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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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21 Sep 1939 - Enlisted in the RCAF - Montreal, Quebec
11 Apr 1940 - St. Hubert, Quebec
May 1940 - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
19 June 1940 - Bournemouth, UK
21 June 1940 - RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire
5 Oct 1940 - Shot down by Bf-109s, injured
Dec 1940 - Repatriated to Canada for convalescence
13 Jan 1941 - Rockcliffe, Ontario
23 July 1941 - Commanding Officer - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
14 June 1942 - Commanding Officer - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
6 September 1942 - Commanding Officer - Moncton, New Brunswick
March 1944 - Station Commander
7 June 1945 - Staff officer - Ottawa, Ontario
Sep 1945 - Released from the RCAF

(Photo: S/L Molson in his 118Sqn RCAF Curtis Kittyhawk)
Post war became a Senator, owner of the Molson Brewery & of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team,
Served as Honorary Colonel of the Royal Military College of Canada.
Deceased 28 September 2002 at age 95 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)

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