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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

Name or Home Town Search Unit (Squadron) Search Aircraft Type or Serial Search Browse by Letter This Day in History

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

Andrew Mynarski, VC

We Shall Remember Them.
History

"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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Pendleton, Walter (2nd-Lieutenant)

Interned Prisoner 1918-March-10

Male Head

Birth Date: 1897-August-19

Born: Montreal, Quebec

Parents: Walter Pendleton & wife not Mentioned

Spouse:

Home: Montreal, Quebec

Enlistment: Valcartier, Quebec; Can. Field Art., CEF

Enlistment Date: 1914-September-14

Service

RAF

Unit

224 (CS) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base

Seaplane Station Felixstowe

Rank

2nd-Lieutenant

Position

pilot, former gunner

Service Numbers

43171, CEF

Home

Google Map

Montreal, Quebec

Final Burial

Google Map

Tilshead (St Thomas A Becket) Church Yard

Pendleton was driven down/forced to land at the Dutch coast in F2A N-4551 and was interned in Holland, repatriated 1918-11-15. Other crew members: 2Lt Thomas Norman Enright (British)/1AM Henry Leslie Curtiss (British)/Lt John Clifford Stockman (British)/AM3 William Arthur Mitchell (British)

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)