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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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108 Squadron (RAF) ( 17)

Flight Sergeant

Brown, John Wesley

Killed in Action

1942‑06‑11

Wellington (BB482)

St Catharines, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Chalmers, Robert Allan Arthur

Killed in Action

1942‑07‑12

Wellington (DV674)

Ruislip,Middlesex, England

Pilot Officer

Cody, James Doan

Killed in Flying Accident

1939‑10‑31

Anson (N5177)

Windsor, Ontario

2nd-Lieutenant

Cox, Francis Baker

Prisoner of War

1918‑09‑15

DH.9 (D3107)

Flight Sergeant

Fitzgerald, Terence Cunliffe

Killed in Action

1941‑09‑27

Wellington (T2729)

Grenfell, Saskatchewan

Flight Sergeant

Goodenough, Carlton Stokes

Killed in Action

1942‑03‑16

Liberator (AL577)

Bury, Quebec

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Hall, Norman Stanley

Killed in Action

1942‑02‑23

Wellington (AD599)

Calgary, Alberta

Hutchinson, John Alexander

Prisoner of War

1942‑10‑20

Wellington (DV873)

Toronto, Ontario

Pilot Officer

King, George Frederick

Killed in Action

1942‑03‑16

Liberator (AL577)

Toronto, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

McRae, Roderick Head

Killed in Action

1942‑06‑11

Wellington (BB482)

Lacombe, Alberta

Flying Officer

Patrick, Edward Rupert (Ed)

Prisoner of War

1942‑10‑20

Wellington (DV873)

Fairville, New Brunswick

Flight Sergeant

Pettigrew, Joseph Rolland Victorin

Died

1942‑12‑11

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Quebec City, Quebec

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Roach, Jack Lloyd

Killed in Action

1942‑08‑23

Wellington (HX484)

Bowmanville, Ontario

Second-Lieutenant

Shanks, Daniel Albert

Killed in Action

1918‑09‑21

DH.9 (D3092)

Hoowick, Quebec.

Flight Sergeant

Sinclair, Leslie Robert

Killed in Action

1942‑02‑24

Wellington (AD606)

Toronto, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Stoner, Melvin Harold

Killed in Action

1944‑06‑28

Lancaster (LL974)

Niagara Falls, Ontario

Pilot Officer

Thomas, Arthur Evans Coslett

Killed in Action

1944‑06‑28

Lancaster (LL974)

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

108 Squadron (RAF) ( 17)

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