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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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McMurchy, Lorne Sinclair (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-June-22

Flying Officer Lorne Sinclair McMurchy RCAF

Birth Date: 1923

Born:

Parents: John Sinclair McMurchy & Winnifred Annie McMurchy; husband of Lucy Adele McMurchy, of Calgary, Alberta.

Spouse: Lucy Adele McMurchy, of Calgary, Alberta.

Home: Calgary, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

9 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Noctem Volamus Through out the night we fly

Base

RAF Bardney

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/25893

Home

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Calgary, Alberta

Target

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Gelsenkirchen Germany

Final Burial

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Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery
XIV H 16

9 Squadron (Per Noctem Volamus). Lancaster aircraft ME 704 missing during night operations against Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Sergeant D.A. Redshaw was also killed. Two Canadians, F/Os Berry and Sheppard were taken Prisoners of War. Three members of the crew, not Canadians, missing presumed killed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster ME704

Flying Officer Adam Barr Berry RCAF

Flying Officer Berry, Adam Barr (RCAF)
Navigator
Prisoner of War
1944-June-22
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Philip Bowen-Chennell RAFVR

Sergeant Bowen-Chennell, Philip (RAFVR)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-June-22
Ede General Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands

Sergeant Cyril Aubrey Glew RAF

Sergeant Glew, Cyril Aubrey (RAF)

Prisoner of War
1944-June-22
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Robert Saltoun Hardie RAF

Sergeant Hardie, Robert Saltoun (RAF)

Prisoner of War
1944-June-22
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer Alfred Kidd RAFVR

Flying Officer Kidd, Alfred (RAFVR)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1944-June-22
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Germany

Flying Officer Lorne Sinclair McMurchy RCAF

Flying Officer McMurchy, Lorne Sinclair (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-June-22
Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Sergeant Donald Andrew Harvey Redshaw RCAF

Sergeant Redshaw, Donald Andrew Harvey (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-June-22
Rusthof Amersfoort, Dodeweg, Leusden, Netherlands

Flying Officer William Raymond Sheppard RCAF

Flying Officer Sheppard, William Raymond (RCAF)

Prisoner of War
1944-June-22
cemetery unknown