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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott, Lawrence Cecil | Survived | 1919-02-03 | () | Braintree, Essex, England | |
| Alexander, Ralph Leonard | Killed in Action | 1943-02-03 | Halifax (W7921) | Dryden, Ontario | |
| Arlotte, Sidney George | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Halifax (NP819) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Armstrong, Oswald Walter | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (SW251) | Rossburn, Manitoba | |
| Aubry, Jean Sylvio Albert | Prisoner of War | 1943-02-03 | Halifax (DT680) | Ottawa, Ontario | |
| Balloch, Albert | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (SW251) | Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (parents) | |
| Beaumont, Lawrence Herbert | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (SW251) | Glen Williams, Ontario | |
| Bell-Irving, Malcolm McBean | Survived | 1919-02-03 | Camel (B9142) | Oak Bay, B.C. | |
| Bemrose, Ernest Edward | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (PA158) | Wrawby Lincolnshire, England | |
| Black, William Andrew | Killed in Action | 1943-02-03 | Halifax (DT680) | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Bowden, Stanley Jarvis | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (SW251) | Bootle, Lancashire, England (parents) | |
| Bradley, Allan George | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Halifax (NP819) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Brodie, Warren Argo | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (PD378) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Brown, John George | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (PA158) | Bedlington, Northumberland, England | |
| Buning, Johannes Jacobus | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (PA158) | Den Haag, Holland (parents) | |
| Burke, Wesley Ray | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-03 | Wellington (LN400) | Carmangay, Alberta | |
| Campbell, George | Killed in Action | 1944-02-03 | Ventura (FP543) | Niagara Falls, Ontario | |
| Casselman, John Halifax | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-03 | Wellington (Z1114) | London, Ontario | |
| Chisamore, Joseph Alexander | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Halifax (NP819) | Port Arthur, Ontario (parents) | |
| Colquhoun, Thomas Dickie | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-02-03 | Finch (4415) | ||
| Cook, William Henry | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (PD221) | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (parents) | |
| Coulombe, Joseph Rosario Arthur Roland | Killed in Action | 1943-02-03 | Lancaster (W4770) | Montmagny County, Montmagny, Quebec | |
| Cowie, Eric Edmond | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-03 | Wellington (Z1114) | Kirkland Lake, Ontario | |
| Downward, Alan Quilliam | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (LM685) | Newmarket, Ontario | |
| Dufresne, Edward Charles | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (SW251) | Lancaster, Ontario (parents) | |
| Eardley, Samuel | Prisoner of War | 1943-02-03 | Halifax (DT680) | ||
| Earle, John Clifford Morris | Killed in Action | 1944-02-03 | Typhoon (JR188) | Cornwall, Ontario | |
| Edwards, Alfred Henry | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (PA158) | ||
| English, Peter Frederick | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (KB750) | Windsor, Ontario | |
| Farrell, Gordon | Survived | 1919-02-03 | () | York County, Ontario | |
| Fisher, Warren James Keating | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (LM685) | Indian Head, Saskatchewan | |
| Fitzgerald, Terrence Duncan | Survived | 1919-02-03 | () | Hamilton, Ontario (parents) | |
| Ford, William Alfred | Survived | 1919-02-03 | DH.4 (A7774) | ||
| Gallivan, Thomas Edward | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (SW251) | Sydney, Nova Scotia (parents) | |
| Goddard, Mervyn John Frederick | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (PA158) | ||
| Goyer, Joseph Alexander | Killed in Action | 1944-02-03 | Marauder (FB478) | Bengough, Saskatchewan | |
| Hann, Raymond Donald | Killed in Action | 1943-02-03 | Wellington (HX596) | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Hodgson, Richard William | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (KB750) | Blue Ridge, Alberta | |
| Howe, Bert Gordon | Prisoner of War | 1943-02-03 | Halifax (DT680) | ||
| Imrie, Ian Gordon | Prisoner of War | 1943-02-03 | Halifax (DT680) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Johnson, Donald Wilfred | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (SW251) | Ottawa, Ontario (parents) | |
| Keating, Joseph Arthur | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (KB725) | Glace Bay, Nova Scotia | |
| Kerruish, Hubert Bethune | Survived | 1919-02-03 | () | Fergus, Ontario | |
| Laughlan, Harmon Wendellyn | Killed in Action | 1943-02-03 | Halifax (W7938) | North Bend, British Columbia | |
| Leeming, John | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (PA223) | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Leith, William | Survived | 1919-02-03 | () | Aberdeen, Scotland | |
