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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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161 Squadron (RAF) ( 27)

Sergeant

Batten, Harold Royston

Killed in Action

1943‑11‑11

Halifax (EB129)

Newfoundland

Pilot Officer

Cartman, James Edward

Died

1944‑12‑30

(CravenHill)

Montreal, Quebec (parents)

Flying Officer

Coldridge, Albert Stanley

Evader

1944‑05‑10

Halifax (LL183)

Squadron Leader

Compton, Anthony Wilfred

Killed in Action

1944‑09‑29

Lysander (V9749)

St John, New Brunswick

Sergeant

Crawford, Harry James

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑21

Halifax (EB239)

Canora, Saskatchewan

Sergeant

Doyle, George Temple

Killed in Action

1944‑04‑11

Halifax (LK738)

Moncton, New Brunswick

Flying Officer

Evans, R C

Evader

1944‑05‑10

Halifax (LL183)

Flight Sergeant

Firth, Ernest James

Killed in Action

1944‑04‑11

Halifax (LK738)

Toronto, Ontario

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Gillander, David Stuart

Killed in Action

1944‑03‑28

Hudson (FK767)

Elva, Manitoba

Pilot Officer

Grady, John Bruce

Killed in Action

1944‑08‑09

Halifax (LL358)

Hamilton, Ontario

Warrant Officer 1st Class

Gray, Frank Emmanuel

Killed in Action

1945‑03‑21

Hudson (AE595)

Westmount, Quebec

Flight Lieutenant

Hale, Warren Macaulay

Killed in Action

1944‑06‑01

Hudson (V9155)

Montreal, Quebec

Flight Lieutenant

Hartman, John Montague

Killed in Action

1945‑02‑22

Hudson (T9405)

Warrant Officer 1st Class

Hutton, Robert Gerald

Killed in Action

1945‑03‑21

Hudson (T9445)

Mackie, Alberta

Pilot Officer

Lavallee, Louis Max

Killed in Action

1943‑07‑23

Halifax (DK119)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Flying Officer

Lennie, Donald A

Evader

1944‑05‑10

Halifax (LL183)

Flight Sergeant

MacDonald, Frank Mcleod

Killed in Action

1942‑09‑20

Whitley (Z6940)

London, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

McGibbon, James Edmund

Killed in Action

1944‑04‑11

Halifax (LK738)

Hawkesbury, Ontario

Flying Officer

Medland, Harry Delbert

Evader

1944‑05‑10

Halifax (LL183)

Flight Sergeant

Moore, Maynard Hazlett

Killed in Action

1943‑06‑23

Halifax (DG405)

Toronto, Ontario

Flight Lieutenant

Penhale, Allan Frayne

Killed in Action

1945‑03‑21

Hudson (T9445)

Exeter, Ontario

Flying Officer

Ragan, George Staudt

Killed in Action

1945‑03‑21

Hudson (AE595)

Macleod, Alberta

Pilot Officer

Readhead, Harry Sanford

Killed in Action

1943‑01‑16

Halifax (DG285)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Pilot Officer

Roy, William Wallace

Killed in Action

1943‑01‑16

Halifax (DG285)

Tottenham, Ontario

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Shore, Wilfred Raymond Russ

Killed in Action

1943‑11‑11

Halifax (EB129)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Flying Officer

Taylor, Richard Winter

Killed in Action

1943‑03‑14

Halifax (DG245)

Victoria, British Columbia

Flying Officer

Traill, James Edward

Killed in Action

1945‑03‑21

Hudson (T9445)

Lanark, Ontario

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

161 Squadron (RAF) ( 27)

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