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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

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."
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MacLaren, Donald Roderick

Survived 1918-10-09

Male Head

Birth Date: unkown date

Born: Ottawa, Ontario

Robert James MacLaren & Mary Jeanie MacLaren

Home: Burnaby, BC

Enlistment: Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1917-05-08

Decorations: DSO, MC & bar, DFC, CDGF, LoH

Distinguished Service Order

Military Cross Bar

Distinguished Service Cross

Croix de Guerre France

Service

RAF

Unit

46 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
We Rise To Conquer

Base

France

Rank

Major

Position

2nd Lieutenant

Service Numbers

Home

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Burnaby, BC

First Burial

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Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, B.C.

MacLaren completed a surveyor's course in Vancouver and later worked as a fur trapper in northern Canada. He joined the RFC in 1917 and had shot down 54 enemy aircraft by the end of the war. He was the highest scoring WW1 ace to fly the Sopwith Camel. He scored his final victory on 1918-10-09. After the war he became superintendent of Canadian Airways, and was in charge of operations for Trans-Canada Airlines in 1937. He was one of the founders of the Air Cadet League and was elected to the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame in 1977.

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