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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

Find a Person
Name or Home Town Search Browse by Letter

Casualties and Remembrance
War Status Search Catastrophic Losses (Ships Hotels Aircraft) Cemeteries (WW1 WW2 and Beyond) This Day in History

Units, Aircraft and Services
Unit (Squadron) Search Aircraft Type or Serial Search Choose Specific Military

Andrew Mynarski, VC

We Shall Remember Them.
Interactive Maps

Second World War Training

BCATP Training Schools BCATP Casualties 1939-45 Worldwide Training Casualties 1939-45

Second World War Operations

Fighter Squadrons Maritime Reconnaissance Squadrons Transport Squadrons
Bomber Command
Bomber Squadrons RCAF Bomb Tonnage 1941-45

Cold War

Maps to come.

Other

Maps to come.
History

Education & History
Start Here Glossary Canada and the Second World War 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."
Contact

2 FTS- Flying Training School (RCAF) - Moose Jaw Saskatchewan

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Moose Jaw SK

YouTube YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan

Harvard Crew

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

YouTube YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy

Unit Accident Records: 2 FTS 2 Flight Training School RCAF ()

No Crash Cards Found

Unit Casualtues: 2 FTS 2 Flight Training School RCAF (16)

Canada

Ernest Alfred Brown

1953-August-05

Killed in Flying Accident

Harvard Mk.II 2552

Brandon, Manitoba

John Pollock Hamilton

1953-October-29

Killed in Flying Accident

Harvard Mk.IIB 3317

Truro, Cornwall, England

Canada

Charles Robert Bryers

1953-December-30

Killed in Flying Accident

Harvard Mk. II / IIR AJ969

Toronto, Ontario

Thomas Andrew Thorrat

1954-April-08

Killed in Flying Accident

Harvard Mk.IIB 3309

Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland UK

Derek William Edward Jerwood

1954-September-22

Killed in Flying Accident

Harvard 4 20478

London, England

Canada

Alan Herbert Traub

1955-May-05

Killed in Flying Accident

Harvard Mk. II AH189

Makaroff, Manitoba

Canada

Raymond Lawrence Hahn

1955-May-05

Killed in Flying Accident

Harvard Mk. II AH189

Regina, Saskatchewan

Canada

John Michael Glenister

1955-August-02

Killed in Flying Accident

Harvard Mk. II / 2A AJ933

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Canada

John Norman Baird

1957-January-09

Killed in Flying Accident

Harvard 4 20389

Toronto, Ontario

Canada

Raymond Neil Perkins

1958-May-21

Killed in Flying Accident

Harvard 4 20391

Borden, Saskatchewan

Canada

Peter Phipps Cumberland

1958-May-21

Killed in Flying Accident

Harvard 4 20391

Toronto, Ontario

Canada

Joseph Michel Gerald Nadon

1964-October-06

Killed in Flying Accident

Harvard 4 20372

Buckingham, Quebec

Canada

Michael John Diss

1965-July-27

Killed in Flying Accident

Chipmunk 2 18062

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Canada

Terence Alan Heyfron

1965-July-28

Killed in Flying Accident

Tutor 26022

Buckinghamshire, England

Canada

Alvin Edward Nygaard

1966-October-08

Killed in Flying Accident

Silver Star 3PT 21290

Estevan, Saskatchewan

Harold Malcolm Boyd

1967-June-13

Killed in Flying Accident

Silver Star 3AT/PT 21095