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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.
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27 Jan 1941 - Enlisted in the RCAF
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16 May 1943 - North Africa
12 Aug 1943 - UK
26 Sep 1943
27 Oct 1943 - Flying Instructor Course
14 Nov 1943 - Instructor Pilot
21 Jan 1944 - Crashed after losing starboard engine

(Photo: L to R: Navigator P/O J.E. "Jim" Leigh, Pilot F/Sgt C.L. "Scoop" Spooner, Wirelss Op/Gunner F/Sgt R.S. "Scotty” Mackay, Bomb Aimer F/Sgt F.M. "Freddie" Ledressay, Rear Gunner Sgt S.G. "Blackie" Blackert.in front of their 425Sqn RCAF Wellington bomber. RAF Disforth – 19 May 1943.)
Commemorated Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Plot I/2. Grave 140A. United Kingdom.
Son of Edward Alfred and Louise Elizabeth Spooner, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
(Information courtesy Francois Dutil)

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