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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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142 Squadron (RAF) ( 60)

Flying Officer

Allan, George Ingram

Killed in Action

1945‑01‑22

Mosquito (KB463)

Imperial, Saskatchewan

Flight Sergeant

Amlin, Arnold Herbert

Killed in Action

1942‑08‑28

Wellington (Z1411)

Maleb, Alberta

Flight Sergeant

Anderson, James

Killed in Action

1942‑08‑04

Wellington (Z1487)

Toronto, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Armstrong, George Perry

Killed in Action

1943‑11‑25

Wellington (HE929)

Portage La Prairie, Manitoba

Pilot Officer

Bent, William Thomas

Killed in Action

1942‑11‑09

Wellington (BJ711)

St Louis, Missouri, USA

Flight Sergeant

Berwick, Edward

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑13

Wellington (HE293)

West Bromwich Road, Walsall, England

Pilot Officer

Biden, Byron Stanley

Killed in Action

1942‑08‑28

Wellington (Z1424)

Sintaluta, Saskatchewan

Flight Sergeant

Buckley, Bayne

Killed in Action

1943‑07‑22

Wellington (HZ353)

Toronto, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Burwell, Adrian James

Killed in Action

1943‑04‑10

Wellington (HF800)

Renfrew, Ontario

Pilot Officer

Chaffey, George Henry

Killed in Action

1942‑05‑31

Wellington (Z1209)

Hamilton, Ontario (parents)

Flight Sergeant

Cole, Robert John Levi

Killed in Action

1942‑10‑16

Wellington (X3960)

Arborg, Manitoba

Flight Sergeant

Cox, Robert Leith

Killed in Action

1942‑06‑02

Wellington (Z1410)

Charlottetown, PEI (parents)

Warrant Officer 2nd class

Culp, Reginald Harley

Killed in Action

1942‑09‑05

Wellington (Z1214)

Beamsville, Ontario (parents)

Pilot Officer

Dawson, Ernest Albert Wesley

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑13

Wellington (HE293)

Toronto, Ontario

Flying Officer

Edgett, George Hammond

Killed in Action

1942‑10‑06

Wellington (BK281)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Pilot Officer

Emond, Joseph Edouard Hector

Killed in Action

1942‑07‑10

Wellington (Z1324)

Ottawa, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Empey, Herbert Carl

Killed in Action

1942‑08‑28

Wellington (Z1411)

Morewood, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Fairclough, Kenneth Arthur

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑13

Wellington (HE293)

Hayes, Bromley, Kent, England

Pilot Officer

Findlay, William Scott

Killed in Action

1942‑07‑27

Wellington (Z1319)

Oxford Mills, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Fletcher, Dickenson

Killed in Action

1942‑08‑28

Wellington (Z1411)

Toronto, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Fraser, Chipman Cameron Dawson

Killed in Action

1942‑09‑02

Wellington (Z1466)

Little Harbor, Pictou County, Nova Scotia

Flight Sergeant

Gauley, John Frederick

Killed in Action

1941‑10‑21

Wellington (Z1210)

Toronto, Ontario

Flight Lieutenant

Goring, James Arthur

Prisoner of War

1942‑07‑27

Wellington (Z1319)

Flight Sergeant

Hall, George

Killed in Action

1942‑08‑04

Wellington (Z1487)

Tillsonburg, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Heath, Harold Edgar

Killed in Action

1942‑09‑02

Wellington (Z1466)

Montreal, Quebec

Flight Sergeant

Holland, Lloyd Ellison

Killed in Action

1942‑09‑16

Wellington (Z1380)

Calgary, Alberta

Flight Sergeant

Hopper, Earl Edwin

Killed in Action

1942‑08‑04

Wellington (Z1487)

Crossfield, Alberta

Pilot Officer

Johnson, Melvin Florin

Killed in Action

1942‑08‑28

Wellington (Z1424)

Edmonton, Alberta

Sergeant

Kirkland, William

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑13

Wellington (HE293)

Flight Sergeant

Leboldus, John Anthony

Killed in Action

1943‑11‑24

Wellington (LN566)

Vibank, Saskatchewan

Flight Sergeant

Lennox, Andrew

Killed in Action

1942‑03‑25

Wellington (Z1321)

