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CWHM flies one of the two airworthy Lancasters in the world. FM213 is usually marked as KB726 honouring Andrew Mynarski, VC.
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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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RCAF Roundel RCAF.info - RCAF Station Gimli Manitoba

1950-12-01

Primary Location Gimli MB Canada Current site of Gimli Industrial Airport Ident CYGM

Flight Lieutenant

Ashdown, Evans Farrell (Ash)

Killed in Flying Accident

1952‑01‑10

Harvard (2588)

Rossduff, Saskatchewan

Pilot Officer

Banyard, Selwyn Gordon

Killed in Flying Accident

1952‑08‑01

Harvard (3792)

Pilot Officer

Bell, Charles Peter

Killed in Flying Accident

1954‑02‑26

Silver Star (21141)

Whitley, Northumberland, UK

Flying Officer

Bishop, F. E.

Suicide

1959‑12‑28

()

Lieutenant

Blake, Richard William

Killed in Flying Accident

1969‑03‑13

Silver Star (21621)

London, United Kingdom

Aircraftman 1st Class

Bouchie, Wallace Clarence

Killed in Vehicle Accident

1955‑02‑26

()

Flight Cadet

Bourgeault, Robert Errol William

Killed in Flying Accident

1964‑11‑04

Silver Star (21643)

Kenora, Ontario

Flying Officer

Bradley, Paul Kirkland

Missing xx

1955‑01‑29

Silver Star (21359)

Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Flying Officer

Brown, Keith Gordon

Killed in Flying Accident

1957‑06‑08

Silver Star (21510)

Seward, Alaska

Ciret, C

Survived

1954‑10‑21

Silver Star (21252)

Flying Officer

Collins, John Michael

Killed in Flying Accident

1951‑04‑26

Harvard (3029)

Isle of Wight, UK (parents)

Corporal

Dawson, James Stanley

Died

1960‑03‑21

()

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Corporal

Dornic, R. L.

Killed in Flying Accident

1956‑03‑26

Silver Star (21248)

Lieutenant

Dowds, Brian Herbert

Killed in Flying Accident

1969‑03‑13

Silver Star (21621)

Private

Drechaler, T.R.

Killed in Flying Accident

1955‑03‑29

Silver Star (21262)

2nd Lieutenant

Ermann, Ozer

Killed in Flying Accident

1956‑08‑27

Silver Star (21331)

Leading Aircraftman

Fanning, Charles E.

Killed in Vehicle Accident

1955‑02‑26

()

Flight Lieutenant

Fine, Edward Leonard

Killed in Flying Accident

1959‑03‑09

Silver Star (21378)

Toronto, Ontario

Flight Lieutenant

Fletcher, Clifford Ronald

Killed in Flying Accident

1954‑10‑21

Silver Star (21048)

Edmonton, Alberta

Sergeant

Fradet, G.P.

Killed in Flying Accident

1955‑03‑17

Silver Star (21343)

Sergeant

Frisch, Roger Theodore

Killed in Flying Accident

1954‑06‑30

Silver Star ()

Grande Moselle, France

Flight Cadet

Geil, Howard Keith

Killed in Flying Accident

1952‑02‑01

Harvard (2801)

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Sergeant

Genestre,

Killed in Flying Accident

1955‑11‑24

Silver Star (21260)

Flying Officer

Graham, Gordon Stuart

Killed in Flying Accident

1959‑03‑09

Silver Star (21378)

Yenang Young, Myanmar

Leading Aircraftman

Hall, T. L.

Killed in Vehicle Accident

1960‑04‑30

()

Pilot Officer

Haskins, Brian Ernest

Killed in Flying Accident

1954‑04‑27

Silver Star (21225)

Flight Cadet

Haukeland, Tore H.

Killed in Flying Accident

1959‑03‑02

Silver Star (21291)

Leading Aircraftman

Hawley, John Wesley Basil

Killed in Vehicle Accident

1949‑08‑15

()

Ottawa, Ontario

2nd Lieutenant

Koker, K

Killed in Flying Accident

1956‑11‑27

Silver Star (21406)

Flying Officer

Leadbeater, C.G.

Drowned

1962‑06‑18

()

Flight Lieutenant

MacDonald, K.L.

Drowned

1962‑06‑20

()

Flying Officer

Marshall, James Alick

Killed in Flying Accident

1954‑07‑17

Silver Star (21226)

Castor, Alberta

Sergeant

Mastes, J G

Killed in Flying Accident

1956‑05‑29

Silver Star (21426)

2nd Lieutenant

Mathesen, H.O. Steen

Killed in Flying Accident

1955‑04‑12

Silver Star (21229)

Acting Pilot Officer

May, N. H.

Killed in Vehicle Accident

1958‑05‑24

()

Flying Officer

McLaren, P.D.

Killed in Flying Accident

1962‑05‑25

Silver Star (21257)

Flying Officer

Moore, Gerald Arthur Patrick

unknown

1956‑04‑09

Silver Star (21293)

Grande Prairie, Alberta

Leading Aircraftman

Murray, R J

Died

1964‑08‑16

()

Flying Officer

Nelson, James Lester

Missing xx

1955‑01‑29

Silver Star (21359)

Flight Cadet

Page, Dalton Smith

Killed in Flying Accident

1955‑08‑22

Harvard (20288)

Coldstream, New Brunswick

Sergeant

Petersen, Ruvald

unknown

1959‑09‑01

Silver Star (21544)

Flying Officer

Phillips, Herbert Earl

Killed in Flying Accident

1954‑04‑26

Silver Star (21224)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Flight Cadet

Prochuk, Lester Paul

Killed in Flying Accident

1959‑09‑01

Silver Star (21544)

Vita, Manitoba

Flying Officer

Sandford, John William George

Killed in Flying Accident

1956‑04‑03

Silver Star (21457)

Hamilton, Ontario

Flying Officer

Sankey, Paul Douglas

Killed in Flying Accident

1964‑05‑13

Silver Star (21524)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Pilot Officer

Silk, Richard Brian Daniel

Killed in Flying Accident

1956‑02‑22

Silver Star (21300)

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Acting Pilot Officer

Squire, P

Killed in Vehicle Accident

1958‑05‑24

()

2nd Lieutenant

Sutas, Erdogan

Killed in Flying Accident

1956‑05‑29

Silver Star (21251)

2nd Lieutenant

Tuncer, A

Killed in Vehicle Accident

1957‑09‑02

()

Flight Cadet

Vivyan, George William Mark

Killed in Flying Accident

1952‑01‑10

Harvard (2588)

Flying Officer

Walsh, Harold Francis

Missing xx

1955‑07‑25

Silver Star (21356)

Edson, Alberta

Flying Officer

Webber, Keith Dennis

Killed in Flying Accident

1965‑09‑25

Chipmunk (18079)

Hanna, Alberta

Flying Officer

Wheeler, Thomas Digby

Killed in Flying Accident

1954‑10‑21

Silver Star (21048)

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Flying Officer

Young, James Dewar

Killed in Flying Accident

1956‑05‑29

Silver Star (21251)

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Flight Cadet

Zimmerman, Victor David

Killed in Flying Accident

1951‑05‑25

Harvard (2751)

Calgary, Alberta

Sergeant

Zwarteveen, J.H.M.

Killed in Flying Accident

1957‑04‑29

Silver Star (21521)

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

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