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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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Schultz, Elmer Joseph (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-July-24

Flight Sergeant Elmer Joseph Schultz RCAF

Birth Date: 1914-March-24

Born: Hubbard, Saskatchewan

Parents: Son of John and Christine Schultz, of Hubbard, Saskatchewan.

Spouse: Husband of Myrtle Edith Schultz, of Tyne Valley, Prince Edward Island.

Home: Hubbard, Saskatchewan

Enlistment: Regina, Saskatchewan

Enlistment Date: 1938-June-13

Service

RCAF

Unit

5 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School

Base

Dafoe, Saskatchewan, Canada

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/2467

Home

Google Map

Hubbard, Saskatchewan

Final Burial

Google Map

Hubbard Cemetery
Lot North 16 Block A

Lysander aircraft 2368 went into a flat spin and crashed seven miles south-west of the aerodrome at Dafoe. AC2 W.B. Greenlay was 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

Lysander 2368

Aircraftman 2nd Class Wallace Brian Greenlay RCAF

Aircraftman 2nd Class Greenlay, Wallace Brian (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-July-24
Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Flight Sergeant Elmer Joseph Schultz RCAF

Flight Sergeant Schultz, Elmer Joseph (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-July-24
Hubbard Cemetery, Hubbard, Saskatchewan, Canada

Accident Card - Westland Lysander Mk. IIIA TT serial:2368

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-July-24. Lysander s/n 2368.

This accident involved 2 people. Schultz EJ, Greenlay WB

This accident had 2 fatalities. Aircraftman 2nd Class Wallace Brian Greenlay RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/210475 Lysander 2368, Flight Sergeant Elmer Joseph Schultz RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/2467 Lysander 2368

Unit Desciption

5 BGS (5 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.

NO5 BGS Dafoe SK Patch

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Dafoe SK

Museum Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial - 5 BGS History

Museum Vintage Wings Ghosts Of Saskatchewan

Unvetted Source RCAF Dafoe Blog

YouTube YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

YouTube YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy