by brucericketts | Sep 17, 2019 | Operations, Uncategorized
Part of the Canada Carries On series of films, SCREAMING JETS shows various aircraft on display at air shows including the B-47 Stratojet, the Russian Mig-15, and more. Canada’s progress in jet aviation is seen in relation to that of other countries. Aerial...
by brucericketts | Sep 15, 2019 | Operations, Uncategorized
This little ditty caught our ear. http://www.horntip.com/mp3/1980s/1989--2002_a_night_at_the_bar_with_the_boys_(CD)/05%20-%20You%20Can%20Tell%20A%20Fighter%20Pilot%20%5BAka%20By%20The%20Ring%20Around%20His%20Eyeball%20You%20Can%20Tell%20A%20Bombadier%5D.mp3 By the...
by brucericketts | Aug 31, 2019 | Operations, Uncategorized
Old newsreel of the Battle of the Scheldt. The Battle of the Scheldt was a series of military operations by the Canadian First Army – consisting of Canadian, British and Polish formations – to open up the port of Antwerp so that it could be used to supply...
by brucericketts | Aug 25, 2019 | Operations, Uncategorized
William Dillon Otter is often regarded as Canada’s first true professional soldier. With the outbreak of the 1885 Resistance, Otter was despatched to the Northwest Territories to assist General Frederick Middleton in the advance on the Métis stronghold of...
by brucericketts | Aug 18, 2019 | Operations, Uncategorized
Official Canadian WW1 film Reference: LAC and...
by brucericketts | Aug 12, 2019 | Operations, Uncategorized
The tomb of the unknown soldier was created in 2000. It is at the foot of the Wat |Meorial in Ottawa. The body of the unknown WW1 Canadian soldier was disinterred from the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery in Souchez, near Vimy in France and buried with great fanfare....
