Canadian Forces Nursing Sisters (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3583104) Nursing Sister, RCAF, white uniform, 18 Dec 1943. Canadian Nursing Sisters in the Second World War During the Second World War Canada’s Nursing service was expanded to all three branches of the military: the Canadian Army, the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and the … Read more
Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945, Introduction. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5671742) During the Second World War, from dawn till sunset every day shipping convoys bringing food and raw material to Britain were escorted by Short Sunderland aircraft of the RCAF and RAF, April 1941. (Nova Scotia Archives Photo) … Read more
RCAF training and equipment (RCAF Photo) No. 2 Service Flying Training School, Uplands. At this circular desk at No. 2 Service Flying Training School, complete records of all aircraft on the station are kept. The board shows at a glance the state of serviceability and the number of planes available, 17 February 1943. (Library and Archives … Read more
RCAF Higher Formations and Ancillary Units 1939-1945 RCAF logo, King George VI crown. RCAF logo, Queen Elizabeth II Crown. Air Force HQ, formed at Ottawa on 18 Feb 1920, redesignated RCAF HQ on 1 Apr 1924, redesignated Air Force HQ on 31 Aug 1939, ceased to exist on formation of Canadian Forces HQ on 1 … Read more
Women in the Canadian Red Cross Corps (CRCC), 1939-1945 (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3203404) Personnel of the Canadian Red Cross Ambulance Convoy, Charlton Park, England, 7 January 1945. 641 CRCC members served overseas in Britain or continental Europe. Others were stationed in Newfoundland (a separate country until 1949) or aboard the ships … Read more
