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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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14 Aug 1940 - Enlisted in the RCAF - Montreal, Quebec
1940 - ?
1940 - Malton, Ontario
25 May 1941 - Jarvis, Ontario
5 July 1941 - Rivers, Manitoba
Sep 1941 - Bournemouth, UK
17 Oct 1941 - RAF Kinloss, Scotland
Feb 1942 - RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk
9 Apr 1942 - Shot down by flak and a night fighter
Apr 1942 - Interned at Stalag 344 Lamsdorf, Germany
May 1943 - Escaped captivity and joined Polish resistance
Jan 1945 - Liberated by Soviet forces
19 March 1945 - Regained UK
April 1945 - Repatriated to Canada
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Nov 1945 - Search Officer - Europe
1948 - Olympic Hockey Gold Medal
1949 - Intelligence Training - Ottawa & Washington
1954 - Summerside, PEI
? - Comox, British Columbia
? - RCAF Air Int O to Pacific Fleet
? - Paris, France
1965 - Commanding Officer - Moisie, Quebec
1967 - Ottawa, Ontario
4 Sep 1971 - Retired from the RCAF

(Photo: 1948 Olympic champions - RCAF Flyers hockey team)

- Military Cross - No.419 Squadron - Awarded as per London Gazette of 8 October 1946.
- Mention in Despatches - No.419 Squadron - Award effective 1 January 1946 as per London Gazette of that date and AFRO 388 dated 12 April 1946.
- Cross of Valour (Poland) - Polish General Staff, London, 28 March 1945 - authority given as C-J94368 DPC dated 15 October 1947.
- Silver Merit Cross with Swords (Poland) - Polish General Staff, London, 28 March 1945 - authority given as C-J94368 DPC dated 15 October 1947.
- Deceased on 1 February 1984, in Ottawa, Ontario.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil

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