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A Spirit River soldier’s story of survival

November 6, 2025

By: Austin Payeur

In August of 1944, after returning from a mission to bomb a vehicle factory in Rüsselsheim, Germany, a Canadian Lancaster plane with a crew of nine Royal Air Force (RAF) airmen was shot down. Seven crewmen would perish; one would escape and be taken prisoner. This was tailgunner Daniel “Danny” Rycroft of Spirit River. The […]

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