Royal Canadian Air Force – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com The latest in warbirds and historical aviation Sun, 21 Feb 2016 10:28:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/WWN-icon-256-150x150.png Royal Canadian Air Force – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com 32 32 Video: Royal Air Force in Burma https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2016/02/22/video-royal-air-force-in-burma/ https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2016/02/22/video-royal-air-force-in-burma/#respond Mon, 22 Feb 2016 07:21:36 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=2997

Continue reading]]> The Library and Archives Canada video channel posted this 42 minutes-ong footage a few months ago. It shows Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft in full colour and in exceptional quality. Despite the title, it appears part of the footage was shot in Canada, but this does not diminish in the least the quality of this remarkable historical document.

]]> https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2016/02/22/video-royal-air-force-in-burma/feed/ 0 Skip Hit – Low level flying in West Germany https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2011/12/29/skip-hit-low-level-flying-in-west-germany/ https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2011/12/29/skip-hit-low-level-flying-in-west-germany/#respond Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:50:04 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=1086 Another interesting read from Vintage Wings of Canada: how a Canadian F-104 pilot in Europe found himself flying at 900 ft per seconds less than 100 ft above a German transport base. Read it on the VWC website.

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Bruce and Douglas Warren. (Crown Copyright)

World War II Canadian fighter pilot Douglas “Duke” Warren died on Sunday August 28th, aged 89. He joined the RCAF at age 18 in 1940, along with his identical twin brother Bruce. Both served as flight commanders with No 165 Squadron in Europe, a unique situation in the annals of the conflict. Bruce, known as “Duke Mk I” was killed postwar while test-flying the CF-100 Canuck. Douglas, aka “Bruce Mk II”, survived the war and remained in the RCAF for 37 years.

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Continue reading]]> The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, announced yesterday that the Government of Canada has restored the use of the historic designations of the three former services: the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), the Canadian Army (CA), and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). The Air Force had been designated the Canadian Forces Air Command  since 1968.

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A-17 Nomad (USAF Photo)

On December 13, 1940 two RCAF Northrop A-17 Nomad on a search mission for a downed aircraft collided in mid-air and crashed, killing their crews. One of the aircraft and its crew was recovered at the time, but the other aircraft was never discovered. It was flown by Peter Campbell, a 24-year old British, and Ted Bates, a 27-year old Canadian. Some 71 years later, their aircraft has been found at the bottom of Lake Muskoka. Read the full story on TheStar.com.

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