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Wings termed 'Tactical' within the Royal Air Force provide are cohesive, specialised teams. Tactical Communications Wing – RAF Leeming; Tactical Medical Wing – RAF Brize Norton – This unit has the Latin motto "Summum Bonum" which means 'for the highest good'. It became operational on 1 April 1996 and its CO is currently Wing Commander ...
Reap the Whirlwind: The Untold Story of 6 Group, Canada's Bomber Force of World War II. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McLelland and Stewart Inc., 1991. ISBN 0-7710-2924-1. Faryon, Cynthia. Unsung Heroes of the Royal Canadian Air Force: Incredible Tales of Courage and Daring During World War II. Altitude Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-55153-977-2.
The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) used either a plain red ring (with the clear-doped linen covering forming the light coloured centre), or a red-rimmed white circle on their wings for a short period; almost exactly resembling those in simultaneous use by the neutral predecessors of today's Royal Danish Air Force, before both British air arms ...
The Canadian Air Force (CAF) was established in 1920 as the successor to a short-lived two-squadron Canadian Air Force that was formed during the First World War in Europe. . Wing Commander John Scott Williams was tasked in 1921 with organizing the CAF, handing command over later the same year to Air Marshal Lindsay Gordon.
Ensign of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Based on Image:Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg , with maple leaf image manually traced from w:Image:Rcaf roundel old wht.png . This image shows a flag , a coat of arms , a seal or some other official insignia .
History of the Royal Canadian Air Force; List of air forces; No. 143 Wing RCAF; Royal Canadian Air Force; Snowbirds (aerobatic team) Zweibrücken Air Base; Talk:12e Régiment blindé du Canada; Talk:2nd Canadian Division during World War II; Talk:AVGP; Talk:Abdurahman Khadr; Talk:Arthur Currie; Talk:Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow; Talk:Battle for ...
127 Wing, or the 'Kenley Wing', based at RAF Kenley, was led by Wing Commander 'Johnnie' Johnson from Spring to September 1943, and he returned to command it during the Normandy Campaign. [ 1 ] On 5 June 1944 the wing was based at RAF Tangmere and consisted of 403, 416, and 421 Squadron's [ 2 ]
Wing Commander Howard Peter "Cowboy" Blatchford DFC (25 February 1912 – 3 May 1943) was a flying ace, who achieved the first Canadian victory in World War II. Blatchford was born in Edmonton, Alberta on 25 February 1912, and enlisted in the Royal Air Force in February 1936. [1] He was posted to No. 41 Squadron RAF in early 1937.