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"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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36 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF) ( 39)

The Operational Training Unit (OTU) was the last stop for aircrew trainees. They spent 8 to 14 weeks learning to fly operational aircraft (Hawker Hurricane or Fairey Swordfish, e.g.). The instructors had experience in actual operations, and often were posted to OTUs after their operational tour. More information on the Air Force Station at Greenwood, Nova Scotia can be found at

RAF Roundel RCAF.info - Greenwood, Nova Scotia

General NO36 OTU Roll Of Honor

Museum Greenwod Military Aviation Museum Video History Of Greenwood

1942-03-01

Primary Location Greenwood NS Canada Currently CFB Greenwood N.S. Ident CYZX

Sergeant

Armstrong, Douglas Wilson

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑10‑08

Hudson (BW700)

Montreal, Quebec

Aircraftman 2nd Class

Badham, Ivor George

Died

1942‑05‑21

()

Sergeant

Badmington, Edward Price

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑10‑10

Hudson (BW703)

Tredegar, England

Pilot Officer

Banks, Harry Geoffrey

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑03‑18

Hudson (V9171)

Sergeant

Barrett, Robert Oliver

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑10‑08

Hudson (BW700)

Blenheim, Ontario

Corporal

Bentley, Herbert

Killed in Vehicle Accident

1942‑10‑11

()

Todmorden, Lancashire, England

Pilot Officer

Blick, Claude Wynter Arthur

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑06‑25

Hudson (BW770)

Flying Officer

Bowers, Edward John

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑04‑18

Mosquito (KB111)

West Allis, Wisconsin, USA

Pilot Officer

Brown, James Gerald

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑04‑20

Mosquito (KB126)

Flying Officer

Bruce, John Charles William

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑08‑27

Mosquito (HJ871)

Flight Lieutenant

Church, Harold William

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑01‑18

Oxford (EB506)

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (parents)

Sergeant

Desmarais, Benoit

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑10‑08

Hudson (BW700)

St Boniface, Manitoba

Sergeant

Edmond, David

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑10‑10

Hudson (BW703)

Sergeant

Elder, John Jardine

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑10‑10

Hudson (BW703)

Sergeant

Finn, Martin Willard

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑10‑10

Hudson (BW703)

Sault Ste Marie, Ontario

Sergeant

Fuller, Ronald Allen

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑06‑10

Mosquito (KB163)

Pilot Officer

Gaha, Francis Clive

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑03‑18

Hudson (V9171)

Flying Officer

Gilmour, Richard George

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑02‑17

Mosquito (KB109)

Hythe, Alberta

Flying Officer

Harris, Dallas George

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑08‑27

Mosquito (HJ871)

Brandon, Manitoba

Pilot Officer

Henley, Maurice Albert William

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑04‑18

Mosquito (KB111)

Flight Sergeant

Hopkinson, Jack Nettleton

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑06‑25

Hudson (BW770)

Squadron Leader

Howard, Louis Alexander George

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑08‑03

Anson (AX611)

Pilot Officer

Knowles, George William

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑10‑08

Hudson (BW700)

Sarnia, Ontario

Flying Officer

McCann, Hugh Edward

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑04‑20

Mosquito (KB126)

Flying Officer

McDowell, John Nelson

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑06‑10

Mosquito (KB163)

Toronto, Ontario

Flying Officer

McFarlane, Jack Campbell

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑10‑08

Hudson (BW700)

Youngstown, Alberta

Squadron Leader

Miles, Richard Arthur

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑03‑06

Hudson (BW768)

Flight Lieutenant

O'Connell, Lawrence James

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑01‑18

Oxford (EB506)

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Pilot Officer

Pittock, Trevor Alfred

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑09‑17

Mosquito (KB178)

Pilot Officer

Proulx, Thomas Omar

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑03‑06

Hudson (BW768)

Sault Ste Marie, Ontario

Flight Lieutenant

Richards, Elmer Oscar

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑12‑11

Hudson (BW410)

Washago, Ontario

Pilot Officer

Rutherford, Allan James

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑09‑17

Mosquito (KB178)

Flight Sergeant

Shackell, Daniel

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑10‑08

Hudson (BW700)

Pilot Officer

Teer, Leonard Herbert

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑02‑17

Mosquito (KB109)

Flying Officer

Walls, Rex James

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑01‑18

Oxford (EB506)

Flying Officer

Walsh, John Dermot

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑01‑18

Oxford (EB506)

Sergeant

Wilkins, Henry Lionel John

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑12‑11

Hudson (BW410)

Pilot Officer

Wise, J F

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑12‑11

()

Pilot Officer

Woodman, Henry Raymond

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑10‑08

Hudson (BW700)

Smith's Cove, Digby County, Nova Scotia

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

36 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF) ( 39)

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