RapidFireWeb RAF 2Lt Alan A. McLeod, VC (IWM Photo, Q 67601) 2Lt Alan A. McLeod, VC. On 27 Mar 1918 2Lt Alan A. McLeod from Stonewall, Manitoba, won the Victoria Cross for an action fought by him and his observer, Lt A.W. Hammond, while they were flying an Armstrong-Whitworth F.K.8. During an air battle at an … Read more
RCAF flying operations during the Dieppe Raid, 19 Aug 1942 On 19 August 1942, the RCAF found themselves committed to the Dieppe Raid. On that day, 60 RCAF fighter aircraft could be spotted above the shore of Dieppe, supporting Operation Jubilee. The RCAF suffered five casualties as a result of the Dieppe Raid. This operation … Read more
Air Chief Marshal Lloyd Samuel Breadner, CB, DSC (RCAF Photo) Air Marshall Lloyd Samuel Breadner Commanding Officer Royal Canadian Air Force 1940-43. (RCAF Photo) A/C Breadner became Chief of Air Staff on 29 May 1940, and having been promoted to Air Marshal on 19 Nov 1941, became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RCAF Overseas in January 1944. Breadner … Read more
Air Commodore Leonard Joseph Birchall, CM, OBE, DFC, OOnt, CD (DND Archives Photo, PL-133463) Air Commodore Leonard Birchall, 30 May 1961. Air Commodore Leonard Joseph Birchall, CM, OBE, DFC, OOnt, CD (6July 1915 – 10 September 2004), “The Saviour of Ceylon”, was an RCAFofficer who warned of a Japanese attack on the island of Ceylon … Read more
Air Commodore R.H. Mulock, CBE, DSO and Bar (DND Photo, PMR71-405) Air Commodore R.H. Mulock, CBE, DSO & Bar. Redford Henry “Red” Mulock, CBE, DSO and Bar was born on 11 August 1886 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to parents William Redford Mulock, K.C., and Lillian Lucia Cummins, both descendants of Irish stock. After graduating from McGill … Read more
Camera installations on various RCAF aircraft (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3574063) Tri-metrogon camera installation in a North American Mitchell Mk. II, No. 413 ‘Tusker’ (P) Squadron, RCAF, 19 June 1945. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3584061) North American Mitchell Mk. II, RCAF (Serial No. unknown), No. 1 Detachment, Armstrong, Ontario, … Read more
RCAF casualties between the First and Second World Wars (RCAF Photo) P/O C.M. Anderson died in the crash of an RCAF Armstrong Siskin IIIDC, RAF (Serial No. J7758), c/n AW147, 10, later 301, at High River, Alberta on 28 June 1927. S/L Henry Hewson died in the crash of an RCAF Armstrong Siskin IIIA, (Serial No. … Read more
Colonel D. J. M. “Horseback Leader” Blakeslee (RCAF Photo) Pilot Officer Blakeslee climbing into his Supermarine Spitfire Mk. V while serving with No. 401 Squadron RCAF, in the Spring of 1942. Blakeslee’s wife’s name Leola is printed under the windscreen. Donald James Matthew Blakeslee (11 September 1917 – 3 September 2008). He was commissioned in the … Read more
RCAF Crash Tender Boats (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3583312) RCAF Crash Tender Arrow, M.537, a 60 foot supply vessel (Type III). Based at Western Command, Vancouver, British Columbia, 20 June 1944. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. RCAF Crash Tender Haida, M.206, 82=foot supply vessel Type II, CGXT. Based at Western Air Command, … Read more
Eastern Air Command Eastern Air Command was partof the RCAF Home War Establishment responsible for air operations on the Atlantic coast of Canada during the Second World War. It played a critical role in anti-submarine operations in Canadian and Newfoundland waters during the Battle of the Atlantic. Eastern Air Command also had several fighter squadrons … Read more
