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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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90 Squadron (RAF) ( 62)

Flying Officer

Allan, Alexander

Killed in Action

1944‑06‑13

Lancaster (LM158)

Toronto, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Anderson, Billie Albert

Killed in Action

1943‑08‑28

Stirling (EF439)

Lisle, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Anderton, John Alfred

Killed in Action

1944‑06‑11

Lancaster (NE149)

Cochrane, Alberta

Flying Officer

Best, Harold Francis Sargent

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑21

Lancaster (LM183)

Toronto, Ontario

Flying Officer

Bishop, Stanley Buckland Stewart

Killed in Action

1945‑02‑03

Lancaster (PA158)

Portneuf, Quebec

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Blake, Richard Barnett

Killed in Action

1943‑04‑14

Stirling (BF462)

Ottawa, Ontario

Flying Officer

Borchardt, Hugo Hysert

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑21

Lancaster (LM183)

Sarnia, Ontario

Flying Officer

Brydon, James Stenhouse

Killed in Action

1943‑02‑16

Stirling (R9306)

Toronto, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Columbus, Basil Edgar

Killed in Action

1944‑09‑13

Lancaster (HK605)

Iroquois Falls, Ontario (parents)

Pilot Officer

Courtney, James Boyd

Killed in Action

1943‑03‑05

Stirling (R9271)

Lawton, North Dakota, USA

Pilot Officer

Cox, S L E

Prisoner of War

1944‑03‑06

Stirling (EF147)

Flight Sergeant

Dalton, Gordon Edwin

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑03

Stirling (EE901)

Regina, Saskatchewan

Flight Sergeant

Eitel, Edward Laverne

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑29

Lancaster (PB198)

Tillsonburg, Ontario

Flying Officer

Elliott, Albert Clark

Killed in Action

1944‑06‑13

Lancaster (LM158)

Pickering, Ontario

Pilot Officer

Fetchison, Myron

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑29

Lancaster (PB198)

Oshawa, Ontario

Warrant Officer 1st Class

Francis, John Carr

Killed in Action

1944‑06‑11

Lancaster (NE149)

Toronto, Ontario

Sergeant

Glaister, Stanley

Killed in Action

1944‑04‑23

Stirling (EF159)

Timmins, Ontario

Flying Officer

Good, Francis Edward

Killed in Action

1944‑08‑26

Lancaster (ME802)

Red Deer, Alberta

Flying Officer

Greaves, Roy

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑09

Stirling (BK655)

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Hilts, Hugh Donald

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑29

Lancaster (PB198)

Niagara Falls, Ontario

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Hoar, William Joseph

Killed in Action

1943‑09‑28

Stirling (EE952)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Flying Officer

Hoffos, Philip Clinton

Prisoner of War

1944‑06‑13

Lancaster (LM158)

Pilot Officer

Hope, William John

Killed in Action

1944‑08‑26

Lancaster (ME802)

Ottawa, Ontario

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Huot, Joseph Wilfrid Jean Paul

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑29

Lancaster (PB198)

Montreal, Quebec

Flight Sergeant

Hurlbut, Nathan Merrill

Killed in Action

1944‑09‑13

Lancaster (HK605)

Owen Sound, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Isles, Harold Elburn

Killed in Action

1944‑05‑09

Stirling (BF524)

Bear River, Nova Scotia

Flight Sergeant

Kiddie, Howard McNeill

Evader

1944‑08‑08

Lancaster (LM111)

Flight Lieutenant

Kirsch, Abraham Lionel

Killed in Action

1944‑09‑13

Lancaster (HK605)

Outremont, Quebec

Sergeant

Law, Robert Ronald

Killed in Action

1943‑06‑22

Stirling (EE887)

Cottam, Ontario

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Lowe, Leslie Allen Ralph

Killed in Action

1944‑04‑13

Stirling (LJ483)

Carrot River, Saskatchewan

Pilot Officer

MacDougall, George Douglas

Killed in Action

1943‑02‑04

Stirling (BF415)

