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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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582 Squadron (RAF) ( 30)

Flight Sergeant

Archibald, Kenneth "Archie"

Killed in Action

1944‑08‑13

Lancaster (ND969)

Garmouth, Morayshire, Scotland

Flying Officer

Armstrong, J B

Evader

1944‑05‑04

Lancaster (ND910)

Pilot Officer

Austin, Kenneth Harry

Killed in Action

1944‑12‑23

Lancaster (PB120)

Delburne, Alberta

Flight Lieutenant

Bertelsen, Frederick Castell

Killed in Action

1944‑05‑04

Lancaster (JA968)

Salmonhurst, Victoria County, New Brunswick

Flight Sergeant

Broad, John Thomas "Corny"

Killed in Action

1944‑08‑13

Lancaster (ND969)

Perranwell, Cornwall, England

Pilot Officer

Campbell, Frederick William

Killed in Action

1944‑12‑23

Lancaster (PB523)

Pembroke, Hants County, Nova Scotia (parents)

Flight Sergeant

Coon, George Adrian

Killed in Action

1944‑05‑04

Lancaster (ND910)

Hines Creek, Alberta (parents)

Flight Lieutenant

Flynn, John Patrick

Killed in Action

1944‑05‑25

Lancaster (ND816)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Pilot Officer

MacArthur, George Reginald

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑20

Lancaster (ED908)

Amherst, Nova Scotia

Flight Sergeant

MacLennan, J

Prisoner of War

1944‑12‑23

Lancaster (PB120)

Pilot Officer

Manson, Donald Hendry

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑06

Lancaster (NE169)

Brandon, Manitoba

Squadron Leader

Mathers, Barcroft Melrose

Prisoner of War

1944‑08‑13

Lancaster (ND969)

Pilot Officer

O'Neill, Charles James Erskine

Killed in Action

1944‑05‑04

Lancaster (ND910)

Windsor, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Parfitt, Walter Robert Charles

Killed in Action

1944‑08‑13

Lancaster (ND969)

Seend, Wiltshire, England

Flight Sergeant

Pearce, R E

Prisoner of War

1944‑12‑23

Lancaster (PB120)

Pilot Officer

Pullin, Bernard Arthur

Killed in Action

1944‑08‑13

Lancaster (ND969)

Magor, Monmouthshire, Wales

Flying Officer

Radcliffe, Edward Ernest

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑24

Lancaster (ND931)

Penticton, British Columbia

Flight Sergeant

Rawcliffe, John

Prisoner of War

1944‑08‑13

Lancaster (ND969)

Preston, Lancashire, England

Flight Lieutenant

Reif, Arndt Walther

Killed in Action

1944‑12‑23

Lancaster (PB120)

Baker, Oregon, USA

Flying Officer

Rember, Raymond Alexander

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑24

Lancaster (ND931)

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Flying Officer

Ritchie, James Leigh

Killed in Action

1944‑05‑04

Lancaster (JA968)

Chatham, Ontario

Flying Officer

Salomaa, Ero Albaunus

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑06

Lancaster (NE169)

Timmins, Ontario

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Schwerdfeger, Glen Wood Allan

Killed in Action

1944‑05‑04

Lancaster (JA968)

Halkirk, Alberta

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Smalley, Ronald Whitehead

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑24

Lancaster (ND931)

Toronto, Ontario

Flying Officer

Stapleton, John Wilkins

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑06

Lancaster (NE169)

Selkirk, Manitoba

Flight Lieutenant

Strout, Alfred Carman

Killed in Action

1944‑08‑29

Lancaster (PB202)

Pembroke, Ontario

Flight Lieutenant

Trotter, Elmer John

Prisoner of War

1944‑08‑13

Lancaster (ND969)

Flight Lieutenant

Tyndale, Lorne Vincent

Killed in Action

1944‑08‑29

Lancaster (PB202)

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Pilot Officer

Uzelman, Peter

Killed in Action

1944‑12‑23

Lancaster (PB120)

Revenue, Saskatchewan

Flying Officer

Vaughan, William Ewart

Prisoner of War

1944‑12‑23

Lancaster (PB523)

Toronto, Ontario

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

582 Squadron (RAF) ( 30)

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