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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.
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RCAF Accident Cards (1939-1945) JA Griffin Documents 1968 and 2005 Obtaining a World War II Service File

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Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

John Griffin was a significant historian, documenting Canada's Military aircraft.
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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.
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Andrew Mynarski, VC

We Shall Remember Them.
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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

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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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Rhea, David Ronald (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Killed in Action 1943-February-24

Warrant Officer 2nd Class David Ronald Rhea RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-April-17

Born:

Parents: Son of William F. Rhea and Florence Rhea, of Toronto husband of Dolores Jean Rhea, of Toronto.

Spouse: Husband of Dolores Jean Rhea, of Toronto.

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

11 (BR) Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/91216

Home

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Toronto, Ontario

Final Burial

Google Map

Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Sec 33 Grave 213

11 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron. Hudson aircraft crashed.

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

Hudson BW453

Flight Sergeant Harold Chester Johnson RCAF

Flight Sergeant Johnson, Harold Chester (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-February-24
Lutheran Cemetery, Weldon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Sergeant Edgar Macmillan RCAF

Sergeant Macmillan, Edgar (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-February-24
Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Warrant Officer 2nd Class David Ronald Rhea RCAF

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Rhea, David Ronald (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-February-24
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Flight Sergeant Maurice Medcalf Rowe RCAF

Flight Sergeant Rowe, Maurice Medcalf (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-February-24
Kincardine Cemetery, Kincardine, Ontario, Canada

Accident Card - Lockheed Hudson Mk. III serial:BW453

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-February-24. Hudson III s/n BW453.

This accident involved 4 people. Johnson HC, Macmillan E, Rhea DR, Rowe MM

This accident had 4 fatalities. Warrant Officer 2nd Class David Ronald Rhea RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/91216 Hudson BW453, Flight Sergeant Harold Chester Johnson RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/98944 Hudson BW453, Sergeant Edgar Macmillan RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/125154 Hudson BW453, Flight Sergeant Maurice Medcalf Rowe RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/99614 Hudson BW453

Unit Desciption

11 (BR) Sqn ()