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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.
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RCAF Accident Cards (1939-1945) JA Griffin Documents 1968 and 2005 Obtaining a World War II Service File

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Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

John Griffin was a significant historian, documenting Canada's Military aircraft.
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Lancaster FM213

CWHM flies one of the two airworthy Lancasters in the world. FM213 is usually marked as KB726 honouring Andrew Mynarski, VC.
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Andrew Mynarski, VC

We Shall Remember Them.
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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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Weir, Glenn Edgar (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-December-18

Flying Officer Glenn Edgar Weir RCAF

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: Son of William Levern Weir and Agnes Augusta Weir, of Victoria, British Columbia.

Spouse:

Home: Victoria, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

11 (BR) Sqn- Squadron

Base

RCAF Stn. Torbay, Newfoundland

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/26659

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Victoria, British Columbia

Final Burial

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CWG Cemetery
Plot 4 Row 5 Grave LA

11 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Torbay, Newfoundland, The crew of Hudson aircraft BW 719 was engaged in a night navigational exercise when they crashed in a remote area fifty miles south-west of Buchans, Newfoundland. F/Os C.W. Mannett, D.H. Pawson, S.W. Morton, and FS C.W. Bennett were also killed.

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

Hudson BW719

Flight Sergeant Clifford William Bennett RCAF

Flight Sergeant Bennett, Clifford William (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-December-18
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Flying Officer Clarence Wilfred Mannett RCAF

Flying Officer Mannett, Clarence Wilfred (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-December-18
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Flight Lieutenant Hugh Weir Morton RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Morton, Hugh Weir (RCAF)

Killed in Action
1943-December-18
Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Flying Officer Hugh Douglas Pawson RCAF

Flying Officer Pawson, Hugh Douglas (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-December-18
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Flying Officer Glenn Edgar Weir RCAF

Flying Officer Weir, Glenn Edgar (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-December-18
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Accident Card - Lockheed Hudson Mk. III serial:BW719

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-December-18. Hudson s/n BW719.

This accident involved 5 people. Bennett EC, Mannet CW, Morton SW, Pawson HD, Weir GE

This accident had 5 fatalities. Flying Officer Glenn Edgar Weir RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/26659 Hudson BW719, Flying Officer Hugh Douglas Pawson RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/27026 Hudson BW719, Flight Lieutenant Hugh Weir Morton RCAF Killed in Action service no:C/7289 Hudson BW719, Flying Officer Clarence Wilfred Mannett RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/36705 Hudson BW719, Flight Sergeant Clifford William Bennett RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/158267 Hudson BW719

Unit Desciption

11 (BR) Sqn ()