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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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War Status Search Catastrophic Losses (Ships Hotels Aircraft) Choose Specific Military Cemeteries (WW1 WW2 and Beyond)

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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Bordeleau, Joseph Oscar Roger (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-November-24

Sergeant Joseph Oscar Roger Bordeleau RCAF

Birth Date: 1924-March-22

Born:

Parents: Son of Arthur and Alda Bordeleau, Ottawa.

Spouse:

Home: Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

8 AOS- Air Observer School

Base

RCAFCStn. Ancienne Lorrette, Quebec

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

R/169334

Home

Google Map

Ottawa, Ontario

Final Burial

Google Map

Notre Dame Roman Catholic Cemetery
Soldiers' plot 3 Grave 48

8 Air Observers School, Ancienne Lorette, Quebec. Anson aircraft crashed.

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

Anson 12133

Sergeant Joseph Oscar Roger Bordeleau RCAF

Sergeant Bordeleau, Joseph Oscar Roger (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-November-24
Notre Dame Roman Catholic Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Ralph Richard Sturgeon RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Sturgeon, Ralph Richard (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-November-24
Pine Hills Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sergeant Ivan Samuel Waddell RCAF

Sergeant Waddell, Ivan Samuel (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-November-24
Chapel Lawn Memorial Garden, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Maurice Allan Young RAF

Leading Aircraftman Young, Maurice Allan (RAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-November-24
cemetery unknown

Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. V serial:12133

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-November-24. Anson V s/n 12133.

This accident involved 4 people. Young RJP, Waddell IS, Sturgeon RR, Bordeleau JOR

This accident had 4 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Maurice Allan Young RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:1566032 Anson 12133, Sergeant Joseph Oscar Roger Bordeleau RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/169334 Anson 12133, Leading Aircraftman Ralph Richard Sturgeon RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/175025 Anson 12133, Sergeant Ivan Samuel Waddell RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/100422 Anson 12133

Unit Desciption

8 AOS (8 Air Observer School)

Air Observers were later called "navigators". For recruits in this stream, the training path after ITS was 8 weeks at an Air Observer School (AOS), 1 month at a Bombing & Gunnery School, and finally 1 month at a Navigation School. The Air Observer schools were operated by civilians under contract to the RCAF. For example, Nos. 7, 8, and 9 were run by CP Airlines. However, the instructors were RCAF. The basic navigation techniques throughout the war years were dead reckoning and visual pilotage, and the tools were the aeronautical chart, magnetic compass, watch, trip log, pencil, Douglas protractor, and Dalton Navigational Computer. They trained in the Avro Anson.

NO8 AOS

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station L'Ancienne Lorrette QC

Unvetted Source Wartime Heritage - Orren Carey

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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