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CASPIR contains documents, images and history of Canada's military aviation. The personnel and aircraft data has been compiled using data provided by trusted Canadian military aviation historians and original source documents. Where possible source documents are linked.
Research

CASPIR Resources

RCAF Accident Cards (1939-1945) JA Griffin Documents 1968 and 2005 Obtaining a World War II Service File

External Resources

RCAF.info: Research Resources RCAF.info: Finding Your Family Records

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

John Griffin was a significant historian, documenting Canada's Military aircraft.
Aircraft

Military Aircraft Associated with Canadians Choose a Specific Aircraft Serial

Lancaster FM213

CWHM flies one of the two airworthy Lancasters in the world. FM213 is usually marked as KB726 honouring Andrew Mynarski, VC.
Personnel

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Andrew Mynarski, VC

We Shall Remember Them.
History

Education & History
Start Here Glossary Canada and World War II Combatants & First Airmen Casualties Air Force Operations Battle of Britain Women in War War Artists Canada in Korean Air War 1950-1953

Blogs & Articles
CASPIR Overview First World War Neighbourhood - Dufferin & Dupont Canada's First Military Aeroplane 1917

"A" Able flying through the Eiffel Tower? (although this event likely happened, this photograph is likely fake.) It is signed by the late Bill Bryant RAF who was the navigator of that aircraft piloted by Bob Boorman RCAF. The caption reads "This Stars Stripes photograph was taken on 14 September 1944 and shows a Mosquito Mk XIII of 409 Squadron RCAF. Pilot - W/O Bob Boorman RCAF Navigator F/S Bill Bryant RAF Flying through the Eiffel Tower."
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Bladon, James Stanley (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-July-24

Pilot Officer James Stanley Bladon RCAF

Birth Date: 1918-October-06

Born: Dauphin, Manitoba

Parents: James Allan & Bessie Jane Bladon

Spouse: Audrey Louise Bladon of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

Home: Regina, Saskatchewan (parents)

Enlistment: Regina, Saskatchewan

Enlistment Date: 1941-May-28

Service

RCAF

Unit

10 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

RCAF Stn. Dauphin, Manitoba

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/11016

Home

Google Map

Regina, Saskatchewan (parents)

Final Burial

Google Map

Hillside Cemetery
Lot 15 Block 2 Grave 6

Took off from Dauphin, Manitoba in Crane Mk I on a routine training flight.

Aircraft crashed in bad weather. It dove into the ground and burned two and one half miles west of Dauphin.

Killed includes Bladon: LAC Gordon Harold Cabush RCAF R/121935 KITA Beechmount Cemetery, Block 208. Grave 32.

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry - 1942-07-24

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Crane 8008

Pilot Officer James Stanley Bladon RCAF

Pilot Officer Bladon, James Stanley (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-July-24
Hillside Cemetery, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Gordon Harold Cabush RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Cabush, Gordon Harold (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-July-24
Beechmount Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Accident Card - Cessna Crane Mk. I serial:8008

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-July-24. Cessna Crane s/n 8008.

This accident involved 2 people. Bladon JS, Cabush GH

This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Gordon Harold Cabush RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/121935 Crane 8008, Pilot Officer James Stanley Bladon RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/11016 Crane 8008

Unit Desciption

10 SFTS (10 Service Flying Training School)

Graduates of the EFTS "learn-to-fly" program went on a Service Flying Training School (SFTS) for 16 weeks. For the first 8 weeks the trainee was part of an intermediate training squadron; for the next 6 weeks an advanced training squadron and for the final 2 weeks training was conducted at a Bombing & Gunnery School. The Service schools were military establishments run by the RCAF or the RAF.

There were two different types of Service Flying Training Schools. Trainees in the fighter pilot stream went to an SFTS like No. 14 Aylmer, where they trained in the North American Harvard or North American Yale. Trainees in the bomber, coastal or transport pilot stream went to an SFTS like No. 5 Brantford where they learned multi-engine technique in an Airspeed Oxford, Avro Anson or Cessna Crane.

No10 SFTS Dauphin

For More Information on RCAF Station Dauphin see here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Dauphin Manitoba

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field North Junction MB

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Valley River MB

Unvetted Source Manitoba Historical Society - 10 SFTS Dauphin

Unvetted Source Manitoba Historical Society - North Junction Relief Landing Field

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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