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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 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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201 Squadron (RAF)

No Unit Description Found

Unit Accident Records: 201 Sqn RAF ()

No Crash Cards Found

Unit Casualtues: 201 Sqn RAF (42)

Canada

Milburn Smith Misener

1918-August-09

Killed in Action

Brantford, Ontario (Parents)

Canada

Norman Oliphant Macaulay Foggo

1918-August-18

Killed in Action

Canada

Willbur Austin Johnston

1918-September-14

Survived

Victoria, B.C.

Canada

William Hector Ptolemy

1918-October-04

Survived

Listowel, Ontario

Canada

William Hector Ptolemy

1918-October-04

Survived

Listowel, Ontario

John Michael Simmons

1941-August-21

Killed in Action

Francis William Selfe

1941-August-21

Killed in Action

Kenneth Eric Newman

1941-August-21

Killed

1941-August-21

Killed in Action

John Arthur Charles King

1941-August-21

Killed in Action

William Perccival Joseph Hancox

1941-August-21

Killed in Action

Thomas James Gordon

1941-August-21

Killed in Action

Edwin Wallace William Gange

1941-August-21

Killed in Action

Arhur Guy Evill

1941-August-21

Killed in Action

David Michael Victor Peter Devereux

1941-August-21

Killed in Action

Leonard Henry Barraclough

1941-August-21

Killed in Action

Ernest Osborne Adams

1941-August-21

Killed in Action

Canada

John Frederick Richard

1941-August-21

Killed in Action

Winnipeg, Manitoba

John Burnett Hides

1941-December-21

Killed in Action

Middlewich, Cheshire, England

John Hay Wallace

1941-December-21

Killed in Action

Kenneth William Bennett

1941-December-21

Killed in Action

Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland

Herbert Leslie Southall

1941-December-21

Killed in Flying Accident

1941-December-21

Killed in Action

Lower Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire, England

1941-December-21

Killed in Flying Accident

Denton Holme, Carlisle, Cumbria, England

Robert Cunningham

1941-December-21

Killed in Action

Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland

John Humphrey Martin

1941-December-21

Killed in Action

Bishopston, Swansea, Wales

Herbert Frederick Mitchell

1941-December-21

Killed in Action

Billericay, Essex, England

Australia

David James Fletcher

1941-December-21

Killed in Action

Canada

James Wallace Douglas

1941-December-21

Killed in Action

New Westminster, British Columbia (parents)

Canada

Douglas James Dolphin

1943-November-18

Killed in Flying Accident

Toronto, Ontario (parents)

David John Thomas Twist

1945-March-14

Killed in Action

Llanfair, Caereinion, Wales (parents)

James George Robinson

1945-March-14

Killed in Action

Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England

1945-March-14

Killed in Action

Glasgow, Scotland (parents)

George Reginald Kennedy

1945-March-14

Killed in Action

Hanwell, Middlesex, England

1945-March-14

Killed in Action

Ampleforth, Yorkshire, England

Denis Ralph Hatton

1945-March-14

Killed in Action

Skegness, Lincolnshire,England

Australia

John Percival Garrard

1945-March-14

Killed in Action

Fairfield, Victoria, Australia

Stanley Bernard Frith

1945-March-14

Killed in Action

Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Frederick Nickolas George Ford

1945-March-14

Killed in Action

Taunton, Somerset, England (parents)

1945-March-14

Killed in Action

West Hartlepool, County Durham, Engloand (parents)

Edward Norman Cave

1945-March-14

Killed in Action

Ilford Essex, England

Canada

Robert Douglas Albert Becker

1945-March-14

Killed in Action

Pouce Coupe, British Columbia (parents)