About

CASPIR Data Archive Mission & Data Sources Significant Canadian Historians Our Team RCAF Assistance CASPIR Volunteering

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

Name or Home Town Search Unit (Squadron) Search Aircraft Type or Serial Search Browse by Letter This Day in History

War Status Search Catastrophic Losses (Ships Hotels Aircraft) Choose Specific Military Cemeteries (WW1 WW2 and Beyond)

Andrew Mynarski, VC

We Shall Remember Them.
History

Start Here Glossary Canada and World War II Combatants & First Airmen Casualties Air Force Operations Battle of Britain Women in War War Artists

"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."
Contact

Bennett, Gordon Henry

Killed in Action 1943-07-03

Male Head

Birth Date: unkown date

Born:

Home: Clacton-on-Sea, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAFVR

Unit

70 (MP) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Usquam Anywhere

Base

RAF Kairouan, Tunisia

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

1217083

Home

Google Map

Clacton-on-Sea, England

First Burial

Google Map

Malta Memorial, Malta

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

This incident involved multiple aircraft:

Oxford Mk. I Serial: AR850

All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.

Oxford AR850

Oxford Mk. I AR850

Taken on strength at No. 1 Wireless School at St. Hubert, Quebec. To No. 4 Training Command on 5 July 1941, for use by No. 34 Service Flying Training School at Medicine Hat, Alberta. Category C damage at Medicine Hat at 03:05 on 11 October 1941, while being flown solo by student pilot. Pending disposal from 8 June 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944, still pending disposal. Stored at No. 10 Repair Depot at Calgary, where it was noted with 1484:45 total time, never overhauled.

1941-05-27 Taken on Strength No. 3 Training Command 2019-08-20
1941-October-11 Accident: 34 Service Flying Training School Loc: Medicine Hat Aerodrome Names: Roberts
1943-July-03 Accident: 32 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Banner | Hill | Schofield
1945-01-23 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal 2019-08-20