RCAF Colonel D.J.M. “Horseback Leader” Blakeslee

Colonel D. J. M. “Horseback Leader” Blakeslee (RCAF Photo) Pilot Officer Blakeslee climbing into his Supermarine Spitfire Mk. V while serving with No. 401 Squadron RCAF, in the Spring of 1942. Blakeslee’s wife’s name Leola is printed under the windscreen. Donald James Matthew Blakeslee (11 September 1917 – 3 September 2008). He was commissioned in the … Read more