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McEwan, Clifford Mackay CB MC (Air Vice Marshall RCAF)

Survived 1917-April

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Canada

Birth Date: unkown date (age 19)

Born: Griswold, Manitoba

Murdock H. McEwan & Mary McEwen

Helen Claire Bertha Low

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Enlistment Date: 1916-04-29

Decorations: CB MC, DFC and bar, Ld'H(Fr), LoM(Am),MV(It), CdeG(It)

Service
RAF

Unit
28 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base
France

Rank

Air Vice Marshall RCAF

Marshal
Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Position
pilot

Service Numbers
910926 CEF

McEwen enrolled in the 196th (Western Universities) Btn., CEF as a private on 1916-03-29. He went overseas in November, where he was commissioned. He transferred to the RFC and after flight training was posted to 28 Sqn. He scored twenty-seven aerial victories at the squadron. After demobilization in 1919 "Black Mike" returned to Canada where he served as an instructor with the Royal Canadian Air Force. From 1932 to 1941 he was commander of air training operations at Camp Borden, Ontario, then at Trenton, Ontario, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax, Nova Scotia. During World War II, he commanded two bomber group bases, assuming command of 6 Bomber Group in England in 1944. He attained the rank of Air Vice-Marshal and retired in 1946.

Home

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Toronto, Ontario

Burial
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Fund's Field of Honour

Camel D8241

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Air Vice Marshall RCAF McEwan, Clifford Mackay (RAF)
pilot
Survived
1917-April
Fund's Field of Honour, Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada

Sopwith Camel

By unknown RAF photographer - gallery link image link, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8473883

The Sopwith Camel became the most successful British fighter of the First World War. The Sopwith F.1 and 2F.1 Camel first went into operations on the Western Front in 1917 and then served in virtually every theatre of Royal Flying Corps (RFC), Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and Royal Air Force (RAF) service. Several Canadian aces used the Camel as their mount. The Camel was very manoeuvrable, and it could be tricky to fly in the hands of a novice pilot. For experienced pilots, however, the aircraft proved to be a superb fighter.

The Camel's machine-guns were mounted on the forward fuselage with their breeches enclosed in a faired metal cowling "hump" that gave the Camel its name. Several Camels were also shipped to Canada in the post-war period as part of an Imperial gift. Three registered Sopwith F.1 Camels entered service with the RCAF at Camp Borden in 1924. The following year, the RCAF purchased seven additional aircraft to provide further spares for the active aircraft. These latter aircraft were in fact 2F.1 models that had been "navalized" variants. Used primarily by wartime experienced fighter pilots for refresher training, the Camels lasted another five years before finally being scrapped. Wikipedia

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