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Lt/Gen William Keir Carr

from: Canada Grand Bank ... details
update: 2022-01-15

F/L Robert James Buckles

from: Canada Ontario ... details
update: 2022-01-15

F/L John I Jefferson

from: Canada Nova Scotia Bear River ... details
update: 2022-01-15

Lt Roy Barr McKechnie

from: South Africa ... details
update: 2022-01-14

Lt Jack Spencer

from: South Africa ... details
update: 2022-01-14

Sgt George Ashurst

from: South Africa ... details
update: 2022-01-14

Flt/Off John Derlin Myers

from: USA ... details
update: 2022-01-14

Flt/Off Bruce Winston Collins

from: USA ... details
update: 2022-01-14

Capt Luke Elbert Allen

from: USA Colorado Ignacio ... details
update: 2022-01-14

2/Lt G Curnick

from: South Africa ... details
update: 2022-01-14

F/L Douglas Ralph Edwards

from: Australia Queensland Longreach ... details
update: 2022-01-14

S/L Phillip Leslie Irving Archer

from: Barbados BWI ... details
update: 2022-01-14

F/L Allan Douglas Taylor

from: Canada Ontario Grey City ... details
update: 2022-01-13

P/O Cecil Henry Hight

from: New Zealand Christchurch ... details
update: 2022-01-13

P/O Percy Byng-Hall

from: United Kingdom Nova Scotia Guildford ... details
update: 2022-01-13
 
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TA765

stats: LFIX BHM24 M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA766

stats: LFIX CBAF M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA767

stats: LFIX CBAF M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA768

stats: LFIX CBAF M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA769

stats: LFIX CBAF M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA770

stats: LFIX CBAF M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA771

stats: LFIX CBAF M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA772

stats: HFIX CBAF M70 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA773

stats: LFIX BHM24 M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA774

stats: LFIX CBAF M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA775

stats: LFIX CBAF M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA776

stats: LFIX CBAF M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA777

stats: LFIX CBAF M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA778

stats: LFIX CBAF M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TA779

stats: LFIX CBAF M66 ... details
update: 2025-10-27
 
* recent comments & questions

Flt Lt H G Garwood OK

Flt Lt H G Garwood, RCAF of 412 Sqn of 126 Wing crash lands in Normandy near on beach patrol (engine failure), was flying the very next day! ...

on: aircraft, 2015-10-05 ... details

more info coming from local historians

more information coming from local geneolgy researcher / library ...

on: pilots, 2015-09-22 ... details

Didn't make it to the Channel

Service record indicates Poulton dived into Channel. He tried, but he actually baled out over land, at 800 feet, and was taken prisoner wit ...

on: aircraft, 2015-09-21 ... details

Caterpillar Club

The Caterpillar Club card photo is particularly exciting, given to members who used a parachute to save their lives. Bob parachuted from hi ...

on: pilots, 2015-09-21 ... details

Images or Pre-war information for Anthon

Does anyone have an image, background (pre-war) details on this pilot. He was 33 years old when he was killed. Commonwealth Graves indicat ...

on: pilots, 2015-09-19 ... details

616 had Meteors

Squadron 616 is known for being the first Squadron to fly the only operational allied jet, the meteor, in WWII. ...

on: pilots, 2015-09-19 ... details

Missing

F/Lt AW WILSON went missing in K9810 while leading Blue section off Flamborough Head on 21 February 1940, descended through mist to locate t ...

on: aircraft, 2015-09-19 ... details

Canadian Status?

Can anyone resolve if this pilot actually had Canadian citizenship when allowed to join the RAF, or, exactly under what terms he was allowed ...

on: pilots, 2015-09-17 ... details