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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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Corrigan, Robert James (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1942-August-19

Pilot Officer Robert James Corrigan RCAF

Birth Date: 1915-June-06

Born:

Parents: James Andrew John & Margaret Mary Corrigan

Spouse:

Home: Quebec City, Quebec (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

226 (MB) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Non Sibi Sed Patriae For country not for self

Base

RAF Thruxton

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/15537
Prev: R/55240

Home

Google Map

Quebec City, Quebec (parents)

Target

Google Map

Dieppe France

Memorial Location

Google Map

Runnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 100

Took off from Thruxton at 10:58 in Boston Mk III to lay smoke screens over the beachhead in support of the Canadian (Operation Jubilee) landings at Dieppe, France.

Shot down by fighters and crashed into the sea off the coast of Holland.

Killed: Pilot Officer Robert James Corrigan RCAF J/15537 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 100. Flight Sergeant William Osselton RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 75.

Survived: Pilot Officer S Moth RAF was injured in the crash and taken POW, but the camp was not listed.

Pilot Officer R J Corrigan RCAF and Flight Sergeant W Osselton RAF missing, presumed killed. They have no known graves and are commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial

Sergeant S Moth RAF was wounded but survived and taken Prisoner of War

The Greatest Air Battle, Dieppe, 19th August 1942 by Norman Franks, pages 34,114,232

Unvetted Source Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Commonwealth War Grave Commission International Bomber Command Centre

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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