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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

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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Schofield, Frances Noreen

Killed 1945-04-23

Birth Date: 1924-October-03

Born: Nictoux Falls, Nova Scotia

Daughter of Arthur Vernon Schofield and Minnie Schofield, of Chester Basin.

Home: Chester Basin, Nova Scotia

Enlistment: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Enlistment Date: 1943-03-16

Service

RCAFWD

Unit

9 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School

Base

Mont Joli, Quebec, Canada

Rank

Aircraftwoman Class II

Position

Aircraftwoman Class II

Service Numbers

W/310523
Prev: W310523

Home

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Chester Basin, Nova Scotia

First Burial

Google Map

Nictaux Cemetery, Nictaux Falls, Nova Scotia

RCAF Station Mont Joli, Quebec. AW.2 Schofield was on annual leave when she was killed in a train wreck at Moncton, New Brunswick.

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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

www.findagrave.com

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

9 BGS (9 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.

Class19 NO9 BGS Mont Joli

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Mont Joli QC

unvetted Source 9 BGS History

unvetted Source Ted Church Tail End Charlie - 9 BGS History

Project 44 BCATP

unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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