Innisfail, Alberta

Flight Sergeant

Maclennan, Charles Grant

Killed in Action

1942‑10‑16

Wellington (X3960)

Scotstown, Quebec

Flying Officer

Mair, Charles Maxwell

Killed in Action

1943‑11‑25

Wellington (HE929)

West Vancouver, British Columbia

Flight Sergeant

Marsh, Reginald Thomas White

Killed in Action

1944‑08‑09

Wellington (LN857)

Guelph, Ontario

Pilot Officer

McDonald, Donald Patrick

Killed in Action

1942‑06‑02

Wellington (Z1410)

Seattle, Washington, USA

Flying Officer

McKinley, William Archibald

Prisoner of War

1944‑04‑22

Wellington (LN848)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Flying Officer

Montague, Francis Arthur Desmond

Prisoner of War

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Flight Sergeant

North, William James

Killed in Action

1942‑09‑05

Wellington (Z1221)

Toronto, Ontario

Squadron Leader

Olsson, Charles Leland

Prisoner of War

1942‑07‑27

Wellington (Z1319)

Sault Ste Marie, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Ouellette, Stanley Joseph

Killed in Action

1943‑11‑25

Wellington (HE929)

Kenora, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Parker, Thomas Edward

Killed in Action

1941‑10‑21

Wellington (Z1210)

Macgregor, Manitoba

Sergeant

Patenaude, Raymond Armand

Killed in Action

1942‑10‑16

Wellington (X3960)

Cohoes, New York, USA

Flight Sergeant

Pearce, Robert Charles

Killed in Action

1942‑08‑04

Wellington (Z1487)

Toronto, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Penney, William Alfred

Killed in Action

1942‑07‑27

Wellington (Z1319)

Pictou, Nova Scotia

Flight Sergeant

Picher, Wilfred Clarence

Killed in Action

1942‑03‑29

Wellington (Z1274)

Montreal, Quebec

Flight Sergeant

Pipher, William Melville

Killed in Action

1942‑03‑25

Wellington (Z1321)

Newmarket, Ontario

Pilot Officer

Pond, Gerald Randolph

Killed in Action

1944‑08‑09

Wellington (LP189)

North Devon, York County, New Brunswick

Warrant Officer 1st Class

Pratt, Charles Halbert

Killed in Action

1943‑07‑07

Wellington (HE760)

St Peter's Bay, Prince Edward Island (parents)

Pilot Officer

Pye, Franklyn Richard Samuel

Killed in Action

1942‑08‑27

Wellington (Z1338)

Ecum Secum Bridge, Nova Scotia

Pilot Officer

Quinn, Walter Lewis

Killed in Action

1942‑08‑28

Wellington (Z1424)

Bromptonville, Quebec

Flight Sergeant

Reyburn, Gerald Thomas

Killed in Action

1942‑10‑25

Wellington (X3455)

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Richardson, James Patrick

Killed in Action

1942‑07‑13

Wellington (Z1341)

Courtenay, British Columbia

Flight Sergeant

Smith, George Earl

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑13

Wellington (HE293)

Regina, Saskatchewan

Flight Sergeant

Smyth, James William

Killed in Action

1942‑05‑31

Wellington (Z1209)

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Flying Officer

Watt, Thomas Moore

Prisoner of War

1942‑11‑21

Wellington (BK536)

Wichita, Kansas, USA

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Weighhill, Francis Churchill

Prisoner of War

1942‑08‑27

Wellington (Z1338)

Davidson, Saskatchewan

Pilot Officer

West, Donald Coburn

Killed in Action

1942‑07‑27

Wellington (Z1461)

Coles Island, Queens County, New Brunswick

Flight Sergeant

Whear, John Willard

Killed in Action

1942‑09‑16

Wellington (Z1380)

Port Arthur, Ontario

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Wiggins, Thomas Victor Stone

Prisoner of War

1941‑11‑08

Wellington (Z1211)

Windsor, Nova Scotia

Warrant Officer 1st Class

Wilkinson, Horace Edward John

Prisoner of War

1942‑11‑16

Wellington (BK278)

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

142 Squadron (RAF) ( 60)

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