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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

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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Bail, Joseph Phillip Arthur (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-July-23

Leading Aircraftman Joseph Phillip Arthur Bail RCAF

Birth Date: 1917

Born:

Parents: Son of Arthur J. Bail and Anna Bail, of St. Lambert.

Spouse:

Home: St Lambert, Quebec

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

5 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School

Base

RCAF Stn. Dafoe, Saskatchewan

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/117507

Home

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St Lambert, Quebec

Final Burial

Google Map

St Lambert Roman Catholic Cemetery
Lot 12 Range K

Fairey Battle aircraft 2066 and Fairey Battle aircraft 1925 collided in mid-air off the south-east end of 1 runway at RCAF Stn. Dafoe. Sergeant E.H. Dunn and Leading Aircraftman Nickerson were killed in aircraft 2066, Leading Aircraftman Joseph Philip Bail was killed in 1925.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Accident Card - Fairey Battle Mk. I serial:1925

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1942-July-23. They are: Fairey Battle s/n 1925, Fairey Battle s/n 2066.

This accident involved 7 people. Bail JPA, Bowden MW, Dunn EH, Nickerson OV, Parker JE, Parker RC, Ward RA

This accident had 3 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Joseph Phillip Arthur Bail RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/117507 Battle 1925,Leading Aircraftman Osborne Victor Nickerson RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/104157 Battle 2066, Sergeant Eustace Hedley Dunn RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/107546 Battle 2066

Unit Desciption

5 BGS (5 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.

NO5 BGS Dafoe SK Patch

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Dafoe SK

Museum Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial - 5 BGS History

Museum Vintage Wings Ghosts Of Saskatchewan

Unvetted Source RCAF Dafoe Blog

YouTube YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

YouTube YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy