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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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Fenner, Leon (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-June-27

Sergeant Leon Fenner RCAF

Birth Date: 1915-January-23

Born:

Parents: Son of Benjamin J. Fenner and Charlotte C. Fenner, of Toronto.

Spouse:

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

3 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School

Base

MacDonald, Manitoba, Canada

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/71567

Home

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Toronto, Ontario

Final Burial

Google Map

Westminster Memorial Park
Block F Sec 400 Lot 4

3 Bombing and Gunnery School, Macdonald, Manitoba. Sergeants Fenner and W.G. Walker were engaged in a gunnery exercise and were killed when Fairey Battle aircraft 1806 struck the ground at a terrific speed one mile east of the aerodrome at Macdonald. The aircraft burst into flames on impact.

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

Battle 1806

Sergeant Leon Fenner RCAF

Sergeant Fenner, Leon (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1941-June-27
Westminster Memorial Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sergeant William Gordon Walker RCAF

Sergeant Walker, William Gordon (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1941-June-27
Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Accident Card - Fairey Battle Mk. I serial:1806

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-June-27. Fairey Battle s/n 1806.

This accident involved 2 people. Fenner L, Walker WG

This accident had 2 fatalities. Sergeant William Gordon Walker RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/65766 Battle 1806, Sergeant Leon Fenner RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/71567 Battle 1806

Unit Desciption

3 BGS (3 Bomb and Gunnery School)

The Bombing and Gunnery School (B&GS) offered instruction in the techniques of bomb aiming and aerial machine gunnery to Air Observers, Bomb Aimers, and Wireless Air Gunners. These schools required large areas to accommodate their bombing and gunnery ranges, and were often located near water. The Avro Anson, Fairey Battle, Bristol Bolingbroke, and Westland Lysander were the standard aircraft used at B&GS schools.

NO3 BGS MacDonald MB

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station MacDonald Manitoba

Museum Manitoba Historical Society - 3 BGS History

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

YouTube YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy