RCAF Flight Lieutenant John Harlan Stickell, DSO, DFC, MiD, Navy Cross (USA), DFC (USA) (DND Photo) RCAF Flight Lieutenant John H. Stickell on the right playing cards with fellow airmen in England. Looks like their hut was cold as they are wearing their grey coats. Stickell was just one of the 8,864 Americans who served in … Read more
Flight Sergeant George. F. Beurling, DSO, DFC, DFM and Bar (Library and Archives Canada Photo, PL-22196) “The Falcon of Malta”, Flight-Sergeant George. F. Beurling, DSO, DFC,DFM and Bar, of No. 249 Squadron RAF. “There’sa lot of room there for a lot more,” quipped Beurling as he painted crosses onthe fuselage of his Supermarine Spitfire fighter … 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
Group Captain Robert Wendell “Buck” McNair, DSO, DFC and two Bars (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4982734) S/L R.W. McNair, 24 Sep 1943. Group Captain Robert Wendell “Buck” McNair, DSO, DFC &Two Bars (15 May 1919 – 15 January 1971) was an RCAF flying ace of the SecondWorld War, with 16 or 16.5 … Read more
RCAF Major Donald Roderick MacLaren, DSO, MC & Bar, DFC, Croix de Guerre, Compangnonde la Légion d’Honneur (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3219005) Major D.R. MacLaren with a de Havilland D.H.9 aircraft `Leicester’ presented to Canada by the Imperial Air Fleet Committee, 21 Jan 1919. Major Donald Roderick MacLaren, DSO, MC & Bar, … 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
(RAF Photo) Arado Ar 232B-0 (Wk. Nr. 305002) A3+RB, previously flown by the Luftwaffe’s “Special Duties” unit, KG 200 and captured at Eggebek in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. This aircraft was designated RAF AM17 and pressed into service to ferry spare parts from occupied Europe to Farnborough, often flown by RCAF Squadron Leaders Joe McCarthy and Ian … Read more
