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 |
Anderson, Chester Edward | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-18 | Wellington (NC494) | Sault Ste Marie, Ontario |
| Canada |
Atwell, Kenneth John | Prisoner of War | 1942-12-18 | Stirling (BK620) | Elrose, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Baker, Walter Merrill | Killed in Action | 1941-12-18 | Stirling (W7436) | Goderich, Ontario |
| Canada |
Bennett, Clifford William | Killed in Action | 1943-12-18 | Hudson (BW719) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Bernier, Joseph Wilfred Laurier Fernando | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (MZ538) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Bischlager, Harold | Killed in Action | 1941-12-18 | Manchester (L7490) | Duncan, British Columbia |
 UK |
Blackburn, Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (MZ538) | |
| Canada |
Blayney, Alfred Goodman-Wells | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (NP699) | Little Shemogue, Westmorland County, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Brown, Duncan Stewart | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (NR233) | Headingly, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Brown, Harry | Prisoner of War | 1942-12-18 | Lancaster (R5666) | |
| Canada |
Browne,Herbert | Survived | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (NR118) | |
| Canada |
Bundy, Edward Herbert | Prisoner of War | 1942-12-18 | Lancaster (R5666) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Bunt, James Edward | Killed in Action | 1942-12-18 | Lancaster (R5497) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Campbell, Hugh Thomson | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (LW209) | |
| Canada |
Cann, Robert Leslie | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (NP699) | Winnipeg, Manitoba (parents) |
 Australia |
Carroll, Thomas Joseph | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-18 | Bolingbroke (10181) | |
| Canada |
Challes, John Thomas Irvine | Killed in Action | 1939-12-18 | Wellington (N2939) | St Catharines, Ontario |
| Canada |
Cleary, Robert Ernest | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-12-18 | Camel (B6268) | Dunedin, Ontario (parents) |
| Australia |
Cook, Thomas Joseph | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-18 | Bolingbroke (10181) | |
| Canada |
Cowan, Robert Howell | Prisoner of War | 1917-12-18 | Camel (B2388) | Eastpointe, Macomb County, Michigan, USA |
| Canada |
Dagenais, Roger Jean Marie Joseph | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-12-18 | Dakota (KN413) | Montreal, Quebec (parents) |
| Canada |
Darling, Alex Thomas | Killed in Action | 1941-12-18 | Blenheim (V5576) | Guelph, Ontario |
| UK |
Davis, Frank Valentine | Prisoner of War | 1941-12-18 | Stirling (W7436) | |
| Canada |
Desmarais, Joseph Raymond Jean Marie | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (MZ538) | Sherbrooke, Quebec (parents) |
| Canada |
Divitcoff, Alexander | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (NR118) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Donald, Robert Stewart | Killed in Action | 1942-12-18 | Lancaster (R5497) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Canada |
Downey, Willard Calvin | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (LW209) | |
| Canada |
Dubois, Joseph Edouard Lawrence | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (MZ538) | Dorion Vaudreuil, Quebec (parents) |
| Canada |
Dunlop, Durrant Vern | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-18 | Bolingbroke (10181) | Banff, Alberta |
| Canada |
Durban, Nicholas Frederick | Killed in Action | 1941-12-18 | Stirling (N3680) | Portage La Prairie, Manitoba |
| Newfoundland |
Farrell, Edward Joseph | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (NP701) | St John's, Newfoundland |
| UK |
Farrimond, Clifford Alexander | Killed in Action | 1942-12-18 | Lancaster (R5497) | Clifton, Bristol, England |
| Canada |
Fee, William Reginald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-12-18 | Dakota (KN413) | |
 Portugal |
Flower, Frederick Godfrey | unknown | 1917-12-18 | () | |
| Canada |
Forbes, Gordon Edmund Bruce | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-18 | Wellington (NC494) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Fox, Edward George | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (LW209) | Brantford, Ontario |
| Canada |
Galvin, Staniforth Saywell | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-18 | Wellington (NC494) | Upsala, Ontario |
| Canada |
Gauthier, Raymond Charles | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (MZ538) | Tecumseh, Ontario (parents) |
| UK |
Genney, Malcolm Howard | Killed in Action | 1941-12-18 | Blenheim (V5576) | |
| Canada |
Gibson, Jack Lloyd | Killed in Action | 1941-12-18 | Manchester (L7490) | Edmonton, Alberta (parents) |
| Canada |
Glen, Kenneth David | Prisoner of War | 1942-12-18 | Stirling (BK620) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Graham, George Thomas | Prisoner of War | 1942-12-18 | Lancaster (R5666) | Aurora, Ontario |
| Canada |
Grant, James Vallance | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (NR233) | Galt, Ontario |
| Canada |
Green, James William | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (NP699) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Guthrie, Archibald John | Killed in Action | 1939-12-18 | Wellington (N2872) | Reston, Manitoba |
| UK |
Hanna, Norman Edmond | Killed in Action | 1943-12-18 | Sunderland (DW106) | Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Canada |
Harvey, Everard Percival | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (NP701) | Toronto, Ontario |
| UK |
Hebdon, James George | Killed in Action | 1942-12-18 | Lancaster (R5497) | |
| Canada |
Heinish, Morton Ralph | Killed in Action | 1941-12-18 | Manchester (R5795) | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Hewitt, Isaac | Prisoner of War | 1941-12-18 | Manchester (R5795) | Port Dover, Ontario |
