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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

Blogs & Articles
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."
Contact

6 AOS- Air Observer School (RCAF)

Air Observers were later called "navigators". For recruits in this stream, the training path after ITS was 8 weeks at an Air Observer School (AOS), 1 month at a Bombing & Gunnery School, and finally 1 month at a Navigation School. The Air Observer schools were operated by civilians under contract to the RCAF. For example, Nos. 7, 8, and 9 were run by CP Airlines. However, the instructors were RCAF. The basic navigation techniques throughout the war years were dead reckoning and visual pilotage, and the tools were the aeronautical chart, magnetic compass, watch, trip log, pencil, Douglas protractor, and Dalton Navigational Computer. They trained in the Avro Anson.

Avro Anson NO6 AOS

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Prince Albert SK

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Hagen SK

Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial - History 6 AOS

YouTube YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan

Project 44 BCATP

unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

YouTube YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy

Unit Accident Records: 6 AOS 6 Air Observer School RCAF (8)

Canada

1941-June-07 Accident: 6 Air Observer School Loc: Prince Albert Airport Names: Ackerman | Ansford | Waite

Canada

1941-June-10 Accident: 6 Air Observer School Loc: Prince Albert Airport Names: Hicks | Kamm | Schofield | Stephenson

Canada

1941-October-08 Accident: 6 Air Observer School Loc: Prince Albert Aerodrome Names: Donahue | Leonard | Nicholson | St Clair

Canada

1942-February-24 Accident: 6 Air Observer School Loc: Prince Albert Airfield Names: Mayer | Peabody

Canada

1942-March-05 Accident: 6 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hough | Smith

Canada

1942-March-18 Accident: 6 Air Observer School Loc: Kinistino Names: Hurst | Hyer | Lapp | Ness

Canada

1942-May-05 Accident: 6 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Arnason | Davidson | Hepher | Scott

Canada

1942-June-25 Accident: 6 Air Observer School Loc: Prince Albert Names: Brown | McCambley

Unit Casualtues: 6 AOS 6 Air Observer School RCAF (4)

USA

Glen Kenneth Hyer

1942-March-18

Killed in Flying Accident

Anson Mk. I R9740

Warren, Pennsylvania USA

Canada

Cyril Samuel Lapp

1942-March-18

Killed in Flying Accident

Anson Mk. I R9740

Dunnville, Ontario

Canada

Olav Alfred Ness

1942-March-18

Killed in Flying Accident

Anson Mk. I R9740

Sturgis, Saskatchewan

Canada

Harvey William Hurst

1942-March-18

Killed in Flying Accident

Anson Mk. I R9740

Gravenhurst, Ontario