Ads
related to: royal canadian air force records archives
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The RCAF Memorial Library and Museum opened on 1 April 1984 – the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Royal Canadian Air Force – in the CFB Trenton Recreation Center. However, the museum quickly outgrew the location and moved to the base's former curling club exactly 10 years later in 1994.
The original Royal Canadian Air Force used a rank structure [76] similar to that of the Royal Air Force, with the exceptions, in the enlisted ranks, of the RCAF having the ranks of warrant officer 1 and 2, not having the ranks of senior aircraftman or junior technician, and not distinguishing between aircrew and non-aircrew for sergeants and ...
The Canadian Air Force (CAF) was established in 1920 as the successor to a short-lived two-squadron Canadian Air Force that was formed during the First World War in Europe. . Wing Commander John Scott Williams was tasked in 1921 with organizing the CAF, handing command over later the same year to Air Marshal Lindsay Gordon.
418 Squadron Douglas Boston Mark III (Intruder) at RAF Bradwell Bay, England, prepares to take off on a night intruder mission over North-west Europe. 418 Squadron RCAF was Canada's highest-scoring squadron in World War II, in terms of both air-to-air and air-to-ground kills, and in terms of both day and night operations. [1]
The Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian Forces Dakota: 1943 – From Debutante to Matriarch. Winnipeg: Media One Productions, 1989. (bilingual) Delve, Ken. D-Day: The Air Battle. London: Arms & Armour Press, 1994. ISBN 1-85409-227-8. Kostenuk, Samuel and Griffin, John. RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft: 1924–1968.
Royal Canadian Air Force personnel of World War II (1 C, 263 P) Pages in category "History of the Royal Canadian Air Force" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.