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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.
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RCAF Accident Cards (1939-1945) JA Griffin Documents 1968 and 2005 Obtaining a World War II Service File

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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.
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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.
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Andrew Mynarski, VC

We Shall Remember Them.
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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

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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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Fraser, Joseph Louis Benoit (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-March-19

Leading Aircraftman Joseph Louis Benoit Fraser RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-December-03

Born:

Parents: Son of Florian and Clara Fraser, of Cap St. Ignace.

Spouse:

Home: Cap St Ignace, County Montmagny, Quebec

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

11 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School

Base

Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/136925

Home

Google Map

Cap St Ignace, County Montmagny, Quebec

Final Burial

Google Map

Cap St Ignace Cemetery
Family Plot

Fleet Finch aircraft 4714 and Finch 4 4526 were both engaged in dual instructional flights on March 19, 1943 when they converged at 200 feet over the aerodrome. Both aircraft crashed on the aerodrome at Cap de la Madeleine. Leading Aircraftman Fraser was the pilot of aircraft 4526 and was the only casualty.

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry - 1943-03-19

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry - 1943-03-21

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)

Accident Card - Fleet Finch Finch II serial:4526

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1943-March-19. They are: Fleet Finch II s/n 4714, Fleet Finch II s/n 4526.

This accident involved 4 people. Mcmillan HJ, Gourdeau JEH, Fraser JLB, Bernier JA

This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Joseph Louis Benoit Fraser RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/136925 Finch 4526

Unit Desciption

11 EFTS (11 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.

An overhead shot of the facilities of No. 11 Elementary Flying School at Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec

School operated by Quebec Airways and CP Air.

Information on RCAF Station Cap de la Madeleine can be found here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Cap de la Madeleine QC

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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