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The Air Transport Auxiliary employed 168 female pilots during the Second World War. Attached is a terrific article on them, full of pictures https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3194754/The-female-Guns-World-War-II-Inside-RAF-s-woman-ferry-squadron-rubbed-shoulders-men-flew-Spitfires.html D46D...

Andy McKenzie kept the fact that he had been shot down by a fellow flier until 1980 when he revealed it to John Picton of the Toronto Star. I had the honour of knowing the man and spent a few afternoons with him and his wife, Joyce, at their farm outside of Ottawa. Joyce had some wonderful stories ...

RCAF 31-Mar- 1951 334 FIS, 4 FIW F-86A Joseph A. Levesque 12.7mm MiG-15 V-VS RCAF 14-Jul- 1952 51 FIW F-86E Lawrence E. Spurr 12.7mm MiG-15 V-VS* RCAF 5-Ago- 1952 39 FIS, 51 FIW F-86F Claude A. LaFrance 12.7mm MiG-15 PLAAF RCAF 8-Sep- 1952 334 FIS, 4 FIW F-86E Ernest A. Glover 12.7mm MiG-15 V-VS* RC...

Lieutenant Commander Joe MacBrien 1B94B471-065A-40C4-B23C-1CF041ED984D.jpeg Lieutenant-Commander Joseph MacBrien and his wife after the Canadian naval aviator is presented with an American Distinguished Flying Cross in 1954. 49534BFC-2D8A-4D4D-BDB7-E9DB2AE53D77.jpeg https://legionmagazine.com/en/201...

Twenty-one RCAF volunteer fighter pilots were sent to Korea for F-86 combat duties and they served from March 1952 until November 1953 in small scheduled groups. They flew exclusively with the USAF’s 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing at Kimpo (about 15 miles northwest of Seoul) or the 51st, at Suwon (som...

RCAF pilot Andy MacKenzie was shot down in two wars, his story below:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/na ... le4196088/

http://www.kvacanada.com/stories_leader.htm

I agree Phil. Some became common knowledge but many did not show the light until years later due to secrecy laws etc. Their great to see the “thinking outside the box” so to speak in order to help win the war, even though some never went further than “paper” but these idea’s could advance other, mor...

A link to a story about HMS Habbakuk......the proposal to build a giant aircraft carrier, out of ice to hold 300 aircraft, which would be “placed” in U Boat alley. Prototypes were built in Alberta.........enjoy https://m.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/al-murray.html http://www.bbc.com/future/stor...

Another new one I hadn’t seen before. While going thru War Establishments, I found a Establishment or a Tobacco Depot.......run by the Canadian Postal Corps I had never heard of that, so a little research, and you can see why they were set up and how they works .......basically to distribute cigaret...

Temujin, Thank You so much for the info, I really appreciate your help, but that raises another question, how can the same aircraft be a write off, then later fly again ??? I am guessing that the aircraft was raised, put back together, and put back in the air: Catalina, QL- F (W8434), January 2, 19...