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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

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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.
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Lancaster FM213

CWHM flies one of the two airworthy Lancasters in the world. FM213 is usually marked as KB726 honouring Andrew Mynarski, VC.
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Andrew Mynarski, VC

We Shall Remember Them.
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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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Coffey, Harry Morley (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1944-March-01

Sergeant Harry Morley Coffey RCAF

Birth Date: 1923

Born:

Parents: Harry Morley Coffey & Irene Veronica Coffey

Spouse:

Home: St John, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

630 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nocturna Mors Death by night

Base

RAF East Kirby

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/201593

Home

St John, New Brunswick

Target

Nuremberg Germany

Temporary Burial

Eisenbach Cemetery, Wartenberg, Germany near crash site

Final Burial

Berlin War Cemetery
Plot 14 Row C Grave 14

Took off from East Kirkby at 22:16 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code LE-T Bomber Command) on an operation to Nuremberg Germany.

Out-bound shot down from 20000 feet by a night fighter and crashed at an unknown location.

Killed includes Coffey: Flight Sergeant Alan George Drake RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 14. C. 13. Sergeant George William Jeffrey RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 14. C. 15.

POWs: Pilot Officer Harold Bernard Bryans RAF POW Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang. Flying Officer John Ogilvie Langlands RAF POW Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang.

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