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Lancaster FM213
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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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loading (15) personnel records

22 Squadron (RAF) ( 15)

Flying Officer

Berryman, John Theodore

Killed in Flying Accident

1940‑05‑07

Beaufort (L4466)

Toronto, Ontario

Lieutenant

Birmingham, Thomas James

Survived

1918‑09‑02

F.2 (Bristol) ()

Vancouver, British Columbia

Pilot Officer

Blackmore, Ralph Loudon

Killed in Action

1941‑06‑13

Beaufort (W6522)

Windsor, Ontario

Lieutenant

Caple, Leonard Norman

Killed in Flying Accident

1918‑11‑21

F.2 (Bristol) (C887)

Vancouver, B.C.

Sergeant

Craik, Dave Stewart

Killed in Action

1941‑01‑15

Beaufort (W6489)

Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (parents)

Lieutenant

Dickinson, Herbert MacIntosh

Killed in Action

1918‑07‑10

F.2 (Bristol) (C795)

Nottingham, England (parents)

Lieutenant

Firstbrook, John Hackett

Prisoner of War

1917‑09‑11

F.E.2 (6365)

Palm Beach, Florida, USA.

Flying Officer

McCaw, William David Gaynel

Prisoner of War

1941‑06‑02

Beaufort (X8921)

Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan

Sergeant

Royan, Thomas Scott

Killed in Action

1941‑08‑27

Beaufort (N1171)

Calgary, Alberta

Sergeant

Scott, James Philip

Killed in Action

1941‑04‑06

Beaufort (N1016)

Toronto, Ontario

Sergeant

Smith, John Hodgins

Killed in Action

1941‑04‑24

Beaufort (L9950)

Toronto, Ontario

Lieutenant

Thomson, George

Survived

1919‑04‑09

F.2 (Bristol) (C989)

Celista, B.C.

Flying Officer

Troup, Allan Willson

Killed in Action

1941‑12‑12

Beaufort (N1085)

Fort Erie, Ontario

Sergeant

Whicher, George Patrick

Killed in Action

1941‑06‑18

Beaufort (N1158)

Calgary, Alberta

Pilot Officer

Whiston, Herbert Emile Joseph

Killed in Action

1941‑08‑19

Beaufort (AW211)

Montreal, Quebec

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

22 Squadron (RAF) ( 15)

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