RCAF Air Marshal William Avery”Billy” Bishop VC, CB, DSO and Bar, MC, DFC, ED (RAF Photo) Captain Billy Bishop VC, with Nieuport 17 C.1 Scout, No. 60 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, Filescamp, France, c1918. Air Marshal William Avery “Billy” Bishop VC, CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DFC, ED (8 February1894 – 11 September 1956) was … Read more
Air Vice Marshal G.E. Brookes, CB, OBE Air Vice Marshal G.E. Brookes CB, OBE (22 October 1894– 8 September 1982), English by birth, was in charge of the Canadian Groupwithin Bomber Command during the period 1942 – 1944. He had been able to establish from abroad and out of nothing at all a complete Group … 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 Marshal Harold Gus Edwards, CB (DND Photo) Air Marshal Harold “Gus” Edwards, CB (24 December 1892 – 23 February 1952) was a Canadian Air Force officer who played a prominent role inbuilding the RCAF. From Nov 1941 to Dec 1943, Edwards served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Overseas where he was responsible for all RCAF … Read more
Air Marshal Robert Leckie, CB, DSO, DSC, DFC, CD (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKANNo. 3575583) Air Marshall Robert Leckie, CB, DSO, DSC, DFC, CD (16 April 1890 – 31 March 1975) was an air officer in the RAF and the Chief of Staff of the RCAF from 1944 to 1947. He initially served in the … Read more
Air Marshal Wilfred Austin Curtis, OC, CB, CBE, DSC & Bar, ED, CD (RCAF Archives Photo) A/M W.A. Curtis (21 August 1893 – 14 August 1977) was a Canadian airman and Chief of the Air Staff of the RCAF from 1947 until 1953. He was born in Havelock, Ontario, having received his early education in Toronto. … Read more
