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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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Hudson, John Gordon

Killed in Action 1944-04-23

Male Head

Birth Date: 1922

Born: Auckland, New Zealand

Home: Auckland New Zealand

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RNZAF

Unit

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

Base

RAF Waterbeach

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

41150

Home

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Auckland New Zealand

Target

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Dusseldorf Germany

First Burial

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Runnymede Memorial, Sussex, England.

Took off from Waterbeach at 23:15 in Lancaster Mk II (Sqn code JI-D Bomber Command on an operation to Dusseldorf Germany

Aircraft DS-828 was likely shot down by flak but could possibly have been involved in a mid-air collision with another 514 Sqn Lancaster II DS 669 during night operations against Dusseldorf, Germany.

Killed includes Hudson:Pilot Officer Colin Alexander Campbell RCAF J/89445 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 7. Row C. Grave 9.Pilot Officer Wallace Lawrence Granbois RCAF J/89454 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 7. D. 13.Sergeant Geoffrey Goddard RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 7. Row C. Grave 4.Sergeant Graham Randall Jones RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 7. Row C. Grave 2.WO Henry Thomas Rolph RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 214.

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)