Ordained in 1932 Irish born Rev. Robert Alexander Simmons deployed to the Mediterranean with the 64th Medium Regiment in 1941. On the island of Crete his regiment faced the huge German airborne invasion, Operation Mercury, [Read more]
The website Airmen.dk has been online since 2007 providing information on allied airmen and aircraft shot down over Denmark during WWII. It currently holds data on 463 aircraft and 3089 airmen shot down over occupied [Read more]
The project is most honoured by the recent article published in The Asahi Shimbun (Asahi News) by journalist Mrs Mayuri Ito. The paper is not only one of the oldest but also among the four [Read more]
As Nick embarked on his journey towards Japan, escorting The Log Book to its next appointment, it was via a detour to Jamaica. The itinerary took them from St Lucia to Montego Bay via Fort [Read more]
On 21 January 2022 Japanese veteran fighter pilot Kazuo Odachi added his name to a page from the log book. Odachi was only a teenager when he deployed to the Philippines and Taiwan as a [Read more]
“Per ardua ad astra” is a Latin phrase meaning “through adversity to the stars”. Wikipedia says it was the Royal Canadian Air Force’s motto until 1968, when it was changed to “sic itur ad astra”, [Read more]
The Log Book Project was graced with the signature of Mr Richard “Dick” Bailey on 31 July, 2019. During WWII he served in the 450th BG, 322th BS in the 9th AF as a B-26 [Read more]
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]
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]
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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