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    Rare Birds Of The Lost Legion: Air Force, Part 53

    September 28, 2012 by Hugh A. Halliday
    The Lost Legion of Royal Canadian Air Force personnel–those who served overseas in non-Canadian squadrons–included men who flew aircraft types that never crossed the threshold of a Canadian unit....
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    Anniversaries of two RCAF firsts

    January 13, 2012 by Sharon Adams
    This month marks two anniversaries for The Royal Canadian Air Force—the first non-stop flight from Vancouver to Halifax on Jan. 15 1949, and the  first round-the-world flight which took off Jan. 2, 1950, to take Lester B. Pearson, then foreign affairs minister, to Ceylon (now...
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    Clearing The Channel: Air Force, Part 33

    June 25, 2009 by Hugh A. Halliday
    A Sunderland flying boat of No. 422 Squadron. PHOTO: CARL F. SCHAEFER COLLECTION, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA202897 The success of Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, and the subsequent campaign to break out from that ancient province was due to the services and...