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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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Betts, Donald (Warrant Officer 2)

Killed in Action 1943-September-01

Warrant Officer 2 Donald Betts RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-January-12

Born:

Parents: Joseph Isaac and Louisa Betts

Spouse: Hazel G. Betts, of Stratford,

Home: Stratford, Ontario (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

Warrant Officer 2

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/90407

Home

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Stratford, Ontario (parents)

Target

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Berlin Germany

Temporary Burial

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Foreign Section Of The District Cemetery At Schonebeck, Germany

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial

Google Map

Berlin War Cemetery
Plot 8 Row H Coll Grave 7-8

44 Rhodesia Squadron (Fulmina Regis lusta). Aircraft was shot down (means of loss not found) and crashed at Schonebeck, Germany. FAG lists DOB as 1922-01-15 Cenotaph at Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Perth County, Ontario, Canada Sec 7 Lot 38 (not in cemetery database)

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

Lancaster ED665

Sergeant William John Beggs RAF

Sergeant Beggs, William John (RAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-September-01
cemetery unknown

Warrant Officer 2 Donald Betts RCAF

Warrant Officer 2 Betts, Donald (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-September-01
Berlin War Cemetery, Charlottenburg, Germany

Pilot Officer Samuel David Hopkin RAF

Pilot Officer Hopkin, Samuel David (RAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-September-01
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer Eric Gordon More RCAF

Pilot Officer More, Eric Gordon (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-September-01
Berlin War Cemetery, Charlottenburg, Germany

Pilot Officer John Alexander Robertson RAF

Pilot Officer Robertson, John Alexander (RAF)
Flt. Engineer
Killed in Action
1943-September-01
cemetery unknown

Flt Sergeant Albert Ralph Smith RAAF

Flt Sergeant Smith, Albert Ralph (RAAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1943-September-01
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer George Noel Stephenson RAF

Pilot Officer Stephenson, George Noel (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-September-01
cemetery unknown