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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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Flight Sergeant

Aitken, Gordon Edward

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK959)

Verdun, Quebec

Leading Aircraftman

Balden, Robert Alexander

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑10‑22

Anson (11986)

Flying Officer

Balloch, James Hamilton

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (DK234)

East Kildonan, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Pilot Officer

Bell, Francis Aubrey

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑10‑22

Halifax (LL505)

Montague, Prince Edward Island

Pilot Officer

Bellingham, Robert Frederick

Prisoner of War

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK663)

Flying Officer

Beyak, Alexander Edward

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD363)

Winnipegosis, Manitoba

Flight Sergeant

Bock, Earl William

Killed in Action

1944‑10‑22

Lancaster (LM689)

Echo Bay, Ontario

Squadron Leader

Boomer, Kenneth Arthur

Killed in Action

1944‑10‑22

Mosquito (PZ198)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Wing Commander

Briese, Richard Gustav

Killed in Action

1941‑10‑22

Canso (AH566)

Lanigan, Saskatchewan

Sergeant

Brown, Kenneth Alfred

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (DK182)

The Lee, Buckinghamshire, England

Cadet

Brown, Nelson William

Died

1918‑10‑22

Sarnia, Ontario.

Flight Lieutenant

Bryan, Jackson Ross

Prisoner of War

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (EB217)

Toronto, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Burns, William

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK639)

Roblin, Manitoba

Flight Sergeant

Burton, William Harvey

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (EB217)

Winnipeg, Manitoba

2nd-Lieutenant

Butler, Albert Henry

Survived

1918‑10‑22

Flight Sergeant

Butler, Ronald Harris

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Lancaster (ED366)

North River, Prince Edward Island

Sergeant

Campbell, John Lewis

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (EB199)

Vancouver, British Columbia (parents)

Sergeant

Cassell, William Arthur

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK666)

Sergeant

Challis, John Frederick

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK639)

Grays, Essex, England

Flying Officer

Chorneyko, Athanazie

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD363)

Arran, Saskatchewan (parents)

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Christenson, Floyd Raymond

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD332)

Edmonton, Alberta (parents)

Sergeant

Clemenhagen, Thomas Frederick

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK908)

Brantford, Ontario (parents)

Flying Officer

Coleman, William Carleton

Prisoner of War

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD382)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Sergeant

Collen, Desmond Owen

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (DK182)

Isleham, England

Sergeant

Costello, John Terence

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Lancaster (ED366)

Goderich, Ontario (parents)

Sergeant

Cotterill, Edward George

Prisoner of War

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD332)

Flight Sergeant

Crain, William Gilbert

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK959)

Clarendon Station, Ontario

Flying Officer

Cudney, Herbert Wilfred

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK666)

Fergus, Ontario

Flying Officer

Dawes, Walter William Ronald

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑10‑22

Anson (11986)

Sergeant

Denton, Albert Henry

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD363)

Norfleet, Kent, England

Sergeant

Dodge, Lloyd Eldon

Killed in Action

1941‑10‑22

Wellington (Z8419)

Valeport, Saskatchewan

Flight Sergeant

Dunn, Ralph Gordon

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Lancaster (EE175)

Codrington, Ontario

Sergeant

Dupont, Joseph Arthur Charles

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK666)

Quebec City, Quebec

Sergeant

Durrell, Donald

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Lancaster (JB416)

Riske Creek, British Columbia

Flight Sergeant

Dutton, Edward John

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (DK182)

Norbury, England

Sergeant

Edwards, Mason Argue

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LW297)

Toronto, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Fairfield, Edward

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (DK234)

Hull, England

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Ferris, John Sherman

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LW293)

Tiverton, Ontario

Lieutenant

Flynn, Andrew Edward

Survived

1918‑10‑22

Barrie, Ontario

Pilot Officer

Forster, Ivor Russell

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Spitfire (BR987)

Thornhill, Ontario

Sergeant

Fournier, Roger Moise

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD363)

Timmins, Ontario

Second-Lieutenant

Fullerton, William Francis Harman

Killed in Action

1916‑10‑22

Edmonton, Alberta.

