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 |
Adams, Frederick Coulson | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-07-05 | Whitley (Z6667) | Windsor, Ontario |
| Canada |
Atkin, Harold | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (LW166) | Leamington, Ontario |
| Bailey, Richard Blair Gordon | Killed in Flying Accident | 1990-07-05 | Hornet (CF-188) (188714) | ||
| Canada |
Baird, William Gordon | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (LW123) | Calgary, Alberta |
 UK |
Barkley, Phillip P "Shorty" | Evader | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (KB718) | |
| Canada |
Bartleman, William Archibald | Killed in Flying Accident | 1941-07-05 | Whitley (Z6667) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Canada |
Barwick, Richard Laurence Cotter | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-07-05 | Dolphin (E4428) | Barrie, Ontario. |
 USA |
Baxter, Douglas Frank Jakes | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (LM532) | Auburndale, Massachusetts, USA |
| Canada |
Bester, John Francis | Evader | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (LW166) | |
| Canada |
Bicknell, James | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Dakota (FZ585) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Bookhout, Earl Wesley | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (LM532) | Port Alberni, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Braathen, Harold | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (ME699) | Cecil Lake, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Braithwaite, George William | Survived | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (LL621) | |
| Canada |
Brewer, Hedley Royden | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (HX353) | Prince William, New Brunswick |
| UK |
Bridge, Harry | Suicide | 1944-07-05 | () | |
| Canada |
Brocklebank, Cyril Stanley | Killed in Action | 1941-07-05 | Hurricane (V7299) | Kirkland Lake, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Brown, George Grant Cunningham | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (LW166) | Lachine, Quebec |
| Canada |
Brown, James Alfred | Killed in Flying Accident | 1951-07-05 | Texan T-6 (4481078) | |
| Canada |
Bryant, Ronald William | Survived | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (LL621) | |
| Canada |
Buckham, John Alexander | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (LV970) | Innisfail, Alberta |
| Canada |
Burston, Frank Lorne | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-07-05 | Wellington (HF485) | London, Ontario |
| Canada |
Burston, Glen Richard | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-07-05 | Wellington (HF485) | London, Ontario |
| Canada |
Bush, Douglas Gordon | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-07-05 | Wellington (HF485) | Kelowna, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Butler, Roy | Killed in Action | 1941-07-05 | (SSAnselm) | Galt, Ontario |
| Canada |
Carr-Harris, Brian Gethryn | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-07-05 | Hudson (FH395) | Toronto, Ontario |
| UK |
Chambers, Sidney James | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (HX353) | |
| Canada |
Chowen, William Ronald | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Spitfire (MH756) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Christie, George Patterson | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-07-05 | Hudson (FH395) | Westmount, Quebec |
| Canada |
Christman, Lorne Smith | Killed in Action | 1941-07-05 | Hampden (AD986) | Orillia, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Couling, MacQuarrie Lines | Killed in Flying Accident | 1949-07-05 | Harvard (3121) | Toronto, Ontario (parents) |
 Canada |
Cox, Leslie John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1976-07-05 | Voodoo (101061) | |
| Canada |
Creber, Robert Thomas | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-07-05 | Crane (4000) | Newdale, Manitoba (parents) |
| Canada |
Cullen, William C "Bill" | Evader | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (KB756) | |
| Canada |
Davidson, James Thomas Gardiner | Killed in Flying Accident | 1918-07-05 | () | Verdun, Quebec |
| Canada |
Doupe, Richard Vernon | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-07-05 | Wellington (HF485) | London, Ontario |
| Canada |
Finnie, James Erlund | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (LW166) | |
| Canada |
Flynn, Harold John | Killed in Flying Accident | 1917-07-05 | () | Niagara Falls, Ontario (parents) |
| Canada |
Frame, Lorne W A "Red" | Evader | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (KB718) | |
| Canada |
Gauthier, Joseph Paul Adelard | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (KB723) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Gay, Wilfred Charles | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (KB756) | Lake Lenore, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Gibson, William Russell "Giby" | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (KB727) | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Gracie, William | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (LW120) | Burnaby, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Grenon, Leon Thomas | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (LW120) | |
| Canada |
Harvie, John Dalton | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (LW123) | Westmount, Montreal, Quebec |
| Canada |
Hayes, Harold Bernard | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (KB718) | |
| Canada |
Head, Leslie Frank | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (KB727) | |
| UK |
Heppel, Reginald | Survived | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (LL621) | |
| Canada |
Hetherington, Stanley George | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (LW120) | |
| Canada |
High, David | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (KB718) | Jarrud, Alberta |
