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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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98 Squadron (RAF) ( 19)

Pilot Officer

Bowmaster, Henry Franklin

Prisoner of War

1944‑09‑25

Mitchell ()

Calgary, Alberta

Pilot Officer

Calder, Gordon Alexander

Killed in Action

1943‑05‑13

Mitchell (FL197)

Nipawin, Saskatchewan (parents)

Pilot Officer

Churchard, George

Killed in Action

1944‑09‑08

Mitchell (FW188)

Toronto, Ontario (parents)

Flight Sergeant

Coubrough, George Thomas

Killed in Action

1942‑11‑30

Mitchell (FL708)

Coronach, Saskatchewan (parents)

Flight Lieutenant

Cullen, Kenneth Earle

Killed in Action

1944‑04‑13

Mitchell (FL181)

Vernon, British Columbia

Pilot Officer

Dick, James Andrew Taylor

Killed in Action

1945‑02‑10

Mitchell (HD365)

Hamilton, Ontario

2nd-Lieutenant

Douglas, Alexander Anderson

Killed in Action

1918‑10‑30

DH.9 (D7323)

Dundee, Scotland (parents)

Flying Officer

Durling, Russell David

Killed in Action

1944‑09‑08

Mitchell (FW188)

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Pilot Officer

Everest, Verity

Killed in Action

1944‑06‑13

Mitchell (FW129)

Victoria, British Columbia

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Gallop, Jarvis Erwin

Killed in Action

1945‑02‑10

Mitchell (HD365)

Juniper, New Brunswick

Captain

Gillis, Gordon Harvey

Survived

1918‑10‑23

DH.9 ()

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Pilot Officer

Girvin, William Ivan

Killed in Action

1944‑06‑11

Mitchell (FW184)

Collingwood, Ontario Canada

Lieutenant

Gordon, Erskine W

Killed in Action

1918‑07‑31

DH.9 (D5688)

Ottawa, Ontario

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Grossutti, Aldo

Prisoner of War

1944‑04‑13

Mitchell ()

Windsor, Ontario

Flight Lieutenant

Logie, Robert Fraser

Killed in Action

1944‑09‑08

Mitchell (FW188)

Royal Oak, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Flying Officer

Loveridge, Denis Llewellyn

Killed in Action

1944‑09‑08

Mitchell (FW188)

Toronto, Ontario

Sergeant

McDonald, Edwin Richard

Survived

1918‑08‑09

DH.9 (D1054)

Sheenboro, Quebec

Stein, Ernest Franklin

Survived

1918‑04‑01

DH.9 ()

Flight Lieutenant

Tweddell, Ian William

Prisoner of War

1943‑05‑13

Mitchell (FL197)

Lashburn, Saskatchewan

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

98 Squadron (RAF) ( 19)

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