Pilot Officer Andrew C. Mynarski, VC (DND Archives Photo, PL-38261,and IWM Photo, CHP 975) Pilot Officer Andrew C. Mynarski, VC. P/O“Andy” Mynarski, VC, was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and joined the RCAF in 1941. P/O Mynarski was the mid-upper gunner of a Lancaster aircraft detailed to participate in a raid on the Cambrai railway yards … Read more
Squadron Leader Ian Willoughby Bazalgette, VC, DFC (Bomber Command Museum Photo) Squadron Leader Ian Willoughby Bazalgette, VC, DFC (19 October 1918 – 4August 1944) was a Canadian-British pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. S/L Bazalgette was the “Master Bomber” of a Pathfinder Squadron detailed to mark an important target for … Read more
Flight-Lieutenant DavidErnest Hornell, VC (DND Photo) F/L David ErnestHornell, 1944. Flight-LieutenantDavid Ernest Hornell (26 Jan 1910 –24 Jun 1944), won the RCAF’s first Victoria Cross (posthumously)following an attack on a U-boat with his Consolidated PBY-5A Canso in 1944. F/L Hornell VC was born on Toronto Island, Mimico,Ontario. He enlisted in the RCAF in January1941, and received his … Read more
