RCAF Casualty Press Releases

Paul Squires · Post by **Paul Squires** » Mon Mar 02, 2026 9:59 pm

Hi All,

I'm sure many of you have noted that reporting of casualties in the Second World War makes present day 'news' look shallow.

You may not know that, in the case of the RCAF at least, this was deliberate. They would issue a press release for casualties with details on an airman's background, education, service and so on from their Personnal Files. So, much of the information in news articles of the time can be seen as fairly accurate, given that source (but always check, right).

There is an example of one of these as the first document in the file for Sgt Frank Boroski R67510 at the Library and Archives Canada site:

https://recherche-collection-search.bac ... 0028-00257

All the Best, and hope you find this useful,

Paul Squires
Wetaskiwin, Alberta