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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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107 Squadron (RAF) ( 29)

Pilot Officer

Beck, John William

Killed in Action

1942‑12‑06

Boston (Z2252)

Shoreham, Vermont, USA

Flight Lieutenant

Bell, Vanegmond Robert

Killed in Action

1945‑03‑06

Mosquito (RS533)

Toronto, Ontario

Pilot Officer

Bennett, Richard Henry Montague

Killed in Action

1940‑06‑30

Blenheim (R3823)

Blairmore, Alberta

Lieutenant

Beveridge, George Varley

Accident

1918‑06‑15

DH.9 (C6343)

Westmount, Montreal, Quebec

Warrant Officer 2

Black, Gordon Samuel Gay

Prisoner of War

1942‑04‑27

Boston (Z2194)

Pilot Officer

Bowman, Lloyd Douglas

Killed in Action

1942‑06‑10

Boston (AL715)

Midland, Ontario

2nd-Lieutenant

Butler, Albert Henry

Survived

1918‑10‑22

DH.9 (D7339)

Flight Sergeant

Calderwood, Jack Sidney Alexander

Killed in Action

1941‑12‑13

Blenheim (Z7368)

Windsor, Ontario

Flight Lieutenant

Cohen, Samuel

Killed in Action

1944‑11‑21

Mosquito (HR198)

Montreal, Quebec

Flight Sergeant

Collins, John Robert

Killed in Action

1942‑07‑28

Boston (AL765)

Toronto, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Davidson, Charles Grant

Killed in Action

1945‑03‑06

Mosquito (RS533)

Toronto, Ontario

Pilot Officer

Delaney, Thomas Joseph

Killed in Action

1942‑04‑12

Boston (W8355)

Placentia, Newfoundland

Captain

Dore, William Henry

Missing in Action

1918‑08‑09

DH.9 (D5556)

Burlingame, California, USA (mother)

Flying Officer

Hadley, Keith Bayfield

Killed in Action

1944‑04‑25

Mosquito (MM419)

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

Lieutenant

Holden, Alexander Bancroft

Survived

1918‑11‑10

DH.9 (F6074)

Olmsted, Minnesota, USA

Sergeant

Hunting, William Karl

Killed in Action

1941‑10‑09

Blenheim (Z7644)

Huntingville, Quebec

Flight Lieutenant

McCullough, Edward Ernest

Prisoner of War

1943‑10‑22

Boston (BZ234)

Kentville, Nova Scotia

Flight Sergeant

McLean, Albert Perry

Killed in Action

1941‑12‑13

Blenheim (Z7368)

Grimsby, Ontario (parents)

Sergeant

McLeod, Gerald Francis

Killed in Action

1941‑10‑11

Blenheim (Z7618)

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

Flight Lieutenant

O'Sullivan, Robert Joseph

Killed in Action

1945‑03‑10

Mosquito (HR254)

Valleyfield, Quebec

Second-Lieutenant

Player, Frank

Died

1918‑09‑04

DH.9 ()

South Wootton, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Rogers, Lynn Harold

Killed in Action

1944‑08‑25

Mosquito (LR257)

Hamilton, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Russell, Richard Anderson

Killed in Action

1942‑07‑28

Boston (AL765)

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Flight Sergeant

Shaver, William Taylor

Killed in Action

1941‑10‑26

Blenheim (Z7704)

Lunenburg, Ontario

Flying Officer

Taylor, Wilburn Macmilne

Killed in Action

1944‑08‑08

Mosquito (NS820)

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Turner, John Vivian

Accident

1918‑08‑03

DH.9 (D2956)

Flight Sergeant

Whidden, Charles Arthur

Died

1941‑11‑04

Blenheim (Z9663)

Gretna, Manitoba

Second-Lieutenant

Willis, Philip

Missing in Action

1918‑08‑09

DH.9 (E621)

Warrant Officer 1

Wilson, Harold Eric

Killed in Action

1942‑12‑06

Boston (AL737)

Richmond Hill, Ontario

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

107 Squadron (RAF) ( 29)

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