| Canada |
Hillis, Bruce Sinclair | Killed in Action | 1918-07-05 | F.2 (Bristol) (C791) | Vancouver, British Columbia. |
| USA |
Hillman, Ralph Frithjaf | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (LM532) | Tacoma, Washington, USA |
| Canada |
Hodgins, Bruce Hawthorne | Killed in Flying Accident | 1951-07-05 | Texan T-6 (4481078) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| UK |
Hodgkins, Lawrence Stanley | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-07-05 | Oxford (AT460) | |
| Canada |
Hodgson, Gordon Ross | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (KB723) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Hodson, Keith Louis Bate | unknown | 1960-07-05 | () | Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom |
| Canada |
Hone, Douglas | Died | 1941-07-05 | () | London, Ontario |
| Canada |
Hood, Frederick William | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (JB723) | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Canada |
Hurder, Neil Scott | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-07-05 | Wellington (HF485) | St John, New Brunswick |
| Canada |
Hutchinson, Arthur Richard | Escaper | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (HX353) | |
| Canada |
Inglis, Edward Robert | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (ND570) | |
| Canada |
Jenkins, Thomas Corson | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (LW123) | Esquimalt, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Jordan, Eugene Bramley | Killed in Action | 1941-07-05 | () | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Land, William Warner | Survived | 1917-07-05 | () | |
| Canada |
Langston, Ernest | Survived | 1917-07-05 | () | Winnipeg, Manitoba (parents) |
| UK |
Llewellyn, Clement Stuart | Killed in Flying Accident | 1942-07-05 | Hudson (FH395) | Penycraig, Glamorgan, Wales |
| UK |
Lockhart, John | Drowned | 1942-07-05 | () | Cardross, Dunbarton, Scotland |
| Canada |
Longley, Robert Thomas William | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (LW123) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Canada |
MacDonald, Jack Franklin | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-07-05 | Master (DM293) | Ajax, Ontario |
| Canada |
MacLean, Donald Laird | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (HX353) | |
| Canada |
Manning, Jack | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Dakota (FZ585) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| UK |
Marler, James Henry | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (LW123) | Northfield, Birmingham, England |
| Canada |
Martin, Alan | Killed in Action | 1941-07-05 | () | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Canada |
McCloskey, Edward Jerome | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (LM532) | Maidstone, Ontario |
| Canada |
McLean, Leslie | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (NE174) | Wapella, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
McNaughton, O J | Evader | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (ME832) | |
| Canada |
McPhee, Neil Gerard | Survived | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (LL621) | |
| Canada |
Miller, Owen | Killed in Flying Accident | 1944-07-05 | Wellington (HF485) | Toronto, Ontario |
| UK |
Monroe, Bertram | Survived | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (LL621) | |
| Canada |
Moore, Walter Raymond | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (JB723) | Alliston, Ontario |
| Canada |
More, Donald | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (LV970) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada |
Morris, John | Evader | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (KB718) | |
| Canada |
Moss, Claude Alexander | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (LW166) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Canada |
Murphy, Daniel G "Dannie" | Evader | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (KB723) | Manitoba |
| Canada |
O'Brien, Lawrence Francis | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (LV970) | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Canada |
Perganter, Harold Peter | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (HX353) | |
| Canada |
Pett, James Thomas | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (KB727) | |
| USA |
Petz, Mathew George | Killed in Action | 1943-07-05 | Wellington (HE793) | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| UK |
Pritchard, Alfred Henry "Harry" | Evader | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (KB756) | Heysham, Lancashire, England |
| Canada |
Prudham, James Edward (Ewart) "Pep" | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (KB727) | |
| Canada |
Reaume, Bernard Albert | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (KB723) | |
| Canada |
Reeve, Peter Allan | Escaper | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (HX353) | |
| Canada |
Rennie, William Wilson | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (ME699) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Reynolds, William Boland | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (KB718) | |
| UK |
Robinson, Thomas | Killed in Flying Accident | 1943-07-05 | Oxford (AT460) | |
| Canada |
Roe, Arthur Emerson | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (KB723) | New Westminster, BC, Canada |
| Canada |
Ross, A G | Evader | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (ND339) | |
| Canada |
Sammon, John Thomas | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Mosquito (HP977) | Pembroke, Ontario |
| Canada |
Scott, Wilford Arnold Orville | Died | 1942-07-05 | () | North Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Canada |
Scullion, Patrick | Prisoner of War | 1944-07-05 | Halifax (LW120) | |
| Canada |
Shoobridge, Donald | Killed in Action | 1944-07-05 | Lancaster (LM532) | Toronto, Ontario |
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