by Malcolm Kelly
When the curtain was pulled back at dozens of airfields to reveal the target and route of that night’s operation, one destination caused shortness of breath, and racing hearts, more than any other — Berlin. It was almost a thousand kilometres (600 miles) from London – a long, dangerous, dark […]
There is a photograph in the archives of Port Hope, Ontario, showing Hancock’s Hardware, just after the turn of the 20th century. The owners and customers pose on the wooden floor with the moustachioed stiffness classic to having your picture made at that time – amidst an atmosphere of hanging […]
In 1998, a Dutch farmer turned up pieces of an aircraft in his field, including an engine, a full propellor, and a wallet with a driver’s license marked “Dennis”. When the volunteers from Belgium’s Planehunters Recovery Team heard about the story some years later, they set out to investigate. It […]
We have lost a legend in Canadian aviation and historical writing. Murray Peden died on Jan. 6 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was 99. Murray learned to be a superior pilot going through the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and advanced training in England. Afterwards, it was on to the Stirling […]
There is an old saying that for every casualty in a war, it’s the loss of some mother’s child. Wesley Brown was Irish-born in 1922, to his beautiful mother Sarah, and father Ernest. Young Wes had auburn hair, and striking brown eyes. He and his family, which would grow to […]