Winnipeg WW II pilot sacrificed self so crew could parachute to safety from doomed bomber
Robert Harris leans out the cockpit canopy of an Avro Lancaster bomber, his left arm resting casually on the sliding window's ...
For decades, a British town has honoured this Canadian soldier. His family only just found out
It took Kitchener resident Laura McBride and her family 80 years to discover what happened to her great uncle Thomas Ferguson ...
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Vet gets his high school diploma – 82 years after dropping out to go to war
In 1942, lifelong Londoner George Olley decided it was more important to pitch in with the war effort than finish his high ...
100-year-old Royal Air Force veteran will join UK memorial service for the first time
It’s a great privilege for me to do this,” said Michael Woods, a mechanic who kept Lancaster bombers flying during the war.
Blind veteran, 100, ‘felt 10 feet tall’ marching past Cenotaph for first time
Michael Woods, from Dunstable in Bedfordshire, marched with more than 40 other blind veterans supported by the charity Blind ...
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100-year-old Royal Air Force veteran will join UK memorial service for the first time
Each Lancaster carried a crew of seven, most in their early 20s ... “It’s just imprinted on your mind, you know.” The RAF’s Bomber Command had the highest attrition rate of any Allied ...
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From training to combat, flying planes in WWII was a hazardous job
The plane was on an armed reconnaissance patrol near Sardinia, Italy, on July 13, 1943, when the crew had contact with the ...
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'A man who isn’t frightened lacks imagination': The life of Canada's greatest bomber pilot
Bush pilots played a key role in opening Canada’s North to exploration and development, but in the early days of aviation ...