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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

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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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Britton, Clarence William Arthur (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-November-08

Pilot Officer Clarence William Arthur Britton RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-March-23

Born: Windsor Ontario

Parents: Son of Charles A. R. Britton and Lilly J. Britton, of Detroit, Michigan.

Spouse:

Home: Windsor, ON

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

158 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strength In Unity

Base

RAF Lissett

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/92636
Prev: R/164088

Home

Google Map

Windsor, ON

Target

Google Map

None

Final Burial

Google Map

Stonefall Cemetery
Sec H Row B Grave 17

158 Squadron (Strength In Unity) RAF Lissett, The crew of Halifax III aircraft HX 356 NP-G (nose art "Goofy's Gift") were engaged on a night bombing practice flight when their aircraft crashed two miles west of the runway at Lissett, Yorkshire, England

Pilot Officer CWA Britton (RCAF)(USA) was killed in the crash

Unvetted Source 158 Squadron Association-Personnel Detail

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission International Bomber Command Centre

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Halifax HX356

Pilot Officer Clarence William Arthur Britton RCAF

Pilot Officer Britton, Clarence William Arthur (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-08
Stonefall Cemetery, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK

Flying Officer William Wilfred Cook RCAF

Flying Officer Cook, William Wilfred (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-08
Stonefall Cemetery, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK

Flight Sergeant William Max Freeman RCAF

Flight Sergeant Freeman, William Max (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-08
Stonefall Cemetery, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK

Flight Sergeant Gerald William Henry Patterson RCAF

Flight Sergeant Patterson, Gerald William Henry (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-08
Stonefall Cemetery, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK

Sergeant Edwin Sampson Powell RAFVR

Sergeant Powell, Edwin Sampson (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-08
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer Andrew Sharp RCAF

Flying Officer Sharp, Andrew (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-08
Stonefall Cemetery, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK

Flight Sergeant Geoffrey William Stone RCAF

Flight Sergeant Stone, Geoffrey William (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-08
Stonefall Cemetery, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK