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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

Blogs & Articles
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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Wyatt, Frederick John (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1944-June-09

Sergeant Frederick John Wyatt RCAF

Birth Date: 1911-August-30

Born: Howe, Sussex, England

Parents: Son of James and Anne (ne Jestico) Wyatt,(remarried Lambkin) of Portslade, Sussex, England.

Spouse:

Home: Port Slade, Sussex, England

Enlistment: Montreal, Quebec

Enlistment Date: 1940-June-19

Service

RCAF

Unit

4 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
In Futurum Videre To see into the future

Base

RCAF Stn. Ucluelet BC

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Flight Engineer (training)

Service Numbers

R/66620

Home

Google Map

Port Slade, Sussex, England

Final Burial

Google Map

Mountain View Cemetery
Block 3 Plot 23 Lot 15

4 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Ucluelet, British Columbia. Canso aircraft crashed.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Canso 11019

Flight Sergeant Joseph Colclough Barfoot RCAF

Flight Sergeant Barfoot, Joseph Colclough (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1944-June-09
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Warrant Officer 1 Charles Francis Coleman RCAF

Warrant Officer 1 Coleman, Charles Francis (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-June-09
Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Sergeant Charles Mervyn Edwards RCAF

Sergeant Edwards, Charles Mervyn (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-June-09
Woodland Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Pilot Officer Ernest Osborne Herlen RCAF

Pilot Officer Herlen, Ernest Osborne (RCAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1944-June-09
Woodlawn Cemetery Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Flight Lieutenant John Gordon Kee RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Kee, John Gordon (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-June-09
Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Pilot Officer Grant Reid Morrison RCAF

Pilot Officer Morrison, Grant Reid (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-June-09
Evergreen Cemetery, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Sergeant Allan Eber Rydholm RCAF

Sergeant Rydholm, Allan Eber (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-June-09
IOOF Cemetery, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Sergeant Frederick John Wyatt RCAF

Sergeant Wyatt, Frederick John (RCAF)
Flight Engineer (training)
Killed in Action
1944-June-09
Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Accident Card - Consolidated Canso A serial:11019

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-June-09. Cnso A s/n 11019.

This accident involved 9 people. Amos CM, Barfoot JC, Coleman CF, Edwards CM, Herlen EO, Kee JG, Morrison GR, Rydholm AE, Wyatt FJ

This accident had 8 fatalities. Sergeant Charles Mervyn Edwards RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/224812 Canso 11019, Flight Lieutenant John Gordon Kee RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/7075 Canso 11019, Pilot Officer Ernest Osborne Herlen RCAF Killed in Action service no:C/46827 Canso 11019, Flight Sergeant Joseph Colclough Barfoot RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/160424 Canso 11019, Sergeant Allan Eber Rydholm RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/196171 Canso 11019, Pilot Officer Grant Reid Morrison RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/39607 Canso 11019, Sergeant Frederick John Wyatt RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/66620 Canso 11019, Warrant Officer 1 Charles Francis Coleman RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/60598 Canso 11019

Canso serial: 11019

RCAF Canso A (Serial No. 9754), No. 162 Squadron, F/L David Ernest Hornell aircraft.

The Consolidated Catalina and Canso were close cousins. The Canso was the true amphibious version of the design and therefore included a conventional undercarriage to allow for either water or land use. The Canso provided more than two decades of valuable service to the RCAF. The Catalina variant came first and was produced beginning in 1935 for the United States Navy. The amphibious version, designated PBY-5A, came in service early in 1941 and the RCAF began using the aircraft on anti-submarine patrols that same year. After the Second World War, the RCAF used Cansos for search and rescue, Arctic survey missions and various transport operations. RCAF

YouTube Canso PBY

Wikipedia Canso PBY

unvetted Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page

Aircraft Images

Canso 11019

Canso A 11019

With No. 4 (BR) Squadron at RCAF Station Ucluelet, BC when it crashed on landing in Ucluelet Inlet at 06:50 on 9 June 1944, at the end of a patrol. 8 of 9 crew members killed. Allocated to No. 3 Repair Depot at Vancouver on 19 June 1944 for striking off.

1943-11-27 Taken on Strength Western Air Command 2019-08-20
1944-June-09 Accident: 4 Squadron Loc: Ucluelet Inlet Names: Amos | Barfoot | Coleman | Edwards | Herlen | Kee | Morrison | Rydholm | Wyatt
1944-07-14 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20