Flight Lieutenant

Gibbons, Noel James

Killed in Action

1944‑10‑22

Mosquito (PZ198)

West Vancouver, British Columbia

Flight Sergeant

Gwynne, Elfod

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD332)

St. Dowlais, Glamorgan, Wales

Flight Sergeant

Hall, Clowes Edwin

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JN920)

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Sergeant

Hall, Cyril Roland

Killed in Action

1941‑10‑22

Wellington (Z8419)

Ottawa, Ontario

Sergeant

Hall, Daniel William

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (EB217)

Chapeltown, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Pilot Officer

Hoover, Walker Julius

Killed in Action

1941‑10‑22

Canso (AH566)

Rodney, Ontario

Sergeant

Hopson, Sydney Howell

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK959)

Bedfont, Middlesex, England

Flight Sergeant

Howard, Graham Wilson

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD363)

Sexsmith, Alberta

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Irwin, Vern Selby

Killed in Action

1942‑10‑22

Lodestar (EW984)

Galt, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Jackson, Lawrence Herbert

Killed in Action

1941‑10‑22

Wellington (Z8419)

East Coulee, Alberta

Flight Lieutenant

Jackson, Ralph Henry Burgess

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Mosquito (HJ927)

Toronto, Ontario

Pilot Officer

Jackson, Ross Banting

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Lancaster (DS778)

Ballycroy, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Johnston, James Faulkner

Prisoner of War

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD332)

Flying Officer

Johnston, John Armstrong

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑10‑22

Halifax (LL505)

Minitonas, Manitoba

Lieutenant

Jones, John Roberts

Survived

1918‑10‑22

Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, USA

Pilot Officer

Kerslake, Walter

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Lancaster (DS778)

Windthorst, Saskatchewan

Sergeant

King, George Charles

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD363)

Middleton-on-Sea, Bognor Regis, Sussex, England

Lieutenant

Koch, Alfred Michael

Survived

1916‑10‑22

Camel (C1672)

Vancouver, B.C.

Leading Aircraftman

Lalonde, Joseph Boyd

Drowned

1944‑10‑22

Almonte, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Lapointe, Joseph Omer Andre

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK959)

Riviere Du Loup, Quebec

Sergeant

Lawry, Kenwyn Charles

Killed in Action

1941‑10‑22

Canso (AH566)

Montreal, Quebec

Flying Officer

Lee, H H

Prisoner of War

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK666)

Toronto, Ontario

Sergeant

Malcolm, J S

Prisoner of War

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK663)

Sergeant

Mallen, Norman Percival

Prisoner of War

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD332)

Flight Sergeant

Marr, George Frederick

Killed in Action

1941‑10‑22

Wellington (Z8419)

Calgary, Alberta

Pilot Officer

Martin, Stephen Henry

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (EB199)

Toronto, Ontario

Pilot Officer

Mathews, T G C

Killed in Flying Accident

1925‑10‑22

504 (G-CYBH)

Sergeant

Maudling, Peter Howard

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK959)

West Hampstead, London, England

Flight Sergeant

Mayne, Thomas Dunwoody

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Lancaster (DS778)

Sergeant

McCart, Robin Opal Patrick Joseph

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD332)

Toronto, Ontario

Sergeant

McCarthy, Denis Joseph

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK639)

Dublin, Ireland

Sergeant

McCartney, Harold Samuel

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (DK234)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Pilot Officer

McComb, Roy Ernest

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Lancaster (DS778)

Hamilton, Ontario

Sergeant

McCullagh, James Irvine

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (DK182)

Springfield, Ulster, Ireland

Flight Lieutenant

McCullough, Edward Ernest

Prisoner of War

1943‑10‑22

Kentville, Nova Scotia

Pilot Officer

McDermott, Edwin Terrance

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK959)

Port Robinson, Ontario

Squadron Leader

McDowell, Alexander Lyons

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Lancaster (EE175)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

McEwen, John Finlay

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Mosquito (HJ768)

Riverhurst, Saskatchewan

Wing Commander

McMurdy, Gordon Archibald

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD382)

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Flight Sergeant

Miller, Ronald William

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK663)

Sackville, New Brunswick

Pilot Officer

Mills, Kenneth Perram

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD332)

Sanderstead, Surry, England

Flight Sergeant

Minter, Sydney Aubrey

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (DK234)

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Sergeant

Mitchell, Alexander

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (DK234)

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Sergeant

Moore, Peter John

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (DK182)

Sergeant

Morpeth, William Lewis

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (EB217)

Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England

Flying Officer

Murray, Murdoch Campbell

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Mosquito (HJ927)

Liverpool, England

Pilot Officer

Nadeau, Joseph Antoine Maurice

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK666)

Quebec City, Quebec

Sergeant

Newlove, Henry

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK666)

Imperial, Saskatchewan

Flight Lieutenant

Novick, Alexander

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Lancaster (JB237)

Sault Ste Marie, Ontario

Pilot Officer

O'Neill, Gordon Campbell

Killed in Action

1941‑10‑22

Wellington (T2967)

Montreal, Quebec

Flying Officer

Oakley, Charles Edward

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK959)

Hounslow, Middlesex, England

Sergeant

Pedder, Robert Edward

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (DK234)

Leagrave, Bedfordshire, England

Flight Sergeant

Peterkin, Francis Weatherford

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD382)

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA

Warrant Officer 1st Class

Plant, Walter Henry

Killed in Action

1942‑10‑22

Lodestar (EW984)

