RCAF No. 421 Squadron |
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July 1942
Front row left to right:
01) C.A. Davis, Kelowna, BC 02) J.K. Landen, [Landern?] N. Bay 03) L.H. Meldeau, S. Carolina, USA 04) Alex C. Aitken, Toronto, KIA 05) Webb Harten, S.St. Marie, KIA 06) T.S. Judd, Hamilton, ON 07) "Cam" D. Myers, Windsor, KIA 08) H.S. Wells, Galt, ON 09) D.M. Iverach, Winnipeg, 10) C.G. Whitney, Saskatoon 11) "Red" Omand, Wellesley, ON 12) C.G. Hutchings. Saskatoon, KIA |
Back row left to right:
01) "Hap" Kennedy, Ottawa 02) J.H. Murray, Paris, ON 03) T. Koch, Dilke, Sask. 04) Joseph Chasanoff, Winnipeg 05) Graham Robertson, Toronto 06) Frank C. Willis, Saskatoon, KIA 07) J.H. Long, St. John, NB (may be John Herbert Long KIA with 126 Sqn) 08) R. Cudham, Winnipeg 09) Art R. Sager, Vancouver 10) Robert Clasper, Winnipeg, KIA with 412 Sqn |
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Early Summer 1943
| Standing at the extreme rear are: P/O C.D. Myers, Windsor, ON (hands in pockets) Sgt M.B. Dixon, Sudbury, ON (no cap) P/O Webb E. Harten, Sualt St. Marie, ON (pronounced lean) P/O Al Fleming, Smiths Falls, ON (behind fuselage) F/O J.D. McFarlane, Portland, Maine (behind fuselage) |
Seated from left to right on the wing are: P/O D.J. Bullock, Montreal (in cap) F/O H.P. Zary, New York (no cap) P/O R.T. Heeney, Ottawa (no cap - partially hidden) P/O J.S. Hicks, Ottawa (slit hat) F/L Art Sager, Vancouver, a flight commander (no cap) |
| Standing to the right of the crest are: S/L J.D. Hall, the CO, Toronto (slit hat) F/L Phil Blades, Victoria, B.C. (in cap) Lt. Dennis Hilliard, Navy Air Arm (no cap) P/O J.A. "Red" Omand, Wellesley, ON (in cap) |
Squatting in the foreground are: S/P Frank Joyce F/O Frank Minton, Edmonton, Intelligence Officer Sgt R.W. "Hap" Beall, Canal Zone P/O Bob Isbister, Toronto P/O Tommy Kelley, Toronto F/O Claude Angus, Marshall, Sask., Squadron Adjutant |
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August 1943
| Front row : P/O Robert "Izzy" Isbister, Toronto F/L Roger C. Wilson, Toronto F/O Johnny Drope, Regina F/O Philip G. Musgrave, Winnipeg F/L Walter S. Quint, Guelph, ON F/O R. Gordon Driver, Toronto F/S Ivors Forster, Thornhill, ON F/O Daniel K. Wilson, Brantford, ON F/L John N. Patterson, Ottawa |
Second row : P/O Jack Bamford, Hamilton, ON F/O Wilbert "Webb" Harten, Sault Ste. Marie, ON F/O Leonard R. Thorne, London ON F/L Robert D. "Dagwood" Phillip, Toronto; S/L Robert W. McNair, North Battleford, Sask. W/C James E. "Johnny" Johnson S/L Norman E. Fowlow, DFC, Windsor, N.S. P/O John A. Omand, Wellesley, ON F/O Henry P. M. "Hank" Zary, New York City F/O Ralph W. Nickerson, Moncton, M.B. |
Third row : F/O Nick B. Dixon, Sudbury, ON P/O William F. Cook, Clinton, ON P/O Karl R. Linton, Plaster Rock, NB P/O John S. Hicks, Ottawa F/O Paul G. Johnson, Bethel, Conn. P/O Thurne "Tommy" Parks, Oshawa, ON F/O Alan E. "Al" Fleming, Smiths Falls, ON F/L Fredrick J. "Johnny" Sherlock, Calgary P/O Percy Alan Mclachlan, Vancouver P/O Horace F. Packard, Montreal F/O C. G. "Gerry" DeNancrede, Calgary |
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