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Just completed this 416 squadron Spitfire Vb flown by F/L P.L. Archer DFC, of Barbados and serving with the RCAF. He would not survive the war.
@ron_eisele Shameless plug. An illustration I did a few years ago. An RCAF P-40 intercepts one of the balloons. Can’t remember if it was based on fact.
28 August 1942. Vickers Wellington Mk.III DF665 (VR-Q) of 419 Squadron (RCAF), took off for a mission to Saarbrucken in Germany from Topcliffe. It did not return.
#OTD 4/8/1944 #BattleOfAtlantic -U300 Damaged by Canso from 162 Squadron RCAF. Damaged in the attack included both periscopes and a ballast tank, forcing U300 to abandon her patrol and return to Bergen for repairs. Photo courtesy @YAWMuseum
9 July 1945. A RCAF Supermarine Spitfire F.1a (X4492) from Rivers, Manitoba, photographed the total eclipse of the sun for the first time in history, from 34,000 feet.
#OTD 4/2/1943 #BattleOfAtlantic -U414 is attacked by a Canso aircraft form 5 (BR) Squadron RCAF flying from Gander, NF in the North Atlantic, U-Boat severely damaged, forced to return to St. Nazaire. @RCAF_ARC
#OTD 11/11/1943 #BattleOfAtlantic -U537 damaged by Canso A from @RCAF_ARC 5 (BR) Squadron RCAF based at Gander, NF. Dropping four Depth Charges on the U-Boat off Cape Race, damaging the sub and forcing sub to return to base.
#OTD 11/10/1942 #RememberRCN -SS Waterton (Bowater, NF) sunk by U-106 in the Cabot Strait. A 117 Sqn RCAF Canso was directly overhead when 2nd torp struck, dousing aircraft in water & debris. HMCS VISON made several unsuccessful attacks on U-boat, then rescued all 27 crew.
#OTD 4/8/1944 #BattleOfAtlantic -U300 Damaged by Canso from 162 Squadron RCAF. Damaged in the attack included both periscopes and a ballast tank, forcing U300 to abandon her patrol and return to Bergen for repairs. Photo courtesy @YAWMuseum
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#OTD 4/2/1943 #BattleOfAtlantic -U414 is attacked by a Canso aircraft form 5 (BR) Squadron RCAF flying from Gander, NF in the North Atlantic, U-Boat severely damaged, forced to return to St. Nazaire. @RCAF_ARC
#OTD 11/11/1943 #BattleOfAtlantic -U537 damaged by Canso A from @RCAF_ARC 5 (BR) Squadron RCAF based at Gander, NF. Dropping four Depth Charges on the U-Boat off Cape Race, damaging the sub and forcing sub to return to base.