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Donald enlisted at Vancouver in April, 1941. He did his square-bashing at Jericho Beach and then was posted to UBC to take the course on Physics and Electrical theory. He was then sent to #5 RAF Sign …
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By Alan Hawkshaw On 8 October, 1943, we set out from the Santa Cruz (Bombay) airport to do a ""Creeping Line Ahead"" convoy escort in Beaufort 1, DW 940. Crew ; AI Hawkshaw, Captain, Cornwall, Ont., …
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by Mark P Zaitsoff MAJ, EN - USAR (Ret) This article gives an account of one engineer mission during World War II. Company A's glider mission to Myitkyina is an untold story from a forgotten theat …
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The following is an extract from a letter written by Mrs Mollie Dods to her family and details her remarkable escape with her husband Samuel from Bangkok to Rangoon - and then the Japanese went there …
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The story of Squadron Leader RG Johnson's remarkable escape through Burma after being shot down over the Yaw Chaung. On Jan 14th 1945 28 Squadron RAF was based at Kalemyo, in the Kabaw Valley, Burm …
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By Lieut-Colonel Ritchie Gardiner (From the Summer 1989 edition of Dekho!) Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.) was first conceived and established in 1940, and Winston Churchill was closely involv …
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Frank enlisted in the RCAF on March 16th. 1943 ( his 18 th. Birthday). After training as a WAG he was posted to #5 OTU at Boundary Bay. Here he trained on B.24's and later converted to B24 Liberators. …
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by Richard DeR Channer From the Winter 1991 edition of Dekho! "You're dropping the shells on my man!" shouted Major McLean, commander of a Company of 6th Rajputana Rifles. Their attack up the narr …
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My grandfather was born in Paisley, Scotland on January 23rd 1925 he was the third born of a quartet of sons. My grandfather's story in the war began on the 14th December 1942 just short of this 19t …
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My father, John Henry Bennett, was born in Liverpool on March 9 1926. An only son, he volunteered for the Royal Navy aged 17.5 years in 1943. His Naval number was DJX697494. He served on HMS E …
