American airmen in the Canadian airforce during WWII unit reasearch.

[Dispatch]

I had a relative in the Canadian airforce during WWII. I don't know what his unit was or even his date of enlistment. Can anyone suggest a good research outlet that may help me in my search? I checked the: collcetionscanada.ca site with no luck.

 

[xFusilier]

National Archives of Canada: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/022-909.007-e.html

 

[Michael OLeary]

Canadian Forces after 1918 (including Second World War)
Research at Library and Archives Canada

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogie/022-909.007-e.html

Research and Reference Services

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/services/005-220-e.html

Hire a free-lance researcher

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020208_e.html

 

[George Wallace]

Here are a couple of links that may help.  I do have a better source somewhere in a packing box that I will post tomorrow if I can find it.  It is for a former CBC employee who has, as a hobby, done a lot of research on this matter time and was very helpful in finding info on my uncle who died in the RCAF during WW II.  He gave me the names of all the crew, the Bomber name and number, dates of mission, etc.  I will pass it along if I still have it.

The Museum web page may not be of much help, but the email address may.



http://www.forces.ca/hr/dhh/museums/engraph/cfmdir_e.asp?RefineSearch=Province=ON&Id=40&cat=4

Name: Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial Museum

Mailing Address:

8 Wing Trenton
PO Box 1000, Stn Forces Astra ON K0K 3W0

Telephone: 1-613-965-2140

Fax: 1-613-965-7352

Email: rcafmail@reach.net

World Wide Web:  http://rcafmuseum.on.ca/

Hours of operation:

Summer 1 May - 30 Sep
Mon to Sun 1000 - 1700 hrs

Winter 1 Oct - 30 Apr
Wed to Sun 1000 - 1700 hrs
Mon and Tue Closed.

 

[beaverpass]

Post your question to www.RAFCOMMANDS.com, click on "General Questions".

This is the best site on the web for answers to Commonwelth Airforces questions, WW2.

Provide as much info about your person as you can in your original post. This forum is frequented by some of the most knowledgable authors, historians and researchers into Commonwealth Airforces in World War 2.

Cheers, Ken
Orleans, Ontario