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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

Start Here Glossary Canada and World War II Combatants & First Airmen Casualties Air Force Operations Battle of Britain Women in War War Artists

"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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Crabtree, Edmond Clay

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-09-11

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Edmond Clarence & Blanche Teresa Crabtree

Home: Cardston, Alberta (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

4 RS- Radio School (RAF)

Base

RAF Madley

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/121328

Home

Google Map

Cardston, Alberta (parents)

First Burial

Google Map

Haycombe Cemetery, Bath, Englishcombe, Somerset, Uk

No.4 Radio School. Flight Sergeant Crabtree lost his life when his Percival P.34 Proctor Mk III HM-360 (3-seat radio trainer) crashed near Talcarth, Breckonshire, England.

AC1 A J Ferguson RAF also KIFA.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Proctor HM360

Flight Sergeant Crabtree, Edmond Clay (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-September-11
Haycombe Cemetery, Bath, Englishcombe, Somerset, UK

Percival Proctor

Original image taken by a British government employee prior to 1956.
Source Wikipedia

Percival_proctor.jpg image not found

The Percival Proctor was a British radio trainer and communications aircraft of the Second World War. The Proctor was a single-engined, low-wing monoplane with seating for three or four, depending on the model.Wikipedia

YouTube Proctor

Wikipedia Proctor

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page