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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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Slawson, John Colquhoun (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-December-04

Pilot Officer John Colquhoun Slawson RCAF

Birth Date: 1914

Born:

Parents: William John & Martha (nee Dunlop) Slawson of Victoria Harbour, Ontario; husband of Myrtle D. Slawson, father of John Lynwood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Born in Toronto, 9 October 1914. Brot

Spouse: Myrtle D. Slawson, father of John Lynwood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Born in Toronto, 9 October 1914. Brot

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

354 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base

RAF Kankesanturai, Ceylon

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/95479
Prev: R/165065

Home

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Toronto, Ontario

Memorial Location

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Singapore War Memorial

354 Squadron (RAF) Shot down (means not found) and crashed at Germandorf, Brandenburg, Germany. Pilot Officer JC Slawson (RCAF) missing, presumed killed. Please see Bonany, AL for complete casualty list. Pilot Officer Slawson has no known grave.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Liberator KG822

Pilot Officer Christian Abildgaard RCAF

Pilot Officer Abildgaard, Christian (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-December-04
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

Flt Sergeant Joseph Roger Baril RAF

Flt Sergeant Baril, Joseph Roger (RAF)

Killed in Action
1944-December-04
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer Albert Louis Bonany RCAF

Pilot Officer Bonany, Albert Louis (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-December-04
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

Sergeant Richard Howard Chester RAF

Sergeant Chester, Richard Howard (RAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1944-December-04
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer Reginald Norman Etherington RCAF

Pilot Officer Etherington, Reginald Norman (RCAF)
Navigator Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1944-December-04
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

Flying Officer Maurice Jorgenson RCAF

Flying Officer Jorgenson, Maurice (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-December-04
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

Flt Sergeant Roderick John Leonard RCAF

Flt Sergeant Leonard, Roderick John (RCAF)
W/Op-AG
Killed in Action
1944-December-04
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer John Colquhoun Slawson RCAF

Pilot Officer Slawson, John Colquhoun (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-December-04
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

Flt Sergeant William Derek Smail RAF

Flt Sergeant Smail, William Derek (RAF)

Killed in Action
1944-December-04
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer Geoffrey Mccarthy Thickett RCAF

Pilot Officer Thickett, Geoffrey Mccarthy (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-December-04
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

Flt Sergeant Lorne Elwood Whalen RCAF

Flt Sergeant Whalen, Lorne Elwood (RCAF)

Killed in Action
1944-December-04
cemetery unknown