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420 Squadron "Snowy Owl" a Canadian Bomber Squadron that flew from the Midlands in Britain to attack Nazi held positions in Europe

The RAF (Royal Air Force - Britain) and the RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force - Canada) were divided into different Commands:

Assignment

  1. Robert Allan Anderson - Review the entire story of a Canadian Airman from Brandon Manitoba. The story encompasses enlistment to his return home.
  2. Frederick Manual Mifflin - A Newfoundlander (not in Canada until 1949) was a pilot on a Lancaster Bomber. An engine caught fire and the Navigator, Norman Cyril Jackson, VC actually went out on the wing during flight to extinguish the blaze.
  3. Answer the 7 sets of Anderson questions below. You can click and link directly to the Anderson file.
  4. Claude Weaver III is an excellent true story about an exceptional American Fighter Pilot who joined the RCAF before the USA joined the war (USA joined after the attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941).

Air War Casualtues: Air Force Operations (6)

401 Sqn (RCAF)
Killed in Action
1943-01-15 Peterborough, Ontario
403 Sqn (RCAF)
Killed in Action
1944-01-28 Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
420 Sqn (RCAF)
Prisoner of War
1944-04-21 Brandon, MB
106 Sqn (RAF)
Killed in Action
1944-04-27 Catalina, Newfoundland
622 Sqn (RAF)
Killed in Action
1944-04-28 Hamilton, Ontario
435 Sqn (RCAF)
Killed in Action
1945-06-21 Perth, Ontario (parents)