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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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56 Squadron (RAF) ( 14)

Flying Officer

Amey, Roland Raymond

Killed in Action

1943‑11‑20

Typhoon (EK209)

North Sydney, Nova Scotia

Pilot Officer

Birks, Richard Salisbury

Killed in Action

1943‑04‑10

Typhoon (R8799)

Syracuse, New York, USA

Lieutenant

Bowen, Laurance Grant

Died

1918‑09‑15

S.E.5 (C8866)

Traverse City, Michigan, USA

Flying Officer

Cluderay, Elvin Newton

Killed in Action

1943‑04‑17

Typhoon (DN478)

Merritton, Ontario

Lieutenant

Crawford, James Currie

Killed in Action

1918‑11‑12

S.E.5 (E5795)

Toronto, Ontario

Flying Officer

Crosby, R G

Evader

1944‑01‑03

Typhoon (JP446)

Lieutenant

Hazen, Thomas Douglas

Killed in Action

1918‑08‑19

S.E.5 (E1348)

Sarnia, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Innes, Malcolm Bruce

Killed in Action

1941‑12‑13

Hurricane (Z3082)

Hardisty, Alberta

Lieutenant

MacKenzie, George Osborne

Killed in Action

1918‑09‑27

S.E.5 (F5495)

Embro, West Zorra Twshp, Oxford County, Ontario

Second-Lieutenant

Middleton, Alfred Saunders

unknown

1918‑10‑26

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Findhorn, Forre

Lieutenant

Stenning, Cyril Brownlow

Survived

1918‑08‑21

S.E.5 (D6128)

Kelowna, British Columbia

Flight Sergeant

Sullivan, Frederick Alexander

Killed in Action

1943‑01‑17

Typhoon (R7854)

Sullivan Station, British Columbia

Flying Officer

Sullivan, Leroy Means

Killed in Action

1943‑11‑07

Typhoon (JP728)

Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Woodman, Stanley Stewart

unknown

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Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

56 Squadron (RAF) ( 14)

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