| Lobb, Kenneth Alfred | Killed in Action | 1944-02-03 | Hurricane (5668) | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Lynn, Robert John Thomas | Killed in Action | 1943-02-03 | Stirling (BF406) | Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA | |
| MacDonald, James Francis | Killed in Action | 1943-02-03 | Halifax (W7938) | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| MacIntosh, Charles Thomas Henry | Killed in Flying Accident | 1945-02-03 | Typhoon (JP382) | Brampton, Ontario | |
| Mackenzie, John Irven | Killed in Action | 1943-02-03 | Stirling (R9197) | Belleville, Ontario | |
| Martin, Bernhard William | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (KB750) | Golden Prairie, Saskatchewan | |
| McAfee, John | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (KB750) | ||
| McColman, James Murray | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Ventura (2266) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| McDermott, Edward | Killed in Action | 1943-02-03 | Stirling (R9250) | London, Ontario | |
| McDonald, John Alexander Francis | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (KB750) | Grand Forks, British Columbia | |
| McKendry, John Samuel | Prisoner of War | 1943-02-03 | Spitfire (AD557) | Bathurst, New Brunswick | |
| McTaggart, W J | Prisoner of War | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (KB750) | ||
| McWhinney, Albert Richard | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (LM685) | Ottawa, Ontario | |
| Mein, Howard Leighton | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-03 | Wellington (HE749) | Edmonton, Alberta | |
| Morrison, Alfred Hector | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (LM685) | New Westminster, British Columbia | |
| Murdoch, William Mckenzie | Killed in Action | 1943-02-03 | Stirling (R9197) | Brownsburg, Quebec | |
| Nickless, Harry Samuel | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (PA158) | ||
| Nisbet, Robert Albert | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (KB750) | Ardath, Saskatchewan | |
| Northgrave, John Milne | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Ventura (2266) | Salt Lake City, Utah, USA | |
| O'Connell, Robert Emmett | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Ventura (2266) | Montreal, Quebec | |
| O'Neil, Hugh Harold | Died | 1942-02-03 | () | Pugwash, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia | |
| O'Neill, Daniel | Killed in Action | 1943-02-03 | Stirling (R9197) | Allenby, British Columbia | |
| Perry, Cullen Hay | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-02-03 | B.E.2 (6766) | Whitby, Ontario. | |
| Playter, Ross Alexander | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (KB725) | Moosehorn, Manitoba | |
| Powell, William Obediah | Killed in Action | 1943-02-03 | Stirling (R9197) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Probyn, Dighton Walter | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-03 | Wellington (LN400) | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Ralph, Cecil Arthur | Died | 1946-02-03 | () | ||
| Smith, John Moody | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Ventura (2266) | Halifax, Nova Scotia | |
| Stauffer, Joseph Stanley | Survived | 1919-02-03 | () | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Stephens, Donald Edward | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (LM685) | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Stephens, John Melville | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-03 | Wellington (Z1114) | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Stewart, Frank Campbell | Killed in Action | 1943-02-03 | Stirling (BF406) | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | |
| Stone, William Reginald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-02-03 | Wellington (Z1114) | Ingersoll, Ontario | |
| Styles, Jack Morris | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Halifax (NP819) | Arnprior, Ontario | |
| Sutherland, James Henry Richardson | Survived | 1919-02-03 | S.E.5 () | ||
| Taerum, Lorne Clifford | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (PD221) | Calgary, Alberta | |
| Talocka, Joseph Peter | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Halifax (NP819) | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Taplin, John Albert | Prisoner of War | 1943-02-03 | Halifax (DT680) | ||
| Taylor, Donald Muirhead | unknown | 1942-02-03 | () | Williams Lake, British Columbia | |
| Thiessen, Arley Henry | Killed in Action | 1943-02-03 | Stirling (R9197) | Dalmeny, Saskatchewan | |
| Traver, Howard William | Killed in Action | 1943-02-03 | Stirling (BF406) | Inwood, Long Island, New York, USA | |
| Turp, Robert Jack | Killed in Action | 1943-02-03 | Spitfire (EP493) | King, Ontario | |
| Waite, Frank | Prisoner of War | 1943-02-03 | Halifax (DT680) | ||
| Warrell, John Francis | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Typhoon (PD497) | Gorrie, Ontario | |
| White, Joseph Lester Dominic | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-02-03 | Finch (4415) | Amherst, Nova Scotia | |
| Whitney, Winston Carl | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Hurricane (PZ805) | Prescott, Ontario | |
| Wrynn, Frederick Charles | Killed in Action | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster (PA223) | Moncton, New Brunswick |
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