RapidFireWeb Jeeps in Canadian Forces service (RCAF Photo via Mike Kaehler_ Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, clamshell cargo doors open to unload a Canadian Army Willys jeep. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3524496) Jeep driver meeting Captain N.H. Chase, a pilot returning from an artillery observation flight in his Taylorcraft Auster AOP Mk. III aircraft of the … Read more
Soft Skinned Vehicles (SSV), New Brunswick Military History Museum, 5 Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5056727) CF Transport trucks on a railcar heading to areas affected by the 1998 Ice storm, 15 January 1998. The data found on this page has been compiled by the author. Photos are by … Read more
First Canadian Army in Europe, 1944-1945 First Canadian Army formation patch. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3230277) Personnel of the 4th Canadian Reinforcement Battalion (Canadian Army Miscellaneous Units) boarding a train en route to England, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 1 June 1945. Canadian Army Miscellaneous Units The First Canadian Army, active in North West Europe … Read more
On 7 May 1977 the Sky Hawks did a demo jump into Calgary for the PPCLI trooping of the colours. Lady Patricia Brabourne, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, at that time Colonel-in-Chief of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, was presiding. We hopped out of the Bell CH-135 Twin Huey helicopter from Edmonton, but as we were … Read more
“Le Boudin” officially “Marche de la Légion Étrangère” (“March of the Foreign Legion”), is the official march of the Foreign Legion. “Le Boudin” colloquially meant the gear (rolled up in a blanket) that used to be carried atop the backpacks of Legionnaires. “Le Boudin” is sung while standing to attention or marching by all ranks … Read more
Dayton, National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF), 1100 Spaatz St., Wright-Patterson AFB, 45433-7102. Aero (NMUSAF Photo) Aero Commander U-4B (Serial No. 58-4647), C/N 680-315-10. (NMUSAF Photos) Aeronca L-3B Grasshopper (Serial No. 42-36200). Built during the Second World War, the L-3B on display in the NMUSAF found its way into private hands as … Read more
Warplane Survivors USA: Ohio, Dayton, National Museum of the USAF: Avro (NMUSAF Photo) Avro 504K, replica, Reg. No. G-CYEI, painted as 1620, D.9029. The Royal Canadian Air Force’s Aircraft Maintenance & Development Unit built the aircraft on display in 1966-1967 with a 110-hp Le Rhone J rotary engine and original parts. It arrived at the … Read more
Warplane Survivors USA: Ohio, Dayton, National Museum of the USAF: Beechcraft (NMUSAF Photos) Beechcraft GB-2 (UC-43) Traveler/Staggerwing (Serial No. 44-76068), painted as 9139. The aircraft on display in the NMUSAFwas donated by Maj. Richard River, USAF (Ret), of Chillicothe, Ohio. It was flown to the museum in May 1974. Procured by the Army during the … Read more
National Museum of the USAF: Bell (NMUSAF Photos) Bell P-39Q Airacobra (Serial No. 44-3887), 31, painted as (Serial No. 41-7073). The NMUSAF’s P-39Q is painted as a P-39D flown by Lt. Leslie Spoonts of the 57th Fighter Squadron on Adak Island during the Aleutians Campaign. The P-39Q on display was obtained by the Air Force … Read more
Warplane Survivors USA: Ohio, Dayton, National Museum of the USAF: Boeing (Boeing P-12B Kelly Field USAF Photo, SDASM Archives) (NMUSAF Photos) (Martin McGuire Photo) Boeing P-12E (Serial No. 31-559). (USAAC Photos) (NMUSAF Photos) Boeing P-26A Peashooter, replica, (Serial No. 0001). This P-26A is a reproduction, painted to represent the Commander’s aircraft of the 19th Pursuit … Read more
