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The Crucible of War, 1939-1945
The RCAF, with a total strength of 4061 officers and men on 1 September 1939, grew by the end of the war to a strength of more than 263,000 men and women. This important and well-illustrated new history shows how they contributed to the resolution of the most significant conflict of our time.
Sixty Years
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Physical Fitness
We just don’t walk enough anymore. Wheels take us everywhere we want to go, whether on a long trip or just half a mile, or even less. Yet we still want to eat plenty, often consuming far more calories than we burn in exercise. There are gyms of course, but they can be expensive, and you have to sign up often months ahead. The gym may not be nearby, so there is the time spent just getting there and back to take into consideration, as well as the extra fuel costs. But you want to be fit and know that taking regular exercise will improve your health; you haven’t time for long country walks… So how do you go about getting as fit as possible? The exercises contained in this book are your an...
The Royal Canadian Air Force at War 1939-1945
This grand Canadian aviation book gives detailed coverage to the Royal Canadian Air Force, both at home and overseas, in World War II. Besides its hefty text, the book counts more than 1500 photographs. The focus is on the people who comprised the RCAF at the time, the aircraft they flew and maintained, their many tasks, and the host of places they served during six hectic years of fighting.
Incredible Tales of the Royal Canadian Air Force
More than 250,000 courageous men and women were enlisted in the RCAF during World War II. They fought in all the major air operations. Thousands lost their lives. Only one in four aircrews completed their bomber tours: some were killed in action, some in training, others became prisoners of war. All volunteered. These are the stories of the valiant Canadians who fought in this brutal war.
It's All Pensionable Time
A detailed memoir of the life and career of a WWII veteran and POW. George Sweanor was sent, along with fellow Allied Air Forces prisoners of war, to what he considers his Alma Mater, Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Silesia, Germany, after his Halifax bomber was shot down on the return leg from Berlin in March of 1943. The prisoner-of-war camp, famous for The Great Escape, was run by the German Luftwaffe (air force), and through their mutual respect for their profession the captors and their prisoners generally got along well. This afforded George the opportunity to carefully record the events of his imprisonment, and instilled in him the duty and desire to capture his 25 years of military service i...
Canada's Air Forces, 1914-1999
This commemorative history of the RCAF recognizes the contributions of Canada's early and present air forces. It emphasizes the changes in technology and in the types of war. It covers the involvement of Canadian men and women in even the early history of aviation in North America, as well as in the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War, the Cold War, and the Gulf War.
