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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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578 Squadron (RAF) ( 26)

Pilot Officer

Axford, Herbert Frank

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑21

Halifax (MZ556)

Riverside, Ontario

Pilot Officer

Bell, Harold Copeland

Killed in Action

1944‑03‑16

Halifax (LW495)

Fort William, Ontario

Pilot Officer

Berry, Gordon Hewitt

Prisoner of War

1944‑04‑23

Halifax (MZ518)

Pilot Officer

Birmingham, Joseph Patrick

Killed in Action

1944‑08‑13

Halifax (NA604)

Stratford, Ontario

Flying Officer

Bland, Leonard Alvin

Killed in Action

1944‑03‑15

Halifax (LW542)

Victoria, British Columbia

Pilot Officer

Burch, Roy Victor

Killed in Action

1944‑03‑24

Halifax (LW472)

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Flight Sergeant

Cahill, J A

Prisoner of War

1945‑02‑21

Halifax (NA618)

Pilot Officer

Callingham, John

Prisoner of War

1944‑09‑11

Halifax (NA568)

Lambeth, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Cass, Evan Wallace

Killed in Action

1944‑06‑13

Halifax (LW675)

Westmount, Quebec

Flying Officer

Combaz, Alfred Joseph

Killed in Action

1945‑02‑21

Halifax (RG353)

Norwood, Manitoba (parents)

Flight Lieutenant

Couture, Joseph Arthur Leo

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑21

Halifax (MZ617)

Seattle, Washington, USA (parents)

Flying Officer

Dixon, William Allison

Killed in Action

1944‑03‑31

Halifax (MZ508)

Aulac, West County, New Brunswick

Flying Officer

Durston, George Henry

Killed in Action

1944‑03‑19

Halifax (LW553)

Dauphin, Manitoba

Pilot Officer

Fitzgerald, F J

Prisoner of War

1945‑01‑17

Halifax (NA603)

Flying Officer

Fitzpatrick, Joseph Stanley Paul

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑21

Halifax (MZ617)

Dunnville, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Godin, John Joseph

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑06

Halifax (MZ519)

North Bay, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Hodgson, George Thomas

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑21

Halifax (MZ617)

Vanessa, Ontario

Pilot Officer

Hopper, Lloyd Hinson

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑18

Halifax (LK794)

Lewisville, New Brunswick

Flight Sergeant

Johns, Irving Lawrence

Killed in Flying Accident

1945‑01‑26

Halifax (NA574)

Henribourg, Saskatchewan

Pilot Officer

Lerl, Frederick William

Killed in Action

1944‑03‑16

Halifax (LW495)

Ryley, Alberta

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Middlemas, Robert James

Killed in Action

1944‑03‑24

Halifax (MZ512)

Regina, Saskatchewan

Pilot Officer

Pearson, John Joseph

Killed in Action

1944‑08‑13

Halifax (NA604)

Toronto, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Sargent, William Earl

Killed in Action

1944‑03‑31

Halifax (MZ508)

New HazeIton, British Columbia

Flying Officer

Stodart, David Shearer

Prisoner of War

1944‑07‑21

Halifax (MZ556)

Sergeant

Vancoughnett, William Earl

Killed in Action

1944‑03‑19

Halifax (LW553)

Maidstone, Saskatchewan

Pilot Officer

Wood, Frederick Charles

Killed in Action

1944‑03‑24

Halifax (LW472)

Toronto, Ontario

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

578 Squadron (RAF) ( 26)

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