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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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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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McClenaghan, John Ralph (Flying Officer)

Prisoner of War 1944-August-03

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Service

RCAF

Unit

514 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nil Obstare Potest Nothing can withstand

Base

RAF Waterbeach

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Service Numbers

J/89983
PoW: 8104

Target

Bois de Casson

514 Squadron (Nil obstare potest) RAF Waterbeach at 11:58 in Lancaster Mk II (Sqn code: JI-G2 Bomber Command) toattack a flying bomb site in France.

Aircraft taken down close to Beaumont in France having been struck by falling bombs from above.and crashing some 10 km S of Beaumont France at 14:10 .

POWs: Flying Officer Stuart Baxter RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. W/O2 William Ernest Egri RCAF R/87920 POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia. Sergeant John Davis Reid RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Warrant Officer Class 2 W E Eyre RCAF R/number POW camp not listed. Flight Sergeant J R McClenaghan RCAF R/number POW camp not listed.

Other Occupants in LL716: Flying Officer John Backhouse Topham RAF Evader Flight Sergeant F W Dennehy RAF Evader

Unvetted Source Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database