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.
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
Owing to problems with encoding methods, some records require manual adjustment to bring data elements within the record into alignment. This is a lengthy and ongoing process. If the record you are looking at is hard to read, it means we have yet to make the appropriate manual adjustments, so send us a message via the Helpdesk and we will correct that record.
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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. Try 123 by itself.

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1	Anderson	William Andrew	P/O F/O F/L S/L		DFC	KIA Age 24		C	1099	PLT	RCAF 112 Sqd (RCAF) 8 Sqd (RCAF) 8 Sqd (RCAF) 8 Sqd (RCAF) 8 Sqd (RCAF) 8 Sqd (RCAF) 3 PRC (RCAF) 407 Sqd (RCAF) 407 Sqd (RCAF) Last Op	X Moth & Finch Bolinbroke & Oxford Bolinbroke 9002 Bolinbroke 702 Delta 672 Bolinbroke 9003 X Hudson Hudson AM712	9 Sept 1939 - Enlisted in the RCAF 14 Sep 1939 22 Apr 1940 24 March 1941 - LG collapsed 31 March 1941 - LG collapse 14 May 1941 - Nosed over 3 June 1941 9 Aug 1941 - UK 23 Aug 1941 12 Feb 1942 - Shot down by German naval AAA fire during an attack against the Scharnhorst.	(Photo: 7 September 1941 - Crew of a 407 Sqd Husdon return from a mission, left to right are: F/L W.A. Anderson DFC (RCAF), Sgt Neville Jordan (RAF), Sgt E. Duval (RAF) and F/Sgt H.V. Spicer (RCAF)) Distinguished Flying Cross - No.407 Squadron - Award effective 15 December 1941 as per London Gazette dated 16 March 1943 and AFRO 616/43 dated 9 April 1943. Commemorated Runnymede Memorial, Panel 99. United Kingdom. Son of David Watson Anderson and Anne Walker Anderson, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Husband of Joyce Harriet Anderson. (Information courtesy Francois Dutil)	Veterans Affairs Canada Accident report Losses and Incidents Database RCAFA Awards Database
2	Spicer	Harold Victor	Sgt F/Sgt P/O			KIA Age 23		R J	64891 15854	WAG	RCAF 2 WS (RCAF) 4 B&GS (RCAF) 3 PRC (RCAF) 1 W Sigs S (RAF) 407 Sqd (RCAF) 407 Sqd (RCAF) Last Op	X Harvard Battle X Anson Hudson Hudson AM712	14 Aug 1940 - Enlisted in the RCAF 13 Oct 1940 15 Feb 1941 29 June 1941 - UK 7 July 1941 1 Aug 1941 12 Feb 1942 - Shot down by naval AAA fire during an attack against the Scharnhorst	(Photo: 7 September 1941 - Crew of a 407 Sqd Husdon return from a mission, left to right are: F/L W.A. Anderson DFC (RCAF), Sgt Neville Jordan (RAF), Sgt E. Duval (RAF) and F/Sgt H.V. Spicer (RCAF)) Commemorated Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery, Row D. Grave 29. Netherlands. Son of Hubert Stanley and Julia Priscilla Adelia (nee Davis) Spicer, of Wharton, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. (Information courtesy Francois Dutil)	Veterans Affairs Canada Accident report Losses and Incidents Database

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