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Social Studies: War in the Air

Resources for Social Studies projects.

The War in the Air

Canada in WW2 - in the Air
How the RAF won the war
Note this is not a universally accepted point of view.

Commonwealth Air Training Plan

British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Aerodrome of Democracy Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan 1939-1945

For Educators

Bomber Campaign

RCAF and other Battles

The RCAF and the Battle of the Atlantic

Battle of Britain

The Bomber Campaign

About Bomber Command
429 Squadron RCAF
Detailed information on 429 "Bison" Sqn of the RCAF and Group 6 Bomber Command
The Bomber Offensive Newspaper articles from WWII
RAF Bomber Command The RCAF generally flew as part of the RAF Bomber Command
RCAF Bomber Sqn Overseas
No. 6 Group RCAF Main Canadian Bomber Group

Canadian Aviators

Andrew Mynarski, VC
John Emilius Fauquier
Allan Bundy One of the RCAF's first Black pilots
Leonard Birchall
Robert Hampton Gray, VC
George Frederick Beurling
Willard Bolduc
Ian Willoughby Bazalgette VC
David Ernest Hornell VC

Books

The Crucible of War, 1939-1945 by Brereton Greenhous; Steven J. Harris; William C. Johnston
Call Number: 971. 063 GRE
ISBN: 9780802005748
Publication Date: 1994-06-06
The Official history of the Royal Canadian Air Force, v. 3
Wings for victory : the remarkable story of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in Canada by Spencer Dunmore
Call Number: 971. 063 DUN
ISBN: 0771029276
Publication Date: 1994
Air aces: the lives and times of twelve Canadian fighter pilots by McCaffery, Dan WWI, WWII and the Korean war
Call Number: 920.071 MCC
ISBN: 1550283219

Garibaldi Secondary School, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada