Thanks Moose47‘Operation Manna’.
My Dad flew 6 missions on Operation Manna
Tom H
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Thanks Moose47‘Operation Manna’.
So far my old Finch has landed at:sidestick stirrer wrote:On my Bucket List is to land on as many of the old BCATP airfields as possible. When taking people flying from Boundary Bay, part of the experience that I wanted them to appreciate was that wonderful old hangar.
What a glorious period of RCAF history.On October 1 1952, No.1 Air Division Europe or simply known as the 'Air Div' ... At it's pinnacle, the 'Air Div consisted of 12 squadrons (8 flying the Canadair Sabre in the day interceptor role and four flying the Avro CF-100 Canuck in the all weather role)
The squadrons were divided between four Wings:
No.1 (Fighter) Wing Marville, France; No.2 (Fighter) Wing Grostenquin, France; No.3 (Fighter) Wing Zweibruken Germany and No.4 (Fighter) Wing Baden-Soellingen Germany
I can sympathize with you there. Close formation with four engines and a 8 second lag time on all power changes can be equally tricky.Colonel Sanders wrote: PS I find flying formation in a twin engine aircraft
a little weird
fleetfleet16b wrote:So far my old Finch has landed at:sidestick stirrer wrote:On my Bucket List is to land on as many of the old BCATP airfields as possible. When taking people flying from Boundary Bay, part of the experience that I wanted them to appreciate was that wonderful old hangar.
#4 EFTS Winsor Mills ( based there during RCAF service)
#10 EFTS Hamilton
#9 EFTS St. Catherines
#6 SFTS Dunnville
#3 EFTS - #4 AOS London
#5 SFTS Brantford
CFS Trenton
TTS St Thomas
Welland (relief Field)
#12 EFTS Goderich
RNAF Toronto Island
#1 AOS Malton
#7 EFTS Windsor
#20 EFTS Oshawa
Flown over:
#4 WS Guelph
#1 B&G Jarvis
#4 B&G Fingal
#16 SFTS Hagersville
#14 SFTS Aylmer
#1 SFTS Camp Borden
Beamsville (RFC School of Aerial Fighting)
Thanks Chris; I probably would have to visit individual museums for information about some"Is there somewhere where I can find out more about these men?"
Give me a couple of days to see what I can dig up.
I can tell you that George's brother Pilot Officer Harry David Milne was killed on the 25th
of October, 1942. He was at the R.A.F. Officers Hospital at Torquay, when it took a direct
hit from a German bomb.
Cheers...Chris
Thanks; I had the pleasure of visiting the museum at Edmonton City Center, BlatchfordThere is a good book we keep open to the public in the Museum
A thousand shall fall
If you have names it has a comprehensive list of wartime RCAF losses
I also have a vested interest in the BCATP and Bomber Command.
My father was an instructor on Ansons at St. Jean Que and from late 42 to 46 flew
Lancasters as RCAF attached to RAF.
Tom H