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Canada's air force : the Royal Canadian Air Force at 100 / by Bercuson, David Jay,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) was founded in 1924 as a sort of federal air service, carrying out civilian-type operations for Ottawa. In the Second World War, the RCAF grew to more than 200,000 personnel in overseas squadrons and performed virtually every type of mission, including bombing and hunting submarines. Over the decades since, the RCAF has tried valiantly to carry out its mission of defending Canada, even when starved of funds by the federal government. Today, it is once again on the verge of becoming a modern, well-equipped air force. In Canada's Air Force, historian David J. Bercuson shares the history of the first one hundred years of the Royal Canadian Air Force, from its inception in 1924 to its centennial in 2024. Drawing on memoirs, diaries, unpublished histories, archival sources, interview transcripts, and standard reference works such as The Bomber Command War Diaries, Bercuson traces the history of the RCAF as not only a fighting force but also a human institution. Canada's Air Force analyses the first century of the RCAF through the clear-eyed perspective of a Canadian historian who has closely scrutinized one hundred years of the RCAF's story."--
Subjects: Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force;
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Amazing airmen : Canadian flyers in the Second World War / by Darling, Ian,1948-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force; Great Britain. Royal Air Force; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2009., Dundurn Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Above and beyond : the Canadians' war in the air, 1939-45 / by Dunmore, Spencer,1928-;
Subjects: Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force; Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
© c1996., McClelland & Stewart,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Camp Borden - Birthplace of the RCAF : RCAF 80th anniversary edition / by Marion, Normand,1953-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force; Canada. Canadian Forces Base (Borden, Ont.); Air bases; Aviation;
© c2004., 16 Wing,
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Aces, warriors & wingmen : firsthand accounts of Canada's fighter pilots in the Second World War / by Ralph, Wayne Douglas,1946-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force; Air pilots, Military; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2005., John Wiley & Sons Canada,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Behind enemy lines : World War II / by Matas, Carol,1949-;
Subjects: Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force; Prisoners of war; Prisoners of war; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2012., Scholastic Canada,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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In for a penny, in for a pound : the adventures and misadventures of a wireless operator in Bomber Command / by Hewer, Howard;
Includes bibliographical references: p. 257-258.
Subjects: Hewer, Howard; Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command; Flight radio operators; World War, 1939-1945;
© 2000., Stoddart,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Over the wire : a Canadian pilot's memoir of war and survival as a POW / by Carswell, Andrew,1923-;
Subjects: Carswell, Andrew, 1923-; Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force; Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command; Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf.; Air pilots, Military; Prisoners of war; Prisoners of war; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2011., J. Wiley & Sons Canada,
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Four who dared : inspiring stories of Canadian airmen in the Second World War / by Cothliff, Kenneth B.,1944-author.; Cothliff, Kenneth B.,1944-Under the maple leaf.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The sacrifice of Canadian soldiers in the Second World War was staggering. Over the course of the conflict, more than one million Canadians served in the Canadian Army, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Canadian Airforce, and in forces across the British Commonwealth, including the Royal Airforce. More than 44,000 Canadians were killed in the war, and more than 54,000 were left wounded. In Four Who Dared, author and historian Ken Cothliff lifts four Canadian volunteer pilots out of obscurity, highlighting their personal stories and acts of heroism. The four pilots in this book were unknown to each other, but they are forever united in their quest to serve their country and its allies in an unprecedented hour of need. Reg Lane joined British Bomber Command relatively early in the War, rising from NCO pilot to become a Master Bomber with the elite Pathfinder Force. Jim Moffat ended his flying combat career after twelve operations, becoming a Resistance fighter on the European mainland. Steve Puskas's comprehensive diaries and unpublished writings provide extraordinary insight into his training as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, an experience familiar to many Commonwealth and British aircrew. Bill Gracie, a Scot who had immigrated to Canada as a boy, was keen to take up the fight when the war began, with the sole aim of becoming aircrew. Sadly, he was one of the over ten thousand Canadian Bomber Command aircrew who never returned home. Equal parts riveting and humbling, Four Who Dared is a must-read for anyone interested in delving into the lives and sacrifices of our unsung Canadian heroes."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command.; Air pilots, Military; Airmen; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Dam busters : Canadian airmen and the secret raid against Nazi Germany / by Barris, Ted,author.; Mansbridge, Peter,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.May 16, 1943, was a night that changed WWII. Nineteen Lancaster bombers filled with 133 hand-picked and specially trained airmen took off on a night mission code-named Operation Chastise; their targets - the Ruhr River dams - whose massive water reservoirs powered Nazi Germany's military industrial complex. This mission cost the lives of fifty-three airmen, including fourteen Canadians. Based on personal accounts, flight logs, maps and photographs of the Canadians involved, 'Dam Busters' recounts the dramatic story of these young Commonwealth bomber crews.
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 617; Operation Chastise, 1943.; Air pilots, Military; Air pilots, Military; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Dams;
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