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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

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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Korbyl, Paul Frank (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-April-25

Flying Officer Paul Frank Korbyl RCAF

Birth Date: 1923

Born:

Parents: Steve and Maria Korbyl of Edmonton Alberta

Spouse:

Home: Hilliard, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

626 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
To Strive And Not To Yield To strive and not to yeild

Base

RAF Wickenby

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/25353

Home

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Hilliard, Alberta

Target

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Karlsruhe Germany

Final Burial

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Durnbach War Cemetery
Plot 3 Row H Coll Grave 21-25

626 Squadron (To Strike And Not To Yield). Aircraft DV244 went missing during a night operations against Karlsruhe, Germany. P/Os G.H. Bainbridge and V.H. Bernyk were also killed. addendum 2: See page 394. Four RAF members of the crew, FS.s R.H. Crystal, G.H. Davies, Sgt.s J.G. Hodge, and J. Wilson were also killed.

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)

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster DV244

Pilot Officer George Harvey Bainbridge RCAF

Pilot Officer Bainbridge, George Harvey (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1944-April-25
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany

Pilot Officer Victor Hector Bernyk RCAF

Pilot Officer Bernyk, Victor Hector (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-April-25
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany

Flt Sergeant Rowland Henry Crystal RAF

Flt Sergeant Crystal, Rowland Henry (RAF)
Rear Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-April-25
cemetery unknown

Flt Sergeant George Henry Davies RAF

Flt Sergeant Davies, George Henry (RAF)
M-U Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-April-25
cemetery unknown

Sergeant James Gerrard Hodge RAF

Sergeant Hodge, James Gerrard (RAF)
W/Op-AG
Killed in Action
1944-April-25
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer Paul Frank Korbyl RCAF

Flying Officer Korbyl, Paul Frank (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1944-April-25
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany

Sergeant Jack Wilson RAF

Sergeant Wilson, Jack (RAF)
Flt. Engineer
Killed in Action
1944-April-25
cemetery unknown