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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

Start Here Glossary Canada and World War II Combatants & First Airmen Casualties Air Force Operations Battle of Britain Women in War War Artists

"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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Moth, Hornet (Total: 4, Canadian: 1, Group 0)

de Havilland Moth, Hornet

ex-RAF 1936 de Havilland DH.87B Hornet Moth at Cotswold Airport, England, in 2018 >br> (Source Wikipedia)

The de Havilland DH.87 Hornet Moth is a single-engined cabin biplane designed by the de Havilland Aircraft Company in 1934 as a potential replacement for its highly successful de Havilland Tiger Moth trainer. Although its side-by-side two-seat cabin made it closer in configuration to the modern aircraft that military trainee pilots would later fly, there was no interest from the RAF and the aircraft was put into production for private buyers. Wikipedia

YouTube Hornet Moth

Wikipedia Hornet Moth

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

Moth, Hornet 5600,

s/n 5600

m/d D.H.87B

c/n 8127

de Havilland

5600

Built in 1937, was Canadian demonstrator CF-BFK. Used by RAF Transport Command in Canada during WW2; to CF-DIP in 1946. Not clear if 5600 was RCAF serial, or some other marking. May have been RCMP marking, or may have been applied to aircraft by DHC for promotional photos.
last update: 2024-December-25

1946-May-22 to Civil Register Canadian Back to civil register. 2019-08-20