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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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21 Squadron (RAF) ( 34)

Pilot Officer

Ashdown, Frederick James Mackenzie

Killed in Action

1943‑04‑21

Ventura (AE692)

Clive, Alberta

Flight Lieutenant

Boulter, Roy Russell

Killed in Action

1944‑09‑17

Mosquito (HX952)

Bristol, England

Flight Lieutenant

Brown, Eugene Deverle

Killed in Action

1945‑02‑10

Mosquito (HR345)

Sweetwater, Texas USA

Warrant Officer 1st Class

Brown, John Keith

Killed in Action

1944‑08‑24

Wellington (JA535)

Forest, Ontario

Acting Squadron Leader

Campbell-Rogers, Frank Landseer

Prisoner of War

1941‑07‑23

Blenheim (Z7438)

Ottawa, Ontario

Pilot Officer

Carson, Arthur Frederick Copithorne

Killed in Flying Accident

1940‑09‑16

Blenheim (N3564)

Westmount, Quebec

Flight Sergeant

Charlesworth, John Henry

Killed in Action

1942‑09‑29

Beaufort (DW833)

Toronto, Ontario (parents)

Pilot Officer

Cleland, Calder Leper

Killed in Action

1943‑07‑03

Baltimore (AG877)

Hamilton, Ontario

Flight Lieutenant

Croll, Ian Bruce

Killed in Action

1944‑06‑15

Mosquito (NS938)

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Gardner, Norman Alexander

Killed in Action

1942‑11‑06

Ventura (AE848)

Brooklyn, Queens County, Nova Scotia

Flight Sergeant

Gordon, Milton George

Killed in Action

1943‑06‑06

Mitchell (FV907)

Regina, Saskatchewan

Flying Officer

Hall, Reginald John Ward

Killed in Action

1945‑03‑21

Mosquito (SZ977)

Long Branch, Ontario

Sergeant

Hartridge, Henry Percival

Killed in Action

1941‑07‑23

Blenheim (V6321)

Balfour, British Columbia

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Henry, Victor Roy

Killed in Action

1942‑11‑07

Ventura (AE734)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Flight Sergeant

Heron, Frank Brown Graham

Killed in Action

1942‑07‑07

Blenheim (V5851)

Edmonton, Alberta

Warrant Officer

Jones, David Charles Towyn

Killed in Action

1944‑08‑24

Wellington (JA535)

Edmonton, Alberta

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Kells, Harry Kenneth

Killed in Action

1943‑09‑03

Ventura (AE776)

Niagara Falls, Ontario

Pilot Officer

Leduc, Marie Joseph Claude Hamel

Killed in Action

1944‑08‑24

Wellington (JA535)

Beauharnois, Quebec

Pilot Officer

Lyttle, William Alex

Killed in Action

1943‑04‑21

Ventura (AE692)

Humber Bay, Ontario

Flying Officer

Macleod, George Dewar

Killed in Action

1944‑09‑29

Mosquito (NT179)

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Flight Sergeant

Maluish, George Douglas

Killed in Action

1942‑07‑07

Blenheim (V5851)

Kenora, Ontario

Pilot Officer

Millar, Mervin Edwin

Killed in Action

1944‑08‑24

Wellington (JA535)

Lethbridge, Alberta

Warrant Officer 1st Class

Morrison, James Earl

Killed in Action

1943‑07‑03

Baltimore (AG877)

Fort Frances, Ontario

Flying Officer

Neill, Robert Walter

Killed in Action

1942‑11‑06

Ventura (AE848)

Preeceville, Saskatchewan

Flight Sergeant

Norman, Ernest Albert

Killed in Action

1943‑04‑05

Ventura (AE726)

Wallaceburg, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

O'Connor, Leroy Joseph

Killed in Action

1943‑06‑06

Mitchell (FV907)

Toronto, Ontario

Pilot Officer

Orme, Frank Kerr

Killed in Action

1941‑08‑28

Blenheim (V6436)

Ottawa, Ontario

Flying Officer

Phillips, Sydney

Prisoner of War

1942‑02‑04

Blenheim (Z9806)

2nd-Lieutenant

Pollins, Jay

Killed in Flying Accident

1918‑09‑28

R.E.8 (D4932)

Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Flight Sergeant

Price, Kenneth Ethen

Killed in Action

1943‑04‑05

Ventura (AE726)

Cornwall, Ontario

Flying Officer

Rogers, John

Killed in Action

1943‑06‑06

Mitchell (FV907)

Coleman, Alberta

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Turcotte, Garnet Hartford

Killed in Action

1942‑12‑10

Ventura (AE759)

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Flight Sergeant

Wallace, Dalton James Kenneth

Killed in Action

1943‑04‑21

Ventura (AE692)

Collingwood, Ontario

Wilkinson, James Russel

Survived

R.E.8 ()

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

21 Squadron (RAF) ( 34)

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