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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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14 Squadron (RAF) ( 30)

Flight Lieutenant

Archer, Edward Lawrence

Prisoner of War

1943‑08‑26

Marauder (FK373)

Toronto, Ontario

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Beckett, John Eward

Prisoner of War

1944‑07‑06

Blenheim (MkIV/)

Niagara Falls, Ontario

Pilot Officer

Billings, Robert Arnold

Killed in Action

1943‑12‑28

Marauder (FK133)

Toronto, Ontario

Flying Officer

Bower, William Richardson

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑11‑23

Marauder (FK122)

Union Point, Manitoba

Flying Officer

Campbell, Hudson Cecil

Killed in Action

1944‑02‑23

Marauder (FK130)

Winnipeg, Manitoba (parents)

Flight Sergeant

Campbell, William Robert

Killed in Action

1941‑12‑14

Blenheim (Z5860)

Toronto, Ontario

Sergeant

Cheyne, James Linklater Birnie

Killed in Action

1940‑09‑21

Blenheim (T2061)

Ottawa, Ontario

Sergeant

Cookson, Ernest

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑11‑23

Marauder (FK122)

Preston, Lancashire, England (parents)

Squadron Leader

Elsey, Howard

Killed in Action

1944‑02‑23

Marauder (FK130)

Oyster River, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Flying Officer

Gilkey, Richard Wallace

Killed in Action

1943‑12‑28

Marauder (FK133)

Dayton, Oregon, USA

2nd-Lieutenant

Harrison, Frederick William

Survived

1918‑12‑04

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London, England

Flight Sergeant

Howey, William Valentine

Killed in Action

1942‑03‑07

Blenheim (V5954)

Edmonton, Alberta

Pilot Officer

Hutton, Allan

Killed in Action

1944‑04‑19

Marauder (FK159)

Cumberland, British Columbia

Flying Officer

Irwin, John Howard

Killed in Action

1944‑02‑08

Marauder (FK362)

Calgary, Alberta

Flight Sergeant

Jones, J T

Prisoner of War

1943‑08‑26

Marauder (FK373)

Flight Lieutenant

Kennedy, John Fleming

Prisoner of War

1943‑08‑26

Marauder (FK373)

Pilot Officer

Lawson, Orval Percy

Killed in Action

1944‑05‑07

Marauder (FK120)

Orillia, Ontario

Flight Lieutenant

Lindschau, Gilbert Arthur

Prisoner of War

1943‑08‑26

Marauder (FK373)

Netherby, South Australia

Pilot Officer

Mackinnon, Bernard Joseph

Killed in Action

1944‑04‑19

Marauder (FK159)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Flying Officer

Merkley, Harry Dwain

Killed in Action

1944‑02‑23

Marauder (FK130)

Ottawa, Ontario

Sergeant

Phethean, Alfred

Killed in Action

1943‑08‑26

Marauder (FK373)

Pilot Officer

Power, John Manley

Killed in Action

1944‑04‑19

Marauder (FK159)

South Burnaby, British Columbia

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Rawson, Douglas Leroy

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑11‑23

Marauder (FK122)

New Liskeard, Ontario

Pilot Officer

Schroder, Donald Kilgour

Killed in Action

1944‑04‑19

Marauder (FK159)

Guelph, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Smith, Andrew Renton

Prisoner of War

1943‑08‑26

Marauder (FK373)

Flying Officer

Smith, George Sydney

Killed in Action

1945‑04‑19

Wellington (NC419)

Toronto, Ontario

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Thomson, Donald Andrew

Killed in Action

1943‑12‑28

Marauder (FK133)

Strathroy, Ontario

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Toupin, Charles Zotique

Killed in Action

1943‑12‑28

Marauder (FK133)

St Albert, Alberta

Sergeant

Williams, Hugh Garth

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑11‑23

Marauder (FK122)

Llanhilleth, Monmouthshire, Wale

Flying Officer

Willis, Peter McKenzie

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑11‑23

Marauder (FK122)

Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

14 Squadron (RAF) ( 30)

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