About

CASPIR Data Archive Mission & Data Sources Significant Canadian Historians Our Team RCAF Assistance CASPIR Volunteering

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."
Contact

Currie, John (Flt. Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-January-27

Male Head

Birth Date: 1923

Born:

Parents:

Spouse:

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

50 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Sic Fidem Servamus Thus we keep faith

Base

RAF Skellingthorpe

Rank

Flt. Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/130188

Home

Google Map

Toronto, Ontario

Target

Google Map

Dusseldorf Germany

Final Burial

Google Map

Newport Cemetery

Took off from Skellingthorpe at 17:54 in Lancaster Mk III (VN-? Bomber Command) on an operation to Dusseldorf Germany.

Crashed shortly after take-off, diving into the ground close to the airfield. The bombs exploded on impact.

Killed includes Currie: Sergeant Maurice Jean Barbe RCAF R/110597 KIFA Newport Cemetery, Lincoln, England. Flight Sergeant John Wallace Wilson RCAF R/102722 KIFA Newport Cemetery, Lincoln, England. Sergeant Adrian Laurence William Cale RAF KIFA Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cemetery, England. Sergeant Ronald Patrick Edwards RAF KIFA Hastings Cemetery, Sussex, England. Sergeant Alfred Lawrance Kitching RAF pilot KIFA West Norwood Cemetery And Crematorium, England. Sergeant John Edward White RAF KIFA City Road Cemetery, Sheffield, England.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster ED486

Sergeant Maurice John Barbe RCAF

Sergeant Barbe, Maurice John (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-January-27
Newport Cemetery, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK

Flt. Sergeant John Currie RCAF

Flt. Sergeant Currie, John (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-January-27
Newport Cemetery, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK

Flt Sergeant John Wallace Wilson RCAF

Flt Sergeant Wilson, John Wallace (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-January-27
Newport Cemetery, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK