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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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Bergland, Norval (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-February-25

Pilot Officer Norval Bergland RCAF

Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Parents: Ole and Palma Bergland

Spouse:

Home: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

44 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Fulmina Regis Lusta The king's thunderbolts are righteous

Base

RAF Dunholme Lodge

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/87767
Prev: R/157006

Home

Google Map

Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (parents)

Target

Google Map

Schweinfurt Germany

Final Burial

Google Map

Choloy War Cemetery
Plot 3 Row A Grave 5

44 Rhodesia Squadron (Fulmina Regis lusta) Aircraft was downed by an unknown cause, and crashed in the area of the target, taking the lives of the entire crew. Pilot Officer N. Bergland, Sergeant V. Bennett RAF, Sergeant G.P. Nicolson RAF, Sergeant R. Openshaw RAF, Sergeant G.A. Weddle RAF, Flight Sergeant G.R.S. Halliday RAF and Flight Sergeant G.T. Haynes RAF killed. addendum: See page 48. Lancaster aircraft ND 525 (KM-Q) lost on Ops to Schweinfurt, Germany.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster ND525

Sergeant Victor Bennett RAF

Sergeant Bennett, Victor (RAF)

Killed in Action
1944-February-25
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer Norval Bergland RCAF

Pilot Officer Bergland, Norval (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1944-February-25
Choloy War Cemetery, Meurthe-Etmoselle, France

Flt Sergeant George Robert Shield Halliday RAF

Flt Sergeant Halliday, George Robert Shield (RAF)

Killed in Action
1944-February-25
cemetery unknown

Flt Sergeant Geoffrey Thomas Haynes RAF

Flt Sergeant Haynes, Geoffrey Thomas (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-February-25
cemetery unknown

Sergeant George Pierrie Nicolson RAF

Sergeant Nicolson, George Pierrie (RAF)

Killed in Action
1944-February-25
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Roy Openshaw RAF

Sergeant Openshaw, Roy (RAF)

Killed in Action
1944-February-25
cemetery unknown

Sergeant George Andrew Weddle RAF

Sergeant Weddle, George Andrew (RAF)

Killed in Action
1944-February-25
cemetery unknown