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Dunlap, Clarence R. |
AM |
CBE, CD, DCL |
1:21 |
Pilot trg. 1928; civilian air operations, mapping & charting: the Vedette
a/c; Fairchild a/c; armament trg pre WW II; Atlas, Wapiti, a/c; Director of
Armament (1940); BCATP CO Mountainview; UK Leeming; #331 (W) deployment of
Wellingtons to North Africa (Tunisia 1943); selection & construction of air
field sites. Bombing raids on Italy & Sicily; repatriation to UK. |
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Dunlap, Clarence R. |
AM |
CBE, CD, DCL |
1:24 |
U. K. #2ATAF, #139 (W); D-DAY; tactical bombing on continent; Bikini atom
bomb tests (1946); US National War College (1948); NW Air Command (1946);
Air Member for Plans (1948); organization of ADC (1951); Commandant NDC
(1951); last serving CAS (1962-64); Cuban Crisis; Integration; service with
NORAD (1964-67). |
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Hull, A. Chester |
LGen |
CMM, DFC, CD |
1:57 |
Early flying career of father A. H. Hull; RNAS, RFC; Vancouvers, Fairchilds,
Vedettes; Fleixstowe as test pilot; CO #6SFTS Dunncille; AC Hill early trg
Reserves; RMC; pilot Tiger Moth, Harvard, Fairey Battle; BCATP; O/C Visiting
Flight; UK (1943) Whitleys, (OTU); Halifaxes, (420sqd); Lancs; org.
structure of #6 BG; bombing raid described; ops with #6 BG; Rhur; D-DAY &
support to advancing force; raids on V1 & V2 sites; working reln among crew;
CO 428 Sqn; #6 GRP HQ CO RCAF Station Leeming. |
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Hull, A. Chester |
LGen |
CMM, DFC, CD |
0:47 |
Tiger Force; demobilization; CO Clinton; planning for post-war Air Force;
checkout Vampire, Sabre; #3 (F) Wing Zwiebrucken as CO (1953); operational
role of Wing; early living conditions; working reln with local populace; trg
exercises with USAF; air to air firing Rabat; VIP visitors at #3 (F) Wing;
Sabre aerobatic team; hockey in Europe; #3 (F) Wing team established; visit
of Belleville McFarlands; "a great time to be in the RCAF, in Europe and
flying the Sabre". |
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Leigh, Z.L. "Lewie" |
G/C |
OBE, CM, ED |
2:01 |
Early flying as barnstormer and bush pilot in West and Maritimes. Blind
pilotage course at Borden 1931. Instrument trg at Boeing, established radio
range for Trans Canada Airlines. Ops on both coasts in Stranraers, Hudsons,
Bolingbrokes. Air Transport Command start up in 1943; overseas mail to
troops with 168 Sqn. Evacuation of wounded from Normandy following D-Day.
Post war including: Waco glider trials, Cdn tour by Field Marshall
Montgomery; CO RCAF Station Goose Bay. NDHQ as director Air Ops; Korean
airlift. Acquisition Comet a/c. |
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Hawtrey, Courtney R. |
G/C |
CD |
1:22 |
PPO Camp Borden for training (1927); AVRO 504 rotary and stationery engines;
dual and solo; Gosport tube; castor oil lubrication; parachute trials; wings
parade (1929); formation flying in Siskin a/c; Trans Canada Air Pageant
(1931); show in Cleveland; support team, Trimotor Ford and Fairchild; photo
surveys, Ballancas, Fairchilds; UK for aeronautical trg; Atlases and
Wapitis; BCATP, #10 Repair Unit, Calgary; UK CO Topcliffe; SSO Tech Trenton;
Dir a/c Maint RCAF; the great beer purchase; the great turkey purchase. |
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Watson, Thomas W. |
S/L |
DFC |
2:32 |
Joined RCAF Oct 1941. BCATP grad, UK for trg, Hurricanes. Assigned #232 RAF
Sqn. Volunteer for Far East, carrier launch from HMS Indomitable to Jakarta.
Ops, flew last a/c from Singapore, before fall. Shot down, evaded, badly
injured, evacuated to Australia. Joined RAAF, flew on ops until recalled to
Canada. Trained on Liberators, returned to India with #159 RAF (Pathfinder)
Sqn. Bombing and minelaying ops. Reference to numerous friends in RAAF who
served in RAAF who served with distinction. |
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Lane, Reginald J. |
LGen |
DSO, DFC, CD |
1:31 |
BCTAP trg Brandon, Man. (1941); UK, Whitley (OTU); Halifaxes raid on Tirpitz,
delivery of first Canadian built Lanc to UK; early bomber history,
comparison Lanc/Halifax; method of crew selection; navigational aids;
pathfinder techniques; raid on Hamburg; 1000 plane raids; Rhur Valley;
Dambusters; Peenemunde V1 sites; use of Window; carpet bombing in support of
Allies advance; so #6 BG; Germany at end of war; sketches A/C Bennett, J.
