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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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53 Squadron (RAF) ( 17)

Flight Lieutenant

Atkinson, Theodore Blanchard

Killed in Action

1945‑04‑16

Liberator (EW303)

Clarke's Harbour, Nova Scotia

Flying Officer

Bardolph, George Malcolm

Killed in Action

1940‑08‑11

Blenheim (T1816)

Vernon, British Columbia

Flying Officer

Biggs, Douglas Gordon

Killed in Action

1944‑06‑07

Liberator (BZ778)

Toronto, Ontario

Warrant Officer 1

Bowman, Norman Ray

Killed in Action

1943‑11‑21

Liberator (BZ816)

Chemainus, British Columbia

Warrant Officer 1st Class

Chamberlin, John Gardiner

Killed in Action

1944‑11‑18

Liberator (EV895)

Toronto, Ontario (parents)

Pilot Officer

Davies, Keith Selwyn

Killed in Action

1942‑02‑24

Hudson (AM563)

Walnut Grove, British Columbia

Pilot Officer

Fairbairn, Robert Douglas

Killed in Action

1942‑02‑24

Hudson (AM563)

Comox, British Columbia

Pilot Officer

Knight, Frank Stewart

Prisoner of War

1942‑02‑24

Hudson (AM563)

2nd-Lieutenant

Knox, Arthur Billings

Survived

R.E.8 (C2870)

Padiham, Lancashire, England

Pilot Officer

Maclennan, Norman Duncan

Killed in Action

1941‑06‑11

Blenheim (V5933)

Toronto, Ontario

Sergeant

Milne, Colin Stuart

Killed in Action

1942‑03‑09

Hudson (AM877)

Vancouver, British Columbia (parents)

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Moran, David Oliver

Prisoner of War

1942‑04‑08

Halifax ()

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Pudifin, Arnold James

Killed in Action

1943‑11‑15

Liberator (BZ817)

Stornoway, Saskatchewan

Flying Officer

Ray, David Arnold

Killed in Action

1942‑02‑24

Hudson (AM563)

Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia (parents)

Flying Officer

Sinclair, Daniel Boyd

Killed in Action

1943‑11‑15

Liberator (BZ817)

Montreal, Quebec

St.Jean, Lionel Jules

Survived

1918‑11‑05

R.E.8 (E48)

Warrant Officer 1st Class

Young, Gerald

Killed in Action

1943‑11‑15

Liberator (BZ817)

Bath, Ontario

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

53 Squadron (RAF) ( 17)

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