New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

Flying Officer

Maclaren, Richard Edwards

Killed in Action

1944‑09‑13

Lancaster (HK605)

Elmsdale, Hants County, Nova Scotia

Flight Sergeant

Macmillan, Hugh Coles

Killed in Action

1943‑09‑06

Stirling (EF129)

Nobel, Ontario

Pilot Officer

Maunder, Clifford Leigh

Killed in Action

1943‑04‑21

Stirling (BF442)

Montreal, Quebec

Squadron Leader

May, Robert Seayears

Killed in Action

1943‑04‑29

Stirling (BF346)

Victoria, British Columbia

Sergeant

McCrory, Philip Joseph

Killed in Action

1944‑05‑23

Stirling (BK784)

Montreal, Quebec

Pilot Officer

McKim, Joseph Arthur

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑21

Lancaster (LM189)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Flight Sergeant

Merrill, Henry Marie Joseph Jacques Armand

Killed in Action

1941‑09‑08

Flying Fortress (AN525)

Montreal, Quebec

Flying Officer

Metcalfe, Thomas

Killed in Action

1945‑02‑19

Lancaster (PD336)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Pilot Officer

Monk, William Greenhalgh

Killed in Action

1943‑04‑29

Stirling (BF346)

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Moore, George Wallace

Killed in Action

1943‑09‑22

Stirling (MZ262)

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Pilot Officer

Morton, John Donald

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑29

Lancaster (PB198)

Toronto, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Morton, William Cuthbert

Killed in Action

1943‑02‑16

Stirling (R9306)

Dundas, Ontario

Pilot Officer

Mulvey, Franklin Walter

Prisoner of War

1943‑08‑24

Stirling (BK779)

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Flight Sergeant

Pollitt, Kenneth William

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑20

Stirling (EF497)

Hamilton, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Quickfall, Clarke Edward

Killed in Action

1943‑12‑02

Stirling (EF191)

Kindersley, Saskatchewan

Flying Officer

Reid, D

Evader

1944‑08‑08

Lancaster (LM111)

Flight Sergeant

Rodd, Alan

Killed in Action

1944‑06‑11

Lancaster (NE149)

Edmonton, Alberta

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Rodrigue, Joseph Jean Paul Adrien

Killed in Action

1944‑02‑26

Stirling (EF198)

Montreal, Quebec

Flying Officer

Romans, David Albert

Killed in Action

1941‑09‑08

Flying Fortress (AN525)

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Rosenberry, Willard Kennedy

Killed in Action

1943‑02‑16

Stirling (R9306)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Flight Sergeant

Schmidt, Lester Charles

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑03

Stirling (EE901)

Wetaskiwin, Alberta

Flight Sergeant

Smith, Frederick William

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑03

Stirling (EE901)

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Flight Sergeant

Smith, Walter Perry

Killed in Action

1944‑06‑28

Lancaster (LM164)

Edrans, Manitoba

Flight Sergeant

Spence, Harold Omond

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑20

Stirling (EF497)

British Guiana

Flight Sergeant

Spencer, Ervine Eugene

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑20

Stirling (EF497)

Hamilton, Ontario

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Stringer, George Edward

Killed in Action

1944‑02‑26

Stirling (EF198)

Toronto, Ontario

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Train, John

Killed in Action

1945‑02‑02

Lancaster (HK610)

Hamilton, Ontario

Flight Sergeant

Turachek, John Martin

Killed in Action

1944‑08‑30

Lancaster (LM184)

Raymond, Alberta

Sergeant

Willmott, David Miller

Killed in Action

1944‑06‑13

Lancaster (LM158)

Toronto, Ontario

Sergeant

Wills, Thomas James

Killed in Action

1941‑06‑22

Flying Fortress (AN522)

Toronto, Ontario

Flying Officer

Wyton, Arnold Edwin

Killed in Action

1943‑10‑09

Stirling (BK655)

Newdale, Manitoba

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

90 Squadron (RAF) ( 62)

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