HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1949-03-31, Page 6The R.C.A,F, pax}se$ .ou April "1st,
1940; to tote 'the e s lve . lilzilee of
Ct na,„dct s ,Youngest gest fig1 t ng .,service,
-salad to • 1o'o°h baee over tweni ':live
else ,of .iwcomplisluilents'in• Peace
•anti War that have helped to gni'',
•reehi'nition ft* Canada around* the
globes
AA tiny.l'o ee sot ;somewhat" over 3UQ
'When . created, On April lst. 1924.
the ':',',.4„lt`. ,view its ttirelttft,
il%msy 'by today#s standards, • the
1e4 th 'and breiadth of Canada, luueh
Af its wgrk . of, a civilian'. nature,
,aixriecl . at• cieveloPing ;the ''North and
'raiding° tiyiiag in • general. Tbruttbh
t tae `grii ? uel resSio.n : ,reals its .went•:
hers stili; glad 'iu;maiutta n for Can -
Hada, thenttcieus" of an .air . defence;
d.'s1tbtlid., the, need .arise; ' •Then, in
the ecend' World War,` the `1t.4 A.]f
grew to a. force •.of 215,000, playing
a' �inajor ;share in the ,air battle.
against` the enemy. • •
iv
Its tweli t3•';fifth thin, ersar • y.
finds
.
the •.R.O:A.F. ,wording hard to .build
'itself up* to. a ,higlily-trained, com-.
.pact force, capable of. providing
lnunediate intercePt'or . air defence
of ;;Canada, and "able to expand
apidly* "fOr n ore.general• operations.
Even, before ' the R.C.A,F. -as such
waa.:creSlted, . Canada's -young;. Men
hbya
d Won, their' l
r,
taViYg
sery
a.
he
thousands in the First 'world
War,. 'flying -'with the Royal Flying
;Corps; •" and With, the Royal :Na val
-Air ' Service, whi4h amalgamated
in. 1018as,n';;the Royal Atr Force.
.
.
"Conies 'into Being
A. Canad1an Ai• tit -Force ca ., a into
. r
In 1920, as n non- eriilanen
non-professional body, under . 41 -ie'
Air Board. formed the year. before.
'' 'Mien, in. 1924, a • perinanetnt•. Air
Force—the. R.C.A.F:—was creates:
, Much of the 'Force's time was
_take u�l y. photographer 'survey' oper. operations-'-wwre -,e eeriinential _--lir-
• ations, anti -smuggling• ',Tlatro]s; 3ntril min's: - Total ' -strength rose
p$tih5+,5}ri'•X4�`, +' 3 '•�ti<5,,r{rti w,�•r�6�.'";;:A:;;'.�:+:�:,:t;,yti}};} }+�v.�wkgyr,�,•:-y'••y,•�..
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'to tirt}e xt3lie# pi'. wti Sa�P� They
dropijed bombs ori the •' iropttzz U '
#few with gibs= on the ne nx
attar%.. , They 'fought. Aver. the
jungleS of','purz?aa 'unci the .'zno"u4-•
tains of Qaieeee..• Lapale. naay ,have
,war with pinfeathers,
M. gone into the
but ,,,before ,,it was 'over her wings
r covered',the l("be-
•
,• x +
K�
C n$ia s woinen ;took tieirt
lace
ueSide, their ,Inco, and the •lo,A,r..
Women's .P vision ila Provo re
cord, •-: The 'first of the ;omen s
brans*hes of the three • •Canadian
Armed Forces, 'it was created, July
2, 1941, and it tats ^the last of the
three '-to•'.di$ba:ud,' on•; aecezizber-. 1r
1946,. Its. menbers�served.vtll'dis
tinctio l £1t hoille,'and: aveiseas,•
{ :Bore than 8,600 decorations and.
Meda welt• awarded 'to R.0.41F.
members in'the Second world„ War,
Wand • two members won the Victoria
}h , Cross, ° Flight . Zieutenaut . Iluviii°
of ell;, and Pilot QItileer „Andre*
I4 ti
I ai'slci;, .Tach r: •nota ' his ,' life lir
the nation Mt Wan: hint 'the award.
