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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

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

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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Braithwaite, James Edward (First Lieutenant)

Prisoner of War 1944-June-01

Male Head

Birth Date: 1916-October-16

Born: McKeesport ,Pennsylvania, USA

Parents:

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

USAAF

Unit

622 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Bellamus Noctu We wage war by night

Base

RAF Mildenhall

Rank

First Lieutenant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

O88624
Prev: J/20069 RCAF

Target

Google Map

Trappes France railway yards

Took off from Mildenhall at 23:41 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code: GI-H Bomber Command) on an operation to the railway yards at Trappes France.

Crashed in wooded countryside near Poigny-la-Foret in (Yvelines) 6 km NW of Rambouillet. France

Killed: Flight Sergeant Douglas Paul Bernhardt RCAF R/183965 KIA Poigny-La-Foret Communal Cemetery Joint grave. Sergeant Anthony Charles Connor RAF KIA Villeneuve-St. Georges Old Communal Cemetery Grave 133. WO Samuel Norris RAF KIA Poigny-La-Foret Communal Cemetery Joint grave.

POWs includes Braithwaite: Sergeant Thomas Henry Cloran RAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia.

Evader: Flight Sergeant R Davidson RAF Evader. Sergeant T P Starling RCAF R/159985 Evader. Flight Sergeant T P Sterling RCAF R/159985 Evader.

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster LL782

Flight Sergeant Douglas Paul Bernhardt RCAF

Flight Sergeant Bernhardt, Douglas Paul (RCAF)
M-U Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-June-01
Communal Cemetery, Poigny-La-Foret, Seine-Et-Oise, France

First Lieutenant James Edward Braithwaite USAAF

First Lieutenant Braithwaite, James Edward (USAAF)
Pilot
Prisoner of War
1944-June-01
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Thomas Henry Cloran RAF

Sergeant Cloran, Thomas Henry (RAF)
W/Op-AG
Prisoner of War
1944-June-01
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Anthony Charles Connor RAF

Sergeant Connor, Anthony Charles (RAF)
Flt Engineer
Killed in Action
1944-June-01
cemetery unknown

Flt Sergeant Robert Davidson RAF

Flt Sergeant Davidson, Robert (RAF)
Navigator
Evader
1944-June-01
cemetery unknown

Warrant Officer Samuel Norris RAF

Warrant Officer Norris, Samuel (RAF)

Killed in Action
1944-June-01
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Thomas Patrick 'Paddy' Starling RCAF

Sergeant Starling, Thomas Patrick 'Paddy' (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Evader
1944-June-01
cemetery unknown