Canadian history takes flight: Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Avro Lancaster Mk. X to fly over Parliament Hill on Canada Day #KeepingTheTiesAlive #CanadaProud The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s (CWHM) Canadian Lancaster flying over Parliament Hill on Canada Day is dedicated to the memory of P/O Andrew Mynarski and is referred to as the “Mynarski Memorial Lancaster”. It is painted in the colours of his aircraft KB726 – VR-A, which flew with RCAF No. 419 "Moose" Squadron. The Lancaster w

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On this day in history: 72 years ago, Canadian airmen escaped from occupied Norway Read the story: http://bit.ly/1LSCXvY #RCAF #OTDH #RCAFHistory On September 26, 1944, a Vickers Wellington Mk XIV bomber aircraft with a crew of six Canadian airmen took off from Scotland on a routine anti-submarine patrol along the German-occupied Norwegian coast. After a couple of hours on patrol, the starboard engine malfunctioned and caught fire. Before long, it became clear that the weather conditions would m

During Operation CADENCE, nearly 400 military members were deployed as part of the Air Task Force. They came from several RCAF Wings—including 1 Wing, 2 Wing, 3 Wing, and 4 Wing—as well as the 4th Artillery Regiment (General Support) of the Royal Canadian Artillery. The Air Task Force included RCAF CH-146 Griffon and CH-147F Chinook helicopters, which provided air mobility for the transport and movement of material, equipment, and personnel. All contributed directly to the success of the mission

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