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Air Force •s 't the Ai ilary .S. uad'rops. Shown here are; \ampi lighters
.fin important port of th'e present peacetime •xi r i l 1,- q
::Toronto), S lite l�ron. Clinton -trained ” Radio technicians are in charge of, all' radio ,.maintenance on • these .aircraft._
400• (l"`rty ofq ... c
forest Are patrols, treaty money u
i ilar
anclsm
patrols.
Sl ht;s fisheries
g
work, although As far as able. 'tlie
Force carried an normal Military
training. Activities steadily in -
fO anon of Certain Of ° the Ilthet(y
server ;oilergiO js, beilig•earr est 4tttA
Establishme,pt, ceilings ft#r,pel;senuei
now ,have been t ted, ilowev'er, •'and
present reerulitln '. (February, 4fl4#
is aa.ot linked to the l3reviousiy 'nn'
pounced, zziaxtmum, Present; ,stren•t tri
is` quer 14,00,E
Vlannere. for• Ab,.e,,,Pe4eeti'i1 R,t ,
A . t
',taA-r"W realiri+�ci the im'por;sibitity oi•
'+ail ► it s3 . t 7 il.il y''* •1• "Air lvol•
ap roaelstn in ire;. �tlu t 'oft the
p, l': 's
tivnrttzrie y: ear's: the Iyrese�nt It,(;I,
A.F., therefore,, is designed 14 'set'Ve'�
lid ,,'iL t relatively small ,but bight r
trainee` nli -let)s, capable of: p14ovid=
�ieg imritediate - interceptor defence,
4.11fLab1e tg e PSlld.t'alirdly in eyei>t
af,gemeergency, to ear ry `out general,
ala^ o 3'afions, on a ..larger Ale.'' •
The: service las charnged greatly
in iin4i5y.;ways since its birth tzvent-
five -years ago;, • • Its ^present Size
vtlould •:$tive,� ben cepSiderecii' moor
anotl ;before ,the'. 1a.st. war,, ti><xi1 the,
'flimsy al e?taft that it photo flew ia.i
the'early days• would . urua7e, today's
airmen. The •service ne' er". stan(1s•
'Four: other.stieinberS `of the .'Force •stilt, it. is' !always leaching for Per"
• . • fe'eti » 'Int • the line spirit. •'that
W011 the 'coveted George Cross'. '� �
,..ewar en found a in those early,days,"born 'even :faced.witb the many••problems sur-
rounding. repatriation and demobil-
izae,h h .
do ' together wit t task of
n..
.,
organizing a permanent peacetime
:Air Force for Canada, ,necessarily.
of No. much • smaller than -during wartime.
'
The . twenty�•fifth• anniversary of the
R.�C A,F; °finds' •it approaching the
final ' stages of` a post-war. program,
of building its trained manpower,
its aircraft,' .and its equipment /up
plannedas.`a
to 'tile organization
ac time foo `
pe e r e, ..;' .
: • Peacetime eOrganization •••
.�, ,
:•The peacetime organization.of the•
R.C.A.F., . as originally ' aan ouneed,
all "•°1 ,1O0 atilt s Out . e
c ed fo'r. , Ei, er d. � ti.,
and authorization was'provided for
i 'requlred
ox mlitel 2000 more -re 1 ed
r.
p?rq...
