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Carty, Gerald
Gerald Carty was born on October 1st, 1925 in Saint John, New Brunswick to parents Albert and Fannie (Tyler) Carty. Albert served Canada...
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Aug 30, 20233 min read
Carty, Donald
Donald Carty was born on May 11th, 1924 in Saint John, New Brunswick to parents Albert and Fannie (Tyler) Carty. Albert had served...
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May 22, 20232 min read
Peters, Walter "Wally"
Walter “Wally” Peters served in the air force from 1963 to 1983. He was a trailblazer of the time and today. He was the first...
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Jun 3, 20222 min read
Rowe, Owen De Vere
ROWE, Owen De Vere. SWW Veteran & Caribbean Diplomat. "It's important for Canadians to know that what we did is a part of Canadian...
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Jan 20, 20224 min read
Alexander, Lincoln
Lincoln Alexander – Humanitarian Lincoln McCauley Alexander was the son of immigrants from the Caribbean. He would become the first Black...
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Jan 15, 20223 min read
Maxwell, Robert
Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret’d) Robert “Bob” Maxwell - RCAF I was born on December 15,1937 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. For the first twelve...
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Jan 15, 20223 min read
Jacobs, Kenneth
I am the descendant of escaped slaves who arrived in this country in the mid nineteenth century via the Underground Railroad. I had the...
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Jan 15, 20223 min read
Hodges, Frederick
Frederick Douglas Hodges – Order of Canada Fred Hodges was born on 19 April 1918 in Saint John, the oldest of three boys and one girl....
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Dec 23, 20211 min read
Parris, June
June Madonna Paris was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and was the daughter of D-Day veteran Gerald Parris and Yvonne Talbot. She has eleven...
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Dec 13, 20213 min read
Reddick, Sandra
Sandra Eileen Reddick born in Halifax Dec. 7, 1938 to Ernest and Doris Reddick. “In 1950 my parents built a new home for us on the...
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Dec 9, 20212 min read
Perry, Lloyd
Distinguished supporter of youth William Lloyd Thomas Perry, the son of a pastor, was a track star at Chatham Collegiate and Vocational...
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Dec 9, 20216 min read
Langdon, Henry
A Career in Aircraft Engine Maintenance The RCAF had high standards for those it enlisted during the Second World War. This is reflected...
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Dec 9, 20212 min read
Watts, Eric
Eric Victor Watts, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) When Eric Victor Watts joined the RCAF on May 10, 1939, the Government of Canada had...
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Nov 25, 20213 min read
Brooks, Wilson
Many members of the Royal Canadian Air Force joined the war too late to see any combat service overseas. However, many went on to...
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Nov 10, 20213 min read
Rock, Kenneth
Flying Officer William Kenneth Rock, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), William Kenneth Rock (Ken) was born at Windsor, Ontario, on June...
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Nov 9, 20213 min read
Blizzard, Steve
by Captain George Borden “If I was to tell you that my military profile for this issue is on a Black Major, would that surprise you? Not...
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Nov 9, 20213 min read
Daly, Keevil
The RCAF's Champion Bodybuilder and Weightlifter From 1951 to 1960 the RCAF had a champion bodybuilder and weightlifter in its ranks....
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Nov 9, 20212 min read
Carey, Shelley
My name is Lieutenant – Colonel (Retired) Shelley Carey, and my 30-plus-year military career was focused on policing and diversifying the...
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Nov 9, 20212 min read
Phillips, Edwin "Erwin"
Edwin “Erwin” Phillips (1921–1945) was born in Montreal to Edwin T. and Rachel Phillips, who had come to Canada from the British West...
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Nov 9, 20214 min read
Estwick, Samuel
Radar Technician, Officer Some members of the Royal Canadian Air Force faced racism at many turns in the wartime service. Yet they kept...
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