Wing Commander George Clinton Keefer, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar, Netherlands Flying Cross, French Croix de Guerre with Gold Star (Bill McRae Photo) Squadron Leader Ian Ormston on the left and Squadron Leader George Keefer on the right, show off a pair of German Shepherd pups at RAF Tangmere, UK, in the months leading … Read more
Flight Lieutenant Henry Wallace McLeod DSO, DFC and Bar (RCAF Photo) Flight Lieutenant Henry Wallace McLeod DSO, DFC and Bar (17 December 1915 – 27September 1944) was a Canadian fighter pilot and flying ace with the RCAFduring the Second World War. He achieved a total of 21 enemy aircraftdestroyed, three probably destroyed, and 11 damaged, … Read more
F/O William ‘Willy’ McKnight, DFC and Bar, No. 242 (Canadian) Squadron RAF (IWM Photo) William Lidstone”Willie” McKnight joined the RAF in early 1939 and served in No. 242Squadron RAF during the final phase of the Battle of France, covering theAllied retreat from Brittany, and later the Battle of Britain. McKnight’saircraft wore a distinct cartoon of a … Read more
Group Captain Percival Stanley Turner, DSO, DFC and Bar (IWM Photo, CH 1376) Flight-Lieutenant P S Turner of No. 242Squadron RAF, rests on the tail elevator of his Hawker Hurricane Mark I, after landing at Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire, (No. 242 Squadron were based at Coltishall, Norfolk at this time). Turner, a Canadian citizen, was a successful … Read more
Air Vice Marshal Clifford Mackay McEwen CB, MC, DFC and Bar (DND Photo) Air Vice Marshal Clifford Mackay McEwen CB, MC, DFC & Bar Italian Medal Volori and Croce de Guerra, French Legion of Honour, American Legion of Merit, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, MiD (2 July 1896 – 6 August … Read more
