Air Force

PHOTOS: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA116061; FREDERICK G. WHITCOMBE, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA140094; NICHOLAS MORANT, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA160861 Clockwise from top: Firemen soak down the

PHOTO: J. McNULTY, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA065566 A Lockheed Lodestar transport aircraft on a journey in May 1945. A look around the globe confirms that

PHOTO: CANADIAN FORCES—RE12820; PHOTO: CANADIAN FORCES—PL57231; PHOTO: CANADIAN FORCES—PL9311 Clockwise from top left: Newfoundlander Roy S. Grandy worked as an air force instructor in 1922;

The Battle of Britain looms large in the history of World War II. It also represented the first commitment of the Royal Canadian Air Force

PHOTOS: CANADIAN FORCES–PL40411; PL8566 From top: Leading Aircraftman George Stephens (left) chats with American Lieutenant A.A. Harrington who joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and

PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA116719; PA107907 Top: A Canso flying boat observes the surrender of U-889 (left) to the Canadian navy off Nova Scotia in