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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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Crow, Robert King (Warrant Officer 1)

Killed in Action 1945-January-16

Warrant Officer 1 Robert King Crow RCAF

Birth Date: 1924

Born:

Parents:

Spouse:

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

153 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Noctividus We see by night

Base

RAF Scampton

Rank

Warrant Officer 1

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/124020

Home

Google Map

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Target

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Zeitz Germany

Memorial Location

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Runnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 281

Took off from Scampton at 17:30 in Lancaster Mk I Sqn code P4-V Bomber Command) on an operation to to bomb the Braunkohle-Benzin synthetic-oil plant at Zeitz Germany.

Aircraft was lost without trace.

Killed: Flying Officer Clyde Willis Byers pilot RCAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Surrey, England Panel 278. Flight Sergeant Frederick Cleveland Irving RCAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Surrey, England Panel 282. Warrant Officer Class 1 Robert King Crow RCAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Surrey, England Panel 281. Flight Sergeant Robert Charles Shilliday RCAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Surrey, England Panel 282. Flight Sergeant Michael Frank RCAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Surrey, England Panel 281. Sergeant John Barry Mortimer Kelleher, RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Surrey, England Panel # not known. Flight Sergeant Eric Charles McLeneghan, RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Surrey, England Panel # not known.

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 NG335

Pilot Officer Clyde Willis Byers RCAF

Pilot Officer Byers, Clyde Willis (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1945-January-16
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Warrant Officer 1 Robert King Crow RCAF

Warrant Officer 1 Crow, Robert King (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1945-January-16
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant Michael Frank RCAF

Flight Sergeant Frank, Michael (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1945-January-16
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant Frederick Cleaveland Irving RCAF

Flight Sergeant Irving, Frederick Cleaveland (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1945-January-16
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant Robert Charles Shilliday RCAF

Flight Sergeant Shilliday, Robert Charles (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1945-January-16
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK