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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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Folkard, Donald James

Killed in Vehicle Accident 1944-03-15

Birth Date: 1920-October-31

Born: Picton Ontario

Son of Fred Ernest and Clara Folkard, of Picton.

Home: Picton, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

20 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School

Base

Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Leading Aircraftman

Service Numbers

R/145605

Home

Google Map

Picton, Ontario

First Burial

Google Map

Glenwood Cemetery, Picton, Ontario

20 Elementary Flying Training School, Oshawa, Ontario. Leading Aircraftman Folkard died while in the Defence Industries Ltd. Hospital at Ajax, Ontario as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident at Dumbarton, Ontario.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

20 EFTS (20 Elementary Flying Training School)

An Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) gave a trainee 50 hours of basic flying instruction on a simple trainer like the De Havilland Tiger Moth, Fleet Finch, or Fairchild Cornell over 8 weeks.Elementary schools were operated by civilian flying clubs under contract to the RCAF and most of the instructors were civilians. For example, No. 12 EFTS Goderich was run by the Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Club and the County of Huron Flying Club.The next step for a pilot was the Service Flying Training School.

More Information on RCAF StationOshawa can be found here

Canada Primary Source RCAF.info - RCAF Station Oshawa Ontario

Canada Primary Source RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Whitby Ontario

General City Of Oshawa - Former BCATP Buildings restored

Project 44 BCATP

General Project 44 BCATP

YouTube YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy