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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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42 Squadron (RAF) ( 14)

Flight Sergeant

Bantin, Walter Stanley F

Prisoner of War Japan

1942‑03‑09

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Flight Lieutenant

Burns, Harry Francis

Prisoner of War

1940‑10‑26

Beaufort (L9813)

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Lieutenant

Flynn, Andrew Edward

Survived

1918‑10‑22

R.E.8 (E50)

Barrie, Ontario

Johnson, Arthur Basil

Missing in Action

1942‑04‑08

Beaufort (N1172)

Sergeant

Mansell, Lloyd Colley

Killed in Action

1941‑08‑30

Beaufort (L9834)

Hamilton, Ontario

Warrant Officer 2

Morris, Alan Hubert Andrew

Killed in Action

1942‑05‑17

Beaufort (AW375)

Ottawa, Ontario

Lieutenant

Owen, Sidney Smith

Killed in Flying Accident

1918‑12‑11

R.E.8 (B5041)

Bootle, Liverpool, England (parents)

Pugh, Thomas

Killed in Action

1942‑04‑08

Beaufort (N1172)

Flight Sergeant

Shaw, Arthur Edmund

Killed in Action

1941‑11‑29

Beaufort (N1015)

Hartland, New Brunswick

Sheppard, Ernest

Missing in Action

1942‑04‑08

Beaufort (N1172)

Stephenson, Ernest Frederick

Survived

1918‑04‑12

R.E.8 ()

Victoria, B.C.

Pilot Officer

Stoker, Tom Thornley Braithwaite

Killed in Action

1942‑03‑20

Beaufort (L4514)

Montreal, Quebec

Second-Lieutenant

Wicks, William Dixon

Killed in Action

1918‑12‑11

R.E.8 (B5041)

East Dereham, Norfolk.

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Wik, Henry

Prisoner of War

Hurricane (BD712)

Kimberley, British Columbia

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

42 Squadron (RAF) ( 14)

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