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Gander (originally Pal, and also known as Sergeant Gander) was a Newfoundland dog who served as the mascot of the Royal Rifles of Canada during World War II.He was killed in action during the Battle of Hong Kong in 1941, and was posthumously awarded the Dickin Medal, the "animals' Victoria Cross", in 2000 for his deeds in the course of that battle. [1]
It was given the Allied code name Goose and later Gander. The prototype was completed on May 20, 1943 and took to the air two days later, on May 22, 1943. [2] A Ku-8-II version that was produced in 1944 used a tubular steel frame structure and had a hinged nose that could be opened to the side to allow loading.
Canadian Forces Base Gander (also CFB Gander, IATA: YQX, ICAO: CYQX), is a Canadian Forces base located in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador.It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is home to search and rescue operations that cover a vast swath of the western North Atlantic and southern Arctic and a Canadian Coastal Radar station amongst other things.
A new flight crew, consisting of Captain John Griffin and First Officer Joseph Connelly (both 45), and Flight Engineer Michael Fowler (48), [9] boarded the aircraft before it departed for Gander at 02:50 UTC. [4] The aircraft arrived at Gander International Airport at 09:04, where passengers departed the aircraft while the aircraft was ...
This air route was known as the North Atlantic Route, and became one of the major transport and supply routes of World War II. The North Atlantic Route was initially operated by the 23d Army Air Forces Ferrying Wing , Army Air Forces Ferrying Command , initially headquartered at Presque Isle Army Air Field , Maine.
Gander International Airport (IATA: YQX, ICAO: CYQX) is located in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and is operated by the Gander International Airport Authority. Canadian Forces Base Gander shares the airfield but is a separate entity from the airport.
Gander is a town located in the northeastern part of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, approximately 40 km (25 mi) south of Gander Bay, 100 km (62 mi) south of Twillingate and 90 km (56 mi) east of Grand Falls-Windsor.
This page contains a list of equipment used the German military of World War II.Germany used a number of type designations for their weapons. In some cases, the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems of the same type are developed at the same time and share a partial designation.