Edmonton aircraft bombing

In the early morning of January 28, 1965, around 2:30 a.m., an attack took place at the Edmonton Industrial Airport in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where the United States Air Force had flown 112 aircraft to be retrofitted and repaired by Northwest Industries. Initial reports noted that 15 of the planes had reportedly flown reconnaissance missions over post-revolutionary China, but the attack was described as being carried out in protest of the Vietnam War. It is believed to be one of the first attacks motivated by U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

During the attack, the perpetrator overcame security guard Threnton James Richardson, binding and gagging him. When Richardson freed himself and attempted to signal an alarm, he was shot and killed with a rifle. In a statement to police, the perpetrator said he had not wanted to kill Richardson but felt he had no choice, and that the ends justified the means. Bombs planted during the attack destroyed two F-84 jets and heavily damaged a third.

Following the attack, police arrested Harry Waldeman Freidrich Hubach, an unemployed German immigrant, and charged him with the murder of the security guard. Hubach was initially found guilty of murder and sentenced to hang. However, following an appeal and a new trial, he pleaded guilty to non-capital murder and was sentenced to life in prison. It remains unclear what became of Hubach afterward. Records indicate a man of the same name and age died at a hospital in Kingston, Ontario, on June 14, 1982, at age 53, but it is unclear whether he was still incarcerated at the time of his death.

This case is documented in a Wikipedia article that cites contemporaneous coverage from CBC News and a disaster timetable published by the City of Edmonton, though the specific content of those sources was not independently retrieved for this dossier.