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World War, 1914-1918 --- Aerial operations, Canadian --- Canada. --- History
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The first of three volumes of the Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force, this book provides the definitive story of Canadian airmen in World War I and, moreover, a revisionist account of the war in the air. Organized topically, this volume begins with an overview of military aviation in Canada prior to 1914, as successful aircraft experiments like Baldwin's and McCurdy's Silver Dart are set against Defence Minister Sam Hughes' rejection of any government air policy. Financial timidity and political uncertainty subsequently decreed that the 20,000 Canadians who trained for, or fought in, history's first air war would have no air force of their own but would fly in the British flying services.The sections which follow show that Canadians excelled in every aspect of the air war. Indeed, although the First World War never saw an exclusively Canadian squadron in action and no Canadian rose to a command above Group level, Professor Wise has been able to write a full account of the war in the air from the Canadian perspective. Recruitment and training, the maritime air war, the strategic bombing of Germany and the defence of Great Britain, as well as action on the Western Front, in Italy, and in Macedonia, are all covered in depth. Each section reveals the complexity of air operations, as tactics, strategy, and aircraft evolved with astonishing speed. The exploits of remarkable fighter aces such as Billy Bishop, Raymond Collishaw, D.R. MaccLaren, and W.G. Barker, and of bomber leaders like R.H. Mulock, are set in the context of the air war and the many thousands of Canadians who served with them.In his conclusion Wise traces the development of Canadian government air policy to the year 1920, during which time the first Canadian air force was born and quickly died. In analysing this major step in Canada's entry into the air age he lays the foundation for postwar civil expansion and the formation of the RCAF.Illustrated with specially prepared colour and sketch maps and over 200 photographs, many of them published here for the first time, this book should prove invaluable to the military historian and of wide appeal to the aviation enthusiast and general reader alike.The other volumes in the Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force are The Creation of a National Air Force by W.A.B. Douglas (out of print) and The Crucible of War, 1939-1945 by Brereton Greenhous, et al. (available).
World War, 1914-1918 --- Aerial operations, Canadian. --- Canada. --- History
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Some 40 per cent of RCAF aircrew who served overseas during the Second World War did so in RACF squadrons. This is their story. The first RCAF squadron to see action in the Second World War was No. 1 Fighter Squadron, later to be No. 401, which from 18 August 1940 participated in the Battle of Britain. The last, in a still active theatre, were Nos. 435 and 436, delivering supplies in Burma until late August 1945. In between, RCAF squadrons served in all the major commands and in most major theatres of war. They were engaged by day and by night in air-to-air combat, strategic bombing, photo-reconnaissance, anti-shipping strikes and anti-submarine patrols, close air support, interdiction, and tactical airlift supply. The Crucible of War is divided into five parts: Air Policy, the Fighter War, the Maritime Air War, the Bomber Air War, and the Air Transport War. The authors break new ground by demonstrating the influence of senior RCAF officers in shaping the execution of Canadian air policy, and they show how senior RCAF officer were permitted to determine the pace of Canadianization of the RCAF. Many operations are described in detail from a wide variety of documentary sources, among them the unsuccessful battle of attrition that resulted from Fighter Command's offensive over France in 1941-42, and the actions of the RCAF's No 83 Group in Second Tactical Air Force, which provided air support for the British Second Army. Overdue notice is accorded the anti-shipping strike squadrons of Coastal Command. No 6 Group's battle with German night-fighters is recounted within the framework of complex electronic measures and counter-measures developed by both sides. The RCAF, with a total strength of 4061 officers and men on 1 September 1939, grew by the end of the war to a strength of more than 263,000 men and women. This important and well-illustrated new history shows how they contributed to the resolution of the most significant conflict of our time.
World War, 1939-1945 --- Aerial operations, Canadian. --- Canada. --- History
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World War, 1914-1918 --- World War, 1914-1918 --- Fighter pilots --- Aerial operations, Canadian.
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This book traces the development of airborne forces from earliest mythology to their earth-shattering debut in the Second World War.
World War, 1939-1945 --- Regimental histories --- Aerial operations, Canadian. --- Campaigns --- Canada. --- Allied Forces. --- 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
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Fighter pilots --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Pilotes de chasse --- 2ème guerre mondiale --- Biography --- Aerial operations, Canadian --- Biographie --- Opérations aériennes canadiennes --- Beurling, George Frederick, --- Beurling, George Frederick,
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Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940 --- Fighter pilots --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Angleterre, Bataille d', 1940 --- Pilotes de chasse --- 2ème guerre mondiale --- Biography --- Aerial operations, Canadian --- Biographie --- Opérations aériennes canadiennes --- Canada. --- Canada.
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World history --- anno 1940-1949 --- Blenkinsop, Edward --- Canada --- Biography --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Aerial operations [Canadian ] --- Pilotes de bombardier --- Prisoners and prisons [German ] --- Belgium --- History --- German occupation, 1940-1945 --- 935.4 --- Meensel-Kiezegem (Tielt-Winge)--Wereldoorlog II --- Verzetsbewegingen--België--Wereldoorlog II --- Luchtmacht--Canada--Wereldoorlog II --- Blenkinsop, Teddy
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