P y
to look after . ex£raneous commit-
anentosol.considleed.:to nlu,.os,ve,,,ditigG
over" and : above .normal mYlitary
responsibilities, ' These .include
operation of an extensive search
.an•cl. _rescue. arganizatioli,-.and r per
The 's d f nd th • It` Q A F• n' L$ . he keynote of'. the ' 11,-.0.4-3r,
�•
Gil, be -
from .oder .350. to '-over 00, aiid post -war -seal -eh and rescue o.rganiz-• iieross' Canada construction work is
1 ru
11 loll
s from l
ro nation
11
p p
p
dollars to nearly 714, million;
• Then came .the depression ,years,
and' the R.C.A.F. suffered -Severe
cats. ', Nearly one-fifth 'of its per-
il. ]r ?r'i-
fi o
soriflel itele released, ttitc ,pl 1
ations "dropped "dr-astieally, : The
vel and. `
�r•t� dhow
service, , tt � e however, i ,
-be-
gan to build up once again. The
first " tilt iliai'tc .squadrons -,`-were
formed in, 1932, in • Toronto, Win�-
seven el rs
c:reaseci during the next - ><. ,
" t es "Wer opened,"'Afore
New bases "Were
ht re-
placing
aft. w alneo�
modern. aircraft
aw.- ,
4
planes which
1 cin 'h '"Wartime nes
Pa .g t ep
th British' Government hadgiven,
q
ta. Canada after. the war's end, acid
military training. increased, 'as d c.
the 'n•umber df civilian ,operations
carried out, .Included' in, -these
4
•o � _lives
1 numerous ' i 1 has • "sat@(
a.t al
carried out
since � �t�ttir, alttl
hits ca ed 1
•'a •
h #rl
•a 1O11S into
,the �,,, 1
Citi OLTP "�f9 e t
.ha cT '
Arctic that have brought worldwide
attention '`
T �.
tl inil young
', _Tlle..service is busy.... training 3 i g
i ae`it'
Canadian's' to';flv and• na g t . s=
r ;:are
.h sons mo
' it "•a •f and thousands d
cz.
a •�" e
''
sills neCes-
R• he ground k
being taught t ,
.1anein .:New»
s;iTy-•tzr;l,etp the p s�fiy g
.aircraft . •are being obtained, ;ond
ellen,
and
repair,
;on
head
• i a
on ,
g
'os and
he
tats n t
cion 'of wart:iine s the
building of married quarters.
The. R.C.A.F. is looking. Ahead,
'arid it has ,little : •time • • to •glance
r But on. April_ 1st it
c ova d
ba e
T' justifiable • 'foie
floes so t�xth justi pride,.
" ind it' is a..proud
�ueh p
lin'
•r tCl
st e
g'
skies, through
' -the.
ske
written rn
record ,,
e •-c ntulr of service :• -to
a;:gli.aart i. ..,,, - ,. .
Canada.-
fore they B,44r, as s11igh ;e casted,
,over 'th!e' Ae1ds off, - 'rt e,.',rce Gins
'unchanged.
• The historyof. tblell.' 3.A,F. might
be 4R4taiped "in a single :sentence:
S0.•znuch in' so short;' a time. Its':
history, stretching over twenty- ,ve
brief' sears,., <is, 'part of„ Canada's
history, and: forms a big' part of
Canada's roud heritage,. .,,
BETA - 111i.tt;' ;PHI . ',The iie hist., two regular etings of
')eta `Signlayi:'ht ••S'ororit'y were tie, •
voted ' esciusively , to tinning -s,c-
'tivities. The 'first, hels'i at the home
of wtiiss hazel Wilmot, completed
the',Six' ponths' pledge stuc eS ;At
the. seculxd; ui 1'�hyilis.,,� 1Zai_tzu
-*a hostess to ,the group: 'The.
fine. -examination was successfully
coint leted by all members, in pre:
Partition for the Ritual. of, ••JQwejs
ceremony; , at . - which til ie,, the
charter. riiieinbers Will be 'received'
�
.into• full membership.
N6iorists, 'drive as thous yoiir,-:
own child •were walling' on' the
road.. ahead', lttle• children " are
Carefree, not . careless. watch Out
dor then, and give them`:a, -break.
