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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
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Most records were originally encoded with aircraft serial numbers in the format AB 123. The standard is to use the format AB123. We have a long term project underway to change all serial numbers to the standard form, but with 50,000+ records this is a long process.
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24 June 1929
19 Aug 1931 - Military wings
30 Dec 1935
30 Dec 1937
10 May 1940
4 July 1940 - UK
5 July 1940
31 Aug 1940 - Shot down by Bf-109, bailed out safely
2 Sep 1940 - Non flying, recuperating
11 Dec 1940
14 Apr 1941 - Commanding Officer
14 Dec 1941
15 Dec 1941 - Repatriated to Canada
5 Feb 1942
23 May 1942 - UK
26 July 1942 - Repatriated to Canada
15 Sep 1942 - Staff Officer
25 August 1943
22 Jan 1944
17 Feb 1944
20 Feb 45 - Killed in crash 2 miles West of Bagotville, QC
- Distinguished Flying Cross - No.402 Squadron - Award effective 31 January 1942 as per London Gazette dated 13 February 1942 and AFRO 358/44 dated 18 February 1944.
- Commemorated St. James' Cemetary, Block Q. Lot 89. Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
- Son of William Frederick and Sada (nee Bowerman) Corbett, of Montreal, province of Quebec, Canada. Husband of Mary Catherine (nee Sloan) Corbett, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A., father of James Sloan Corbett. Brother of Major Frederick James Corbett, Major Dawson Francis Corbett and Lieutenant Keith Campagne Corbett.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)

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