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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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Cooper, Bernard Horace (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-July-21

Pilot Officer Bernard Horace Cooper RCAF

Birth Date: 1925-April-10

Born:

Parents: Vernon H. & Eva T. Cooper

Spouse:

Home: Vermilion, Alberta (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

514 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nil Obstare Potest Nothing can withstand

Base

RAF Waterbeach

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/90375
Prev: R/212331

Home

Google Map

Vermilion, Alberta (parents)

Target

Google Map

Meerbeck Germany

Memorial Location

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Runnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 249

Took off from Waterbeach at 23:13 on a bombing operation against the Rheinpreussen synthetic oil installation at Meerbeck Germany.

Home-bound, the aircraft was shot down (means not found) and crashed at 01:59 in the sea off the Dutch coast.

Killed includes Cooper: Pilot Officer Donald Peter Manchul RCAF J/94826 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 251. Sergeant William Young Anthony RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 224. Flight Sergeant Ernest James Hack RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 218. Flight Sergeant Allan Roland Hope RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 218. WO John Ludlow Lassam RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 214. Sergeant Walter Charles Taylor RAF KIA Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery grave 14. A. 8.

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 HK570

Pilot Officer Bernard Horace Cooper RCAF

Pilot Officer Cooper, Bernard Horace (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-July-21
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Pilot Officer Donald Peter Manchul RCAF

Pilot Officer Manchul, Donald Peter (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-July-21
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK