph | Killed in Action | 1943-04-27 | Wellington (HX677) | Hawkesbury, Ontario |
| Warrant Officer |
Inganns, Lewis Lundi | Prisoner of War | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (ME631) | |
| Sergeant |
Johnston, Clifton Hartman | Killed in Action | 1942-04-27 | Stirling (W7512) | St John's, Newfoundland |
| Jones, Harold Franklin | Killed in Flying Accident | 1967-04-27 | Hercules (10309) | ||
| Pilot Officer |
Jones, Walter Stanley | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Halifax (HX326) | Walkerton, Ontario |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Keech, William Albert | Prisoner of War | 1942-04-27 | Boston (Z2249) | North Bay, Ontario |
| Flight Sergeant |
Keenan, James Philip | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (ND850) | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Warrant Officer 2nd Class |
Kennedy, Leonard Thomas | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (ND687) | Chalk River, Ontario |
 Pilot Officer |
Kewley, William Edward | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (ME730) | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Flight Sergeant |
Lane, Frank Sydney | Killed in Action | 1943-04-27 | Wellington (HE382) | Kelowna, British Columbia |
| Leading Aircraftman |
Langdale, Frank | Killed in Flight Line Accident | 1943-04-27 | () | Mayerthorpe, Alberta |
| Pilot Officer |
Langridge, George James | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (LL904) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Warrant Officer 2nd Class |
Lavallee, Thomas Edward | Killed in Action | 1943-04-27 | Liberator (AL565) | Iroquois Falls, Ontario |
| |
Law, Norman | Killed in Action | 1943-04-27 | Lancaster (DS609) | |
| Warrant Officer 2nd Class |
Leask, Donald Grant | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (ND847) | Simcoe, Ontario |
| Flying Officer |
Lecavilier, John Bruno | Killed in Action | 1941-04-27 | Blenheim (V5593) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Sergeant |
Lees, George Douglas | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (ME730) | Watford Station, Ontario |
| Pilot Officer |
Lethbridge, John William | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (JB614) | Limerick, Saskatchewan |
| Flying Officer |
MacAulay, Duncan Morrison | Prisoner of War | 1944-04-27 | Halifax (LK807) | Port Morien, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia |
| Warrant Officer 2nd Class |
Mackenzie, Norman Alexander Freeman | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (LL908) | Kimberley, British Columbia |
| Warrant Officer 2 |
MacPherson, Warren Ballantyne | Evader | 1944-04-27 | Halifax (LK807) | |
| Pilot Officer |
Madore, Pierre Joseph Benoit Morel | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (JB562) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Pilot Officer |
Marriott, John Robert | Killed in Action | 1943-04-27 | Halifax (JB920) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Flight Lieutenant |
Matthews, Charles Lewis | Killed in Flying Accident | 1967-04-27 | Hercules (10309) | Provost, Alberta |
| Flying Officer |
McClung, William Ross | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Beaufighter (V8672) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Flying Officer |
McIvor, Clifford Douglas | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-04-27 | Halifax (EB146) | Lake Cowichan, British Columbia |
| Flying Officer |
Mifflin, Frederick Manuel | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (ME669) | Catalina, Newfoundland |
| Flight Sergeant |
Millar, Gilbert | Evader | 1944-04-27 | Halifax (LK807) | |
| Pilot Officer |
Minnis, Harvey B | Killed in Action | 1943-04-27 | Lancaster (DS609) | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Sergeant |
Mitchell, Andrew John | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Halifax (JN960) | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Pilot Officer |
Moffat, John Agnew | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (ND850) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Flying Officer |
Moore, Gregor Stephen | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Oxford (LX196) | Penticton, British Columbia |
| |
Mora, Cyril Michael M | Prisoner of War | 1943-04-27 | Stirling (BK657) | |
| Pilot Officer |
Morris, Thomas Harrison | Killed in Action | 1944-04-27 | Lancaster (ND687) | Ocean Falls, British Columbia |
| Sergeant |
Mucklow, Roy | Killed in Action | 1943-04-27 | Wellington (HE693) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Sergeant |
Musgrove, Stanley | Prisoner of War | 1944-04-27 | Halifax (LK807) |
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