Corvette K-225 (1943)

Richard Rosson, Howard Hawks

The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.

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Royal Canadian Navy Operations Room, St. John's, Newfoundland, 24 September 1942.

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1957 HMCS Bonaventure is commissioned at Belfast, Northern Ireland. She is the first aircraft carrier to be owned outright by Canada and incorporates several post-war technical developments: an angled deck, mirror landing aid, and steam catapult.

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C. Hillam, 1917
B. Mirkovich, 1947
C. J. Boardman, 1918
E. A. Slack, 1944
F. A. Sullivan, 1943
A. Ross, 1916
W. S. Faircloth, 1944
P. J. Hodge, 1917
N. Corken, 1945
C. Murray, 1918

These are 10 of the 218 Canadians who fell on this day in history.

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