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A starting service. for six persons can be purchased
Tor as little as $44.7S,
The R,C.A,1!', wartime Coastal Corninand squadrons struck nt any datnagiag'l lows at the enemy_
•
Here is .an R C A.I+�. rcicket-firing .Beau igh-ter following in his atta ck on ti German . vessel off the--
. Frencli coast --194•
nipeg _and Vancouver.. More luili
tart' training 1. as ea -cried out, and
the, roree.__wasn .telievecl. --af--- Many •
civilian' commitments; The Royal ',Canadian _Air- Ji'oxce j- 00 wale. clecoxilted''three ecelvirig
• Br the --hitter :30's . the- R ,A lel: i t Il time for sitting bacl(I the r s
was showing new life, with addition of new stations .and .more• modern , and adnlrrillg sits latuels, Its too
aircraft; and sharply increased all- t busy. :'iju't' .bn. Friday, . April 1st,.
}i tti`iationsIli 1:i1 •S tire. 1C.l;.x�.1�'.-,*i 1040-•ir11-'�zanks will pause -for, 'ti
for_ the first time, became . an ill- ! moment and glance proudly back
dependent service, ;directly: under I over a quarter-century Of .service
the -Minister, with its • own- chief • to Canada in the skies. That date
of lair staff. • Before : this it; • had 'marks the tvfenty-fifth• anniversary
been under the army- chief of "gen- I of the R-C.A.F., the silver jubilee
era: staff. '
• • Magnificent War Record
Outbreak of war ' >;onnd • the
R.C.A.F. with -,4,000 ufiicers and
men, and no one :coil lave o`"r"e="?`b'u` ed lrorrtrr •€or.':ebta-dtt, 3•ir••-:pet►ee
seep the- tremendous -part' it Was 'to ',and wax. It has established - ti
plan= in' the war- against -the •enemy repufhtion for- fighting. spirit, oper-
Plans were . made- for the British .acing efficiency,• and determination
Commonwealth Airr'Trtlining flan; of•purpose that is known and ••rc-
whicli • aliened. In' April, 1040, and spe(ted wherever men fly -
it ` wits decided that most of the In wa:r, the R.C.A.1�: looks back
pet'rria nen t R,C.A.F. would be upon ° a long ``fist ' of, battft honors
needed at home to run R. -However gained around the world. Forty-
one Army Co-operation •Squadron,
'No„110 (City' of. Toronto), Arrived
•.in rla•nd February. 25, 1940: Four
months ' later- two More sgttadr•ons
arrived, No. 112 ('Ci'tyyof Winnipeg)
and No. 1 Fighter ;squadron. The
latter, flying. Hurricanes. fought it
the Battle of Britain. n - •
The trickle of 11.C.A.1'. Members
arriving° overseas' sooh lieetnne a
"squadrons were,. formed, Iti' .lana
ary, 1943, the fanned all -Canadian
Iihmber Group . came into 'being.
C.'arfadian. squadrons, tio]ng many
jobs ''and flying 'in different parts ations of inealcttlable value to 'civil
of the -world,' soon forged' a inag tl.via-tfon- :and- to the' count y gen-
n iflcen.t. record-F-oxty`-eight .R;4 . A .F. �.erall Photographic_ survey, °per-
basil' muc h -Victoria Cro s.
•.t. •1 edition •In the Second world: War
The •increasing gravity . of the
Europeansituation previous, to.
World --War II resulted in. sharply j.
increasedappropriations and actio
iiy, and on September 1. 1939,' the
R.C.1.F.
was placed on active ser-
vice, , on which .nit remained.-un•t.,il
October, 1.947.. Outbreakof war
found the R.C.A.F. with 4000 of-
flpers and men, and with ten squ{ld-
rons,'altbotigh some were in process
Of formation. Another twelve, some
alsq-ino •mat-lour-were•-list-eti inw•thho .
Auxiliary Air 'Force, • ' •
No one could, in 1939, forecast the
treendous'• • contribution to tile
Allied cause • that Canada was to
make in the air. Canada's air force
had been small, and it had been
concerned greatly. •.with operations
of a civil nature, . immensely va li
able to development of Canada; hut
of secondary importance from a
strictly. military point of View. The
R.O.A.F., at' outbreak of war,. was j
a force that merited scam attention `.
from world strategists. Few could'
have foreseen that . ,by January,
194f,. it. would be 215;000 strong,
and a major factor .in the aerial.
way against the enemy.'