| Canada |
Hitchcock, Douglas | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (NP701) | Toronto, Ontario |
| UK |
Holmes, John Ronald | Died | 1942-12-18 | () | |
| UK |
Hoyle, John Isaac | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (LW209) | |
| Canada |
Janzen, Leslie Homer | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (NR118) | Erwood, Saskatchewan (parents) |
| UK |
Jennens, Lionel William Vaughan | Prisoner of War | 1941-12-18 | Stirling (W7436) | London, England |
| Kiernan, John Frederick Joseph | unknown | 1920-12-18 | () | ||
| Canada |
Krakovsky, M | Evader | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (NP699) | |
| Canada |
Kurtzhals, Allan Edward | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (NR118) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Labrecque, Joseph Rossaire Jean Charles | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (MZ538) | Montreal, Quebec (parents) |
| Canada |
Lariviere, Joseph Rene | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (MZ538) | Montreal, Quebec (parents) |
| Canada |
Law, Gordon Wilson | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (LW209) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Layman, Thomas Lawrence | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (LW209) | |
| Canada |
Leese, William Hewison | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (LV818) | Truro, Nova Scotia |
| UK |
Liney, John George | Killed in Action | 1942-12-18 | Lancaster (R5497) | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
| Australia |
Lister, Frank Kendall | Prisoner of War | 1941-12-18 | Stirling (W7436) | Bermagui South, New South Wales |
| UK |
Macks, John Stewart | Killed in Action | 1942-12-18 | Lancaster (R5497) | |
| Canada |
MacQueen, Fred Calder | Killed in Flight Line Accident | 1943-12-18 | Wellington (X3764) | Glace Bay, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Maeder, Paul Allen Cornell | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-18 | Wellington (NC494) | Grimsby, Ontario |
| Canada |
Magnus, Alden Lyle | Prisoner of War | 1942-12-18 | Stirling (BK620) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Canada |
Mahoney, J P | Prisoner of War | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (LW209) | St John, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Mannett, Clarence Wilfred | Killed in Action | 1943-12-18 | Hudson (BW719) | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Manuel, Vane Carrington | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-12-18 | Camel (B2378) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Canada |
March, Gilbert Horace | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (NP701) | Thormdale, Ontario |
| Canada |
Martin, Hugh Macdonald | Killed in Action | 1942-12-18 | Blenheim (BA785) | Montreal, Quebec |
| UK |
Morgan, William Cecil | Killed in Action | 1942-12-18 | Lancaster (R5497) | Cawthorne, Yorkshire, England |
 USA |
Morton, Hugh Weir | Killed in Action | 1943-12-18 | Hudson (BW719) | Bakersfield, California, USA |
| Canada |
Morton, Stuart Wilfred | Killed | 1943-12-18 | () | AiIsa Craig, Ontario |
| Canada |
O'Neill, William Henry | Killed in Action | 1941-12-18 | Stirling (N3665) | Peace River, Alberta |
| Canada |
Olafsen, Gordon William | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (NR118) | Steveston, British Columbia (parents) |
| USA |
Owen, Roger Pierson | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-12-18 | Spitfire (R7061) | Bayside, New York, USA |
| Canada |
Paradis, Joseph Maurice | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (MZ538) | Price County, Matane, Quebec |
| Canada |
Parks, William Roland | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-18 | Bolingbroke (10181) | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Parrott, James Murray | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (NR118) | Markham, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Pawson, Hugh Douglas | Killed in Action | 1943-12-18 | Hudson (BW719) | Sudbury, Ontario |
| Canada |
Pearce, Samuel Henry James | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (NR118) | Calgary, Alberta (parents) |
| Canada |
Pineo, Harold Macdonald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-12-18 | () | Virden, Manitoba. |
| Canada |
Ramsay, Melvin Henry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-18 | Mitchell (FW165) | London, Ontario |
| Canada |
Rhude, Ernest Ashley | Killed in Action | 1944-12-18 | Halifax (NR233) | Falconbridge, Ontario |
| Canada |
Robert, John Ernest | Died | 1944-12-18 | () | Hull, Quebec |
| Canada |
Ross, Roderick Menzie | Killed in Action | 1939-12-18 | Wellington (N2889) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Ruthven, James Lloyd | Killed in Action | 1941-12-18 | Stirling (W7428) | Alliston, Ontario |
| Canada |
Scott, William Francis | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-18 | Wellington (NC494) | Bethune, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Smart, John Christopher | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-12-18 | Wellington (NC494) | Lakeview, Ontario |
| UK |
Smith, Edmund Vere | Prisoner of War | 1941-12-18 | Stirling (W7436) | |
| Canada |
Stevens, George Leslie Eugene | Accident | 1917-12-18 | Camel (B6391) | |
| Canada |
Study, Kenneth Frank | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-12-18 | Dakota (KN413) | |
| UK |
Towns, John | Killed in Action | 1941-12-18 | Stirling (W7436) | |
| Canada |
Tully, Frederick Kenneth | Survived | 1917-12-18 | () | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
Walker, William Verne | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-12-18 | Mitchell (FW165) | London, Ontario |
| UK |
Webb, John Charles | Prisoner of War | 1941-12-18 | Stirling (W7436) |
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