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A 78 year old and 256k mile long loop back to hallowed grounds

As the book passed through Calgary on 8 June 2022 on the way to its next appointment in Alberta the occasion closed a 78 year long loop. Cyril Devaux attended Course 106 at No. 3 [Read more]
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Commemorative ceremony for PO Merry and LAC Conway

Through the generous members of the HHAS a commemorative ceremony was held yesterday on 4 May 2022 in a field a few miles south of Red Deer Regional Airport. The occasion was to commemorate the [Read more]
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Red Deer Advocate

Featured in the Red Deer Advocate in preparation for the upcoming memorial ceremony to be conducted for P/O David Merry and his pupil LAC George Conway. The story was featured both on the website of [Read more]
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The Doolittle raid

Shortly after 8am in the morning of 18 April 1942 all 16 of Jimmy Doolittle’s B-25 Mitchell bombers successfully take off from the carrier deck of USS Hornet (CV-8). Due to the risk of being [Read more]
Cyril Devaux

Crash of Oxford X6734

On 3 May 1944 LAC Cyril Devaux takes his first familiarization flight on the Cessna Crane type with instructor F/O Larsen as 1st Pilot. Three flights entered in his log book for 7, 8 and [Read more]

Mrs Doris Howard neé Gardner

14 February 2022 0

Doris Howard performed the duties of a 1st and 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army Nurse Corps during WWII. On April 28, 1945, the hospital ship on which she served was struck by a Kamikaze [Read more]

Col Achille Muller, a veteran of the Special Air Service (SAS), signed the Log Book at his home in Billère, France in the presence of Mr. Pierre-Alain Letourneur who graciously facilitated the book’s presentation. The [Read more]

Squadron Leader Dalip Singh Majithia

17 June 2021 0

On 27 July 2020, former Squadron Leader of the Indian Air Force, Mr. Dalip Singh Majithia turned 100. That milestone in the best of conditions is a significant achievement. Doing so in the thick of [Read more]

The Doolittle raid

18 April 2022 0

Shortly after 8am in the morning of 18 April 1942 all 16 of Jimmy Doolittle’s B-25 Mitchell bombers successfully take off from the carrier deck of USS Hornet (CV-8). Due to the risk of being [Read more]

Tribute, respect and Ross Stewart

26 March 2022 0

At present the Log Book is with Nick’s sister Simonne at the Rockville Hub awaiting its next appointment. On 22 March the book was treated with an excursion paying respect at the Arlington National Cemetery [Read more]

Coming (a)Cross the past

19 March 2022 0

Esmond Farfan, distinguished Trinidad WWII veteran pilot and author of “Five Years in WWII” passed away, aged 99, on 10 March. He was in fact brought to my attention years earlier but his physical condition [Read more]

A 78 year old and 256k mile long loop back to hallowed grounds

9 June 2022 0

As the book passed through Calgary on 8 June 2022 on the way to its next appointment in Alberta the occasion closed a 78 year long loop. Cyril Devaux attended Course 106 at No. 3 [Read more]

Crash of Oxford X6734

31 March 2022 0

On 3 May 1944 LAC Cyril Devaux takes his first familiarization flight on the Cessna Crane type with instructor F/O Larsen as 1st Pilot. Three flights entered in his log book for 7, 8 and [Read more]

77 years ago, 17 January 2021

17 January 2021 0

Exactly 77 years ago Cyril Devaux climbed aboard a Fairchild Cornell aircraft at RCAF station No. 5 EFTS High River in Alberta, Canada. His journey to this point began 7 months earlier when he departed [Read more]

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