Facquier, Sheshire, H. McHaddie. |
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Birchall, Leonard J. |
AC |
OBE, DFC, CD |
1:34 |
Student RMC; early pilot trg Trenton (1936); Fleet Fawns, seaplane hangar;
Fairchilds, Wapitis, Atlases; coastal patrols East coast using Stranraer;
Catalina described; ferrying to UK; operations in Northern waters;
deployment to Ceylon, trip and initial op; contact and capture by Japanese
(Apr 42); life as POW (1942-45); War Crimes Trials; damage by atom bomb; CO
Goose Bay, North Bay; Commandant RMC; awarded 4th rosette to CD May 1989. |
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Lawrence, Thomas A. |
AVM |
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1:24 |
Overseas in infantry (1917); volunteers and selected for pilot trg; AVRO
505, Sopwith Pup, SE-5A; 85 hrs trg; near fatal accident; repatriated
(1919), demobbed; reenrolled as fitter ($5.00) per day. Became qualified
pilot (HS2L). RCAF 01 Apr 1924. Led survey ice conditions Hudson Strait, 14
mths in 1928, Fokker Universal a/c. Expedition described in detail. OC Army
Co-op School Trenton (1936); tornado at Trenton; Atlas, purchase of Wapitis;
BCATP CO RCAF Stn Trenton (1940-42), CFS, KTS. #2 Training Command,
Winnipeg, Man. |
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Johnson, Johnnie E. |
AVM |
CB, CBE, DSO, DFC, DL |
1:18 |
Early trg on Fleets, Miles Master, Spitfire (12 hrs). Flying as #4 with
Bader, Stan Turner. Finger four versus the Vic formation. Operations at
Tangmere, Circuses, Rhubarbs. Dieppe Raid air cover for withdrawal. Pilots
down in Channel. Thoughts on taking over Cdn Wing. Spit 9, comparison with
ME 109, FW 190. Cdn personnel: McLeod, Keefer, Conrad, Beurling. 127 (W)
first into Normandy; life on the continent; Falaise; ME 262; Postwar, Korea
(F-86); AOC Middle East; Kenley Lodge |
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Houle, Albert U. |
G/C |
DFC & Bar, CD |
1:44 |
BCATP # 15 EFTS Regina, SFTS, Moose Jaw. To UK on HMS California; #55 OTU,
Hurricane 1 & 11s. HMS Ark Royal carrier lanuch 24 a/c to Malta. #213 Sqn.
RAF; air war in the desert; opposing forces, living in the field; #415 Sqn
(Spit 5); #417 Sqn, W/C Stan Turner. Move to Malta, Sicily, the east coast
of Italy. Led Sqn, wounded, returned UK (DFC*), then Canada. Post war: MSc,
jets, CEPE, Norad Sector Commander, Pinetree Line, CTSO Trenton, CO Uplands. |
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Floody, Wallace C. |
P/O |
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0:42 |
BCTAP Dunnville Ont, 401 Sqdn UK. Shot down Nov. 41. POW in Stalag Luft 3,
Sagan, East Germany. Interview deals with the planning and execution of
escape of 76 officers from the camp on 24 mar 1944. Floody was in charge of
the construction of 3 tunnels, one of which "Harry", was used in the actual
break out. Assisted by fellow POW, Henry Sprague, the construction and
concealment of the tunnel is described in detail. Event covered in movie
"The Great Escape", on which Floody was a technical consultant. Drawings
depicting event are shown. |
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McBurney, Ralph E. |
AVM |
CBE, CD |
1:59 |
PPO 1924, trg described; personalities associated with trg at Camp Borden (Breadner,
Cuff, Shearer, McEwen). AVRO 504, 2nd & 3rd year trg; wings test, eqpt
used, Gosport tube; social life at Borden; Mess dinners and grad parade;
landing on water Jericho Beach (HS2L); Winnipeg Air Station, satellite stns
for fire patrols; Vedette a/c described in detail; crew compliment and
working reln. Expedition to strip map future aerial pathways, actual
footage shown, Bellanca Pacemaker. |
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McBurney, Ralph E. |
AVM |
CBE, CD |
1:56 |
Experiences as Station Commander at Trenton Jan-Dec 1944; organization of
the Station to carry out assigned role and a number of colorful
personalities from that period. Setting up of the Sailing Club; the role of
the CONTACT; entertainment provided by popular bands and singers of the
day. Second part deals with experiences as Stn Cmdr and Staff Officer in #6
BG in 1944. Operations conducted in support of bombing and mine-laying are
discussed in addition to the role played by the Canadian built Lancaster X
bomber. |
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Norris, Robert W. |
W/C |
DFC, CD |
2:27 |
Pilot trg in 1939 precedes BCATP. #1 wartime class, wings at Trenton. Flew
Lysanders with #112 (City of Winnipeg Sqn) then posted to UK for Army Co-op
duties. Volunteer #1 RCAF Fighter Sqn; 9 day conversion on Hurricanes; Sqn
in Battle of Britain until moving north to Scotland in Oct 40. Flew in Army
Co-op with #110 Sqn in UK; returned to Canada CO #125 Sqn Torbay, Nfld.
Posted UK, trained on bombers, served as last wartime CO #424 Sqn. Extensive
postwar flying, Korean airlift, Canadian North. |
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