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Lancaster FM213
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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145 Squadron (RCAF) ( 16)

Pilot Officer

Barnes, Roland Roy

Killed in Action

1943‑01‑28

Hudson (760)

Mettagami Heights, Ontario

Leading Aircraftman

Bell, Henry Hedley

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑06

Ventura (2171)

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Flight Sergeant

Boyer, Jack Sinclair

Killed in Action

1943‑01‑28

Hudson (760)

Torbay, Newfoundland

Flight Sergeant

Feldman, Leonard

Killed in Action

1942‑11‑01

Hudson (BW449)

Windsor, Ontario

Corporal

Foris, Louis Charles

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑06

Ventura (2171)

Hamilton, Ontario

Flying Officer

Harris, William Arthur

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑06

Ventura (2171)

Niagara Falls, Ontario

Flight Lieutenant

Hastie, Jack Renwick

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑07‑09

Hudson (762)

Swift Current, Saskatchewan

Flying Officer

Hume, Donald William

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑06

Ventura (2171)

Kinross, Prince Edward Island

Leading Aircraftman

Leard, William Godfrey

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑06

Ventura (2171)

Fortune Cove, Prince Edward Island

Flight Sergeant

Ouellette, Joseph Edmond

Killed in Action

1943‑01‑28

Hudson (760)

Grand Falls, New Brunswick

Flight Sergeant

Robinson, Lewis Gerald

Killed in Action

1942‑11‑01

Hudson (BW449)

Edmonton, Alberta

Flying Officer

Snow, William Field Crichton

Killed in Action

1943‑01‑28

Hudson (760)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Leading Aircraftman

St Louis, Lionel Charles

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑06

Ventura (2171)

Sudbury, Ontario

Leading Aircraftman

Stephenson, Harold Archibald

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑06

Ventura (2171)

Tako, Saskatchewan

Pilot Officer

Tanner, John Charles

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑06

Ventura (2171)

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Warrant Officer 1

Wood, Melville Stanley

Killed in Action

1944‑07‑06

Ventura (2171)

Shelburne, Ontario

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

145 Squadron (RCAF) ( 16)

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