I i ,lit .R -,6:A,• t,: member to-;tako-.trio.
air agalns t e enemy teas`
1. Clements, who flew.a Blenheim on •
a feconnaissdnce trip from Fra'iee"
over Germany on September 29;
1939.' S/L. ,-Clements was, at that
:time attached to :a; it,A.F.''squadron,
having been,-in..the-tJ lted Kilgdorn
on duty : Vben war broke out:
Commonwealth,; Air ', Trailiuing " Plan*
'Meanwhile, the .B.O,A`,T:1?. began
operating in Canada in April, 1940,
and after the fall of, France training
went into high gear. The initial
triekl'e of R.C.A,F. men' 'to' the
`nited Xingdorm soon became a stilt-
stan,tiai and increasing 'flow: Can'
tt(liait
.'squadrons. in Bomber C0/11-
'nand increased in. number until, in
•Janintry, 1943, a completely Can-
adian .Cxronp, organized, commanded
1114
il,ty.,,v
relnliryes
of 06:
.r., took'itspllceagai st
the
of Canada's youngest , fighting ser-
vice, which came into. being April
Is't, ' 1.924. •
Since then thet.C.A.i+'. ' .has
tl ions of the
"aionlsttd
eight operational a q
R:O.A.F. flew overseas• during- the
Second 'World War, while. thous-
ands. more .Canadian :•aircrew flew
with the:. R.A.F. At. home, ; during
the Second World War, the R.C.A.F:
administered the faufed 'British
Comnionwealth Air Training Plan,
anti" operated many squadrons ' a i;
home for 'air defence, convoy escort
•
In peace- also 'the 1,t.C.A.F. •1taS
served, providing • an air defence
force ;for Canada and at the same
tune carrying out numerous* °pet-
sgirad•rons , flew Overseas, while
thousands of R,C.A.F. nirerew flew
with the 13„.A..W.
•
Canada's women played. their
part in the wartime' R.C.A.F., the
Women's 1)ivision• being ('rented in
,iuly,,,1041, and disbanding hi . I)e-
o•ember, 1946. lts inemllers served
t"vith distinction, at home and over-.
seas 0 •
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l►ri 'laity visit to our store
atsuro y g �e to get
,• this ratubb a `book on table oft,
quette written by Canada's out.
'standing Lauth 51141 on this._
subject,' Ann Adam". Beautifully •
1tiiiti aied, if gives fufi' and cur+
lett information on the' art of
''Se`ltiny. Your•'ttibt ", Price `tinly •
15tr ed:
you
of boin obi
rations, • mercy (flights,` ,forest fire
pa'l rol.st,` Special Northern explor.-
ation.flight: , and testing and de-,.
veloping of aircraft and oquipril(nt
are hut a few of the service's peace-
time contributions, and it 15.- dif-
ficult to assess the tremendous. part
the •service, has' played in the geft
erar development ,p2 fling. in Can -
major f9* tot hi • itself was flu iAlthough 'the It.C. \.F. dares brick
will Yl.f*.A. ',t', which was administered only. to 1024, {Cantuliafis llti.d won
.i ►
ll 1 l S
l
t,t „�,.1__r.11.(llil.. � S,.(zxu ort �alth,,..a3,�,>•�.
,
by the 11.(',A,l". anti evhich trained heir •spurs• in the- air before then.
