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This data is constantly being updated and enhanced by Captain François Dutil RCAF
Further RCAF information is on our Pages Relating to Canada and our RCAF Notes Database and in the RCAF section of our Allied Losses and Incidents Database

This database lists all known RCAF flying-related personnel who served 1939 - 1945 and onwards in many cases.
You may also want to check RCAF entries in the Allied Losses and Incidents Database.
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"Conversion from the original data held as images of old teletype sheets must have taken Major Paradie years.
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23 Aug 1940 - Enlisted in the RCAF - Toronto, Ontario
16 Nov 1940 - Toronto, Ontario
14 Dec 1940 - 10 Hamilton, Ontario
28 Jan 1941 - Brantford, Ontario
5 July 1941 - Bournemouth, UK
1941 - RAF Catfoss, Yorkshire
Feb 1942 - Egypt
July 1942 - Egypt & Malta
10 Nov 1942 - Hit by flak and crash landed
11 June 1943 - Regained Cairo Egypt
11 June 1943 - RAF Prestwick, Scotland
27 Sep 1943 - Repatriated to Canada
18 Jan 1944 - Released from the RCAF
- Distinguished Flying Cross - No.272 Squadron (now retired) - Award effective 10 October 1942 as per London Gazette dated 11 June 1943 and AFRO 644/44 dated 24 March 1944.
Changed his name to Robert Malcolm Dunsford
Deceased on 31 December 1980, in San Diego, California, USA.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)

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