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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

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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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Howard, Charles William (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-August-19

Male Head

Birth Date: 1924

Born:

Parents: William Lorne and Florence Ruby Howard

Spouse: Edith Shears Howard

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAAF

Unit

3 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School

Base

MacDonald, Manitoba, Canada

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Service Numbers

420470

Home

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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Final Burial

Google Map

Elmwood Cemetery
Sec 12A Grave 1385

3 Bombing and Gunnery School, Macdonald, Manitoba. AC.1 Lockwood was a passenger in a Bolingbroke aircraft that crashed.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Crew or Other Personnel

Bolingbroke 10055

Flying Officer Charles William Howard RAAF

Flying Officer Howard, Charles William (RAAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1944-August-19
Elmwood Cemetery, Hespeler Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Aircraftman 1st Class Duane Francis Lockwood RCAF

Aircraftman 1st Class Lockwood, Duane Francis (RCAF)
equipment assistant
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-August-19
Woodlawn Cemetery Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Francis David Seagrim RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Seagrim, Francis David (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-August-19
St Vital Cemetery, St Vital, Manitoba, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Ernest Joseph Shelling RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Shelling, Ernest Joseph (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-August-19
Legion Cemetery, Nakusp, British Columbia, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Roy Arnold Sims RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Sims, Roy Arnold (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-August-19
Pinegrove Cemetery, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada

Accident Card - Bristol Bolingbroke Mk. IVT serial:10055

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-August-19. Bolingbroke IVT s/n 10055.

This accident involved 5 people. Howard CW, Lockwood DF, Seagrim FD, Shelling EJ, Sims RA

This accident had 5 fatalities. Aircraftman 1st Class Duane Francis Lockwood RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/285048 Bolingbroke 10055, Flying Officer Charles William Howard RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:420470 Bolingbroke 10055, Leading Aircraftman Francis David Seagrim RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/276956 Bolingbroke 10055, Leading Aircraftman Roy Arnold Sims RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:K/258468 Bolingbroke 10055, Leading Aircraftman Ernest Joseph Shelling RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/258345 Bolingbroke 10055

Unit Desciption

3 BGS (3 Bomb and Gunnery School)

The Bombing and Gunnery School (B&GS) offered instruction in the techniques of bomb aiming and aerial machine gunnery to Air Observers, Bomb Aimers, and Wireless Air Gunners. These schools required large areas to accommodate their bombing and gunnery ranges, and were often located near water. The Avro Anson, Fairey Battle, Bristol Bolingbroke, and Westland Lysander were the standard aircraft used at B&GS schools.

NO3 BGS MacDonald MB

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station MacDonald Manitoba

Museum Manitoba Historical Society - 3 BGS History

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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