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And I see that “possibly” he donated the photo’s on this website?? RCAF 417 The "City of Windsor" Combat Support Squadron http://www.budslc.com/ww2/417/417.htm B9AA21BD-EF3A-4736-B4C1-90FA1850DA6A.jpeg Left to right: Flight Lieutenant Tom Percival, "Stocky" Edwards and P/O John Riley 843F8BC4-656C-4...

A few POW records

John, I went ahead and found all his flights with 417 Squadron…….when you go thru this you’ll see they started with Hurricane’s and then eventually switch to Spitfires. C795BE47-67EE-430D-B8A5-8614991B7716.jpeg 85F14E2E-B1DE-4FFF-86AA-EAFAF7C02200.jpeg 3957563F-FF8D-41E2-A410-4BD716660956.jpeg A770A...

Thank you for the warm welcome...and the great information you furnished here on my dad. No, I had not seen this before. Thanks so much! Very appreciative! Cheers! John You welcome John……if you’d like copies of ALL his flights with the Squadron, I can get them for you…….If you look at the page I po...

This is the actual Spitfire aircraft record that he was flying on the 19 Apr 1943. This tells you the model number, and where it went from delivery to 417 Squadron, and also the factory it was built at which was Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory 939EDA29-2CC0-4C25-8E6B-C20A182E5CCD.jpeg Castle Bromwi...

You probably have all this info, but thought I would post it anyway. 19 Apr 1943 Operations Records Book for 417 Squadron RCAF. If you go to this page, you can also see ALL the missions he was on “before” he was shot down in this record. If you can share the other Squadrons he was with, we can give ...

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Looks like he went AWOL, and then died in New York