Unveiling of the York Minster Memorial – 1 November 1955 On All Saints’ Day, the 1st November 1955, and in the presence of a notable gathering of the next-of-kin of fallen airmen, and representatives of Commonwealth governments and Her Majesty’s air forces, H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh unveiled the beautiful shrine erected in a ‘Chantry… Read More

EADE, FRANCIS HARVEY P/O(FE) C95153//R90935. From Timmins, Ontario. Killed In Action Oct.14/44 age 22. #425 Alouette Squadron (Je Te Plumerai). Target – Duisburg, Germany. Please see Hogg L.H. for casualty list and flight detail. Pilot Officer Flight Engineer Eade is buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Germany. EADIE, JOHN F/O(P) 33473 – Royal… Read More

LABACH, PETER P/O(N) J86448//R158169 From St. Julien, Saskatchewan. Killed In  Action Feb.16/44 . age 22. #426 Thunderbird Squadron (On Wings Of Fire). Lancaster aircraft # DS 794 was shot down near Harderwijk, Holland during a night trip to Berlin, Germany. F/O. B.W. Pattie, P/O.s LT. Prosser, W.K. Love, O.W. Hicks, FS. L.W. Hicks, and one… Read More

Air Marshal Hugh Lester Campbell, CBE, CD, former Chief of the Air Staff and ninth national president of the Royal Canadian Air Force Associa­tion, died 25 May 1987. He was 78 years old. In a glowing tribute to AM Campbell, the London Daily Telegraph said he “did much of the spade work which resulted in… Read More

FOREWORD Booklet 105 is an important component of the RCAF Association’s internal corporate governance. It offers policies, procedures, advice and guidance for the benefit of all RCAF Association members, especially those who volunteer to serve in the capacity of Membership Chairperson, to help their fellow RCAF Association members. There are two facets to corporate governance,… Read More

An announcement in the House of Commons on 2 July 1959 selected the Starfighter as replacement for the Canad air Sabre. On 14 August of that year Canadair was chosen as the under li­cense manufacturer for the CF-104. This marked the official be­ginning of an era in Canadian military aviation history after a protracted selection… Read More

1939 17 February A detachment from No. 1 (F) Squadron at Calgary went to Sea Island to take delivery of the first Hawker Hurricane fighters issued to replace the long-obsolete Siskins. On 1 June S/L EG Fullerton ferried the first Hurricane from Vancouver to the squadron base at Calgary. May to June During the visit… Read More

1930 29 July to 16 August On 29 July HM Airship R.100 left its base at Cardington, England, and arrived at St. Hubert on 1 August where it used the new mooring mast. After a demonstration flight to Ottawa, Toronto and Niagara Falls, the R.100 left St. Hubert on 13 August and reached Cardington on… Read More

The following chronology originally compiled by Hugh A. Halliday, for the National Museum of Man Mercury Series, Canadian War Museum Paper No. 6, National Museums of Canada, Ottawa 1975. Additional chronology items compiled by Dean C. Black, CD, CAE, SMP as part of the RCAF Association’s promotion of the centenary of the RCAF 1 April… Read More