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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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Hays, William Stanley (Air Mechanic Class II)

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-March-03

Male Head

Birth Date: 1899-April-10

Born:

Parents: Stanley Hays & May Hays

Spouse: unmarried

Home: Seaforth, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario: RFC enlistment

Enlistment Date: 1917-April-10

Service

RFC

Unit

(OT) FTS- Flying Training School (RFC)

Base

No.1 Aerial Gunnery Sqn, Camp Taliafero, Ft. Worth, Texas, USA

Rank

Air Mechanic Class II

Position

Air Mechanic Class II

Service Numbers

71293, RFC

Home

Google Map

Seaforth, Ontario (parents)

Target

Google Map

Hays WS

Final Burial

Google Map

Maitland Bank Cemetery

Cannot find in the Book of Remembrance, *S.L.* 1918-03-03: Hays died in an unidentified Curtiss JN-4a; killed in flying accident, cause unknown. He was in the pilot's seat on this flight under instruction by 2Lt Reginald Martin Joseph Bate, (Canadian) who was in the second seat and was injured in the crash, but recovered. He is buried in the closest CWGC Cemetery to his parents home.

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)