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Although the Canadian government purchased and built thousands of military aircraft for use by the RCAF Home War Establishment (RCAF Eastern Air Command and RCAF Western Air Command) and the Canadian-based units of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, under the provisions of the plan Canada was to provide the training aircraft and ...
Fort Á La Corne was built by North Vancouver Ship Repairs Ltd., North Vancouver, British Columbia, Dominion of Canada.She was completed on 13 August 1942. [2] Built for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), she was placed under the management of McCowan & Cross Ltd. Torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea) by U-596 on 30 March
[1] [2] The List of Royal Canadian Navy ships of the Second World War lists over 1,140 surface warships, submarines and auxiliary vessels in service during the war. It includes all commissioned, non-commissioned, loaned or hired ships, and all ships crewed by RCN personnel, including 30 depot ships (or " stone frigates "), under the command of ...
WWII United States: Ford F-8: 1/2 ton truck: WWII Canada: Built by Ford Motor Company of Canada. Canadian Military Pattern truck: Ford F-15: 3/4 ton truck: WWII Canada: Built by Ford Motor Company of Canada. Ford F-30: 1.5 ton truck: WWII Canada: Built by Ford Motor Company of Canada. Ford F-60S, F-60L, F-60H, F-60T: 3 ton truck: WWII Canada
HMCS Prince Henry was an armed merchant cruiser and a landing ship infantry during World War II for the Royal Canadian Navy.The ship began service as the ocean liner SS Prince Henry for the Canadian National Steamship Company servicing ports along the Canadian British Columbia Coast and cities in the United States Northwest.
1st Canadian Armoured Brigade; 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment; 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion; 1st Hussars; 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade; 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment; No. 4 Casualty Clearing Station (Canada) 4 Field Ambulance (Canada) 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) 8th Canadian Infantry Division; 12 (Vancouver ...
The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, with the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade under command, landed in two brigade groups, the 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade and the 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade. Each brigade had three infantry battalions and an armoured regiment in support, two artillery field regiments, combat engineer companies and specialist ...
Park ships were merchant steamships constructed for Canada’s Merchant Navy during the Second World War. Park ships and Fort ships (built in Canada for operation by the British) were the Canadian equivalent of the American Liberty ships. All three shared a similar design by J.L. Thompson and Sons of Sunderland, England.