Roderick Illingworth Alpine Smith, DFC & Bar (11 March 1922 – 16 April 2002) was a flying ace who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) during...
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Edge Books) Roderick Smith (RCAF officer) (1922–2002), flying ace of the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War R. T. Smith (Rodney, born...
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November 1969) was a flying ace who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) during the Second World War. He was credited with having shot down at least...
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November 1986) was an English-born Canadian officer and flying ace who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the...
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James Sinclair (85586), RAFVR. Acting Squadron Leader Roderick Stuart Smith (Can/C.9615), RCAF. Acting Squadron Leader Ralph Staines (121069), RAFVR....
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Henry Wallace McLeod (category Royal Canadian Air Force officers)
Squadron Leader Henry Wallace McLEOD, D.F.C. (Can/J.4912), R.C.A.F., 443 (R.C.A.F.) Sqn. This officer continues to display the highest standard of courage and...
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short rest in between, Turner was then given command of No. 411 Squadron RCAF. His posting there spurred many requests to be transferred to the squadron...
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George Beurling (category Royal Air Force officers)
Flying Officer (on probation) on 30 January 1943. He did not enjoy the war bond campaign. Also, he often said things that embarrassed the RCAF, such as...
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Air Force (RCAF) during the Second World War. He was credited with at least ten aerial victories. Born in Kamloops, Kipp joined the RCAF in 1940 and...
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Corston, World War II RCAF pilot (due to being Cree) "Ching" – Willis A. Lee, World War II U.S. admiral "Chink" – Eric Dorman-Smith, World War II British...
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James Francis Edwards (category Royal Canadian Air Force officers)
returned to the Western Front, flying Spitfire XVIs as the commanding officer of 127 RCAF Wing in 1945. On 3 May, he shared in the destruction of a Junkers...
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Wing Commander Frank De Brisay Walker (C.9090). Wing Officer Kathleen Oonah Walker (V.30001), RCAF (Women's Division). Wing Commander John Locke Walmsley...
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Hamilton Upton (category Royal Canadian Air Force officers)
now over, Upton transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). He served in the RCAF until 1953, at which time he retired from military service. In...
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January 1985) was a flying ace who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) during the Second World War. He was credited with having shot down at least...
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Washington Post. Retrieved 3 July 2023. "It cost more than $2.4M for one RCAF plane to join Titanic sub search". CTV News. 6 July 2023. Archived from the...
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served in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) during the Second World War. During his service with the RCAF, he was credited with at least ten aerial...
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served in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) during the Second World War. During his service with the RCAF, he was credited with at least fifteen aerial...
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Buck McNair (category Royal Canadian Air Force officers)
Two Bars (15 May 1919 – 15 January 1971) was a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) flying ace of the Second World War, with 16 or 16.5 victories and five probables...
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Richard Audet (category Royal Canadian Air Force officers)
High River. Audet enlisted for service in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) on 7 August 1941 and received his pilot's wings in October 1942. He was...
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(248608). Warrant Officer John James Deslauriers (Can/C.2455), RCAF. Warrant Officer John Frederick David Godden (560171). Warrant Officer Norman William...
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David McCallum (category Royal West African Frontier Force officers)
series. In season 1 of seaQuest DSV, he appeared as the law-enforcement officer Frank Cobb of the fictional Broken Ridge of the Ausland Confederation,...
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Ken Mackenzie". The Daily Telegraph. London. 11 June 2009. "RCAF aces archives M-N". www.rcaf.com. "McPhee". Thefew.info. 30 November 1917. Retrieved 8...
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113 (RCAF) Squadron. Flying Officer Thomas Fraser (J.22321), No. 113 (RCAF) Squadron. Flying Officer Peter Gower Hughes (J.10708), No. 10 (RCAF) Squadron...
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Robert Fumerton (category Royal Canadian Air Force officers)
for service as Commanding Officer of No. 7 OTU (Operational Training Unit) at Debert, Nova Scotia. He retired from the RCAF in 1946, and Fumerton returned...
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Shenstone learned to fly under an RCAF cadetship, going solo in under 10 hours which earned him a permanent RCAF commission. In an era when most aircraft...
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Lieutenant Colonel 60 10N, 13N, 3W (RNAS); 47, 203 (RAF) (1893-1976) Donald Roderick MacLaren Major 54 46 (1893-1988) William George Barker Major 50 4, 9, 15...
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Commander Arthur William Smith (10052). Wing Commander Leonard Spencer (35137). Wing Commander John Rohrer Sumner (Can/C.971), RCAF. Wing Commander Frank...
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received the Victoria Cross for Australia on 16 January 2009; and Ben Roberts-Smith was awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia on 23 January 2011. As these...
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Roc, The Crowood Press Ltd, ISBN 978-1861264978 Canadian Aces of WW2 RCAF.com RCAF Personnel Records 1939-45 RCAF: Canadians in Allied Flying Services...
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Beam – advocate for the rights of the Deaf Leonard Birchall – decorated RCAF pilot (World War II) Violet Blackman – black rights activist Morley Callaghan...
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