hart" ,'t plane •llalfya-lzyiie oyer the
enemy. In the first: year 'of its'
oliera-tion 6 Group, as it wits cttlioci,
dropped i:3;1190 tops of beffibs• oil
enemy taligets. buring 1044 it in- •
creased the - timilage dropped to ('fver
35,000, Itt, fact,' in. that .ye[tt°:, thcl"
Canadian'BomberGroup was 'nio�r
the_ two_pllots,.I;l._i't'� i� , lratrnc��,-pa_ ex ul-thnn .__tile---,eatlz ..•- oaiber-
ova,, killed overseas on •tt t "ainitlg forces,„„of the i'3ritish. Iimpire lead
night, tlae'''first Canadian- rryftf111r" been Ili. -1041., and ,'was, capable
aviator to ;gitVe'•bin life in the war;,. indetierlt'tent .crier t arts. !-
1".13e. 'tae' Coro: ins uelr vtlitf: ltetl, but:, The Canadian. fighter...sCituadrons,
thousands io 'Toting ' -C anadltt s, that f ongiat sc xithgnifleentty ever
P itrsti'tw.:timaley°al.: ' y nf„ ' rtfs, ;tui
the: Itoyai Naval 'Air = Service. As
In the `SO(O1141 World . Cyan..
at(linns t,slrestiveil ' theni;ielves . 'welt
tt(iap'ted .to til( war i ``., the nit+,
auit
Yi(lti'fames I3 liO�t,0(1lifbolw'r
:xlClihlerRttl Er Iecato
;household •words Th t' o Allied* lift-.
tions, In' thio ` ttuttii It of 10118 'tcvt
atlldCanaictittri > tantofoti;i vberE' fo Hied
trz 'ttie •1ti,A.ial:, but the ctirat tti ended
liefore they ceinpleted t'rtfningi. '
In: all, lin' the Vint World Watt,
hbOutt ,24600'
serwttt ltz
thV` l :"P„
b"R aUS'ilIERS ACRE' 011VlINID MAT,
the o retail pltreha a tic; lib longer applies to 3eWelry,.'.
CillassWare Silv`et`'ws,1~e, ;blocks, WG'at;ehea .algid Chins,
, eo ri�Ces x .and
`limit
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Policy to k ova'
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"fir ' coots. LSE' ��
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?'*st-war .,Service
Now, in •rseace, the R.C.A.I . i lit
'tl'te.latfter stages 62 a program aimed
.at luillding' up, a force ',tapable of
playing. its •it,ti•t in defence of own.
min and of freedom, should the need
I;again, arise. .IV'hiiebuilding up .xis.
,,t, modern mititafy ,foree,"flte service
contitims to- piny o i')ig part in
t"lie , development of • C'ttnadti„,
i rytxifiliea, ttritlr ' .tl'W tt fret°slit, ;t lie„
t1ltdto, for,'ey Sgtlacdrbtfk id* roil
fintrth on.; -4 ie tit e+dis'tnd .
sett10, .the *brit of c(tl*e,xlt g Ca riadti
b ' ae hits pictures..Alt e; toilsl:*e
x I'tl. .Ire .. i'i
n$'t�rd S11 � sulroC
Confeiteratton'Ute4/1040 Car
irtalt....Ptefected •., rates to
nref irk.
tCaiitfihltt , .. '
$MHN,00,100
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iec-covered sulfa ee of llitctdock Bay,'
Nova Scotia,) I�'ebruary•23, 1009, the
ililtfnl al-rpla,ne fi`igh•t�iil flie ':ilonliin=
ton.
1n ` 1914rl . Canadfatni A's'ititiali
-Corps ean_ie into being,,cosnfsting of,
two ,officers and (Hui atfriraf"t, Ono.
o (1, to .. .. ',tirhrfilt.
p1Lo, 11C� e ape
forthe inyosfon ley thio mites.. They'
.Were 'niergee Into Alt -Canadian '
wing , and rolled' np • .itf" terrific
reeoid,
,
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'y1v•'t�c,.Are 'with ' almost eo
ri
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lighter' pilot
if t
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strength 'nnovetr fell below 25' Per
Gent, of. the tont number of pffatts,
C!ttnatlta'bt #few fn itiiiasis: in 1041,
and 'With flap Pert Air. ''Force froiti
flie .N le•''ttf flies• i (il. ' liey„tt oltgbf
Allied aig`ezltg , ,4iito • t'ltp In rri 'lit : ,':
aloft 1,110$1. gatve .tflett.; irr°rxar Cool i orient, terfl'toiys1 int flpwa iiCtl}Iytle s
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