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Paradie RCAF Archive: 45,000+ Entries

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This database lists all known RCAF flying-related personnel who served 1939 - 1945 and onwards in many cases.
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1 MacWilliamWilliam RalphSgt
F/Sgt
POWR73436PLT419Sqn (RCAF)
RCAF
Wellington X3467
X
9 Apr 1942 - Shot down by flak and a night fighter
Interned at Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)
2 MitchnerJohn DavidsonSgt
F/Sgt
WO2
WO1
P/O
F/O
F/L
S/L
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S/L
W/C

DFC & Bar

Netherlands Flying Cross
R
J
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No
74902
16799
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20196
PLTRCAF
2ITS (RCAF)
8EFTS (RCAF)
10SFTS (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
55OTU (RAF)
263Sqn (RAF)
55OTU (RAF)
247Sqn (RAF)
116Sqn (RAF)
402Sqn (RCAF)
14APC (RAF)
1TEU (RAF)
421Sqn (RCAF)
416Sqn (RCAF)
416Sqn (RCAF)
RCAF
126Wing (RCAF)
RCAF
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2Air Command HQ (RCAF)
Joint Air School (RCAF)
AFHQ (RCAF)
CFEDFS
1ADC HQ
Staff College
434Sqn (RCAF)
1OTU (RCAF)
RCAF
11TSU (RCAF)
13ACWS (RCAF)
AWCS (USAF)
11ACWS (RCAF)
ADC HQ (RCAF)
RCAF
X
X
Moth
Harvard
X
Master & Hurricane
Whirlwind
Master & Hurricane
Hurricane
Hurricane
Spitfire
Spitfire
Mustang
Spitfire
Spitfire
Spitfire
X
Spitfire
X
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X
Expeditor
X
Meteor & Spitfire
X
X
Sabre
Silver Star & Sabre
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
26 Oct 1940 - Enlisted in the RCAF - Vancouver, British Columbia
5 Jan 1941 - Regina, Saskatchewan
7 Feb 1941 - Vancouver, British Columbia
10 Apr 1941 - Dauphin, Manitoba
16 Aug 1941 - Bournemouth, UK
21 Aug 1941 - RAF Aston Down, Gloucestershire
30 Sep 1941 - RAF Drem, Scotland
13 June 1942 - RAF Aston Down, Gloucestershire
16 July 1942 - RAF Exeter, Devon
18 Aug 1942 - RAF Heston, London
17 Nov 1942 - RAF Kenley, Surrey
1 Dec 1943 - RAF Warmwell, Dorchester
24 Feb 1944 - RAF Tealing, Scotland
13 Aug 1944 - B2 Bazenville, France
28 Sep 1944 - B68 Le Culot, Belgium
1 Nov 1944 - Commanding Officer
8 Apr 1946 - Repatriated to Canada on leave
20 March 1946 - B174 Utersen, Germany
8 Apr 1946 - Repatriated to Canada - Lachine, Quebec
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9 Apr 1946 - Winnipeg, Manitoba
23 May 1947 - Rivers, Manitoba
21 Jan 1949 - Ottawa, Ontario
8 March 1949 - RAF Tangmere, West Sussex, UK
1 Nov 1949 - St. Hubert, Quebec
2 Aug 1951 - Toronto, Ontario
1 June 1952 - Commanding Officer - Uplands, Ontario
9 to 27 June 1952 - Chatham, New Brunswick
1 May 1953 - Reclassed as Fighter Control Officer
4 Oct 1953 - Montreal, Quebec
16 Oct 1953 - St. Sylvestre, Quebec
21 July 1954 - FCO course - Tyndall AFB, Florida, USA
4 Nov 1954 - Lac-Saint-Denis, Quebec
2 Feb 1958 - St. Hubert, Quebec
27 Nov 1960 - Retired from the RCAF

(Photo: 5 April 1945, S/L Mitchner DFC & Bar, CO of 416 Sqn RCAF)
- Distinguished Flying Cross - No.402 Squadron - Award effective 26 October 1943 as per London Gazette dated 9 November 1943 and AFRO 358/44 dated 18 February 1944.
- Bar to Distinguished Flying Cross - No.416 Squadron - Award effective 6 July 1945 as per London Gazette of that date and AFRO 1453/45 dated 14 September 1945.
- Netherlands Flying Cross - Awarded 1 January 1946 as per London Gazette of that date and AFRO 183/46 dated 22 February 1946.
- Deceased 2 December 1964, in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)

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