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John Griffin was a significant historian, documenting Canada's Military aircraft.
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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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"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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Wiskin, James Harold Charles (Aircraftman 1st Class)

Killed in Action 1940-April-20

Aircraftman 1st Class James Harold Charles Wiskin RCAF

Birth Date: 1919-September-14

Born:

Parents: Son of James H. Wiskin and Vera Wiskin, of Belleville; husband of Molly M. Wiskin, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Spouse: Husband of Molly M. Wiskin, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Home: Belleville, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

10 (BR) Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Aircraftman 1st Class

Position

Service Numbers

2645

Home

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Belleville, Ontario

Final Burial

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Cataraqui Cemetery
Sec H Lot 6

10 North Atlantic Squadron. AC1 Wiskin lost his life when his Douglas Digby aircraft 743 crashed at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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

Accident Card - Douglas Digby Mk. I serial:743

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1940-April-20. Douglas Digby s/n 743.

This accident involved 6 people. Barry RA, Dennis RR, Richardson JG, Thomas RA, Wiskin JHE, Wood JP

This accident had 1 fatality. Aircraftman 1st Class James Harold Charles Wiskin RCAF Killed in Action service no:2645 Digby 743

Unit Desciption

10 (BR) Sqn ()

Battle honours

The Second World War

NORTH-WEST ATLANTIC, 1940-1945.

Lineage

Authorized as No.10 (Torpedo Bomber) Squadronâ€™ 1 April 1938.Footnote1

Redesignated 'No.10 (Bomber) Squadron' 28 August 1939.Footnote2

Redesignated 'No.10 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron' 1 September 1939.Footnote3

Disbanded 13 August 1945.Footnote4

Notes:

No lineal connection with '10 Experimental Squadron', of 1967-70. See 10 Experimental Squadron.

Operational history

The Second World War

The squadron flew on anti-submarine operations on the Atlantic Coast under 'Eastern Air Command'.Footnote5

Footnotes

Footnote 1

GO 48/38. Authorized but not formed (AFGO 19/39)

Footnote 2

AFGO 41/39

Footnote 3

AFGO 57/39\

Footnote 4

Secret Organization Order 279, 4 August 1945, file S.17-10-1 (DOE), Kardex 181.009 (D5432)

Footnote 5

AFGO 25/40; Statement and Organization Charts for the Home and Overseas War and BCATP Organization, 15 April 1942, file S.8202, Kardex 181.002 (D421); Memorandum, Notes for CAS, Appendix A, 12 September 1939, Document Collection 77/543

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