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"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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192 Squadron (RAF) ( 22)

Sergeant

Anderson, John Clarke

Killed in Action

1945‑03‑04

Halifax (LV955)

Kirkfieldbank, Lanarkshire Scotland (parents)

Flying Officer

Banks, Donald Emery

Prisoner of War

1945‑03‑06

Halifax (NR180)

Flight Sergeant

Bergey, Douglas Gordon

Prisoner of War

1943‑05‑26

Wellington (HE228)

Guernsey, Saskatchewan

Flight Sergeant

Campbell, Thomas George

Killed in Action

1945‑02‑23

Halifax (NA241)

St Thomas, Ontario (parents)

Warrant Officer

Clementson, William Sandison

Killed in Action

1945‑03‑04

Halifax (LV955)

Bournemouth, Hampshire, England

Flying Officer

Crowdy, Charles William Cyril

Killed in Action

1944‑04‑25

Halifax (LW622)

Montreal, Quebec (parents)

Flying Officer

Darlington, William

Killed in Action

1945‑03‑04

Halifax (LV955)

Hamilton, Ontario

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Elder, E

Prisoner of War

1944‑05‑04

Halifax (MZ570)

Pilot Officer

Elliott, Thomas Harold

Killed in Action

1944‑04‑25

Halifax (LW622)

Sarnia, Ontario

Sergeant

Etienne, Francis

Killed in Action

1944‑04‑25

Halifax (LW622)

Toronto, Ontario

Sergeant

Grapes, Richard Thomas

Killed in Action

1945‑03‑04

Halifax (LV955)

Loughborough, Leicestershire, England

Flight Sergeant

Holmes, Reginald George

Killed in Action

1945‑03‑04

Halifax (LV955)

Wavertree, Liverpool, England (parents)

Flight Lieutenant

Irvine, N

Prisoner of War

1945‑03‑06

Halifax (NR180)

Pilot Officer

MacGillivray, Arthur Clarence

Killed in Action

1944‑05‑25

Halifax (MZ501)

Warren, Manitoba

Warrant Officer

Martin, J A

Prisoner of War

1945‑03‑06

Halifax (NR180)

Pilot Officer

Morris, Frederick William

Killed in Action

1944‑04‑25

Halifax (LW622)

Hamilton, Ontario

Flying Officer

Mortimer, Leslie Lloyd

Killed in Action

1944‑04‑25

Halifax (LW622)

Calmar, Alberta

Flight Lieutenant

Nixon, J E

Evader

1945‑03‑06

Halifax (NR180)

Pilot Officer

Sabine, Eugene Preston

Killed in Action

1944‑05‑25

Halifax (MZ501)

Ethelton, Saskatchewan

Flight Sergeant

Searle, A C

Prisoner of War

1945‑03‑06

Halifax (NR180)

Flight Sergeant

Vincent, Peter Horace Gordon

Killed in Action

1944‑04‑25

Halifax (LW622)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Pilot Officer

Wilson, Ian Marr

Killed in Action

1943‑01‑25

Wellington (HE231)

Montreal, Quebec

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

192 Squadron (RAF) ( 22)

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