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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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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 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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Kerr, Roy Wesley (Second-Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-August-12

Second-Lieutenant Roy Wesley Kerr RAF

Birth Date: 1895-January-07

Born: Toronto, Ontario

Parents: J. H. & Ella I. Kerr

Spouse: unmarried

Home: Toronto, Ontario.

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

2 (OT) FS- Fighting School (RAF)

Base

Marske England

Rank

Second-Lieutenant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

Home

Google Map

Toronto, Ontario.

Final Burial

Google Map

St Germain Churchyard
E 31

1918-08-12: Kerr lost control of his Dolphin during firing practise. He lost flying speed in a climbing turn and the aircraft flipped on its back and fell to earth.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Crew or Other Personnel

Dolphin D3773

Second-Lieutenant Roy Wesley Kerr RAF

Second-Lieutenant Kerr, Roy Wesley (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1918-August-12
St Germain Churchyard, Marske-In-Cleveland, Yorkshire, UK

Dolphin serial: D3773

Source Kestrel Publications

The Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin was a British fighter aircraft manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It was used by the Royal Flying Corps and its successor, the Royal Air Force, during the First World War. The Dolphin entered service on the Western Front in early 1918 and proved to be a formidable fighter. The aircraft was not retained in the postwar inventory and was retired shortly after the war.

No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron, which operated Dolphins along with S.E.5as, Sopwith Snipes, and captured Fokker D.VIIs, was disbanded on 28 January 1920. Although retired from Canadian Air Force service, a small number of Dolphins were sent back to Canada. Wikipedia

YouTube Dolphin

Wikipedia Dolphin

unvetted Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page

CAF Sopwith Dolphin Serials - Kestrel Publications