Brantford, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Plouffe, Ernest John Cecil

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK663)

Waubaushene, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Prendergast, Albert Edward

Killed in Action

1942‑10‑22

Wellington (Z1657)

Carleton Place, Ontario

Sergeant

Priestley, Harold

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK639)

Bolsover, Derbyshire, England

Flight Lieutenant

Proby, Carson Carysfort

Killed in Action

1941‑10‑22

Canso (AH566)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Sergeant

Procter, John Henry

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (DK182)

West Hartlepool, England

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Purdy, Russell Frederick

Prisoner of War

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK663)

Sergeant

Pyche, Harvey Ellsworth

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑10‑22

Halifax (LL505)

New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

First Lieutenant

Rainbird, H A

Prisoner of War

1943‑10‑22

Lancaster (DV162)

Sergeant

Rawlings, Thomas

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD382)

Aberaman, Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales

Flight Sergeant

Reynolds, Clarence Cecil

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK663)

Kingsport, King's County County, Nova Scotia

Sergeant

Riddoch, George

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑10‑22

Halifax (LL505)

Sarnia, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Riep, Karl

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑10‑22

Stirling (R9249)

Crossfield, Alberta

Flying Officer

Roberts, Leone Joseph

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Lancaster (EE175)

Parkside, Saskatchewan

Flight Sergeant

Russell, Leonard Bruce

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK639)

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Pilot Officer

Scanes, Andrew Franklin

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Lancaster (DS778)

Pembroke, Ontario

Flying Officer

Schilansky, Ivor

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (DK234)

Johannesburg, South Africa

Corporal

Scott, Doris Helen

Suicide

1942‑10‑22

Montreal, Quebec

Flying Officer

Sewall, William Stuart

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (EB217)

Brooks, Alberta

Flight Lieutenant (Acting)

Shields, Robert Kearney

Prisoner of War

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD382)

Redditt, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Simmons, Hugh Robertson

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (EB199)

Portage La Prairie, Manitoba

Sergeant

Skinner, Frank Edward

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK639)

Prestwood, Buckinghamshire, England

Sergeant

Smith, Charles Chester

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD363)

Toronto, Ontario

Sergeant

Street, Frank

Prisoner of War

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (EB217)

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Sveinson, Glenn Geoffrey

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Lancaster (LM314)

MacLeod, Alberta

Sergeant

Thompson, Harold Robert

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑10‑22

Wellington (W5688)

Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Squadron Leader

Thomson, William Nairne

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK663)

Victoria, BC

Pilot Officer

Thornton, Richard Andrew

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Lancaster (DS778)

Westminster, London, England

Sergeant

Titt, Donald Fraser

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑10‑22

Halifax (LL505)

Rockwood, Ontario

Sergeant

Unger, Bertil Manfred Edward

Died

1943‑10‑22

Vancouver, British Columbia

Sergeant

Walker, Percy Thomas Walter

Killed in Action

1941‑10‑22

Wellington (Z8419)

Toronto, Ontario

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Weber, Harry Arthur

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD121)

Kitchener, Ontario

Cadet-Observer

Wehr, Charles Roderick

Died

1918‑10‑22

Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County, Quebec

Warrant Officer

Welch, Douglas Harold

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (DK182)

Amthill, England

Sergeant

Westbrooke, Stanley Gordon

Killed in Action

1941‑10‑22

Wellington (W5454)

Galt, Ontario

Flight Lieutenant

Weston, William James

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK959)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Flight Lieutenant

Whiston, Arthur James

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Lancaster (DS778)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Flight Sergeant

White, Ashley Bertram

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (EB199)

North Battleford, Saskatchewan

Squadron Leader

White, Joseph James

Died

1942‑10‑22

Regina, Saskatchewan

Flying Officer

Whitley, Robert Newton

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑10‑22

Halifax (LL505)

Regina, Saskatchewan

Flight Sergeant

Whitney, William John

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Lancaster (EE175)

Windsor, Ontario

Sergeant

Whittingstall, Calvin George

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑10‑22

Halifax (LL505)

Toronto, Ontario

Lieutenant

Williams, Philip Edward

Died

1918‑10‑22

Toronto, Ontario

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Willson, Arthur Bruce

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD382)

Sandwick, British Columbia

Sergeant

Wilson, Donald Wesley

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK666)

Notikewin, Ontario

Flying Officer

Wissler, Richard Peter

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (LK639)

Flight Sergeant

Woodburn, James Douglas

Killed in Action

1941‑10‑22

Blenheim (Z7898)

Cyrville, Ontario

Sergeant

Woods, Richard John

Prisoner of War

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD382)

Sergeant

Worrad, Alfred William Leonard

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (EB217)

Toronto, Ontario

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Yackison, Frank Joseph

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑22

Halifax (JD382)

Capreol, Ontario

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

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