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Paradie RCAF Archive: 45,000+ Entries

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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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In November 2017 François Dutil began adding extensive information and many images from his research files,
for which we are grateful. Please contact us via our Helpdesk if you have additional information or images.
"Conversion from the original data held as images of old teletype sheets must have taken Major Paradie years.
The Paradie database is as close to a treasure as the World will see.” François Dutil

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We have integrated entries from several databases in the Paradie Archive and as a result there may be more than one entry for a given individual. To ensure you read all the data we have on a person, use the Service Number (without the prefix J/ P/ R/ etc.) to perform a further search for more information on that person.
DATA ALIGNMENT IN PROCESS OF BEING ADJUSTED
Owing to problems with encoding methods, some records require manual adjustment to bring data elements within the record into alignment. This is a lengthy and ongoing process. If the record you are looking at is hard to read, it means we have yet to make the appropriate manual adjustments, so send us a message via the Helpdesk and we will correct that record.
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8 Jan 1941 - Enlisted in the RCAF
5 Feb 1941
23 Apr 1941
28 May 1941
16 July 1941
25 Sep 1941
23 Dec 1941
9 Oct 1943 - Nova Scotia
31 Dec 1943 - Iceland
3 May 1944 - RAF Ballykelly Northern Ireland
2 June 1944 - RAF Wick Scotland
24 June 1944 - Shot down by flak from U-1225 during low level attack
25 June 1944 - Died of exposure

(Image: “VC Attack”, by Graham Wragg, illustrates F/L Hornell’s valiant attack on a U-Boat during the Battle of the Atlantic.)
Victoria Cross - No.162 (BR) Squadron - Award effective 28 July 1944 as per London Gazette of that date and AFRO 1729/44 dated 11 August 1944.
Commemorated Lerwick New Cemetery, Terrace 7B. Grave 17. United Kingdom.
Son of Harry Alexander Hornell and Emily Crook Hornell; Husband of Genevieve Madge Hornell, of Drayton, Ontario, Canada.
(Information courtesy of Francois Dutil)

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