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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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Dolphin (Total: 2,194, Canadian: 30, Group 1)

Sopwith Dolphin

Source Kestrel Publications

The Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin was a British fighter aircraft manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It was used by the Royal Flying Corps and its successor, the Royal Air Force, during the First World War. The Dolphin entered service on the Western Front in early 1918 and proved to be a formidable fighter. The aircraft was not retained in the postwar inventory and was retired shortly after the war.

No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron, which operated Dolphins along with S.E.5as, Sopwith Snipes, and captured Fokker D.VIIs, was disbanded on 28 January 1920. Although retired from Canadian Air Force service, a small number of Dolphins were sent back to Canada. Wikipedia

YouTube Dolphin

Wikipedia Dolphin

unvetted Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page

CAF Sopwith Dolphin Serials - Kestrel Publications

Dolphin serial

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last update: 2025-June-25

Dolphin serial B6871

s/n B6871

B 6871

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last update: 2025-June-25

1918-February-26 MIA RFC Lieutenant John Lawrie McLintock 2022-07-10

Dolphin 5F.1 serial C3803

s/n C3803

C 3803

Known Units: ;91

last update: 2025-June-25

1918-July-26 KIFA RAF Second-Lieutenant William John Cox 2023-01-31

Dolphin 5F.1 serial C3807

s/n C3807

C 3807

Known Units: ;23

last update: 2025-June-25

1918-May-20 KIA RAF Lieutenant Carleton Aquilla Crysler 2024-03-16

Dolphin serial C3824

s/n C3824

C 3824

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last update: 2025-June-25

Dolphin 5F.1 serial C3841

s/n C3841

C 3841

Known Units: ;19

last update: 2025-June-25

1918-May-07 KIFA RAF Second-Lieutenant William Gordon Brown 2024-11-22

Dolphin 5F.1 serial C3845

s/n C3845

C 3845

Known Units: ;85

last update: 2025-June-25

1918-April-08 KIFA RAF Lieutenant John Randolph Stacey 2022-12-05

Dolphin 5F.1 serial C3902

s/n C3902

C 3902

Known Units: ;19

last update: 2025-June-25

1918-August-13 KIFA RAF Second-Lieutenant William George Lance 2024-03-16

Dolphin serial C4130

s/n C4130

C 4130

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last update: 2025-June-25

Dolphin 5F.1 serial C4149

s/n C4149

C 4149

Known Units: ;23

last update: 2025-June-25

1918-May-08 KIFA RAF Lieutenant Victor Reginald Pauline 2023-12-17

Dolphin serial C4156

s/n C4156

C 4156

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last update: 2025-June-25

Dolphin 5F.1 serial C4163

s/n C4163

C 4163

Known Units: ;87

last update: 2025-June-25

1918-September-03 KIA RAF Second-Lieutenant Frank Willard Ferguson 2024-02-07

Dolphin serial C8023

s/n C8023

Sopwith

C 8023

Known Units: ;81

last update: 2025-June-25

1918-May-18 KIFA RAF Lieutenant George Stanley Tunstall 2022-05-04

Dolphin serial C8127

s/n C8127

C 8127

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last update: 2025-June-25

1918-November-03 RAF Second-Lieutenant Walter Shorrock 2022-04-15

Dolphin serial C8128

s/n C8128

C 8128

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last update: 2025-June-25

1918-July-23 KIFA RAF Lieutenant Benson Charles Fox 2023-02-23

Dolphin serial C8602

s/n C8602

C 8602

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last update: 2025-June-25

1918-April-07 KIFA RAF Lieutenant Arthur Lorne Simpson 2023-03-02

Dolphin serial D3585

s/n D3585

D 3585

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last update: 2025-June-25

1918-November-27 KIFA RAF Lieutenant Noble Alexander Weir 2023-09-21

Dolphin serial D3669

s/n D3669

D 3669

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last update: 2025-June-25

1918-July Survived RAF Captain Arthur Bradfield Fairclough MC 2023-02-13

Dolphin serial D3715

s/n D3715

D 3715

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last update: 2025-June-25

1918-August-06 Survived RAF Captain Harold Albert 'Pete' White DFC 2022-11-24

Dolphin serial D3773

s/n D3773

D 3773

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last update: 2025-June-25

1918-August-12 KIFA RAF Second-Lieutenant Roy Wesley Kerr 2023-05-15

Dolphin serial D5220

s/n D5220

D 5220

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last update: 2025-June-25

1918-August-31 Survived RAF Captain Frederick Joseph Stevenson DFC 2022-05-16

Dolphin serial D5236

s/n D5236

D 5236

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last update: 2025-June-25

Dolphin serial E4428

s/n E4428

Sopwith

E 4428

Known Units: ;93

last update: 2025-June-25

1918-July-05 KIFA RAF Second-Lieutenant Richard Laurence Cotter Barwick 2024-11-09

Dolphin serial E4432

s/n E4432

Sopwith

E 4432

Known Units: ;19

last update: 2025-June-25

1918-August-11 KIA RAF Captain Gordon Budd Irving DFC, MiD 2023-09-26

Dolphin serial E4434

s/n E4434

E 4434

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last update: 2025-June-25

1918-August-14 KIA RAF Lieutenant Richard Alexander 'Bill' Hewat 2023-09-26

Dolphin serial E4437

s/n E4437

E 4437

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last update: 2025-June-25

1918-July-25 KIFA RAF Second-Lieutenant John David Dunbar 2024-10-29

Dolphin serial E4447

s/n E4447

E 4447

Known Units: ;91

last update: 2025-June-25

1918-July-27 KIFA RAF Lieutenant George Arthur Lipsett 2022-11-13

Dolphin serial E4712

s/n E4712

E 4712

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last update: 2025-June-25

Dolphin serial E4713

s/n E4713

E 4713

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last update: 2025-June-25

1918-September-27 Survived RAF Lieutenant Lewis Hector 'Hec' Ray 2023-04-02

Dolphin serial F7048

s/n F7048

F 7048

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last update: 2025-June-25

1919-February-10 KIFA RAF 2nd Lieutenant Chester Frank Yokum 2023-08-07