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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.
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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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Snow, Gerald Barclay (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1941-June-03

Flight Lieutenant Gerald Barclay Snow RCAF

Birth Date: 1917

Born:

Parents: Walter B Snow & Alice M Snow

Spouse:

Home: Ottawa, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

11 (BR) Sqn- Squadron

Base

RCAF Stn. Yarmouth NS

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

C/982

Home

Google Map

Ottawa, Ontario (parents)

Final Burial

Google Map

Beechwood Cemetery
Sec 50 Lot 105 NE

11 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The crew of Hudson aircraft 782 were flying in bad weather and searching for missing Bolingbroke aircraft 9007 when they struck a radio mast on Sable Island and crashed. Flight Lieutenant F.J. Bell, Flying Officer I.L. Gillis, Cpl. D.E. Craig, and AC G.A. Dilworth were also killed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Hudson 782

Flight Lieutenant Frederick Judson Bell RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Bell, Frederick Judson (RCAF)
doctor
Killed in Action
1941-June-03
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Corporal Douglas Earl Craig RCAF

Corporal Craig, Douglas Earl (RCAF)

Killed in Action
1941-June-03
Woodlawn Cemetery Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Aircraftman 1 Gordon Allen Dilworth RCAF

Aircraftman 1 Dilworth, Gordon Allen (RCAF)
wireless operator, ground
Killed in Action
1941-June-03
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada

Flying Officer Ivan Lloyd George Gillis RCAF

Flying Officer Gillis, Ivan Lloyd George (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1941-June-03
Riverside Cemetery, Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia, Canada

Flight Lieutenant Gerald Barclay Snow RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Snow, Gerald Barclay (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1941-June-03
Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Accident Card - Lockheed Hudson I serial:782

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-June-03. Hudson s/n 782.

This accident involved 5 people. Bell FJ, Craig DE, Dillworth GA, Gillis ILG, Snow GB

This accident had 5 fatalities. Corporal Douglas Earl Craig RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/51049 Hudson 782, Flying Officer Ivan Lloyd George Gillis RCAF Killed in Action service no:C/1074 Hudson 782, Flight Lieutenant Gerald Barclay Snow RCAF Killed in Action service no:C/982 Hudson 782, Aircraftman 1 Gordon Allen Dilworth RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/61440 Hudson 782, Flight Lieutenant Frederick Judson Bell RCAF Killed in Action service no:C/3582 Hudson 782

Unit Desciption

11 (BR) Sqn ()